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what's up guys it's Lou from unbox therapy and as the title implies this is a comparison of versus video between the two hottest phones on the planet right now the Samsung Galaxy s4 and the HTC One both flagship devices both manufacturers looking to sell a ton of these things and you guys have been very very interested in the coverage on these two devices up until this point so this comparison makes a hell of a lot of sense one thing I want to get out of the way right now before the fanboy start going crazy down in the comments section is that these are both great devices and they're a hell of a lot closer in terms of speed and functionality and then a lot of people want to believe so if you feel strongly about one being lightyears ahead of the other one trust me you're wrong I've played with both extensively and they are a lot more similar than they are different of course there are a couple of features and functions that are slightly different and that's what this video is for but it's not light-years it's not this major major gap between the two there is no major Delta there all right enough with the preamble let's get into the comparison we're gonna start it out with the galaxy s4 this large 5 inch 1080p screen for an effective PPI of 441 it is Super AMOLED but a lot of the story here with Samsung has to do with software customization software features that they've put into TouchWiz that just aren't available anywhere else from lockscreen customization home screen customization things like air gesture that got a lot of press at the original event when this was announced you've got things like group play for sharing what you're playing with other people who happen to have the same device you've got a sensor on the front of the phone that will take a look at your face and your eyeballs more specifically to tell if you're looking at the phone the reason that this is important is for their feature called smart paws so if you look away you have a little conversation and then you look back to your device it'll pick up playing where you left off it'll pause in between you've got another sensor on the top of the phone for samsung watch on you have this remote function to control your television you've got something called s health which is a fitness tracker anyways you guys can tell where I'm going here they have completely overhauled the software to put in a bunch of stuff that just isn't on other Android devices so it's definitely worth considering the camera here is top-notch I do have to admit this is a 13 megapixel shooter producing some of the best pictures of any smartphone ever maybe the best ever I mean it's arguable because what is the best picture it's the one with the most resolution the Crispus one or is it one that performs well in low light I'll talk more about that when we get to the HTC One but trust me this thing produces some beautiful images assuming that the lighting is reasonable another feature this one has that the HTC One simply does not is a removable battery and expandable storage now this is very important if you're a traveler if you're a person who's constantly on airplanes or something like that having a removable battery is a big deal plus it's a relatively large one it's a 2600 milliamp hour battery and a microSD expansion all right now the HTC One I'm gonna give you some key points on the HTC One first and foremost this thing is elegant it's got top-notch build quality I don't need to tell you guys you've probably seen videos on it already everybody appreciates what HTC has engineered here this thing is almost a piece of artwork you've got a more stock experience closer to the way that Android was intended to be used by Google though there are some slight customizations including blinkfeed this is a live home screen which is gonna mix your social news with other news from around the web and give you a more interactive home screen interface you could disable this if you don't want to use it the story gets more interesting as you move to the back of the device specifically when you talk about the camera it has a four ultra pixel camera what the hell does that mean it means you're gonna get really great low-light performance at the expense of a little bit of resolution all the tests that I've seen and personally taken basically show that this thing is not as good as the s4 in good lighting conditions but it's better than the s4 in low-light conditions so that's up to you to figure out which of those aspects or elements is more valuable to you do you want to bring pictures to life at night or do you want ultimate resolution in the day the speakers are probably my favorite feature on this phone final we have forward-facing speakers with no audio clipping with just fantastic sound and it's facing you so when you happen to be lying down on the couch and you don't want to wear headphones you still have great sound for watching your multi-media now as we know everyone's talking about build quality that seems to be the biggest issue here in these comparisons and you know personally speaking build quality does matter but I don't think you should necessarily choose a phone only based on build quality so in conclusion for me what would be my choice I would probably choose the HTC one if I could only have one of these two phones but it's not just because of build quality it's because I'm such a huge fan of the speakers now that might not matter to some people to other people you might be saying listen 99 percent of my usage is with headphones if that's the case then things get a lot harder in terms of deciding between the two then I might move to the s4 and say hey I want that expandable storage I want that removable battery so that when I'm in an on an airplane I can have an extra one and boom I'm ready to go some other things you know you might be really interested in some of those software features you do have to give the edge to Samsung at least for offering those things up I've always been a fan of the more stock experience because I've been using Nexus devices for so long so the transition to the HTC One for me is just a little bit easier so that's why it would be my choice but I'm gonna conclude with what I said earlier in this video they are both fantastic you cannot go wrong with either of these devices my choice is the HTC One but I could very easily get by with the s4 as a daily driver I just prefer the speakers and I'm an audio guy speakers matter to me even on a phone anyways that wraps up this video thanks as always for watching guys leave a thumbs up down below if you enjoyed it and I'll catch you on the next one later