S4 over One

[ecb1171]

I had both and I found the S4 to be much better for one handed use. As others have said, it menu and button placement is better on the S4. Beyond that, there are some usefull software features in TouchWiz (Smart Stay and Air View were my favorites) even though there were alot of gimicky features. Also, the camera and camera software are top of the line. It's arguable wether the camera on the S4 is better than the One (I think it has a slight edge overall) the camera software on the S4 is the best I've seen on a phone. Also, there is no question that Samsung has gotten on the ball as far as updating their devices and keeping them updated for the life of a contract

In the end, both are good phones. I had my issues with the S4 so I ended up with the HTC One, but I think it comes down to personal choice and the features that are most important to you

 

[fishepa]

I'm on Verizon so the One isn't an option.

Sent from my SCH-I545

 

[ffejjj]

I'm on Verizon so the One isn't an option.

Yet...

 

[cgardnervt]

Yet...

No one should have to wait for a phone. It's a fumble on Verizon's part in this case.

 

[ffejjj]

Well i do agree that Verizon dropped the ball on the One. Still no release on a phone thats been out for months on other carriers.

On the other hand I'm always waiting for the next best thing. I thought my Htc Evo lte was great and worked great for me yet i bought The One. I now love The One but i cant help but think about the next best thing. Character flaw i guess

 

[willizen]

Because it's the best phone to ever set foot on mankind

GS4 Love

I prefer it when my phones does step on me.

 

[Nemephosis]

All the advertising in the world is not going to make a POS a best seller.

Apple proves otherwise.

 

[mcpricex]

Any top end smart phone is going to do everything and more that I could ever possibly ask of it and the software features of either one can easily be duplicated on the other. Is web browsing on the s4 really such a different experience to web browsing on the One? I doubt it. So for me it came down to a much more pedestrian consideration, but one that I look for in everything that I buy, how it feels in the hand, how it handles and how I physically interact with it. This is of course subjective but it is a consideration that is often overlooked.

In my case the S4 felt awkward, the narrow bezel around the screen looks awesome, but it compromises the way I hold my phone, probably a small point but it makes a huge difference in terms of day to day use. The One felt right from the moment I picked it up, and it came down to as simple a choice as that. I am still very happy with my choice and I would say the One is the best phone ever made, but to be fair, I can remember saying exactly the same thing about my S2 at the time.

Incidentally, several people have mentioned easier repairs with the S4, but you might want to check on that. I have a 'ahem' competive friend who bought an S4 just after I got my One. Two days old and bending down with the phone in his pocket, the screen snaps from corner to corner. Obviously the supplier and the network weren't interested so he took it to another major high street retailer. They quoted him ?170 (265usd) for a repair but then to add insult to injury they told him that they would only be able to do it when the parts become available, which for the foreseeable future, weren't. So the s4 might be easy to take apart, less easy to put back together if there are no parts available.

 

[weblou]

I wouldn't call Apple a POS. They make good products and offer the best customer service i have ever seen. Maybe it's not the cell phone you would use.. But it;s far from a POS.

Let's not forget the reason we have such great options at the moment (HTC one/S4/Nexus/Sony) is because they all wanted i piece of Apples pie. All the marketing in the world won't help a POS product these days... Thanks to the internet, manufactures have to offer some quality

Apple proves otherwise.

 

[tohio]

I wouldn't call Apple a POS. They make good products and offer the best customer service i have ever seen. Maybe it's not the cell phone you would use.. But it;s far from a POS.

Let's not forget the reason we have such great options at the moment (HTC one/S4/Nexus/Sony) is because they all wanted i piece of Apples pie. All the marketing in the world won't help a POS product these days... Thanks to the internet, manufactures have to offer some quality

I think he was kidding. But you are right, although I dislike Apple for their business practices the iPhone is a remarkable electronic device. Android has surpassed it and I would never own an iPhone again (had one a few years back) but it isn't a POS. But on the subject of marketing failures: Remember the Segway, it was going to revolutionize transportation forever.

