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on the one hand you have a Windows Phone by Nokia with great build quality and an operating system that utilizes tiles and on the other hand you have an Android phone by HTC with great build quality and an operating system that utilizes tiles hey it's Josh McArthur manager authority what's going on everybody and this is the HTC One versus the Nokia Lumia 928 this just might be the closest battle I've ever done when it comes to design it's no secret that the HTC One is an incredibly well put together phone whether it's aluminum chassis and unique form factor the sides are flat and despite being a little ankle do they help with the grip the aluminum adds to the phone handling and even though it's not really fingerprint prone it can be quite slippery to the touch two capacitive keys lie under the screen up front while the power button is up top with the volume rockers on the right the opinion that HTC hit a homerun with design here is pretty unanimous I even got the stealth black version which to me makes it even better the only complaint would have to be the rounded thickness the back is very opulent it rock back and forth if you use it on the table from the aluminum we go to plastic and for the Nokia Lumia 928 this actually isn't a bad thing the 928 is a glossy plastic covered device that is thicker than the one and less rounded this rectangular form factor brings quite thick flat sides that make it very easy to grip three capacitive keys are on the front while the HTC One has the screen slightly larger the 928 brings a very accessible screen size of four and a half inches there is a simplicity here similar to the HTC One as you can see on the back it is all white only with the camera optics atop a black line down the middle glossy plastic makes this phone pretty fingerprint prone and the gloss does give it that potential to slip around just as much as the one obviously this comes down to a question of materials plastic or metal both phones benefit from smaller screen sizes and the reform factors are easy in the hand there is an elegant simplicity to both of these devices that make them very attractive so it's a matter of what you actually want your phone to look like and how you want it to feel we might not be working with five inch screens here but these displays do very well well start with the smaller one the 928 has a four and a half inch Super AMOLED screen capable of 1024 by 768 resolution at 332 PPI coming in at around 720 resolution makes this a good performer it greatly complements the high contrast colorful motif of Windows Phone 8 with its high saturation a lower pixel density doesn't hurt text viewing too much so this screen is an easy handler made for work in play and then we upped the ante with the 4.7 inch Super LCD screen of the HTC One has pretty much the only screen under 5 inches capable of 1080p resolution this display is also rated at a whopping 469 PPI as such you get great resolution in a very accessible size it isn't as saturated as usual AMOLED screens but it handles the darker tones of sense 5 greatly Media looks great due to the resolution but that pixel density also makes text razor sharp how much do you want out of your smart phone screen those wanting super high performance can look to the HTC One for all their needs just don't count the 928 out as its specs are more than adequate for everyday use performance might widen the gap between these two phones starting with the HTC One it was one of the first phones to support the snapdragon 600 power processor that clocks in at 1.7 gigahertz it is an incredibly fast processing package that is backed by the tried and true Adrina 320 and 2 gigabytes of ram scores put the HTC One squarely among the best phones in the android market and through blinkfeed and sense 5 it's easy to see the speed Lumia 928 sports a package that would consider more mid-range in the Android space with its dual-core Snapdragon s4 plus clocked in at 1.5 gigahertz backed by the audrina two to five and one gigabyte of RAM while US Android users might lament this package in current android experiences it works perfectly for the definitely less demanding Windows Phone 8 ultimately despite the big gap on paper these are top performers for their respective ecosystems fast will be on the agenda no matter which one you go for the hardware situation starts off simple enough both of these phones don't sport expandable memory and have non removable batteries both come with 32 gigabytes of on-board storage though the HTC One can also be found with 64 gigabytes that's where the similarities end we'll start with the HTC One which comes with the usual bevy of connections Wi-Fi Bluetooth GPS and NFC the editions include Beats Audio which is not customizable but does a good job of adding more richness and volume to music and IR blaster enhances your TV experience the phone speaker is good if not exceptional speaking of speakers boom sound obviously these are getting a big mention as they are exemplary front-facing speakers there are light years better than anything else for sharing media with others the 928 on the other hand comes with the same usual bits of hardware including NFC as a verizon exclusive phone it connects to the carrier's great and fast LTE networks something that the