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[AT&T HTC One (M7)] rohitgarewal:
Not that many people have the S4 yet, so a direct comparison is difficult. However, as a ONE / NOTE2 owner, I can give you some comparable feedback.

First off, you won't go wrong with either phone. For all the recent complaints about Galaxy build quality, to me the note 2 feels like an amazing device. Great weight, high quality materials, great screen. The S4 weighs less, has better materials, and even better screen, so you're fine there. Touchwiz has also improved a lot, providing a lot of features that android leaves out. Whether you like the design and font aesthetics is purely subjective; I think its pretty good. However, you can always throw a launcher on top and not even notice it for the majority of what you want to do. The camera on the Note 2 is really good, the S4 will probably be great.

All in all the note 2 / S4 is (will be) an amazing phone.

HOWEVER

My choice would be the one. First off, functionally, as a medium user (45-60 minutes of music streaming, 20 minutes of phone calls, emails throughout the day, 50 or so whatsapp messages, check blink feed 4-5 times a day) the phone easily lasts me about 16 hours. I take the phone off the charger at 6:30 am and when i plug in at 11PM i have over 30% remaining.

Second, the fit and finish of the one is really amazing. I'm a big apple (read: smartphone) fan, and I love well designed gadgets. The one is a stunningly design phone, and it feels good to hold.

Third, that screen is amazing. It makes reading articles, web pages, and emails a dream.

Fourth. Sense has the best native email app, hands down, of any android device. It blows away the touchwiz version, and is a significant step up from stock android. As a heavy exchange email user, this was huge for me.

Fifth, zoe and the camera are very, very cool. Low light is as good as advertised (for a camera phone), and for well lit landscapes with decent dynamic range the camera excels. I dont like it with poor, bulb lit rooms, but all phones stink at this.

Sixth, as a whole sense is much more beautiful (to me) than touchwiz.

Summary: For the things that matter to me, battery, design, screen, email, camera, and UI, as much as I like the galaxy devices I like the One significantly more.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] esach88:
I'm trying to decide on HTC One or S4. The only reason? Multitasking. I despise the way HTC has setup multitsking on my One X. I am always online with it and have on avg 10 tabs open at once. I go to send a text and comeback to all the tabs resetting or my youtube video resetting. Drives me insane. Doesn;t do that on my Fiancees Note 2. Took her phone out for a spin for a couple days and was amazed out how well it can multitask.

So to those of you that own an HTC One, How is the multitasking? Better or worse than One X? Can you open up 10 tabs in chrome and then make a phone call and send a text without the tabs resetting?

Thanks :)
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] Chund3r:
I'm a long time HTC buyer from the Aria, Inspire, and now my One X+ and was going to buy the One on launch day mainly because of this annoyance and bad battery life. However after playing with the One in store I decided not to buy it. I absolutely loved the look, feel, and how fast and smooth the phone was among other things. BUT it still has HTCs over aggressive task killer even when little to no ram is being used out of the 2Gb available. It is improved from the One X, but it's not like every other android phone. :(

I put off my purchase waiting to see what comes out of Google IO, if nothing wows me like the One did, hopefully HTC would of finally fixed multitasking.

I know we can root and install a custom rom on our phones to get somewhat of a fix. But we shouldn't have to in order to fix what could easily be labeled as a defect on a $600 device. It's a deal breaker for me.

Sent from my HTC One X+
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] esach88:
That's unfortunate. I most likely will not buy the One then if they are still aggressive on the multitasking. Maybe I'll wait to see what the next Google phone will be like or take a gander at the S4.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] Skizzy034:
I'm loving most everything about the One except for how hot it gets with only mild use like browsing the web or just using the xda app for an hour. I'm dreading the heat of summer. This phone will probably fry my hands.

A phone that makes your hands sweat seems so uncomfortable to me.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] Bigjim1488:
It's funny basically there is no phone out there for you. The S4 has super bloat and the HTC can't task manage.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] Hunt3r.j2:
The GS4 has a locked bootloader with no unlock option. The One currently does and it's been consistently shown that xda has managed to get at least an unlock method via CID change. Maybe it will be harder this time because CID is write protected but right now as far as I'm concerned it will have better development.

