I have the s3 and it works fine for me no complaints here .the HTC one does not have a removable battery and you can't expand more data to very big no nos in my book Samsung rules
Are all of those ads on sides of the Pocket now site static? Seems a bit unfair doing a web browsing speed test on a website with changing Google ads. May not make a huge difference but still something to consider...
True. Look at the phone's clock at the times noted. In a 38 minute span the phone dropped 8%, or 100% in an 8 hour day. And in that 8% drop, the One doesn't even have 4G running. Buy the phone and enjoy being tied to needing to be charging it mid-day EVERY day until you say "enough is enough" and get rid of it.
Hey Brandon, just so you know, when you did the app download speed, it doesn't matter. They are on the same WiFi ( I assume) so all they are doing is battling for bandwidth.
Polycarbonate is still plastic anyway you look at it, it all goes down too if you want a premium feeling phone or a cheap plastic feel, I have had a GS3 and it certainly doesn't feel premium.
@mamar21 the s4 benchmarks were with the prototype snapdragon 600, but the gs4 will have the same model CPU as the one in the us and an exynos5 octa internationally!
Yes, and the silly thing is, the all eight cores don't work simultaneously, they work in groups. 4XCortex A7 cores in all normal tasks and 4XCortex A15 in power taking tasks like games and e.t.c.
Performance on phones with everyday tasks has really plateaued. Only way you'll notice a difference are when apps render things like pics, video, and audio. What's really going to make the difference for regular consumers now is software features.
The S3 is S2 from last year. The reason I say this is because when the S2 was 1yo and compared to newer devices eg. onex everyone said that it was really awesome that a 1 yo phone comes close to the new flagships. And it's the Same with the S3 :)
I dont understand people's fixation with the s3 feeling 'cheap'. I've had mine for over a year and not once has the feel of it bothered me. It doesnt feel cheap, it feels like a brilliant piece of software which I find close to faultless
No but every battery has its life span and after a year you will notice a difference in length they can hold a charge, Hope on amazon and buy a new battery for the S3, however with the HTC One that is not possible.
Its actually amazing that the S3 can come close to the One considering its a year old. The S3 has definitely passed then test of time. Still a great phone. The S4 will out sell every smartphone this year.
You should look at the clock in statusbar of the device, not video player... when he unlocked the phone it was 12:23PM, after he finished those speed and browsing tests it was past 1 PM.
The HTC One is a beast phone i'll give it that but I'd still much rather stick with Samsung and my Galaxy S3. The HTC One X and iPhone 5 were the S3's competition not the One (that's S4's job) but for a 2012 phone it held up really well.
Removable battery and expandable memory... yh i think the S3 is still better. The new sense UI looks nice but i prefer anything close to how stock android looks like. Alot of people say that the Aluminium casing it better on the One but from experience with aluminium casing will chip and look awful after a year or so and it dents very easily.
HTC looks sexy, but Samsung ups the One in almost all else. Coming from an HTC One S, I am definitely, without a doubt, leaving HTC for the S4. The US S4 with the Snapdragon processor is going to be a superb device.
Exactly!! a lot better... HTC One looks great, Love the body, Love the speakers.. not a fan of its whole set up (and that 4 mega/ultra cam... seems a bit of a step backwards, feels like they couldn't fit a decent cam because of the shape of uni-body, so gave it a low end cam with a fancy name....then again i could be wrong)
Im sure there are exceptions but i hope no one. In fact most people like me use a good case like a Ballistics. But there's always that one moment where you could drop it without the case, Accidents happen. Also that ironman HTC doesn't have a removable battery or expandable memory which is a big deal when you want to expand the battery life with a bigger battery and for music lovers like me that want all their music on removable SD cards.
Then again, it is important for people who owns the Galaxy S3 if they would switch to the HTC One or for people who uses a lower range device and decides whether he/she will go with Samsung or HTC.
Galaxy S3 is one of the today's best top smartphone. Has a realy curved sides and edges, elegant in every direction, has the best harware for tough 3d games, has an excellent battery life, even better than its successors the S4 and S5! Thats why I bought it after the S2! The only negative about this phone is its speaker. Not meant for music. But hey, thats why you get the in-ear headset.
