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[One (M7) General] hamdir:
it's clearly biased in a lot of areas

especially with this BS "it couldnt care less about it looks in a way its making a stronger statement than it's competitor"

a draw in the design area? are you kidding me?

also the screen and battery tests are both very flawed

he did not mention the power saver or brightness during the battery tests (actually brightness)

as for the screen, nothing makes sense, the One has a brighter screen and better view angles, nearly every other review said so

i am willing to accept the ultra pixel comparison, if Samsung indeed is giving a proper 13MP sensor without noise or low light issues than it will definitely destroy the HTC One camera but i have to say they did not do a real low light test

but yes yes if i have to chose i would go for the camera on the S4, its still better than than the big sacrifice in detail

i'm pleased OIS really works on the One and disappointed by the extremely narrow field of view on the S4
[One (M7) General] Eggcake:
What.
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
but dont miss this, it means the s4 is using a slow shutter speed in low light:
[One (M7) General] llothar:
Some blogs consider evening light as "low light" - then traditional cameras still take better pics. Ultrapixels shine when "low light" means night in a city or a pub.
[One (M7) General] paranoid2007:
AW: GSM Arena One vs S4

Actually it's a draw in the hardware area, which the S4 scores only because of its sd slot and removable battery. I think that's a fair judgement.

As to pure design quote :

From a pure design standpoint, the HTC One wipes the floor with the Samsung Galaxy S4.
[One (M7) General] epicfailguy2:
Dude the two phones are the same size. 5 inch is obviously better than 4.7 if the overall size is the same. But you dont get boomsound on the s4.
[One (M7) General] notsointeresting:
My only complaint with this review is what they considered low light.

It was still enough light for my OG EVO to capture a decent picture.

Other than that very detailed comparison.
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
yea they missed the low light point completely

the area the S4 wins is brightness and not light capture, you can easily adjust this on the HTC One using the settings

but like i said i personally would go with a camera like on the S4 but it's not fair to say to claim we are not winning anything at all in low light

we saw tons of samples to prove this already

and most important shutter speed remains the most important area in a smartphone camera, unless you like repeating your photos
[One (M7) General] Brac20:
Sorry but i disagree. In one handed use i can reach all points on a 4.7 inch screen but not on a 5 inch. So for me the overall unit size isn't the key. Also The One has vastly superior sound so is worth the extra size.

But this is exactly what I mean. It is a completely subjective decision, so putting it in pros and cons in an objective review is biased.
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
and yes the sound, they say its slightly better but that is also untrue, its vastly as confirmed by many reviews
[One (M7) General] Andrewtst:
The worst review I ever seen on photo part. Whatever photo once upscale, it will be bad in quality.

Only GSMArena reviewer will ever upscale the photo size for comparison, fail!

Beside this, the review was obvious biase in certain part.
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
by the way Gsmarena camera results are really worrying

im almost convinced there are two different sensors used in the HTC One :rolleyes:
[One (M7) General] JayMore:
If you think this could be a reliable test, take a look at this... :mad:

+47 minutes equals -15 hours?? :confused:
[One (M7) General] WA_Bob:
Well, apparently HTC is working on a software update to help with the camera "issues" that the One is having. I'll withhold judgement on the camera until that is put out and we have time to see how it affects camera performance.
[One (M7) General] Florin82:
I think the GSMArena takes manipulation of the mind to the level an art (like others do too), the way they twist some characterstics to seem like advantages and then go completely the other way around when it comes to others. Even when they give high praise to a phone's characteristic they can make it so that you feel like the other one is even better. It is an art which is played mostly at an subconscious level.

In the end it's not a conspiracy, it is problably just a need for good web traffic=money and they can make it so by praising the dominant company. There are probably dozens of millions of Samsung users and it is better to make them think and be at ease with the Samsung product they have chosen, being gratified with the fact that they are on the best side - its just a mind calming factor + gets your site lots of mouse clicks.

S4 is a beast but for me the qualities i seek in a phone put the HTC One on top and the S4 problably not even second.