And I've had zero issues with multitasking, nothing I've noticed yet.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] raqball:
And what exactly are you trying to prove with this image??

I'm lost as available RAM has little to do with pre-installed crapware..
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] Bigjim1488:
My thoughts exactly lol. The s4 lucked out because someone was able to gain root. I bet if root wasn't gained there would be a lot more upset people out there. I've played with the s4, the lag is just silly!
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] ste1164:
There is still lag in the S4 when opening certain apps & moving around the UI. As I don't think samsung have implemented project butter. They have used their own weird way.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] Silellak:
Multitasking is much, much, MUCH better on the One than on the One X. It looks to me like Sense only kills of processes when they phone has been idle for awhile, as opposed to killing them almost immediately.

I think it's still different than Stock Android, but personally I have 0 problems with it.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] robstunner:
In all honesty, are you seriously using ten web pages at once on your phone? I don't even do that on my pc!
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] raqball:
^^^^^ This ^^^^^
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] sabre31:
I have the HTC one, note 2, nexus 4, and sgs4. From all of the them I still think the note 2 cant be beat. However between HTC one and galaxy s4 I think galaxy s4 is better. I really like the 64gb I have on my HTC one and premium look but the three dot menu button sucks it it takes up so much screen space its like you are using a 4 inch screen the screen is that cramp. The capacitive buttons don't register half the time, the way they implemented multitasking is like an iPhone. They could have made HTC one Stellar by adding a dedicated menu button and 5 inch screen IMO. The phone also gets hot and before everybody tells me all phones get hot is BS my iPhone never got hot and my note 2 never gets hot even when we can playing games for 2 hours.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] daddioj:
omg please with this 3 button menu thing. why is everyone making such a big deal?? is that all everyone has to go on?. if there wasn't the 3 button. then what else are we going to pick at? i had also the nexus 4 the s3 the note 2. and many manyyyy otheres to name a few. the note 2's battery life took a dramatic hit with 4.1.2 and it lags. and now the s4 even more so. samsung needs to stop adding all this crap. htc is near perfect . best screen does everything i want. and then some. multitasking? whats wrong with it? seems hella good to me. phone calls are excellent and so is reception. i guess you cant keep everyone happy eh?
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] sabre31:
If you are OK with having a 4.7 inch screen but only being able to use 4 inch of that screen more power to you. To me its a big fail on HTC's part. How hard is it to add a dedicated menu button and let me use the full screen. Its a bone headed move on their part.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] robstunner:
HTC2Menu

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=40626497

Done.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] dxwilliams40:
Played with the gs4 in bestbuy this morning. I loved the screen, but decided to keep the HTC one. I hope that I don't regret it.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] gtg465x:
Not like it's always there. Only crappy, improperly coded apps show it. I see it. in 2 apps on my phone out of about 50. And it takes up about .3 inches of screen in those 2 apps. Not a big deal at all.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] daddioj:
dude really. this is android. change it. that's why we buy these phones. lets not over exaggerate how much real estate it takes up. and really this is how android/google really wanted it. no menu button. its not HTC
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] Skizzy034:
If I hold my phone level vertically it kinda looks like the screen is tilted or off center. I don't quite know how to explain it. Is that even possible?
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] jtc276:
I played with the S4 and One beside each other for a half an hour today. At first I really liked the S4 display until I realized how warm it was and how pitiful the whites were. I then played two HD videos and the level of detail in the One outmatched the S4. I tried to try out the S4 software features but couldn't even get half of them to work. And the ones that did work were pretty useless or buggy. Also, TouchWiz has taken a hit in the stability department because it lags quite often compared to 4.1 on the S3, stock Android on my Nexus 4, and especially Sense 5 on the One. Also, the back speaker on the S4 is weak. I don't even have the One yet but I was able to easily choose the better device when subjectively comparing the two. I actually thought for a few minutes I would like the S4 better, but I definitely didn't.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] daddioj:
i don't even think Touchwiz software is very polished this time around. hence the delays to the market regardless what they tell you .
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] chivamex10:
S4>HTC one.

