Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Edition or HTC One Google Edition, which one of these Android Smartphones you would like to buy? Galaxy S4 shipped 10 million units while HTC One 5 million units in their first month of launch. Statistics show that there is almost no competition between Galaxy S4 and HTC One. Samsung GS4 beats HTC One period in terms of popularity and sales!
I think it is worth mentioning here that HTC was held back by production issues and HTC's marketing budget was nowhere near the Samsung.
Things can drastically change with the launch of Google Edition for both of the devices.
Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Edition running on stock android would be devoid of touchwiz interface and this could be the game changer. Samsung relies heavily on its software development and touchwiz enhancement for its marketing and appeal. Features like Air Gesture, Smart Scroll, Arie View, Smart Stop will be absent in GS4 Google Edition. Even the Camera interface would be stock android, that means there will be no Galaxy Camera like UI. If sources are to be believed GS4 will have Snapdragon 600 quad core processor and not the Exynos Octa core which is found in International version of Samsung Galaxy S4.
So, you are left with a plasticky looking device sporting quad core processor, 13 megapixel camera, 5 inch Super Amoled 1080p display and 2600Mah battery.
HTC One Google Edition on the other hand will not have blink feed and HTC sense UI. Though the Sense UI is minimal on top of Stock Android, it still has some enhancements attached to it. Like the 4 megapixel camera needs Sense UI for rendering the best image and videos. The boom sound speakers also make use of the sense UI. Hardware specs would look like this- 4.7 inch super LCD 3 touch screen, Snapdragon 600 1.7 Ghz quad core processor and 2300 Mah battery with 4 megapixel camera!
HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Edition devices will have exactly same OS with no enhancements and this will make us choose the device based on looks and hardware of the device.
HTC One is million times better looking device and I am sure this will drive the sales of HTC one Google edition in comparison to Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Edition.
Both with quad core processors, difference would be in screen size 4.7 and 5.0 for HTC one and GS4 respectively. The technology of the screen Super LCD 3 and Super Amoled. The battery size of GS4 is just 300 Mah more than HTC One. These difference are minor and would not be the reason to choose one over another.
The camera, 13 megapixel versus 4 megapixel, is a huge difference in terms of megapixel count. HTC One uses the Ultra Pixelation where even 4 megapixel lense give amazing low light photographs and decent light shots. With no sense UI, the meager 4 megapixel will start to show its weakness. It all depends on how HTC implements the camera interface in HTC One Google Edition. While Samsung Galaxy S4 has 13 megapixel camera, this one too with no touchwiz Galaxy Camera UI would be left hanging devoid of many features. Just having more than double the pixelation in comparison to HTC One, I am sure this one would be better.
So in Conclusion I think the premium feel of HTC One and the Camera of Galaxy S4 will be the two most important factors in choosing which one of these guys to pick. Its a trade off between the two, which is more important for you! For me I would anyday go for HTC one just because of the way the phone looks and feels in hand. I am using Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and I like samsung. With same Software and no enhancements GS4 comes no way close to HTC one. Little bump in pixelation, yeah I am ok with that.
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