PS: the most worrying thing is what hamdir said about the camera. Hope it does not turn out to be true but there seem to be a big difference in the quality of the photos between different reviews. Seems like this delayed launch is good for me as i can look further into this problem.
[One (M7) General] easycure1974:
If you really red what they wrote about it you should understand why the big difference
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
no like stated it was defected unit and the firmware is updated already (the article which mentioned the update)

and yes what im saying we have seen tons of amazing much better results from the HTC One even in full 100% zoom but then we see these modest results

amazing samples came from gizmodo, engadget, anandtech and techno buffalo

so its a real worry whether HTC is using two sensors
[One (M7) General] chriskwarren:
The article says the standby time is the biggest difference. For power users the phones are similar in battery life, but light users will see more drain on the One.
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
well put, lets hope the delay actually guarantees the better camera

the results posted by Nerdtalker are amazing (gizmodo, engadget and techno buffalo as well)
[One (M7) General] Large Hadron:
They say it's due to higher standby consumption with the One, but give no details.

Still waiting for Anandtech review myself ;)

Meanwhile, there's another comparison at http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/Samsung-Galaxy-S4-vs-HTC-One_id3282. Although this one is much shorter it does (briefly!) discuss telephony, something which is left out of the GSMArena comparison (though not their full reviews, so when the S4 review appears you'll be able to do that comparison yourself).
[One (M7) General] mmathiou:
If I was HTC and I was using two camera sensors (one good and one bad), I would (HTC) be careful to provide to all reviewers, phones with the good one. It does not make sense to do otherwise.

I am not saying that you are wrong, and I can not explain why these photos are having so much difference from one site to the other but if we have 4-5 reviews with good pictures and 1 review with bad there is a good chance to also have one more defect unit (as hardwarezone).
[One (M7) General] Rubman:
Considering the camera, it has been stated that some pre-release models which where given to reviewers had a defect/imperfection in camera hardware (because it's a pre-release).

Besides this there has also been a software/firmware update for the camera which is already in the final phones that are being sold in shops.

This has been clarified by a reviewer that mid reviewing got a different/replacement HTC One with final software

http://www.hardwarezone.com.sg/review-htc-ones-camera-tested-updated

Knowing this I strongly believe GSMArena have been reviewing with a pre-release model that has the same hardware defect that the first phone of hardwarezone had.

To be short it's not only very bias but also done with an unfair comparison because of a defective/non-final model of the One
[One (M7) General] jameslfc5:
The reach all points of the screen argument is only valid when the phone has a normal size or large bezel (like the HTC One) a 5" S4 will be just as easy to reach and hold as a 4.7" HTC One
[One (M7) General] nukemonk:
Many people do not look in depth, just the big final score on a red background. so despite the slightly better behavior under load at One, many will go with the idea - the battery life in One quarter worse than S4
[One (M7) General] cronus101:
Isn't that the same as the hox?

Sent from my HTC One X
[One (M7) General] jonstatt:
I checked corner sharpness on my One and its fine. But I do notice noise where there shouldn't be. Others have determined this to be a firmware issue due to wrongly adjusting the ISO and using high ISO during daytime which is silly. I believe the firmware fix will remedy this. For sure I notice in low light indoors the focus has little trouble and I get very consistent focused results. I still question whether HTC did the right thing with the camera but it is very hard to tell while there are bugs in the firmware. I do not believe however, that production phones have issues with the lens assembly.

Also, one thing that was totally overlooked was the VERY clever but totally Asian photo editor. It is hilarious. You can make faces slimmer, makes eyes bigger, smooth skin etc. The concept of slimming faces and increasing the size of eyes is a very Asian (Far Eastern) concept but it works extremely well and is fun to play with. This is a post photo edit mode and I have never seen such a full featured photo enhancer on a phone before. I don't believe there are any existing free apps that do as much as this one.
[One (M7) General] nukemonk:
No. hox got 37h endurance rating
[One (M7) General] androidindian:
I'm not sure about comparing device based on 1 day on hand review..they need to review s4 for a few days and then compare..will wait for pocket now and technobuffalo review..
[One (M7) General] myself11:
"Bigger screen; works with gloves and air gestures".

