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hey guys Jeff Farina with pocketnow.com and in this video I'm going to continue my series of comparing the HTC EVO 4G to the Samsung Galaxy S however this time it's going to be all about the hardware so let's go ahead and jump right into it alrighty we are back and one of the first things that I want to touch on is actually gonna be the screen size of this hardware so basically the Evo 4G which is actually right here on the left has a 4.3 inch screen whereas the samsung galaxy s has the 4 inch screen with that being said the Evo 4G screen is in LCD whereas the Samsung galaxys is a Super AMOLED so two very different types of screens there many people have talked about how the Super AMOLED is a much let's say clearer screen a lot better color saturation the black levels on the samsung galaxy s and a Super AMOLED screen are absolutely amazing the screen definitely looks better than the Evo 4G s some of the colors on the Evo 4G look a little washed out with that being said though I sometimes feel that the detail on the Super AMOLED is almost too much I can see some of the grain in the icons and any little imperfection in some of the icons and some of the apps for example the beautiful widows over here it's very hard to tell but there's actually some clipping almost in the art itself of the numbers so once again you can see some of the imperfections a little easier than you would on the Evo another thing too with the screen size is I've kind of grown very fond of the 4.3 inch screen 4 is great for is bigger than most of the phones out there like the iPhone for example however I have grown attached to my Evo with the 4.3 inch screen it's much easier for me to text I have a I have a tough time texting on a capacitive phone you know making little typos here and there whatever it may be and I really have an easier time with the Evo 4G texting on that so I have to say that gets the upper hand for me there as far as the texting goes but as far as the screen resolution of the screen picture the Samsung Galaxy S is going to do it now as far as the onboard memory goes the HTC EVO 4G has a strange number it's 440 megabytes of on-board storage you know whether it be for music apps that sort of thing you can also put up to a 32 gigabyte microSD card in the Samsung Galaxy S is gonna come with 16 gigabytes of on-board storage so that's a pretty big increase right there and the same my day you can use up to a 32 gigabyte microSD card so this gives you a little bit more of an option to I would say increase the size right off the bat you know you don't really have to buy the extra memory card if you don't want to I know for me like I've put a lot of music on my samsung galaxy s already stock without a memory card in there and I've been using that to play some of my songs now instead of having to buy a memory card to use an iPod or whatever it may be now moving on to what's under the hood of these two devices this is actually where there's a lot of debate to be had the processor of both of these phones is actually a 1 gigahertz processor however they're both different variants the HTC EVO 4G will use a 1 gigahertz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor whereas the Samsung Galaxy S uses a 1 gigahertz Samsung hummingbird cortex a8 processor so people have been debating back and forth as of which is faster than many articles put out lots of speculation here and there the way it seems right now these Samsung Galaxy S does have a faster processor and that also continues with the GPU the graphics processor of the samsung galaxy supposedly it actually performs better than the HTC EVO for G's I would say we'll give it time you know we'll see more extensive testing coming out and especially where more and more games are continually being developed for the Android Market we'll see what happens there and what really comes out on top in terms of the gameplay capability the frames per second that sort of thing now both devices can record high-definition video in 720p the difference is going to lie in the still picture capabilities the HTC EVO is a megapixel camera whereas the Samsung Galaxy S is a 5 megapixel camera I also want to touch on some of the media capabilities with these two devices many of you know the HTC EVO 4G has the micro HDMI out port on the bottom which would allow you to actually plug this device into a maybe a receiver or a high definition TV of some kind maybe any device that has the HDMI port Samsung Galaxy S does not have that however it is DLNA capable so if you're on a wireless network you can actually stream your media to something like that maybe it's a TV maybe it's a computer I know some samples our receivers now have that capability built right in so that's a pretty cool feature that we really are starting to see now and some of the new devices getting a little up close and personal with these two devices the HTC EVO weighs six ounces and the Samsung Galaxy S weighs four point one six ounces now I'm actually showing you kind of the difference in dimensions right here I won't bore you into getting too to into those dimensions but they are somewhat close I'm just going to show you on the screen you know rather than reading off these numbers to you but they the Galaxy itself is definitely not as tall as the HTC EVO that being said the width is very close you can see here with this very close the fact that this tapers off they both taper off you know it's a little bit different with the form factor but the main thing is for me is the height I will say though at least for me the Samsung Galaxy S feels almost a little too light almost a little too plasticky I personally attribute heft with quality if something's light I'm not a big fan I must feel like it's been cheaply made and the Samsung Galaxy in my opinion is borderline almost too light so you know that's one of the things the Evo has going for it at least in my opinion is the haves a lot of people don't like how much this fall in ways but pay again it's all personal preference and lastly I do want to do a screen test between these two phones outdoors and direct sunlight so that's gonna come right up next let's go ahead and move on to that alright guys we're back and we are now outside and actually the Sun is directly overhead so this is pretty much the best test that we're gonna have possible it's a nice hot day the Sun is directly overhead as you can see here we have the Evo 4G on the left and the samsung galaxy s on the right and in terms of the viewing I do have to say they're they're both fairly decent in the Sun that's one of things I do like about the Evo was you know I can see it in the Sun whereas before I had trouble with my Nexus One with that being said once again just like the Samsung wave again it's a little hard to tell because of the angle here but the Samsung Galaxy S is a little easier to see in the Sun and I'm just gonna try and hold these up so it's a little bit easier but again it's it's tough because of the angling here but if you go into the browser for example we can pull up pocketnow.com and as you can see here the page itself on the Evo you can actually see the background better at least in my opinion so in terms of the browsing with the white background the Evo is actually easier to see in the Sun you know the screens bigger which makes it much better might be something we do with the LCD screen or the actual white balance itself the brightness is that full on both of these devices so there isn't an advantage there whatsoever but when you're browsing through the menus I do find that the Evo is a little dimmer or more I would say more glare because of the actual Sun itself for example if we go to the applications menu here a little bit is your time to see the actual applications at least from me on the samsung galaxy s but either way they both work great so I can't complain there all right and that about does it for the hardware comparison between the HTC EVO 4G and the samsung galaxy s stay tuned for my next video which will be part two of the software comparison between these two devices as always guys thank you very much for watching if you like this video give us a thumbs up and feel free to comment ask any questions you may have