Just being honest with myself. Menu button makes a world of difference. The S4 rated higher on the benchmark test. I was a bit skeptical about some of the features on the s4 but after playing with it I was actually pretty impressed with what it could do. You can call them gimmicks but it doesn't hurt to have Em. Samsung provides you options. I'll take raw power over looks any day.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] surge27:
I can understand the features comment BUT...

Flash a kernel and you can use the htc logo as the menu, I had higher benchmarks on stock rom than the s4 (I'm sure others can back me on this), and raw power? Not sure what you meant..

Can't go wrong with either phone but just my 2¢
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] gtg465x:
I wouldn't say the S4 has more power. It benches higher in a few tests, but the One wins some too. Benched my One against an S4 at AT&T and it scored higher in Quadrant and Antutu.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] daddioj:
Benchmarks.? really? ***rolls eyes*** lol :laugh:
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] MBentz:
I played with an S4 today at my local BBY. To me, the S4 is in the weird position of being in between one handed and two handed use. I have monster hands, so I can easily one hand the One, but S4 doesn't feel big enough for two handed use like my Note did. That combined with liking Sense 5.0 a helluva lot more than TouchWiz has me glad to be back in the HTC camp. Maybe next time, Samsung.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] eallan:
The HTC as menu is terrible, it doesn't work well at all.

I think it's just terrible that BOTH the One and the S4 have horrible button layouts in 2013. I mean, the menu button has been deprecated since JANUARY 2012.

Get with it.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] th3ju99anaut:
I chose the One over the S4 for many reasons....

Overall build quality was the main reason....the S4 looks identical to the S3....and the S3 is the same flimsy plastic as all the other Galaxy phones....great phones...but feel so cheap as if my hands could crush if I wanted to. (Why would I though? :) )

I love love love how simple Sense 5 is compared to TouchWiz's upgrade although I miss a lot of features of TouchWiz such as swiping right for calling or left for texting in the contacts menu....just makes sense on all Android phones to have that featur....but TouchWiz is so dated...and it's hilarious seeing literally all the quick access buttons on the drop down box...not to mention all the apps you can use in the "Lock Screen"....I smell an Onion article on that....

All in all the S4's features don't really seem to be that great that they couldn't just do for the S3 in an upgrade.....

The Benchmarks mean nothing....if the S4 scored higher it was barely any higher to make a difference....I mean it is a 1.9 vs 1.7 so it only makes sense but here's my question...

Why are any of us really comparing? Most of us will root and flash a custom ROM that will Overclock the CPU's and add all the features we ask them to.....So honestly it seems with developers doing such great jobs on ROMS these days...who cares what the "Stock" software comes with?

I'd go with the physical features first which would obviously be build quality for the One and the obvious removable battery and replaceable SD storage in the Galaxy....

All in all they're both great phones....but one couldn't afford to come out with an "Upgrade" while the other one's previous successor allows it to be easily that....an "Upgrade".
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] airicd22:
I was ready to preorder the S4 at BB butwent back to the One to take one more look, i just can't get over how good the one looks and feels. The thing the S4 had goingfor it was the eyes and no touch scrolling and camera features, but I would never use them and I would end up with a phone that I didn't really like.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] starxgamingx:
I have one of both at the moment, honestly the s4 has bad problems when it comes to touchwiz interface. 25% of the programs are not fully functional. Lighter colors are muddled. I plan on using both over the next month then write my review.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] joshyy_rey:
Stopped reading after the benchmark comment, All legitimacy was lost. ;)
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] minicoop7:
Multitasking is different on both devices. As I posted in another thread, I am able to play my games, pause it, tap home (not back), open dolphin browser, open 5 websites in different tabs, double tap home, tap on my game and resume. Tap home again, open xda etc.

The key is not to tap the back button if you want to preserve the browser or other apps.

If you want to clear all recent or open apps, double tap home, tap and flick up the app you want to close. With my skyrocket, I had to tap and hold home for the task manager to clear memory.