SGS4 = new SW features HTC1 = boom sound SXZ = water and dust proof HW Each of these flagship devices has something new. The HTC1 appeals to me the most though.
SD cards used to have a security layer, you needed a password to access them. To bad they didn't bother adding the feature when you put them in devices such as phones, tablets, etc..
i hope that htc will make the nexus 5 with boom sound speakers,13mp ultrapixel camera,a gorgeous design with premium materials,on screen buttons ,removable battery,expandable storage and also a super amoled display if possible
Even tho the HTC one more than doubled the s3 on quadrant the s3 is just as smooth as the htc one. Also android doesn't use all four cores at same time when using the UI so really these devices are the same in terms of every day use
why everyone bothering the plastic on the samsung handsets ? probably plastic makes it more affordable as its price lowers , if it used metal and glass it would be more expensive , so i think samsung doing some social service and with all the best features and engineering
S3 is overall Thinner than the HTC One. .34 vs .36inch. The illusion is the thinnest tapered edge of the HTC. Not a big deal just saying. Also I thought the bezels on the sides of screen of S3 were a lot wider than htc but if you look at them they are almost the same. The 'pebble' design on S3 makes it appear wider.
I love the front look of the HTC ONE and the Sense OS and thats all. The camera is not better then the 8MP camera on the S3, the back of the HTC looks horrible, the metal on the HTC bends when dropped just like the iPhone, and it doesn't have expandable memory or removable battery and as a music lover expandable memory is important. So i recommend the S3/S4 over the HTC One.
I like the build quality of the htc one but i guess thats the only thing htc has to offer. Once a protective casing is put on, the metallic feeling will be lost... T_T
People who keep going on and on and on about the sd card SD cads do NOT protect your personal content if you ever lost your phone or if it got stolen, even if you have your phone protected by a password anyone could have access to your stuff very easily through the sd card and when it comes to storage space I don't know how anyone would need more than 64g of storage and 50gb of online storage which you'd get with htc one.
I am actually a little disappointed with the One's camera. Pictures look fine (especially in the dark!), but the moment you zoom in a little, you can clearly see the lack of detail. On the other hand, it takes better videos than the S4 imo, which is mostly what I use my phone for, so I don't care for high-detail pics that much. I also really really like the wide-angle lens.
I know. And try xperia z once. I loved it(ONLY THE CAMERA). Exymor sensor is the best you could see. No over saturation. It is as if I am seeing with my own eye. Truth.
Being brutally honest, my S3 is starting to fail on me. It shuts off randomly, there are graphical bugs everwhere, massive lag spikes in touchwiz, JB Cyanogenmod helped the ui a bit but apps still lag.... I dont know if the S4 or HTC one are any better. maybe I just need to wait for the 5s... or whatever apple comes up with.
i saw on other reviews that opening apps doesn't really mean much any more because everyone is already very fast and i agree no one cares about a millisecond and you wont notice it unless you do this side by side comparison what you really need to look for is features like what does HTC do better than Samsung and what does Samsung do better than HTC because when have you ever said i miss that millisecond it took my phone to load never and you never will because you will never notice it
I'm currently a S3 owner and i don't agree with you at all! The One is made out of quality materials and it got stereo front facing speakers. Truly made for music, video and games.
The HTC One's pixels are larger than the ones used by iPhone or any other phone, that's why they call them "Ultrapixels." If what I read about them is correct, they let in much more light, therefore sacrificing image size for superior quality in low-light situations. You can have a 13 MP camera, if it's shitty, the image is gonna be shitty, no matter how large it is.
Their phones might be made of plastic but at least you can remove the back cover and replace the battery if any damage happened to it or if you like to keep an extra battery with you for double the battery life.Oh,also forgot the micro sd card slot.Plus plastic is lighter and allows for thinner devices.
Another thing, the S3 being only a sec or two slower the the One just shows that the S3 isn't a phone to throw away yet. I want to see the HTC One X vs HTC One, let's see what HTC has done with the software.
Its comparing the "latest and greatest" to last years top dog. Everyone knows the S3 was one of, if not the greatest android phone of 2012, so comparing the HTC one with it shows how good the one truly is. If you'd like to call Samsung and try and get them to send pocket now an S4 weeks early and have them review that, good luck.
