[Galaxy S 4 General] secany:
[MENTION=2571611]shox22[/MENTION]:

Thanks for your opinion.

I really don't want to pick up an argument, so this will be my last post on this matter. Each person have their own taste. Looking at your signature, you are using Sony and HTC. Hence a little favor for HTC, right? ;)

Anyway, I, myself have both phones in my hand so I am talking about my comparisons, my opinions :)

And don't get me wrong. I used to think HTC One is greatest phone on the first day I receive it. Maybe it is the best phone HTC ever made so far. I have to let you know that I test S4 in store before I got HTC One, and I feel S4 is nothing special. On the day I got HTC One, I prefer HTC One over S4. But today, after receive my S4 and spent time with it, now I ranked S4 slightly higher. TOTALLY. PERIOD.

- Speaker: I have to admin that I did not try any song on those 2 phones. I have B&W A7, Bang Olufsen A9, Beolab 5 + Playmaker,, Beolab 8000 + Beolab 2 + Playmaker,, Beolab 3 + Beolab 2 + Playmaker, Altec Lansing inAir 5000, Sonos play 5 + sub , I always listen to music on those speakers. 90% I mean is quality when testing /RINGTONES/, this is what the phone does then someone call you, this is the most important feature of the phone. Yes, HTC One's speaker is better. BEST SPEAKER ON MOBILE PHONE EVER.

- Toggles: this is the critical one. SHOULD have on every single android phone. I really don't know why HTC left it. Don't blame 4.1.2. Xperia Z and heaps of phones all have toggles on 4.1.2. If HTC not making toggle on this, I doubt they will add or not. But then, you're right, an app on Play Store solved this :)

- TV Remote apps: If you have both phone in hand, try the S4, then try the HTC One. HTC One is no way near any logitech universal remote I ever use. While on S4, customize way is more like the Bang & Olufsen Beo 6 remote I'm using in bedroom. Well, both done the jobs anyway, but on S4 is slightly better, easier.

- Build quality: yes. I like the HTC one because it material. But there are a lot of build quality issues on the phone. I have gap on the top, not big gap, but enough the be a let down. Volume button has another gap, this one is quite big. And the LCD glass is thicker than the speaker grill, so every time I swipe to get to notification bar, I feel glass on my finger. On bottom, near the charging socket, aluminum rim is on fit the phone, quite sharp as well.

I know there is a first batch issue. But I don't care. I am talking about phone IN MY HAND, not in the future. Please don't ask why I did not return / exchange it. I think about it actually, but after reading on the internet, seem like 9 out of 10 HTC One have small mistakes (Read: in Australia, I don't know about worldwide situation). Zero-gap, huh?

On the other hand, Samsung is made by plastic, so it is lighter :) In fact, now I feel HTC One is a bit heavy, even heavier than iPhone 5.

- Buttons: WHY DOESN HTC HAVE TO RE-INVENT this??? 3 buttons are perfectly fine. This is a backward. Note: I AM USING LASTEST DEV BUILD. Tried all custom roms. TrickDroid, Android HD, Renovate, etc. And button still no good for me. Well, renovate rom have toggles on notification bar, but for some reasons, is disappeared for now.

- Multitasking by button: how much longer between holding home button and double tap home button? 0.1s? The thing I /really/ care about is holding home button works 10 out of 10 times I want. While double tapping home button on HTC One NOT always work for me. Double tapping will NOT bring multitasking instantly after the second tap (confirm and admit it please). After tapping twice, it still not showing, sometimes I ended up tapping three times, and it won't show up neither. This make double tap slower than holding for me.

I'm on lastest 1.29 build, and will go to try couple speed setting after this post.

- Lagging issue: S4 on stock Rom. Not even rooted yet. All original. NO lag AT ALL (so far?).

- Keyboard: you're right. Personal taste. But then, just remember that HTC One keyboard input language is lesser than S4. If you use other language apart from English, ***MAKE SURE YOUR LANGUAGE IS ON HTC ONE***

- Air view on S4: This is crap. Totally crap.

I'm gonna stop here. My advise is test the phone, side by side, and decide which one you like. Don't test those one time. Test both phones, keep swapping about 3 - 4 times, spent at least 5 minutes on each.

Added: Man, just look closer to my HTC One. I'm not even finish setup apps on it yet. And already have scratches on the back. Wonder what will happen if I start using it for few days. Vibrated on the table makes to scratches huh?