Both phones I think are great. I guess it's a matter of preference and getting used to.

Peace.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] Fidelio_o:
I didn't spend two minutes with the stock Rom before my phone was unlocked and rooted and running a different rom with no menu button....lol your on XDA don't bicth about something that can be easily fixed. Shoot there's a fix waiting for you right now in the dev section that takes like a minute to apply....
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] spitfire2425:
I played games with both phones the other day, took pictures, litened to sound quality... the s4 may be clocked higher but you can't tell the difference. The guy I talked to has had a week or so with both phones and said the battery is better on the one. Plus I'm really tired of touchwiz and sense 5 is beyond smooth and way less bloat. The screen may be smaller but you can't tell because on touchwiz there's a huge gap between the dock and the pages which is so stupid. Sense uses the whole screen. If samsung would have done the samething htc did (slim down the launcher and the rest of the phone) I would have gotten the s4. Plus the s4 felt sooo cheap compared to the one, plus the one would be tougher, don't say plastic could take a better hit because they'll be about the same (they make cars out of aluminum!) The screen looked much more defined and clearer. I know people hate the idea of the non-removable battery but why would you need it? Its just another thing that could break. The no sd-card slot bothers me but I'm used to it cuz of my nexus 7 and I really don't need that much space. People complain about the buttons on the one but I had no problems with them whatsoever. When it comes to looks the One is the clear winner. It feels more like a $400 phone than a $200 one. Well that's my review of the phones.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] abacus0101:
Hey not to make you feel bad...but my costco is selling the HTC One for 159.99 ...that comes with a free case, car charger larger outer case and an extra data cable..and i have 90 days to swap it out for up to 4 phones with no restocking fee..not sure if different costco's have different prices or mine just made a mistake..i thought the 32 gb for 159 was a steal.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] jaythaovadose:
That's what I got exactly. I don't feel bad at all. It was 184 with tax and all the extras you got
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] Hurricane9:
I popped into an AT&T store today to try both phones. I am trying to decide which phone to use my upgrade on. I'm still using an iPhone 4 I got three years ago. I've been bored of iOS so I am switching over to Android here.

My objective opinion is that the One is the better phone.

Aesthetically, the One is just a beautiful phone. I was amazed at the construction and the design. It feels great to hold. The S4 isn't as nice, but it is still good. There are a lot of complaints about the plastic, and while I prefer a metal phone, the plastic on the S4 isn't that bad and it still feels pretty sturdy. But the S4 just looks too similar to the S3 for me to be impressed. The One is definitely the winner here.

The screens are both beautiful. I find it hard to chose the one I prefer. I pulled up some videos and pictures and tried to compare the two. The S4 has more saturated colors (maybe too saturated) and darker blacks. But I'd say that the HTC screen was clearer overall. But they were both clear. IMO the S4 has the better screen, but the two are both extremely good.

Coming from an iPhone, I've never used a phone with Sense or Touchwiz for extended periods of time. From my time in the store, Sense 5 wins out easily. People have said Touchwiz looks outdated, and yeah, it does. Sense looks sleek and modern. And it seems to be faster. One wins here easily.

Touchwiz does have some nifty features, but they are definitely gimmicky. I enjoyed using my eyes to scroll (or really, awkwardly moving my head up and down) for about 30 seconds and then got tired of it constantly losing my eyes or scrolling when I briefly looked up or whatever. I believe I would turn off most of the "features".

Sound? Do I need to answer that? HTC One by a landslide. The speakers on the S4 are underwhelming. One of the sales reps came over to show me this "cool feature" where you can play stereo music with two phones (as if I even had friends to do that with in the first place, but w/e), and it still sounded worse than the HTC One's two speakers.

Camera...well, they didn't seem too different. I didn't test them enough to get a good comparison, but the One's Zoe feature is really cool. Didn't think much of S4's camera app. I'm not going to use my phone for professional photography so I think I would prefer the One's low-light ability.