Nice comparison but one thing that I didn't like was the boot up test: literally nobody cares if the phone boots up in 15 seconds or 2 minutes. There are way too many factors to make it a fair comparison.
The gs4 doesn't blow either of these devices out of the water, even though it has a GREAT processor, we'll never see any apps optimized for it, I don't really see much of a difference in touch wiz other than the eye detection and the camera
It's 4 megapixels, the only difference is that the pixels are larger and they let in more light. Other than that it's a 4 megapixel camera. 2mm pixel size means that there are less pixels in a picture because they're larger pixels.
The HTC One is a great phone until 3-4 months later they come out with the One+ and HTC leave the original One out to die. Similar to last years flagship the One X
06:45 That lag on the S3 when you press the home screen button. *sigh* I've got an S3 and it really does get tiresome. It's not just the home screen button, the touch screen too feels alot less responsive than my old HTC Desire HD.
What are you making? A poster? You speaking to a photography major here, rule number one of photos, enlarge anything past is home resolution it will look noisy and low quality. MP doesn't mean quality, and im pretty sure everyone would agree the S3's camera is rubbish, I own both phones and I have battled these cameras to the wits end and the HTC one wins it. You can go to the highest ISO on the S3 to try to get it to expose in the low light situations that the HTC one killed it in and it can't.
Yes,but,the S3 is one year old.It is a 2012's device.The HTC One is brand-new and it is more improved.Well,the S4 will blow the HTC One and the Sony Xperia Z out when it comes to specs!
You seem partial to the Samsung product. When the Samsung does something well you use the word definetly. When the HTC does well you use the word slightly. Just a thought.
Design does not matter, if it was sgs3 which was a heir slower compared to htc one. SGS4 will blow the one away in case of performance. And performance does matter to me.
If S3 is faster, he says "only half a second faster" If HTC One is faster, he says "Yep its faster." Has dirty back peice on HTC, says "it does not show finger prints at all" A weird smudge on S3 from sticker or something, says "finger prints everywhere" but I dont see it after he touches it with finger I dont know about this review...
ultrapixel and megapixel are the same thing,the only difference is the light sensor,tbh the camera on the htc one is a big let down when you compare to an s3 for example
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I have the s3 and it works fine for me no complaints here .the HTC one does not have a removable battery and you can't expand more data to very big no nos in my book Samsung rules
Who cares about viewing angle? I can safely say that most people view their phones head on.
no replaceable battery, no sd slot...Galaxy S3 wins. Next! :)
Missed brandon mininmaan vids.. welcome back dude.. and nice review..
Do you had settings Display / Auto adjust screen tone switched to Off on GSS3? White is then more brighter.
Are all of those ads on sides of the Pocket now site static?
Seems a bit unfair doing a web browsing speed test on a website with changing Google ads.
May not make a huge difference but still something to consider...
What's that Motorola style battery widget on HTC One? Looks so eye pleasing.
True. Look at the phone's clock at the times noted. In a 38 minute span the phone dropped 8%, or 100% in an 8 hour day. And in that 8% drop, the One doesn't even have 4G running. Buy the phone and enjoy being tied to needing to be charging it mid-day EVERY day until you say "enough is enough" and get rid of it.
Hey Brandon, just so you know, when you did the app download speed, it doesn't matter. They are on the same WiFi ( I assume) so all they are doing is battling for bandwidth.
Does the HTC One have the text "centralizer" (really don't know what it's called). When you pinch to zoom it fits the text to the screen.
Polycarbonate is still plastic anyway you look at it, it all goes down too if you want a premium feeling phone or a cheap plastic feel, I have had a GS3 and it certainly doesn't feel premium.
@mamar21 the s4 benchmarks were with the prototype snapdragon 600, but the gs4 will have the same model CPU as the one in the us and an exynos5 octa internationally!
Yes, and the silly thing is, the all eight cores don't work simultaneously, they work in groups. 4XCortex A7 cores in all normal tasks and 4XCortex A15 in power taking tasks like games and e.t.c.
Performance on phones with everyday tasks has really plateaued. Only way you'll notice a difference are when apps render things like pics, video, and audio. What's really going to make the difference for regular consumers now is software features.
HTC One & S4 are both great phones. Just comes down to your personal liking to build, battery, and storage addition.
The S3 is S2 from last year. The reason I say this is because when the S2 was 1yo and compared to newer devices eg. onex everyone said that it was really awesome that a 1 yo phone comes close to the new flagships. And it's the Same with the S3 :)
M just happy with ma s3
I dont understand people's fixation with the s3 feeling 'cheap'. I've had mine for over a year and not once has the feel of it bothered me. It doesnt feel cheap, it feels like a brilliant piece of software which I find close to faultless
No but every battery has its life span and after a year you will notice a difference in length they can hold a charge, Hope on amazon and buy a new battery for the S3, however with the HTC One that is not possible.
do you carry a extra battery in your pocket?
Why isin't this video uploaded in 1080p? Hard to see results and differences at 480p.
This is the HTC One.
It's the newest HTC smartphone of 2013.
the HTC One X (+), One S, One V etc... are the smartphone series of 2012.
Its actually amazing that the S3 can come close to the One considering its a year old. The S3 has definitely passed then test of time. Still a great phone. The S4 will out sell every smartphone this year.
@pocketnowvideo how can the htc feel lighter if it's 10 grams heavier? I have an s3 and it is so light in the hand!
You should look at the clock in statusbar of the device, not video player... when he unlocked the phone it was 12:23PM, after he finished those speed and browsing tests it was past 1 PM.
U knw.. the button placement on the htc one can prevent accidental presses.. I do tht alot on the sgs3 while watching a vid. Or something...
what is the call quality like ?
Brandon, can you talk about the vibration of the htc one vs iphone?
The HTC One is a beast phone i'll give it that but I'd still much rather stick with Samsung and my Galaxy S3. The HTC One X and iPhone 5 were the S3's competition not the One (that's S4's job) but for a 2012 phone it held up really well.
just preordered the S4..can't wait....
Why didn't you do a speaker comparison?
Removable battery and expandable memory... yh i think the S3 is still better. The new sense UI looks nice but i prefer anything close to how stock android looks like. Alot of people say that the Aluminium casing it better on the One but from experience with aluminium casing will chip and look awful after a year or so and it dents very easily.
@Tommy Zwar Is the s4 out yet?
I had both phones right now I'm using the HTC One.i like it much better then the s3. As far as expandable memory I add everything to cloud.
HTC looks sexy, but Samsung ups the One in almost all else. Coming from an HTC One S, I am definitely, without a doubt, leaving HTC for the S4.
The US S4 with the Snapdragon processor is going to be a superb device.
There are few versions of HTC One like X + etc. which one is it?
How's the battery life on the HTC One compared to the Galaxy SIII
Exactly!! a lot better... HTC One looks great, Love the body, Love the speakers.. not a fan of its whole set up (and that 4 mega/ultra cam... seems a bit of a step backwards, feels like they couldn't fit a decent cam because of the shape of uni-body, so gave it a low end cam with a fancy name....then again i could be wrong)
Im sure there are exceptions but i hope no one. In fact most people like me use a good case like a Ballistics. But there's always that one moment where you could drop it without the case, Accidents happen. Also that ironman HTC doesn't have a removable battery or expandable memory which is a big deal when you want to expand the battery life with a bigger battery and for music lovers like me that want all their music on removable SD cards.
Then again, it is important for people who owns the Galaxy S3 if they would switch to the HTC One or for people who uses a lower range device and decides whether he/she will go with Samsung or HTC.
Galaxy S3 is one of the today's best top smartphone.
Has a realy curved sides and edges, elegant in every direction, has the best harware for tough 3d games, has an excellent battery life, even better than its successors the S4 and S5! Thats why I bought it after the S2! The only negative about this phone is its speaker. Not meant for music. But hey, thats why you get the in-ear headset.
Sense 5 looks so sleek. im so sold with HTC One but the no MicroSD card is kinda down. :(
SGS4 = new SW features
HTC1 = boom sound
SXZ = water and dust proof HW
Each of these flagship devices has something new. The HTC1 appeals to me the most though.
Ultrapixel are bigger pixels that let in more light that makes the camera better in dark light conditions.
SD cards used to have a security layer, you needed a password to access them. To bad they didn't bother adding the feature when you put them in devices such as phones, tablets, etc..
i hope that htc will make the nexus 5 with boom sound speakers,13mp ultrapixel camera,a gorgeous design with premium materials,on screen buttons
,removable battery,expandable storage and also a super amoled display if possible
Even tho the HTC one more than doubled the s3 on quadrant the s3 is just as smooth as the htc one. Also android doesn't use all four cores at same time when using the UI so really these devices are the same in terms of every day use
Sgs 4 is made of Polycarbonate and i think it's more solid than any iPhone or HTC phones, and it looks cool too :)
Does anybody know that battery percentage widget on the HTC?
why everyone bothering the plastic on the samsung handsets ? probably plastic makes it more affordable as its price lowers , if it used metal and glass it would be more expensive , so i think samsung doing some social service and with all the best features and engineering
Always wanted phone that has design and materials like iPhone and OS - Android. HTC One is that phone. HTC, you're the best!
Great comparison. subscribed!
S3 is overall Thinner than the HTC One. .34 vs .36inch. The illusion is the thinnest tapered edge of the HTC. Not a big deal just saying. Also I thought the bezels on the sides of screen of S3 were a lot wider than htc but if you look at them they are almost the same. The 'pebble' design on S3 makes it appear wider.
I love the front look of the HTC ONE and the Sense OS and thats all. The camera is not better then the 8MP camera on the S3, the back of the HTC looks horrible, the metal on the HTC bends when dropped just like the iPhone, and it doesn't have expandable memory or removable battery and as a music lover expandable memory is important. So i recommend the S3/S4 over the HTC One.
"....... that's it for now" love that
Right， that is what I want to say, the one definitely kills the S3, that is the newest flagship smartphone of HTC. These two phones are not comparable
You can put on soft-keys for the HTC one, and disable the hardware keys, you just need root...
Don't talk down on the 4mp camera, it's amazing, htc have stepped up with the camera using a ultra pixel camera which is perfect
Can still compare performances based on simple related ways such as opening 3rd party apps, camera, etc. Why not?
How can you compare their performance when the S4 hasn't been released yet?
I like the build quality of the htc one but i guess thats the only thing htc has to offer. Once a protective casing is put on, the metallic feeling will be lost... T_T
People who keep going on and on and on about the sd card
SD cads do NOT protect your personal content if you ever lost your phone or if it got stolen, even if you have your phone protected by a password anyone could have access to your stuff very easily through the sd card
and when it comes to storage space I don't know how anyone would need more than 64g of storage and 50gb of online storage which you'd get with htc one.
I think the better comparison should be made between ths HTC One and the S4. Flagship against flagship, yes?
I am actually a little disappointed with the One's camera. Pictures look fine (especially in the dark!), but the moment you zoom in a little, you can clearly see the lack of detail. On the other hand, it takes better videos than the S4 imo, which is mostly what I use my phone for, so I don't care for high-detail pics that much. I also really really like the wide-angle lens.
in the browser test how do you know that htc one is not faster by much when you keep stooping the page on sgs3 before it finish loading!!!!?????
but the important question is "can you play angry birds on the s3?"
I know. And try xperia z once. I loved it(ONLY THE CAMERA). Exymor sensor is the best you could see.
No over saturation. It is as if I am seeing with my own eye. Truth.
I have never liked HTC´s phone, but the HTC One. I may upgrade from my iPhone 4S to HTC One. Bravo HTC bravo!
They have also done a comparison between the HTC One and the S4.
Being brutally honest, my S3 is starting to fail on me. It shuts off randomly, there are graphical bugs everwhere, massive lag spikes in touchwiz, JB Cyanogenmod helped the ui a bit but apps still lag.... I dont know if the S4 or HTC one are any better. maybe I just need to wait for the 5s... or whatever apple comes up with.
How did you disable htc blink feed
i saw on other reviews that opening apps doesn't really mean much any more because everyone is already very fast and i agree no one cares about a millisecond and you wont notice it unless you do this side by side comparison what you really need to look for is features like what does HTC do better than Samsung and what does Samsung do better than HTC because when have you ever said i miss that millisecond it took my phone to load never and you never will because you will never notice it
I'm currently a S3 owner and i don't agree with you at all! The One is made out of quality materials and it got stereo front facing speakers. Truly made for music, video and games.
