Htc One vs Samsung Galaxy S4

SCREEN

If the screen size is the only criterion then S4 wins with its 5 inch screen over htc one's 4.7 inch screen. But numbers alone don't define experience. In terms of quality displays of both the phone are excellent. Texts look sharp due to their full HD resolution. But there are a few subtle differences. The screen on the S4 has very deep blacks and is capable of richer colors. The screen on HTC one show truer colors.It also offers better readability under direct sunlight.and outdoor use.

WINNER : HTC ONE

BATTERY

The battery on both handsets last longer enough to allow for a single day use, which include phone calls, 3G videos, web browsing, E-Mails, social networking, some gaming and photography. Still in absolute terms on heavy uses the Htc one wins here with an average battery life of 13 to 14 hours when compared to 12 hours for the Galaxy S4 .

WINNER : HTC ONE

PERFORMANCE

The Galaxy S4  and Htc One are superb performers running games like Dead trigger with ease .Web browsing is smooth, GPS is smooth and accurate and 3G speeds are good. The availability of 2Gb ram on both which means multi tasking is effortless. The s4 suffered from the occasional lag, especially while switching between tasks. 

WINNER : HTC ONE

CALL QUALITY

The Galaxy S4 and the HTC one are premium phones and as such have no issues handling phone calls, Both have noise cancellation for background sounds and we got excellent voice clarity during calls, we called could also hear us clearly.

MUSIC 

Both phones handle digital music formats such as MP3, M4a, FLAC with ease, in terms of audio quality we found htc ones beats audio to be better than samsung's adapt sound tech. Importantly the htc one has placed its speakers called boomsound at the front; they are loud and produced distortion- free sound even at high volumes. Also the Htc one has FM receiver, the S4 doesn't.

WINNER : HTC ONE

VIDEO

The galaxy S4 gets the nod here. While the htc one had trouble with certain video formats like avi at FullHD resolution, the Galaxy S4 handled the same clips like a champ. When used with a third- party app like MX- Player the S4 even handles FullHD mov files with ease. Its larger screen, which 

produce rich colors, also makes watching video on S4 more enjoyable.
WINNER : SAMSUNG GALAXY S4

CAMERA

The galaxy S4 and Htc one are very capable shooters. but in our use, we found that the S4's 13 MP camera to be a more consistent performer. The images shot with it are detailed, comprised good colors, and subjects appears in sharp focus. The S4 especially excels at close shots and is capable of shooting images that match the output of good point and shoot camera in good light.In breaking away from the trend that more megapixels are better , the htc one's main camera is only 4 MP. Still, it is just as capable of good color production and sharp focus. It, however loses out to the galaxy S4 when it comes to the level of details. In low light, the Htc One performs marginally better, but if we use galaxy S4's night mode, the difference between the two is negligible.

WINNER : SAMSUNG GALAXY S4

USER INTERFACE

The Htc One uses the proprietary UI called Sense , while Samsung calls it custom interface TouchWiz. In terms of asthetics, Sense looks better with its subdued and minimalistic designs. Touchwiz ,on the other hand, uses lots of Widgets and is defined by its use of colors. In terms of usability, we like TouchWiz. The htc one has just two buttons for navigation-back and home. The menu can accessed through the settings option provided in various apps, while multitasking requires double tapping Home. TouchWiz uses three buttons-back,home and menu-which is easier to use.its is also easier to customize your home screen and manage widgets here.

WINNER : SAMSUNG GALAXY S4

BY RISHABH