[AT&T HTC One (M7)] barondebxl:
Excellent and unbisased point of view. also used both devices.

I tried the HTC One for the first time almost 2 months ago. Fell in love with it. Not necessarily cause of the aluminum but cause of the design, the INSANELY great display and speakers. Plus blinkfeed is something that used constantly. To make a long story short, the HTC One is an outstanding phone.

But I was on the fence between it and the S4 and I used Samsung phones more than any other andi like touchwiz ( but the look of it is starting to age really). Anyways I sold my HTC One even thoug I absolutely loved it and purchased the I9500. Battery life was incredible, very comfortable in hand and loved the screen real estate but the lag was unbearable. Sold it after 3 days and went back to the HTC One cause it was the better handset at the time hands down, no debate. Used the One until last week. Decided to give another shot at the S4 ( I had heard that the lag was fixed) so I got it last Friday and I am EXTREMELY pleased now. The lag is gone, I guess Samsung fixed it with the updates and with the roms and kernels the S4 is now what it should have been from day 1. So now that both phones perform great, heres what I think their pros and cons are ( my opinion ladies :) )

HTC One pros:

- Best looking phone ever

- Best display on a smartphone ever

- Best speakers on a smartphone ever

- Sense 5 s very nice, love blinkfeed

- Very fluid performance, fast and very responsive

- pretty good battery life

- wide angle camera

- S-off, super CID, bootloader unlocked and great dev support

Cons:

- Stupid position of the power button

- Only 2 buttons ( back and home) , 3 dot menu button

- too much bezel on the front of the phone

- Sense 5 is nice but lacks features like touchwiz

S4 (AT&T) pros:

- Amazing Super Amoled HD display ( best amoled display ever)

- 5 inch screen is the sweetest spot, lots of screen real estate

- Super comfortable in the hand, very ergonomic

- Excellent battery life, battery charges LIGHTNING FAST

- GG3 display

- Many features that you can turn on or off

- Super light and thin

- EXCELLENT camera ( honestly the best on an android phone)

- physical home button, dedicated menu button

S4 cons:

- Coming from theHTC One, it is plasticky ( especially the back cover, feels weird)

- Seems to overheat faster than the One

- No blinkfeed ( again, my opinion)

- Locked bootloader

- More fragile than the One

Both phones are great now. In my honest opinion, if there was a phone award of the year,no question that it should go to the HTC One. HTC deserves it because they made an incredible phone, something that is very impressive. Now personally, im using the S4 because I prefer having a bigger screen, I use features like multi window, smart stay and air view a lot and find them extremely useful. So its all about compromise and see what works best for you but at the end of the day, both phones are amazing now ( 2 months ago the One was slaughtering the S4 in my opnion). If ya'll don't like my review ya'll can kiss my a$$ :)

---------- Post added at 01:23 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:17 AM ----------

Exactly. The reason why I talked about how much the One x sold is cause nobody cares, just like the point you were trying to make that your one x running viper has more features than any S4 roms, NOBODY cares. That was the point I was trying to make but apparently you didn't get it. I love smartphones in general, I use things from iphones to WP7 to HTCs to samsungs, to LGs as long as i find them interesting. I feel bad for you guys that are closed minded and worship one OEM, there are many great options out there and i enjoy all of them ;)