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you might remember that at the launch of the HTC One I made I wrote an article titled I was going to switch my iPhone 5s 20c want to mate but my arguments for avoiding the change were based on the for camera its lack of a fingerprint scanner and the fact that boom sound was in everything fast forward to today giving me an HTC One m8 for a month and now my iPhone 5s is in a drawer since a lot of you asked me why this happened in our reason after the buzz let's talk about it I'm high never Iveta this is PocketNow and these are the reasons why I ditched the iPhone 5s for an HTC One m8 I wish I could tell you that my reasons for switching were based on hardware but that's not the only reason HTC and Apple signed the collaboration agreement years ago and it's most apparent when you compare these phones both devices have anodized aluminum and both devices support machine holes and chamfered edges despite their screen resolutions both devices have great displays and great color accuracy and if you took their logos off you could say that one is just the Big Brother of the other if size were the only thing but yes the one I made is massive compared to the iPhone but curves of the back make it feel comfortable and if we compared specs alone on the other hand both devices have flagship specifications and both run their respective operating systems like champs my biggest reason for liking the HTC One m8 is because the placement of everything makes more sense to me I have big hands so for me five inches in a display is perfect where the iPhone looks tiny by comparison surely the iPhone has a very good speaker but that's the main problem it's only one speaker you simply can't compare it to the depth and quality of boomsound speakers on the One m8 and when you think about the fact that these are front firing speakers they're actually designed to enhance your experience I guess that phrase describes the difference between both phones best the One m8 is designed to enhance your overall experience with a smart phone whereas the iPhone 5s is the simplest form of a smart phone you take your pick one of my biggest reasons for switching is really in the software iOS 8 and 7 are the simplest form of how a device should be operated that level of simplicity is so basic that you find yourself bumbling between applications in a complex way to get a simple task done what I love about HTC Sense 6 is that again it enhances your overall experience a contact card is not just the contact card but a feat of everything that you want to know about that contact your photo gallery is not just the feat of photos but actually a photo gallery that intuitively gives you photos and some expressions HTC TV is not just the remote control application but a service that actually helps me organize the things that I want to see being able to launch the camera with gestures and go directly to blinkfeed or unlock the I mean sense is just more practical it makes sense and it actually makes your experience with the phone much better it's that level of thoughtfulness that I like about HCC sense I mean iOS is cool it's reliable its elegant and well thought-out but again HTC Sense is just an added level of usefulness that again enhances your experience and makes me want to keep using it my user experience is also a reason to keep using the HTC One m8 though these reasons are slimmer it's the basic things like the battery were in the case of the one I made I can go beyond the full day without charging and in the case of the iPhone 5s I cannot go beyond noon without looking for a charger and that's really annoying this battery issue really affects your performance since even though both devices run any game you throw at them with ease you'll be able to play more with the One m8 you'll also be able to enjoy a more comfortable experience with the bigger display on the One m8 and feel more immersed because the speakers are actually firing at you and not to the side or behind you and to make matters even more competitive you simply can't consume enough content without expandable storage since in the case of the iPhone you have to pay a lot of money if you want more storage now even with HTC's boomsound phone calls are pretty much the same on both devices whether through the earpiece or through the speaker the difference lies really when you're using the phone to play a song through the speakers or when you do what I do which is watch a lot of YouTube videos it just makes more sense to have the speaker's looking at you and firing at you and interesting this even happens through headphones as HTC software does enhance your experience with music and video a lot more through headphones and through the speaker than what you get with the iPhone the camera is where things get tricky both devices can record great video almost equal to each other but the only scenario is where the HTC One m8 is superior to the iPhone 5s is one taking a photo because it can do it much faster and number two is the added software which enhances your experience through Zoe the dual camera effects and everything but surely the One m8 has bigger pixels but so does the iphone 5s though not as big as the ates both take photos recently in low light so really here's the deal since I mostly used smartphones for Instagram photos I'm okay with either cameras though the 5 megapixel wide-angle camera of the one I made is better but if you want to really replace a camera with your phone the iPhone will be your best pick all the time and aside from the camera and other things that I do miss about the iPhone are things like accessories where it's much easier to find things for the iPhone than the One m8 I particularly need a phone that's waterproof for working out and sadly neither of these phones are but there are cases for the iPhone where as it's really hard for you to find one for the One m8 other than that be added half of the One m8 can make it much more complicated if you want to run for example where hey it's not really that bad it's just that obviously the iPhone is much lighter and makes the experience much more comfortable I won't deny that I also miss the security of touch ID though again these things have become secondary for me after the other added values that the one I made provides so in conclusion switching from the iPhone 5s to the HTC One m8 was really a matter of taste I prefer to get more for my money and therefore excessive simplicity isn't always for me both devices are beautiful and reliable so I would rather go for the one that gives me a more enhanced experience that they were priced accordingly but even that is different I paid almost $900 for a 64 gig iPhone 5s compared to 650 for the 32 gig one m8 and then added $30 for 64 gigs of storage on a micro SD card so do I need to say more the iPhone 5s is still a great phone it is a great phone for many people but the HTC want to made a superior for me that's it for our video regarding 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