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HTC's One m8 has turned a lot of heads since it was announced back in March but shammies me--for has also garnered a lot of attention for its build quality high in specs and low price can it compete with HTC's flagship for 2014 I'm Taylor Martin this is PocketNow and this is the xiaomi me for versus the HTC One m8 before we get too far into this comparison we want to thank 28 mobile for supplying us with a me for for review you can purchase your very own me for or browse dozens of other handsets for sale by clicking the link in the description below or going to 28 mobile comm both the One m8 and me for were designed and built with incredible precision the two of the best looking and filling Android handsets around today no question about it still their designs are quite different the me four from Xiaomi has a more boxy industrial design its core and trim is a machine stainless steel it's like a strange balance between the iPhone 5s and Lumia icon undoubtedly the worst part of the me for its design is the glossy plastic on the backside it makes the phone unnecessarily slick and contradicts a steel chassis the One m8 as many of you already know has a curved design which doesn't exactly help when using the phone while it's laying on a flat surface but the image casing is almost entirely metal and the backside just sort of fades into the sides in front this makes the device look and feel thinner and lighter than the me--for which actually isn't true the m8 is marginally taller wider thicker and heavier than the me--for despite these differences both have chamfered edges on their metal trim and have similar placement of certain buttons and ports around their edges and both have that certain heft which seems to imply great build quality the major difference in design is speaker placement the one who mates dual front-facing boomsound speakers are positioned up front while the main for single speaker is found along the bottom edge internally these two phones have very few similarities and the me--for seems to have the upper hand both have the Snapdragon 801 chipset with quad-core Krait 400s though the m8 is clocked at 2.3 gigahertz in the me 4 at 2.5 gigahertz but the m8 has 2 gigabytes of RAM 32 gigabytes of fixed storage with a micro SD card slot for up to 128 gigabytes more it has two rear image sensors for its duo camera setup 4.1 and 2 megapixels the latter for breeding depth information and the front camera is 5 megapixels finally the integrated battery has a rating of 2600 milliamp hours the before has an additional gigabyte of RAM to work with either 16 or 64 gigabytes of storage with no option to expand and a 13 megapixel rear camera its front facing camera is 8 megapixels and it has a 3,000 80 million power battery connectivity options are similar as well both have Wi-Fi AC infrared and Bluetooth 4.0 but the m8 has NFC while the May 4 does not but let's talk displays both come with 5-inch 1080p displays the m8 is an S LCD 3 while the me fours is an IPS LCD densities of course are the exact same 441 pixels per inch though you may feel you're getting more bang for your buck out of the me 4 since the m8 has on-screen buttons which take up a fair amount of space this ultimately comes down to preference the clarity color reproduction contrast and brightness azar very similar however the me fours display is noticeably warmer than the MAS we prefer the display on the m8 as it appears more vibrant and natural choosing Hardware between these two is difficult on build quality and finish we give the upper hand to the m8 it has a slightly nicer display and feel smaller even though it's actually larger but if you're purely after specifications the me 4 takes the cake as far as software goes both devices ship with Android KitKat 4.4.2 but to no surprise the software looks completely different the me 4 comes running me UI 5 and like most versions of Android we're used to me UI doesn't ship with an application drawer though of course you can add one if you like and this Chinese variant doesn't come with Google Play services pre-installed you have to add that tube we're told other global versions of Xiaomi phones come with Google frameworks and vetted and we're hopeful that the global version of the me--for will as well but me why is all about customization you can download free or premium themes from the dedicated theme store these are heavily customised and can completely change the appearance of your phone's UI the lockscreen home screens fonts colors notification shade Settings app etc you also get some added features like do not disturb guest mode and the ability to choose how you're setting struggles are displayed since 6 on the m8 is one of our favourite custom versions of Android to date it looks a lot like since five which shipped on last year's m7 but it's new and improved blinkfeed one of the staple features has more channels larger tiles and it's more useful than ever quick toggles and the notification shade or user-definable but still strongly resemble stock Android and in the Settings app you'll find tiny little tweaks that truly make sense a great experience like subtle themes motion gestures and boom sound settings motion gestures are one of our favorite features of since 6 if we're to choose between the two versions of Android since 6 would definitely get our vote new UI isn't bad at all it's just different and doesn't feel as polished with snapdragon 801 is inside both handsets slice through everyday activities without a hitch scrolling pinch zooming and launching applications are all smooth and instantaneous lag is practically non-existent and we've experienced very few performance hiccups with either device that said the One m8 fault a tad snappier in most situations synthetic benchmarks seem to corroborate that finding as the m8 consistently scored higher than the me for again we don't put much faith in benchmarks so take those for what you will considering the me--for isn't optimized for use here in the States and we're comparing it to over eyes an m8 voice quality and network speed comparisons don't really mean a whole lot check out our reviews of the m8 for notes on how it performs on various networks in the States and stay tuned for our full review of the meat for next week for more on its call quality and network performance we still haven't had a chance to really put the meat for battery to the test so once again check the full review next week for more on that as well but we will say we've been really impressed with its stamina thus far the One m8 and our months with the device has put up some decent numbers in stamina as well about a day of usage but we typically need to plug in during the late afternoon to last well into the night without a doubt the One m8 takes the cake with speaker quality its sound is more crisp and several times louder in fact the m8 almost completely drowned out the sound of the me--for while playing media side-by-side it was short peppy highlight reel made almost automatically which give the whole thing new Lyceus into a short peppy highlight reel made almost automatically which gave the whole thing new life despite having a higher resolution camera the me for actually doesn't take notably better photos than the m8 in fact of almost every picture taken with both we preferred the m8 camera it provided more balanced true-to-life photos whereas the me 4 was low in contrast and often aired on the warm side the m8 was more prone to overexposing and it obviously doesn't have nearly as much resolution to work with and it appears as if the m8 uses some artificial sharpening effects to make up for its lack of resolution either way its photos look better than the me force pretty consistently especially in low-light the me 4 is a hot mess in low-light photography the m8 isn't the best we've seen but it generally captured far more light in the auto mode and colors don't seem to lose nearly as much saturation as they did with the me 4 and if we're talking viewfinder software hands down it goes to sense 6 the sense camera is fantastic the same goes for the front cameras the mah front camera is 5 megapixels while the me force is 8 megapixels high resolution doesn't help them move or take better selfies though the colors are dull in the images with the front camera are washed out selfies taken with the m8 are actually quite nice so which mart phone do we choose quite obviously the m8 that's not to say the me 4 is a bad phone quite the contrary but based on availability hardware software and performance the m8 is a more complete package multimedia playback is noticeably better on the m8 the camera is more consistent and so as performance the me--for isn't a bad choice though we'd wait for a global version to ship with Google Play before we'd buy one ourselves the most simple way to put it is the One m8 feels more refined but shammies me--for isn't far behind folks thanks for watching if you 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