Hmm... so, indeed there are people that become mesmerized with air gestures. Working with gloves is nice, but how can a gimmick like air gestures be considered an advantage?
[One (M7) General] slannmage:
If you cook your own food, I can already think on a major advantage or even if you eat something messy, you can just hover ur finger over instead of getting the screen messy. It also adds an extra button in a sense, so instead of only having like tap to open a picture, you now have this hover to preview or any other function programmers come up with.

It's an advantage and it is hardware based.

If you don't care about it though, don't let it bother you, some people do care about it.....

Opinions.
[One (M7) General] myself11:
Haven't thought of that, but yes, it's handy for cookers, or at least for those who hate screen protectors and need to cook and use their smartphone simultaneously.
[One (M7) General] eXplicit815:
A lot of these points between the S4 and One are the reason why I only go by Phonedog's reviews. I'll wait for them to get an S4 in the office and see what they have to say about it. I'm a die-hard HTC user, and I really don't think the S4 is as great as GSMArena has tried to make it out to be. The overall comparison between the two are definitely one sided in that article.
[One (M7) General] umd:
If your hands are messy, you shouldn't be touching the device and be able to tap, scroll, swipe etc. As far as I know all it can do is swiping. So you won't be able to use it without touching it. And that means it's just a gimmick.

About AirView, don't even start. It's hard to use. You can clearly see shaking fingers from Youtube videos. They're trying hard not to touch the screen. I mean taking a look into a message and going back with a Quad core device is easier.

Make a gorgeous 5" touch screen and try to find ways to not to touch it. Interesting.
[One (M7) General] aliveon2legs:
Hmm... the number one thing, by far that has kept me from purchasing Samsung phones in the past has been the Viagra blue tint to their AMOLED screens. The fact that they say color accuracy is greatly improved with "Adobe RGB" gives me pause. The camera just might put me in the leaning-Samsung camp, now.

I wish this decision would get easier with each review, instead of harder.
[One (M7) General] trukenx:
WHAT!!!

Gotta say that was BY FAR THE DARKEST LOWLIGHT SHOT SAMPLE i have ever seen in any HTC ONE SAMPLE VIDEO OR PICTURE.....

This False equivalence thing is starting to be annoying... ONE looks better has better speakers, design, is A better fits better in the hand... but its a tie because you can "remove the batter and add storage on on a HARDWARE COMPARISON... ITS LIKE SAYING THIS CAR LOOKS BETTER AND ITS BUILT OUT OF ALUMINIUM AND CARBON FIBER BUT THE ITS A TIE IN THE BUILD/HARDWARE WITH THE CHEAP LOOKING, UGLY, PLASTIC CAR BECAUSE THE PLASTIC CAR HAS A BIGGER GAS TANK AND A LARGER TRUNK
[One (M7) General] boodies:
I don't think it's biased. The s4 is a better/newer phone.. Alson why is this surprising as samsung is a bigger and more innovative company. They won phone of the year with the gs2, gs3, and now gs4. I also think it looks better than the one. On top of all it's awesome features, it's got a freakin pedometer, barometer, and a thermometer lol.
[One (M7) General] stesa:
it take care of your health too
[One (M7) General] djbenny1:
I read it too.

As a comparison it's good, but as far as rating them side by side it's pretty stupid as so much of it is subjective.

For example hardware section included both design and the actual hardware, and even though HTC wins on design in their comparison, Samsung wins on actual hardware making it a tie.

However, for me, the unnecessary sd card and removable battery and virtually identical chips make those differences insignificant to me, meaning in MY comparison, the One is miles ahead of the S4 due to its far superior design (which in itself is also subjective), but not everyone cares what I think.

Too bad that a lot of people will read that and they'll see "oh s4 is obviously better because it won more".
[One (M7) General] barondebxl:
Yes I believe that you're right. Its always better to put the facts out there and let the people decide, but its hard as these two phones are competing directly with one another. These are gsmarena's opinions, that doesn't mean that its true for this or that person. But people shouldn't catch any feelings of that comparison, both are amazing phones in my opinion.
[One (M7) General] mrej201:
wrong u can say wake up by voice
[One (M7) General] umd:
That's what I'm saying. You didn't use AirGesture, you used voice command which was already there.

