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beautiful ergonomics versus substantial beauty a two in one panel versus dual displays if you're in the market for a 2017 flagship your current list is narrowed to two very different approaches to building a phablet I'm hi I'm going to bet I was pocket now and this is LG g6 vs. HTC u ultra off the bat the first thing to note is that this comparison almost seems unfair I mean by simple looks you'd think that we're comparing a regular sized smartphone with a phablet but that's actually not the case both the LG G 6 and the HTC u ultra offer a 5.7 inch display but with a very different approach to design ergonomics about the only thing similar about these devices is that they are gorgeous slabs of metal and glass that are striking from a distance and feel great in the hand and that's just about it the differences begin with the fact that the U ultra is a whopping 14 millimeters taller eight millimeters wider and seven grams heavier than the G 6 we're the only speck that they share is really thickness and so if one device is significantly larger than the other but both are just as thick you'd wonder why only the smaller one includes a headphone jack and why only the smaller one has a camera that's flush the chassis or worse why the smaller phone has 10% more battery than the larger one LG engineers have clearly taken miniaturization more seriously than HTC in 2017 and the rest of the specs we are looking at similar phones the same snapdragon 801 the same four gigs of ram the same options for expandable storage even if the new ultra sports double the base storage than the g6 at 64 gigs both devices have quick charge 3.0 through USB C but only the g6 includes wireless charging even if both devices are made of glass and another spot where the g6 wins is in the inclusion of ip68 water and does resistance where the U ultras rating is still not really mentioned anywhere a partial hardware win for the new ultra is that it follows on HTC's legacy of providing a great audio experience for the headphone jack using the company's u sonic approach by tailoring headphone audio to your surroundings and also the usual duel firing speakers with a tweeter at the top and a woofer at the bottom now in the case of the g6 once real audio review has already proven that the device can go really close to the HTC audio quality when it comes with the headphone jack performance about the only thing you're not going to like is being able to muffle the single firing speaker at the bottom even though it can get really loud and then when it comes to the partial hardware wins for HTC we have this gorgeous Super LCD 5 sure the IPS panel on the g6 is very beautiful and accurate and color reproduction HTC's panel wins in brightness visibility in direct sunlight and how well it inhibits blacks and punches Red's to AMOLED territory for the g6 wins when it comes to the display is really ergonomics we have a crazy 79 percent screen to body ratio with a smaller 2x1 display that's also narrower than your standard smartphone this leads to a phablet that doesn't really feel like a phablet in one hand where the u ultra is just large for the sake of being large with just the crazy 67% streak to body ratio really inefficient overall what's portrayed on these displays is also a clear sign of more efficiency from LG LG's launcher seems to be more fit to saturate with icons where HTC seems to need to update the U ultra with a launcher that allows for a more denser grid liking either of these launchers as a matter of taste I mean don't get me wrong coolest fan of HTC Sense LG also offers and always-on display that I find very helpful but I'm going to give this one to the secondary display of the U ultra which this provide added functionality at the moment of this comparison HTC have actually figured out how to get us the HTC Sense companion application to make this display even smarter but since AI needs to actually learn from your behavior over time we'll leave our comments on that for the final review I've been using both the g6 in the u ultra as my two devices for the last week phone calls feel about the same on both the minor punch and clarity on the g6 but both devices handle phone calls and data admirably over AT&T battery life is where things get mixed as neither of these devices is what I'd call great even if the g6 sports a larger battery I find that the battery drain is pretty much the same on both devices which means you'll probably get through a day of moderate use notice probably on a high note both devices handle graphics in terms of games great given the similarities of their respective spec sheets but if you want to talk differences let's go through these cameras we have a 12 ultra pixel shooter versus two 13 megapixel cameras on the g6 a standard and a wide this means we're comparing 1.5 5 microns on a u ultra versus 1.1 2 on the g6 on both sensors even if we have F 1.8 aperture on both standard cameras and I'm talking the you ultra versus the g6 not both cameras on the g6 they actually have different apertures this has led to some of the most beautiful photos I seen from an HTC device with amazing bouquet saturation and detail but we also know the g6 is no slouch in these departments and all the while winning with the added value of the wide-angle camera for those shots that you simply cannot get with a standard camera on a smartphone I mean I can't deny just how much I love the functionality of LG provides here but really don't waste your time in trying to judge either of these when it comes to photo quality or which one does a better job and day or night both devices do just great and I also feel the same about video and stability but then question is which phone does more of what you want and in my personal preference I just cannot live without this wide-angle camera on the g6 it's been my favorite hands-down and really I think that's the best segue to end this comparison I almost filled that for the ultra because this would have been a great phone for 2016 it still is one of the most beautiful devices that I've seen but I just cannot see this device winning a competition at a time when design efficiency has overtaken 2017 with devices like the LG G six for almost the same hefty price tag the LG G six seems to be the most versatile and smarter by up to two and definitely the device that I would recommend from these two folks just like this we've got more coverage on the g6 and the you ultra coming up very soon so make sure you follow us on social media and hit that subscribe button down below for more videos like this one and also follow me on twitter height underscore to be better on instagram at high metal data please get this video a thumbs up if you like what you saw I am hi metadata and so much for watching we'll see you on the next one