Really confused now :( HTC One or Samsung Galaxy S4

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So for my upgrade I had my mind set on the HTC One and was offered a good deal from my provider.

I now keep reading about the Galaxy S4 and I'm slowly being convinced it is a better phone.

I've never had a Samsung before, I've always avoided them for reasons I'm not sure of. I've had a few HTCs and am currently running the now very battered Desire.

Because of my past experiance with HTC my gut is telling me to go with the HTC One, but the more I read about the S4 the more my brain is trying to talk me round, and I'm now in a position where I just haven't a clue!

The S4 being lighter, having a card slot etc. and reading reviews which favour the S4 are the things that are talking me round yet I keep coming back to the HTC One.

Would I be silly to go with the HTC One? :confused:
 
Not at all.

Both are excellent phones and each have their strengths and weaknesses which only you can decide on what is important overall.

For me and my uses

HTC one:

Audio/front facing speakers
Sense
Camera overall
Design/perceived quality

GS 3:

5" samoled screen
Gorilla glass 3 (if it proves to actually be worth while in real world usage)
Air gestures (can see this becoming pretty big with more apps implementing little things that make use of it)

Where as for you and others, it might be completely different on what is important.
 
Being a HTC One owner myself I know it's a cracking phone. But, it depends on your priorities.

Do you priorities build and aesthetics, or software features for example?

Either way you're assured of an excellent phone. If you're genuinely on the fence having a play with both in a shop should give you a clear picture.
 
I was all set to get the S4 because oftbe faster chipset, removable battery and sd card slot. I went and read quite a few threads about Samsung's warranty and how people have been without there phones for a long time and badly treated. It was enough to put me off and I went with the One. So far I'm really pleased with it and have no regrets at all.
 
sarge78 said:
Do you carry micro SD cards -full of films and music etc- and a spare battery around for your Desire?
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I have a bit of msuic but can't really use it for music purposes because of the battery! And no...I don't carry a spare one though maybe I should!
 
Having played with both devices Htc One and S4 (Demo), I can easily say HTC One.

But again that's a personal choice, I have had a few Samsungs (S,S2,S3,Note etc) and a few HTC's (Desire Z, Desire etc) but am now inclined more towards the HTC One my reasons are it feels a much better device to hold, sound quality is brilliant and the screen WOW (I prefer SLCD over AMOLED).Having used a Samsung before I think I also want a bit of a 'change'.

They are both really good devices, specs wise top notch. I personally don't care about the air gestures or other touchwiz bits that Samsung's introduced, but that's just me.
 
If I had to choose between them I'd have the HTC easily. Galaxy is too big and looks cheap/bland/boring. Not bothered about air gestures either.
 
Having never owned a HTC device, and previously owning the galaxy S2, Note 1, S3 and currently a Note 2, I would buy the HTC One over the S4 all day.
 
Play with both phones and pick the one you like best. Because the specification differences are largely irrelevent in the real world.
 
The HTC One and the Samsing S4 are largely the same. The main difference is the HTC One does feel like a £500 phone, the Samsung S4 does not feel like a £500 phone.
 
Rocker said:
I have a bit of msuic but can't really use it for music purposes because of the battery! And no...I don't carry a spare one though maybe I should!
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Then you can take "removable battery" and "SD card slot" out of the equation. You'll never use those features on the GS4 and both have miles better battery life than the Desire.

Play around with both and choose your fav.
 
I am also in a similar dilemma.

I am erring towards the S4 because of :

- option to extend memory with an SD card which One doesn't have
- option to change the battery myself if the current one starts deteriorating which One doesn't have
- Touchwiz interface can be customised/turned off where as Blink on One cannot
- Failing touch screen sensitivity on One
- OS support from Samsun is more up to date than HTC

I would be interested in people's views on the above points
 
Owner of a HTC One in Silver and this thing just oozes quality. Battery life is good and I dont have a problem with 32Gb storage for my use. Not really been using the camera yet but the few test shots I've taken says in low light the pics are excellent and in bright sun (which doesnt occur very often at the moment!) pic are good.

If the S4 is the same build quality as the S3 with the same price tag then the ONE wins hands down in my eyes
 
Super-Spy said:
- Touchwiz interface can be customised/turned off where as Blink on One cannot
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You're right, You can't turn it off but you can set the home panel so as to display another one with shortcuts on or whatever rather than Blinkfeed. I actually really like Blinkfeed if I'm honest, I've found it to be very useful in getting tech news updates etc. I'd also take Sense over Touchwiz any day of the week because I find it to be a ugly mess! But that's personal preference and there are certainly things I'd change about Sense too.
 
jimjamuk said:
Where did you see this - I havent heard this yet?
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I have just checked and I may be confused - I have been reading so much on these two phones over the last couple of days, I can't remember what I read where !

It appears that there was an issues with the HTC One X losing touch sensitivity. Looks like the new HTC One may be OK - why didn't HTC come up with a different name, makes it so hard to search !!
 
@Super-Spy

The HTC one battery should hold up very well over time due to it having a li-poly battery (doesn't age over time, at least not as quickly anyway) and not li-lion (ages over time), also HTC have disabled the qualcomm quick charge feature on the one in order to increase the life span and decrease the chances of it "wearing" out quicker (at least according to Brian [expert reviewer and knows everything there is about phones/hardware etc.)

Blink is easily solved, remove all the sources so that it won't refresh/update with new stuff and swipe to the right and you have your normal homescreens where you can customise it. Better yet install a 3rd party launcher like nova (which is far better than sense and touchwiz and any other OEM launcher imo) and blink is no longer an issue at all, it is only shown on sense launcher.

I haven't read about failing touch sensitivity on the one at all. People who have got their hands on both, have said that the one screen feels more sensitive, doubt it is worth worrying about though (having used HTC desire, one S etc. I can say that I have always found the touch sensitivity really good) Only issues that the majority of people seem to be having are the gaps [imo a small thing] at the top or/and bottom, buttons not responding all the time, I am pretty certain that these issues are just because of it being your standard first batch and will be fixed/improved with newer batches

Samsung are much better than what they were in the past for support/updates but IMO HTC is still better overall and have a better history with updates compared to Samsung and I think are going to be even better with the one as long as they keep to their word and don't release loads of devices, they might not get the updates out as quickly as Samsung for the flagship (they use to be quicker with their flagships though i.e. desire and 2.3 [not officially though] and sensation and ICS) but it isn't a HUGE difference in the time it takes for phones to get updates now (nexus devices still trash the OEM by like 6 months). Many articles etc. that have shown HTC to be better in this area i.e.

http://readwrite.com/2011/01/14/data-shows-what-manufacturers-and-carriers-delay-android-updates

http://www.techhive.com/article/256...es_do_the_best_job_with_android_updates_.html

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/12/the-checkered-slow-history-of-android-handset-updates/

Reason HTC didn't go with 4.2 is because it was full of bugs, especially battery drain and plus it would have caused more delays so they stuck with 4.1.2 as it was stable and they could get it sorted out quicker. Supposedly the one X and S will be getting 4.2.2 with sense V5 around June, so the one will/should get that update before then. IMO 4.2.2 is a very minor update and not worth worrying about.

Also, might be worth considering that Samsung have added a ton more stuff to touchwiz now and imo bloated it with a lot of unnecessary stuff and moved further from stock android so updates could take longer where as HTC have moved closer to stock android and sense is less bloated/more minimal than touchwiz now.

I wouldn't really worry too much about the support/update as am sure both devices will be supported extremely well and get the updates quickly enough.
 
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