[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bob13bob:
tmobile 1.27 here. 1.29 is supposed to improve things like camera, and the capacitive buttons. Both phones stock. i've used my nexus 4 for ~12days and my one for 3 days so far on tmobile. If the camera was clearly better or I needed the wifi calling or LTE, it would be worth the $230 premium to me easily. If you ave the option of a subsidized phone, then I would buy an S4 > resell, then buy the phone you want.

with tmobile, I haven't needed wifi calling yet, data speeds are plenty fast without lte (and we don't have it yet). The camera difference discussed in more detail here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=41717762#post41717762

what's important nexus 4 vs one for me.

NEXUS 4 PROS

-noticeably faster in 8 tracks and tapatalk. (especially when scrolling, the one jitters a lot more) [turn taptalk posts/page to 50]

see discussion here. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=41719714#post41719714

update After enabling 2d gfx acceleration. The one is now a lot faster scrolling in 8 tracks. the N4 is slighly faster scroller in tapatalk. Giving the edge to ONE here now.

-camera is better outdoors. haven't done enough indoor testing to know yet.

-one gets hotter while using away from wifi

-less bezel, and much better screen to front face ratio. part of this is the physical buttons and front

speakers

-*major the n4 keyboard is much better. the one keyboard lags when switching to number mode and back. Also, during intensive applications the ONE keyboard lags even when typing letters. more noticeable when swyping. Swype on n4 is also better.

-the OS is more intuitive.

-power controls accessible from the the slide down menu.

-one has overly fragile camera cover plastic from reports here

-gallery app much better. I can share via gmail app and google plus directly and easily. on the one, you have to open up gmail app, then hit attach > find your folder.

-you can browse all your google cloud uploaded photoS on the gallery app.

-*minor n4 has google wallet (i use rarely)

-naked, the n4 is more comfortable in my hands.

BUTTONS

-htc one has physcial buttons, but the menu button is onscreen for much of the phone use. it's a waste of

screen space. the n4 has all on screen buttons. 100% on screen >> 40% on screen + 60% off screen buttons.

-at the botton of the front face, the htc has a speaker, capacitive buttons, and onscreen menu button. a

big chunk of space I consider not well spent. n4 has much less wasted space

-htc one capacitive buttons are less ergonomic for me to hit, because of this the phone feels less

ergonomic.

-on n4 screen buttons. I thought I would hate them, but I found out I love them.

*major visual feedback when a button is pressed. with the one, sometimes I miss the home button, and have

to press multiple times. (supposed to be improved with 1.29 update). this never happens with the n4.

every button lets you know when it's pressed. you know when you missed, and when the phone is just lagging.

*back, home, multitask, and menu buttons on in the same easy to find place.

*buttons change dynamically. if the back buttons minimizes the keyboard, it changes it's shape to be clear

It displays a menu button only when and if there is a menu option

ONE PROS

-*major screen has better colors,

-screen better clarity

-*major screen is brighter under auto bright

-*major battery life is supposed to be better, haven't had long enough to really evaluate

-*major 32gb vs 16gb on the n4 model. it's a major to me.

-IR remote is really cool. I don't know how much I'll use it though. Hopefully they come out with some 3rd party universal programmable remote software. If so, this will turn in to a *MAJOR.

-phone looks sleak, metal construction

-phone is louder, sounds better

-phone vibrate is very strong

-tmobile wifi calling + lte

-*major camera is better low light shooter, and quicker to focus

neutral

-the n4 is slightly wider screen aspect ratio. fits slightly more horizontal text reading. The one has more vertical space, more vertical text (at least when you don't have that pesky menu bar)

-gps locks plenty fast on both devices

-one phone feels denser