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brought to you by the US Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration you drive you text you pay to find out just how much the HGC is all hype we have a spec showdown while other manufacturers were relatively quick to hop on the quad HD resolution train HTC has kept at 1080p resolution for all its previous flagships this all changes with the HTC 10 though as the manufacturer moves up to competing in qHD super LCD display that will offer a little extra sharpness to match the sexiness of the s7 and the LG g5 add 5 to 5.5 inches the difference between 1080p and qHD is not massive but it's not a minor con that can be held against HTC s latest flagship anymore the more telling question will be to see how this resolution upgrade and packs the performance of battery life which we'll find out when we get our full review fortunately HTC managed to pack in a suitable size battery the handset features a three thousand milliamp hour cell which stacks up well against the galaxy s7 and s7 edges three thousand and thirty six hundred milli amp hour sizes it's also slightly larger than LG g5 s 2,800 milliamp hour and Xperia X's performances of twenty seven hundred million power unlike last year most of this year's flagship smartphones have settled on a single processor the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 there's still some exceptions though the Samsung Galaxy s7 offers the company's own Exynos 88-90 system on a chip in many regions outside the US the new Huawei p9 also ops to use its own in-house kuren 955 processor which is much more like the octa-core processors that dominate last year's field there's also not much to tell between the handsets in terms of RAM or memory options although the xperia x performance is a little behind with just three gigabytes of RAM performance should be very similar if not virtually identical across all these handsets although the lower resolution of the sony xperia x and Huawei's p9s displays might lend them an edge in terms of gaming situations UI optimizations may also make some minor differences Samsung has stripped back TouchWiz a little why Sony and HTC have typically offered slightly more lightweight default launchers smartphone camera technology remains a big selling point this year as all manufacturers in our list are touting notable improvements over their previous generation flagships HTC has long used its so-called ultra pixel terminology to describe its larger light-collecting sensors but there's a surprising similarity between the image sensors found in the HTC 10 and the galaxy s7 this time around both handsets boast a 12 megapixel main camera with similar apertures and pixel sizes for additional light capture the galaxy s7 s camera is proven to be a real winner so there's a lot to be excited about with this similar SPECT HTC 10 however the HTC 10 does not feature the fast auto focusing subpixels found in the s7 although you will find a laser autofocus module on the HTC handset a feature that LG had for a while now and one that Huawei has just adopted with the p9 the HTC 10 doesn't boast an IP rating for dust or water resistance so it's either the xperia x performance or the galaxy s7 if you're looking to take your smartphone for a quick dunk speaking of more unique features the galaxy s7 and LG 5 feature always-on display technology which can help save battery life when glancing at your phone to simply check the time or see if you have a new notification while the Huawei p9 is the only option if you want a force touch display audio remains a key selling point for the HTC flagship series and the HTC 10 boasts HiFi I do read across the board we'll have to see how the phone stacks up against the g5 however the 10 doesn't feature front-facing speakers anymore boom sound does return but there's one speaker on the front top and one on the bottom making it a more familiar setup to other phones on the market the inclusion of a dedicated subwoofer is an intriguing design choice but we're skeptical about how much of a difference it will make due to the limited speaker size the LG g5 in the agency 10 boasts Qualcomm's quick-charge 3.0 technology while the other phones on the market settled for last year's 2.0 version the 3.0 upgrade doesn't make a notable difference in charge time but it is more efficient and might mean that your phone doesn't heat up as much during charging so after reading a lot of the comments my sense is that most of you are really excited about the g5 so now that you've seen the HTC 10 have they stolen some of LG's thunder let me know what you think in the comments below all right let's admit it we all know it we've all texted while driving what you may not know is that thousands of people a year die from distracted related crashes like texting while driving and law enforcement right across the u.s. have really upped their game and they've initiated an intensive campaign whereby they're searching for those of us texting while driving and if they find you they will write a ticket so be smart be safe don't text while driving remember you drive you text you pay for more information visit distraction.gov you