So overall, I think both phones were very good. But I am definitely leaning One after trying them both out.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] tjsooley:
for thoes people that are saying the S4 is better. Take this into account.

http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...axy-s4-has-a-lockednon-unlockable-bootloader/
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] mendedtimbo:
I couldn't decide which one to buy.... so I bought them both lol
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] dxwilliams40:
I definitely understand. I regretted exchanging my One for the S4. But I got att to give me an early upgrade on our other line and waiting on my nice new HTC one.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] joshuadjohnson22:
I had the s4 for just a few hours and I took it back. I wanted to like it but the screen didn't compete with the one. Also laggy my htc one x ran faster on half the processor
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] Nick281051:
After seeing both I'm definitely getting the one, it was fantastic when I tried it out today.

Sent from my Zanpakuto using Getsuga Tensho!
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] mendedtimbo:
I actually prefer my gs4 most of the time. Well after some mods and debloating. But the sound produced by this unit is amazing.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] ovoxo.:
Any specific reasons why you prefer the Sammy?
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] Mrkrackie:
My god couldn't agree more. The Galaxy S4 has horrible smearing problems right now... if you go into settings and look at the grey bar and scroll there will be this purple smear onto the bar. I think I am going to take the S4 back to At&t tomorrow... only had it since Wednesday. I am just not sure about the aluminum, the ones on display were always warm and made my hands sweat. Possibly because they are always plugged in? Any One owners please let me know how warm it usually runs on average.

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Higher benchmarks don't make up for the lag that the S4 has. If you don't believe me look it up. I had to disable every one of those gimmicks to get the phone to run faster. Also the stock keyboard Samsung provides lags so badly is unbearable. The gimmicks work really well in the store, once i got home where the lighting wasn't as perfect smart pause began to pause my videos while I was watching and eye scroll spends more time looking for my face than it does scrolling. Also quoted the wrong person.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] ChristopherXDA:
I've had the one for a week now and after coming from the Iphone 4s, I'm starting to like android a lot more from a customization and productivity standpoint. But, I did stop in AT&T the other day though to buy a screen protector and checked out the S4. I like the button arrangement better on the S4: Physical home button in the middle, sleep/wake button on the side; it all made the phone feel a little more one-hand friendly. I walked out with my One, but no screen protector or case while I try and make up my mind. I have a week left on the 14 day demo period and would hate to pay the restocking fee, but I am intrigued by the S4 more than I expected.

I think some of the lag issues on the S4 will be (or have been) easily solved and a custom rom will make the phone fly, just like on my One running ARHD.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] joshuadjohnson22:
for me this is the break down:

HTC One- Screen, OS, Look and feel

S4- Buttons, layout, lightness, removable battery and sd

Screen and OS won the One for me but if you prefer the other features get the S4. If screen and os matters to you avoid the S4, I did not like it
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] blackplague1347:
I have an S4 that I'd like to return to get my one back. Unfortunately, I dropped my S4 and the corner of the casing is somewhat dinged up, so I don't know if they'll take it. Should I try to return it or just sell it?
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] phositadc:
Might as well try...

Sent from my HTC One
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] blackplague1347:
Good point. I'll let you guys know how it goes. If they don't take it, I'm sure I can find a trade partner on Craigslist.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] joshyy_rey:
Yah if they don't take it. You'll have no trouble on craigslist
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] Mrkrackie:
Sd is becoming more less appealing with the inability to put apps on it. And with the 16gb only having 8gb availible due to excessive bloat, it's a real shame. The only thing I would see removable battery being useful for is if yours goes bad in like a year and a half. But for me it isn't an issue since I change phones every time my contract is abilible which is every year and a half. As far as when people say pulling the battery due to freeze ect. I find force restarting by holding power to be easier and less annoying than removing a case and pulling the back off.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] cdd543:
I returned my S4 today and will be rolling with my One. My S4 was so riddled with lag(even after disabling bloat and using tips and tricks) that I just couldn't justify keeping it for the full retail paid. Maybe I'll try again once things are worked out and there is some development for it, but I just couldn't get over feeling disappointed by it in its current form.