I have a Galaxy Note 2 but I like to read all the threads on all the latest and greatest phones. My phone has 16gb of storage and I have so much loaded on my phone and I still have 9gb of space. I also watch movies all the time. My point is that my phone before this was an Optimus S. I had one app (Spades) and I only had 23MB left. If I got rid of Facebook, I went up to about 43MB left. I had this phone for two years and survived with that little memory. 16GB is like hitting the jackpot for me. I think the One and the S4 both are great phones. Each one excels at different things but to me, both screens are beautiful and again, compared to my Optimus S, I would be happy with either one. I think most people second guess themselves when they choose their next cell phone so justification is always being sought out. Since all of these threads are based mostly on opinion, it makes me wonder why the world cannot live harmoniously with 2 flagship phones LOL.
Why I Bought The Galaxy S4 Over The HTC One
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You can't keep saying "HTC One is a great phone too" to make yourself sound like an objective observer when you say that the aluminum unibody is its only positive feature. There was another post in this thread that was a far fairer analysis. They are really close. They both have key flaws that will turn off certain kinds of people and key positives that will turn on some people.
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Some people hate the debates, I love them, really makes all these phones better. Fight on!
I really wanted the Asus padfone, but as I did not want to hassle with T-Mobile's network...I chose the HTC One even though I believe the S4 to be superior in a lot of ways:
And admittedly my achilles heel, I am a sucker for the designs HTC has produced over the last few years, they are just my style.
Wish HTC would have had a removable battery, probably the one thing that could have tipped me to the S4, z10, or Sony.
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I really wanted the Asus padfone, but as I did not want to hassle with T-Mobile's network...I chose the HTC One even though I believe the S4 to be superior in a lot of ways:
- CPU close to the fastest even though s4 runs at 1.9 to the One's 1.7, the One felt better when I used both side by side, even though I read the s4 had better benchmarks. Other phones I considered just did not have this fast of a CPU.
- Metal body (I'm a metal freak). I am tired of plastic for my phone, and I immediately jumped to the One S when it came out, but the One was even nicer to feel and to look at.
- Size is about the max I can handle for one hand use. (Starting to sound like iPhone users).
- I'm always on speaker phone at home and at work cause I hate holding my phone and the speakers are way better.
- Battery-life (biggest pet peeve with my prior phones)
- 32Gb Storage was plenty and I found I didn't swap out or add extra storage even when I was at 16gb.
And admittedly my achilles heel, I am a sucker for the designs HTC has produced over the last few years, they are just my style.
Wish HTC would have had a removable battery, probably the one thing that could have tipped me to the S4, z10, or Sony.
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At the end of the day people are going to post in defense of the phone they decided to buy LOL.
If you want build quality go for the HTC, if you want the best specs go for the S4. It is that simpleBoth phones are great phones, there is no question about that. I created the post in attempt to help those who like me were not sure of what phone to buy. I spent time with both and opted to go with the S4, those who opt to go with the HTC One will enjoy their phones too.
Bob, you might want to take a look at the build quality threads regarding the HTC ONE on this site. Sunken buttons, misaligned panels. parts falling off, etc. I don't know why people keep saying the HTC build quality is so good when so many people are complaining about it.
HTC One Has Many Manufacturing Defects! | NeoGalaxia
HTC One build quality issues - YouTube
HTC One build quality problems and issues #HTCOne #Android #Defects - alexmanchester.com
HTC One Has Build Quality Issues? | Mobile | www.indiatimes.com
My Fav Geek Chick Exposes HTC One Build Quality Issues.
HTC One poor quality control - xda-developers
Many people seem to confuse build materials with build quality. That being said, the nondefective ones DO have great build quality. It's just a matter of finding one that fits that bill.
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This.
Just because you took a dump in a metal box doesn't change the fact that it's still a pile of dump. I'm not saying the HTC one is crap, but you know what I mean.
There is no one better phone, I've had two s4s and I'm on my third HTC one (first black and wow is it nice) and it's still hard even having both in front of me. I keep telling myself that logically the s4 is the better choice (larger screen, better daytime still photos, battery that's removable and yes I had a second battery, etc) but when it came down to it I always missed my HTC one. Maybe it's the fluid ui, HTC highlights (super awesome) or the speakers. I dunno, but it's always going to be like sti vs evo, BMW vs Benz. They are both so good that 9x out of 10 that slight bit of personal bias or small feature that you have to have will decide which one is best. For you.
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haillyl
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'Most' people in 2013? An user friendly 2013 flagship should target 'ALL' people in 2013.
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Still 10million sales vs 5million sales. Smartphone of the year? This title should only give to a phone at the end of the year, nexus 5 can easily be the smartphone of the year lol.
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A consumer shouldn't have to examine several of a particular model of a cell phone to pick one that is free of defects. We are not talking about produce or fruit. A manufacturer that produces cell phones that have to be compared side by side to find a defect free one is doing a pretty poor job of quality control. No one, including me, is saying any manufacturer of any product produces a perfect product every time. But that is why manufactures spend millions of dollars on quality control. Shifting that quality control to the guy buying a cell phone at the local store is a pretty shoddy business practice. So when some manufactures and owners praise the build quality of their phone and yet the web is full of reports of poor build quality something is amiss.
As to confusing build quality with build materials: Who did that? If any one is confused here is an example of poor build quality: A priceless diamond falls out of a poorly prepared setting. Here's an example of poor build materials: A glass, faux diamond breaks in a perfectly prepared setting.
That's been happening left and right from the beginning of the Android vs iPhone "wars", with people equating "premium materials" with the term "build quality". The S4/One forums are full of this confusion, despite it being pointed out consistently by other posters. For example, people keep saying that the build quality of the One is vastly superior to the S4, when they mean to say that they like that it is made out of aluminum and not plastic, and not that it is well engineered to be efficient and durable.
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