Lets say you woke up the device and opened an app by voice without touching it then what? How can you use that app? All you can do is swiping between pictures. That's why we call it as gimmick.
[One (M7) General] jonstatt:
I am really surprised that the fact the S4 display is pentile seemed so inconsequential.When you see a photo, it doesn't make that much difference. But when playing games where you get single block colours, I would be very surprised if the One didn't show a distinct advantage even with the kinds of pixel densities we are talking about.
[One (M7) General] Shan89:
Agreed , tho i'm not willing to accept fully the camera test , i couldn't find ANYWHERE HDR Video recording from HTC One , on the other videos i've saw HTC One LITERALLY RAPED the competition with HDR Recording, it picks up so much better light and everything i assume they wanted the TEST to be fair so they didn't use HDR recording , but then again if they wanted it to be fair they should use 4mp on s4 as well not 13 vs 4 , it's stupid they didn't use HDR video recording, and theres a good reason why they haven't , because it rapes s4 in that area.

Another weird thing is that samsung s4 by their statistics has louder speaker when someone is calling you , which i don't believe. HTC One speakers should be by all means louder in every way then s4 speakers. I guess the only way to know is when we see proper you tube or in person tests.

The review is quiet biased imho as well but i guess the best we can get these days considering theres a chance samsung paid them as well.
[One (M7) General] Brac20:
Such an insightful reply...

Just because the GS4 was announced later doesn't make it newer. They will have been in development for roughly the same amount of time. Samsung really isn't an innovative company, yes they are bigger, but the S4 is an incredibly safe product lacking in any real innovation.

They haven't won phone of the year with the GS4 as it's not even out.

I'm struggling to think of any awesome features that the One doesn't have. Camera features are all on the One anyway, apart from the pointless dual camera thing. And when did a pedometer or thermometer become impressive?

"I also think it looks better than the one" is when I knew you were just a troll. The S4 will be a powerful and high selling phone I have no doubt about it. It will work well, it has some interesting features and i'm sure if I owned one I would probably be happy (once I got rid of TW). But there are two areas that the One is head and shoulders above the S4. 1. Audio 2. Looks. There is no contest between the look of the two devices.
[One (M7) General] epicfailguy2:
No smart stay is a fail on the htc. Button placement is also a failure. But both can be accomodated with third party app or some get used to it...

The biggest fail being no quick settings in the notification drawer like the auto luminosity and offset bar of the auto setting. Dunno why htc overlooked such simple and basic features that will deter a lot of buyers who simply buy whats easiest to use.
[One (M7) General] joslicx:
You cannot really say that. I think Samsung is fairly innovative at this point of time. They get more patents per year than even Apple or Canon. Only IBM is ahead of them.

With S4 I think the right word is "underwhelming" rather than lacking innovation. S4 also has some innovations. The Octa-core CPU is an innovation. Nobody else has that. the 1080p diamond matrix SAMOLED is an innovation. Some of the software features are also innovations in their own right (like dual camera).You cannot simply trivialize things like that. Problem with S4 is, it was hyped up a lot. And it has only partially delivered (to me at least)

That said, S4 and One are two incredible devices and are going to be flagships for respective companies for the rest of the year. Just because HTC One is great, doesnt make the other guy bad/ordinary and vice versa.
[One (M7) General] Silellak:
I guess we disagree on what "innovation" is, or at least, worthwhile innovation. "Natural bumps to specs that everyone expected to see" don't really count as innovations to me.

Sure I can. It's not really "innovation" - it's a silly idea that solves a problem that no one ever really had in the first place.

Also, on top of that, it's not innovative because LG actually did it first:

http://www.techradar.com/us/news/ph...cking-technology-raises-lg-s-eyebrows-1139148
[One (M7) General] joslicx:
You do know that the Exynos CPU is designed and developed by Samsung. It has a different 4+4 architecture. How is it not an innovation? same goes for the FHD SAMOLED panel. Is it really that easy to bump up specs??? Then why cant other companies do that?