The HTC One's pixels are larger than the ones used by iPhone or any other phone, that's why they call them "Ultrapixels." If what I read about them is correct, they let in much more light, therefore sacrificing image size for superior quality in low-light situations.
You can have a 13 MP camera, if it's shitty, the image is gonna be shitty, no matter how large it is.
Their phones might be made of plastic but at least you can remove the back cover and replace the battery if any damage happened to it or if you like to keep an extra battery with you for double the battery life.Oh,also forgot the micro sd card slot.Plus plastic is lighter and allows for thinner devices.
Another thing, the S3 being only a sec or two slower the the One just shows that the S3 isn't a phone to throw away yet. I want to see the HTC One X vs HTC One, let's see what HTC has done with the software.
Its comparing the "latest and greatest" to last years top dog. Everyone knows the S3 was one of, if not the greatest android phone of 2012, so comparing the HTC one with it shows how good the one truly is. If you'd like to call Samsung and try and get them to send pocket now an S4 weeks early and have them review that, good luck.
Nice comparison but one thing that I didn't like was the boot up test: literally nobody cares if the phone boots up in 15 seconds or 2 minutes. There are way too many factors to make it a fair comparison.
The gs4 doesn't blow either of these devices out of the water, even though it has a GREAT processor, we'll never see any apps optimized for it, I don't really see much of a difference in touch wiz other than the eye detection and the camera
It's 4 megapixels, the only difference is that the pixels are larger and they let in more light. Other than that it's a 4 megapixel camera. 2mm pixel size means that there are less pixels in a picture because they're larger pixels.
hey!
Remember the Galaxy S IV International???
Octa-core CPU with an SGX544MP3??
The HTC One is a great phone until 3-4 months later they come out with the One+ and HTC leave the original One out to die. Similar to last years flagship the One X
I think HTC One is better
06:45 That lag on the S3 when you press the home screen button. *sigh* I've got an S3 and it really does get tiresome. It's not just the home screen button, the touch screen too feels alot less responsive than my old HTC Desire HD.
Anybody have any ideas how good the 2300 mAh battery will hold up on the One?
Why didn't you play videos and test the audio???
Wish i could put the S3/S4 skin/software in the HTC body...(just not a fan of the HTC skin..Just preference lol)
What are you making? A poster? You speaking to a photography major here, rule number one of photos, enlarge anything past is home resolution it will look noisy and low quality. MP doesn't mean quality, and im pretty sure everyone would agree the S3's camera is rubbish, I own both phones and I have battled these cameras to the wits end and the HTC one wins it. You can go to the highest ISO on the S3 to try to get it to expose in the low light situations that the HTC one killed it in and it can't.
Yes,but,the S3 is one year old.It is a 2012's device.The HTC One is brand-new and it is more improved.Well,the S4 will blow the HTC One and the Sony Xperia Z out when it comes to specs!
I don't think this comparison was necessary since the s3 is a year older. But it was still a good comparison nonetheless.
my point.
brett or brad, whtever your name is, i fuckin' love your Comparisons and you're awesome
You seem partial to the Samsung product. When the Samsung does something well you use the word definetly. When the HTC does well you use the word slightly. Just a thought.
There are HTC One X, One X+, etc. HTC One (only HTC One) is the newest HTC phone, it's HTC flagship for 2013
Hi I have about 6 mates that have the htc one . Bu they say they wish they didnt get it , I have the galaxy s3 and they all want mine ??
Thanks, I guess that there is no new HTC One in Poland right now ;//
Design does not matter, if it was sgs3 which was a heir slower compared to htc one. SGS4 will blow the one away in case of performance. And performance does matter to me.
He said in the video he said that it was the quad core international version, they're both the international versions. =)
If S3 is faster, he says "only half a second faster"
If HTC One is faster, he says "Yep its faster."
Has dirty back peice on HTC, says "it does not show finger prints at all"
A weird smudge on S3 from sticker or something, says "finger prints everywhere" but I dont see it after he touches it with finger
I dont know about this review...
ultrapixel and megapixel are the same thing,the only difference is the light sensor,tbh the camera on the htc one is a big let down when you compare to an s3 for example