[Galaxy S 4 General] BarryH_GEG:
For the lazy, a summary by category from the GSMArena shoot-out

Hardware and Design – Tie

This is by no means a goalless draw, though - From a pure design standpoint, the HTC One wipes the floor with the Samsung Galaxy S4. Yet, a card slot (more than just memory expansion) and a removable battery (easy to throw in a spare, or replace a defective unit) are important to many users and help the Samsung Galaxy S4 clinch a hard-fought draw.

Display – SGS4

The Samsung flagship takes this one, as its screen is bigger, with better sunlight legibility, while still offering you the option to have accurate colors thanks to Adobe RGB mode. The HTC One screen is impressive, too, but the higher pixel density can't really make up for the lower native contrast and slightly inferior sunlight legibility.

Battery Life – SGS4

The gap is certainly smaller than the endurance ratings suggest, as the two smartphones differ mostly by their stand-by efficiency and given that they will be owned by power users, real-life performance will be much closer.

Sense vs. TouchWiz – TouchWiz

The Samsung smartphone comes with a newer version of Android that, while skinned, feels closer to stock Android. It has more flexibility too with many interesting features. HTC Sense 5.0 is the best looking Sense yet, but HTC's experiments (BlinkFeed, only two buttons, etc.) will rub some people the wrong way. The lack of connectivity toggles is a bit too hard to forgive in 2013, too.

Software Extras – Tie

We'd say this one is even since both phones are close on the important features and any holes can easily be filled with apps from the Play Store. The Samsung Galaxy S4 does have more as far as numbers go, but some of them have very limited application so they don't count. The HTC One instead sets itself apart with a few - and handy - features.

Loud Speaker Test – One

The HTC One takes this one easily, with double the number of speakers and higher volume output.

Audio Quality – One

The extra high volume levels of the HTC flagship helped it to the victory in this incredibly close contest.

Synthetic Benchmarks – SGS4

Samsung clocked the Snapdragon 600 chipset higher than HTC and helped its flagship to the victory here. The Exynos 5 Octa version of the Galaxy S4 should be even faster with its Cortex-A15 CPU, but the Qualcomm powered one is the fastest we have seen so far.

Camera Features – One

Both phones have a lot going for them, but we're willing to rule in favor of the HTC One. It makes it very easy to make a cool collection of shots with Zoe and Highlights, with easy editing after the shot and easy sharing. It's also faster when taking pictures, especially when in a special mode. And the OIS is awesome to have no matter what.

Still Camera – SGS4

It's pretty clear that things are going in favor of the Galaxy S4 here. It produces sharper photos with better colors and there's resolution to crop things out. The narrower FoV is not ideal but it's not a deal-breaker.

Video Camera – One

The HTC One takes this round thanks to its much wider field of view and OI. The Samsung Galaxy S4 can shoot great videos too, as long as you have steady hands and have enough room to take a step back.

Low Light Performance – SGS4

Surprisingly, the Samsung Galaxy S4 has the better low-light camera performance. You'll have to snap several photos to make sure you have a good one, but the end result will be better than what the HTC One produces. The Galaxy S4 has a slight advantage in low-light video too.

Winner – None

While each category has a winner and a loser, the "loser" in this shootout will be envied by most other premium phones on the market for quite some time to come. The winner? How about the one with your name on it.