Going by your logic nothing in HTC One is also innovation. it is also just natural bumps in specs compared to One X.
[One (M7) General] BaronInkjet:
I think it is rather bizarre that GSMarena chose to compare the snapdragon S4 to One, rather than the Exynos GSM version. The latter has Wolfson audio, etc. In their One review, they only compared it to other Qualcomm chip phones.
[One (M7) General] Silellak:
I never said the HTC One was innovative, either. I suppose the front-facing speakers are arguably a minor innovation, at least in the modern smartphone market. ZOE is...kind of innovative, I guess, but I think it's more "cool" than "innovative".

If you call every logical spec bump (2 cores -> 4 cores -> 8 cores), (720p -> 1080p) "innovation", then the word loses its meaning. The word innovation, in my opinion, should be reserved for unexpected revolutions that change the smartphone game - not the spec bumps that inevitably happen every year.
[One (M7) General] joslicx:
my dear friend

the smartphone industry is in essence evolutionary only.

otherwise samsung did alter the game in 2011 with their Exynos processor. it destroyed snapdgarons and combined with their SAMOLED panel on S2 catapulted samsung in the position it is today.

anyway the new so called octa-core is not simple 8 cores. its a 4+4 core configuration with only one of them active depending on mood of the user (power vs battery). I think it is quite innovative (in the sense it fools simpletons into believing the hype of carrying 8 cores while also mostly remains on power saving A7s which is good for the battery life). It remains to be seen how good their implementation is in real use as this kind of switching requires a scheduler sitting in between and that kind of arrangement can have its overheads. Lets see. But I do believe it is an innovative idea that Samsung has implemented.
[One (M7) General] O_G:
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[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] adilliano:
hi guys,i am here for giving you some taste of galaxy s4 so before you go for it lets have it fun on you GS3.so here it goes..:)

Wallpapers

in wallpaper pack you are now able to download all 7 high-resolution wallpapers.these are the official HD wallpapers.

http://www.4shared.com/zip/20l1US3x/GalaxyS4-Wallpapers.html?

Mirror

http://db.tt/byZ8fomG

Ringtones

in the ringtone pack there are all the official new ringtones from s4.we got our hands on all of the ringtones from the device,big thanks to our insider.

http://www.4shared.com/zip/fjH0QM32/GalaxyS4-Ringtones.html?

Mirror:

http://db.tt/B86eNwON

S-Voice

We tried the new App on the Galaxy Note II, Galaxy S III and the Nexus 4. The APP seems to work flawlessly on Samsung Firmwares whereas has some issues on AOSP based ROMs.

http://www.4shared.com/android/cFpvxSps/S-Voice_Android_phone_J.html?

just upzip the files and get them.

the download link was down so i thought to get them for you here,so that you can get it easily.i want nothing more than a thanks.:)

thanks to Harsha Raj for Mirrors :)

big thanks to:

sammobile
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] egel1:
Sorry for the misunderstanding, but How do I install the ringtone pack?Do I need to flash the file with cwm Thank you!
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Adam3Sixty:
Same s-voice app as the other thread, so some issues will be present.

Sent from a tree branch outside ur sisters bedroom using XDA Premium.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] erto90:
Is poaaible to have also the new music player from the dump?
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] BRSG:
Please host the files in another site where we don't have to register to download...
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] kasinger:
How original.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] erto90:
R: Galaxy S 4 wallpaper,Ringtones,S-Voice.fully working for S III

How about original font?

Inviato dal mio GT-I9300 con Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] burnout:
Please host the files in another site where we don't have to register to download..

+1
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] adilliano:
Ok I will do that :) and for gettin file copy files to system in media ringtones via root explorer : cheers :)

For font we have to wait for s4 release.once i buy,i will try my best to port all the stuff to my s3 friends.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] virtual-metal:
:)

use ES File Explorer
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] ticojpunk:
I'm using ES but still don't see how to install the ringtones. When I copy them to the ringtones folder they don't show up when assigning ringtones.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] dratif:
copy to zedge folder.its the simplist way.
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] naimessy:
thanks

thanks mod
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Mrl_onely:
BIG THANX ;)

cant waint t get s4 features on my beloved s3 ♥

Keep it up bro
[Galaxy S III Themes and Apps] Harsha Raj:
There you go: