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I guess you could say this is brushed plastic versus hairline brushed metal hey Josh a regard for mandroid authority what's going on everybody and this is the LG g3 versus the HTC One m8 as we start off with design the LG g3 quote-unquote metallic skin is supposed to be scratch resistant and oleophobic which is good news for the devices durability but on the other side the m8 proven metal build gives it a timeless and elegant appearance and improved resistance to shocks but on the front the LG g3 is almost all screen which contrasts with the EM it's much lower screen to footprint ratio HTC's device features not only large dual front boom sound speakers but also larger bezels especially on the bottom side yes that is because of the HTC black bar the g3 on comparison has its speaker located on the rear which is not ideal but hopefully it can make up for it in loudness in our future tests the g3 is rear mounted cameras flanked by a dual LED flash and the laser focus system while the signature volume and power buttons make their return on the back now in a sleeker form that is more flushed to the device's surface but the g3 may liken style compared to the m8 and make support in function Audi thanks to the removable back plate that exposes a micro SD card slot and a removable battery but all in all that when it comes to design we really do think that both of these phones are quite great the HTC One m8 is one of the best designed phones out there and on the back of it you have the hairline brush mail design and of course that dual camera up top but it is also one of the narrowest phones to use in the hand providing some really good handling especially from a left-to-right reach the LG g3 on the other hand does have a 5.5 inch screen and it is very large but it is one of the best-handling large screens out there so in a way you can put some good handling in the in the cab of either of these devices but at 534 PPI very few devices can match up to the LG g3 in terms of sheer pixel density but now all users will be blown away by it simply because for many users Full HD is already pretty good both displays then are superb as the Full HD 1080p a resolution screen of the HTC One m8 has already really great but if you are gunning for the absolute best and sure we could recommend the quad-hd g3 the image display is half an inch smaller than the g3 but the overall height of both devices is pretty much identical another benefit of those super slim bezels on the g3 the LG g3 comes with a quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor revving in AD 2 2.5 gigahertz and 2 gigabytes of RAM with the audrina 330 while the m8 features the same amount of RAM and the GPU but this time has a 2.3 gigahertz Snapdragon 801 when it comes to hardware you can't go wrong picking either of these phones as both the g3 and the m8 offer a rich spec sheet and feature sets maybe the only feature you might wish for is the resistance to elements though the One m8 does have a limited level of resistance to splashes if longevity is a priority for you the g3 comes with a removable 3000 milliamp hour battery as opposed to the 2600 milliamp hour unit on the m8 but to be honest in practice the difference may not be as big due to the g3 power thirsty quad HD screen both phones do feature a micro SD card slot that let you add up to a whopping 128 gigabytes of storage as well as all the usual connectivity and sensor options now kind of on paper the LG g3 s camera isn't a huge improvement over last year's g2 perhaps but it's not all about the megapixel count so the g3 comes with a unique laser assisted focusing system now which should let the phone focus much faster to the scene that you are shooting especially when compared to the previous row is powered LG g2 you also get os plus here the enhanced version of OS that was originally found in the LG G pro 2 and we did say that it was a great performer on already the m8 has quite a few tricks of its own however even if its features a smaller resolution for ultra pixel sensor more akin to the HTC One m7 but chief among these new features is the selective focus feature using the dual camera up top that makes use of the depth sensor on the phones back now resolution is going to be a big hot-button topic when it comes to the m8 vs. pretty much any other phone out there and if that is a contention point for you then perhaps the LG g3 with its great optics now with a better focusing system will be the one that is a little bit more preferred and finally in software this is one of the more intriguing sections because LG's simplified and flattened its user interface on the g3 and for the most part it's a very welcome change many of the needless flourishes are gone replaced by stylish designs and we're especially glad to see that the notification drop-down is a whole lot cleaner and has more room for what really matters quite a few enhancements have been added into the software suite as well by LG as it is trying to be a real concierge to you to give you the information that you need through smart capabilities one of the most interesting software features of the g3 is the smart notice a virtual assistants feature that at first glance does look quite promising but on the other side the One m8 comes with HTC's well known blinkfeed homescreen which does give it a feather in its cap over at the g3 which doesn't have any news psychic homescreen and blink feed is one of our favorite news aggregator app applications along with Sense 6 which is very simplistic very stylized but also very minimalistic which keeps the operating system pretty fast and so there you have it for this quick look at the LG g3 versus the HTC One m8 we will be doing these comparisons more in depth later on especially when it comes to the cameras but for now we want to just show you what one was offering over the other and if one is better for you then well you got two of the best smartphones available today there are a bunch of flagships and the LG g3 was just announced so stay tuned for more coverage on that versus other ones so keep it into Android authority drop us some likes and don't forget to hit that subscribe button and remember Andrew 30.com is your source for all things Android