 

[Mr.Willie]

I think he was kidding. But you are right, although I dislike Apple for their business practices the iPhone is a remarkable electronic device. Android has surpassed it and I would never own an iPhone again (had one a few years back) but it isn't a POS. But on the subject of marketing failures: Remember the Segway, it was going to revolutionize transportation forever.

What business practices would that be ???

 

[Nreeldeep]

Here we go with the "advertising, plain and simple" excuse. Do a little research and look at failed massive advertising campaigns. All the advertising in the world is not going to make a POS a best seller.

Edit: BTW what did you choose?

I see HTC One advertisements on TV almost nightly. The public sees these ads just as it sees the S4 ads. The HTC One is no mystery to the masses. Plus, the HTC One is available in the same stores as the S4, with the exception of Verizon, which means the HTC One is available for customers to check out in person as well as the S4.
If advertising was the deciding factor in consumer purchase decisions, we'd all have an iPhone, since Apple has the biggest marketing budget and the best ads.
But we here with android don't have iPhone's do we?
So much for advertising, plain and simple.

 

[tohio]

What business practices would that be ???

All of them.

 

[Nreeldeep]

Simple. They made a choice and it.. Was the S4. Can't really guess people's reasons.. Some could say they thought the S in the S4 looked cool..

Sent from my Sprint S3 using AC forums.

Maybe a poll could be sent out to the 10 million who bought the S4 and the 1.2 million who got the One to find out why they made their choices.

 

[Almeuit]

Maybe a poll could be sent out to the 10 million who bought the S4 and the 1.2 million who got the One to find out why they made their choices.

We could send a poll but then you have to guess again for the options on it. Good thought though.

Sent from my Sprint S3 using AC forums.

 

[Mr.Willie]

All of them.

Do you mean the ones where Apple receives awards from JD Associates for customer satisfaction for both smart phones and tablets ? Or are you talking about how one out of every $40 in corporate taxes was paid by Apple ? Or maybe it's how employees on the assembly lines making Apple products get paid twice as much as the ones working on the Dell or HP lines ? Come on man you brought it up.

 

[Love Divine]

Here we go with the "advertising, plain and simple" excuse. Do a little research and look at failed massive advertising campaigns. All the advertising in the world is not going to make a POS a best seller.

Edit: BTW what did you choose?

Haha true. But the Galaxy S phones are great devices. With a great campaign and good word of mouth behind them, it's not brainer that sales have skyrocketed.

And I'm now rocking my Stealth Black HTC One I'm very lucky to have had the chance to make sure it's the right choice for me #firstworldproblems

 

[tohio]

Do you mean the ones where Apple receives awards from JD Associates for customer satisfaction for both smart phones and tablets ? Or are you talking about how one out of every $40 in corporate taxes was paid by Apple ? Or maybe it's how employees on the assembly lines making Apple products get paid twice as much as the ones working on the Dell or HP lines ? Come on man you brought it up.

I answered the way I did because I knew you just wanted to argue. Find someone else to argue with, I'm not interested.

 

[Mr.Willie]

I answered the way I did because I knew you just wanted to argue. Find someone else to argue with, I'm not interested.

Not try to argue buddy, but I do try to stop FUD...

 

[jlongrc]

I think they are really close and not every person is better suited for a particular one.

I picked the One because:

-I really don't care for TouchWiz and friends of mine didn't like the AirWave, eye tracking, etc. nor did I think those would be appealing to me
-Having owned phones and devices with replaceable battery and SD slot, I knew I wouldn't use either of those capabilities and could get the One with 2x as much storage for $50 less
-I was coming from a smaller device so both phones seemed massive to me, so screen size wasn't a consideration
-Didn't care for the plastic or overall look of the phone
-I take low light pictures almost exclusively, so the MP advantage of S4 didn't come into play
-I love BoomSound/Beats audio
-I had seen CNET tests where the marginal difference in processor speeds didn't even measure differently, not that I think I'd ever push either phone to its processing limit

It's easy to see how a different user might like some of the things that either didn't matter to me or were a turnoff for me.