HTC One can only currently boast on the smaller Sprint network both speakers suffer from the same problem while they're adequate get too loud and it starts to get fuzzy and drown out details let's relieve the story here there isn't much truly separating the 928 from the HTC One which is a bit of a detriment but rest assured that everything you do get on the 928 is reliable just not as exciting in the battery department we're dealing with a 2,300 milliamp hour performer in the HTC One and a 2,000 milliamp hour unit in the Lumia 928 the difference isn't all that huge between the two and it mostly shows and usage impressively the HTC One has been reported to get up to ten hours of web browsing and video playback I got to around 8 hours the 928 got right above 6 hours but where it shines is in standby time I've kept it sitting for hours on end without a big change to battery life power saving options are available on both devices so while the HTC One will let you play for longer you'll get a good days of work done easily either way now both cameras take on special features to bring out the best quality pictures in lowering the megapixel count so for HTC focused these ultra pixels to get the best possible photos the app benefits from HTC Zoe a program that can put together your photos and videos into lovely montages other scenes include HDR and panorama picture quality really is very good especially in low-light situations these for ultra pixels really flood in a lot of light to make indoor shots pop even if the pictures are smaller in size HTC did a fine job with their new unique shooter the Lumia 928 instead takes the common 8 megapixel camera and throws a lot of enhancing features in this carl zeiss powered shooter ads in PureView technology and even a xenon flash to achieve good results the app is pretty standard but can be enhanced with downloaded add-ons called lenses over all the pictures are good the Carl Zeiss optics do well while the peer reviews helps with indoor and low light shots of course if you need it you have that xenon flash as well now if the size of the picture really matters to you the choice is a little simpler here but with the same spirit for picture quality either way you'll ultimately end up with good results and here comes the software we're looking at two exceptional mobile operating systems in Windows Phone 8 and HTC Sense 5 version of Android we'll start with the 928 and Windows Phone 8 it is an incredibly simple user interface that manages to be simply elegant and highly intuitive at the same time what you get is a black or white background with primary colors on top the live tiles are your shortcuts but in the new version they give you extra information when you resize them it gives you exactly what you need nothing too much more as far as apps go the Windows Phone ecosystem obviously has quite a ways to go before it rivals Android but what you do get baked into Lumias wp8 works pretty well now on the other end HTC took their love it or hate it Sense UI and give it a major overhaul in the HTC One well used to look bloated and somewhat too spaced out has been a bit flattened it's still a little spaced out but cleaning things up really helped the real addition here is blinkfeed which pretty effectively replaces your home screens it is a tiled amalgamation of your news and social networks if you have a ton of sources it might be a little overwhelming but it isn't too hard to narrow it down it also isn't hard to get back to a more familiar looking Android if this was an earlier version of sense I honestly think the HTC One wouldn't get quite as much praise but with version 5 it brings a fresh look and feel that is a good leap forward so it's a battle of the tiles while Windows Phone 8 takes the simplistic style to the max you get the same idea in blinkfeed which is on top of an already powerful Android platform as ecosystems go Android still offers much more than Windows Phone but if you just want to get back to basics the 928 is still a fine choice and finally price unlocked the HTC One takes on the premium price of six hundred and ninety nine dollars quite a bit over the $500 price tag of the Lumia 928 on two-year contracts however the HTC One generally gets around the 199 dollar price point while the Lumia 928 can actually be found for much less $49 a fish though it just dropped to $29.99 on Amazon Wireless and so there you have it when it's all said and done we find that both of these phones share some philosophies good build quality uniquely feature-packed cameras and tiled operating systems both excel at what they set out to do if you want a bigger ecosystem the HTC One is backed by Android while the Lumia 928 packs reliable built-in software with an ecosystem that is still growing ultimately Windows Phone does have its place in the mobile space but the HTC One would sense five is a great example of how diverse the Android Market is which means it's also a great example of why us Android users don't easily convert thank you very much for watching this edition of versus if you want to see the full reviews for both of these devices you can see the links over on the side don't forget to drop us a like down below and to subscribe and then stay tuned to Android authorities YouTube channel because we are your source for all things Android