When HTC One S Meets Apple iPhone 4S, Which One Is the Winner?

 As the best Android smartphone designed and manufactured by HTC, HTC One S came into market this year with a big success. It is a decent smartphone though it may not be the smartest one among all the smartphones available on the market. The current top-selling phone-iPhone 4S which launched last year on the market will become a big rival to HTC One S. of course, as iPhone’s fifth generation touchscreen-based smartphone developed by Apple Inc, the top class Apple iPhone 4S will always be people’s dream phone.

Now let us compare the new phone HTC One S with Apple iPhone 4S.

1. Design:

The HTC One S measures 130.9 mm x 65 mm x 7.8 mm and weighs 119.5 g. The 4S on the other hand measures 115.2 mm in length, 58.6 mm in breadth and 9.3 mm in thickness. It is a little heavier than HTC One S with the heft of 140g.

2. Display:

The displays on both phones are pretty different in both size and tech. We have the 3.5 inches Retina Display on the iPhone 4S, with its IPS-LCD technology and 640x960 resolution, meaning 326ppi pixel density, good colors, wide viewing angles, and high brightness.

As for HTC One S, The 4.3” AMOLED display on it sports 540x960 pixels of resolution, results in lower pixel density than iPhone 4S. But AMOLED has other advantages, like wider viewing angles and deep blacks, hence extremely high contrast ratio. This comes in handy when people watch HD video on iPhone 4S. The screen size at 4.3 inches is much closer to the iPhone 4S’s 3.5-inches which makes it comparable with iPhone 4S.

                                                                                               

3. Operating System:

HTC One S has Ice Cream Sandwich v4.0 OS. On the other hand, iPhone 4S has a brilliant iOS , The present version is iOS 5 and is upgradable to iOS 5.1. The One S is driven by a dual core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor clocked at 1.5 GHz. The Apple IPhone 4S has a dual core processor too, but with a clock speed of 1 GHz.

4. Internal space:

Talking of the internal space, it is 16 GB in One S and 16 GB/32 GB/ 64GB depending upon the chosen model in IPhone 4S. HTC One S has a RAM of 1 GB, whereas IPhone 4S has a RAM equal to 512 MB. One S doesn’t have a card slot, neither does the Apple IPhone 4S.

5. Camera:

Both handsets film fluid 1080p video with 30 fps and good amount of contrast and detail, with the HTC One S again producing slightly oversaturated colors than the footage from the iPhone 4S.

Both the smartphones have 8MP cameras in the rear, with no limitation to the extra features like LED Flash, geo tagging and much more. Secondary camera in Apple is VGA, whereas that in HTC is 1.3 MP shooter.

6. Video playback.

The iPhone 4S lives up to its video playback, though it plays H.264/MPEG-4 files up to 1080p with no problems, whereas you'd have to convert video to iPhone 4S compatible video formats, or hit the App Store for a 3rd party player. But purchasing for a third part iPhone 4S Video Converter to help convert video to iPhone 4S may be more convenient for users to enjoy the movies on the go. The larger screen, higher contrast and more vivid colors also make for a better video playback experience on the HTC One S.

                                                        

7. Battery life.

The battery life of iPhone 4S can be 14 hours which will guarantee a long talk time, as for HTC One S, the battery life is 9.7 hours, obviously iPhone 4S is slightly better. The One S has a reasonably high capacity battery of 1,650 mAh, but the iPhone 4S is average which reaches 1,420 mAh.

8. Network.

Both mobile phones have average data speeds with HTC One S shipped by HSPA (42 mbps) and iPhone 4S shipped by HSPA+ (14.4 mbps). The actual download and upload speed of HTC One S is 5.83 mbps and 1.22 mbps respectively. Whereas that of iPhone 4S is up to 14.02 mbps and 7.94 mbps respectively. Both have fast actual downloads with the iPhone 4S being particular good. The iPhone 4S has very fast actual uploads, while the One S is average.

                                             

The price of One S is $710, while that of the IPhone 4S is around $775. It is hard to say which one is more suitable for customers due to the reason that each one has its own distinctive features. It is just up to your preference for an IOS smartphone or Andriod Smartphone.

Top 3 most popular smartphones in USA

The number of smartphones in the market is numerous, and which phone is really worth having is the question that troubles person. Different people will have different answers. If you are still difficult to choose between several smartphones, then you may take a look at the 3 best smartphones and it perhaps can give you a professional reference.

The first one: HTC One S

Although it does not adopt quad-core processor, the thickness of its body is only 7.95 mm. It is not only one of the thinnest smartphone in HTC, but also is quite fantastic in the design. For example, it adopts micro- arc oxidation technology in the first time, which produces ceramic-like texture on the phone surface. In addition, the HTC One S uses Gradient anodized finish technology for the first time, making the body to show different colors.

                                              

HTC One S is also loaded with 4.3 inches qHD resolution AMOLED touch screen and is  equipped with a  1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 dual-core processor. The RAM capacity is 1GB. It also uses MHL audio and video output and Beats audio technology. In order to have a better picture effect, the phone’s built-in 8 megapixels camera not only uses the BSI back -illuminated photosensitive components and F2.0 large aperture, but also loads the latest Image Chips supporting per second 5FPS pixels Continuous function.

The phone will bring new landscape mode on the main screen for it is equipped with the Android4.0 System and HTC Sense 4.0 interface. Plus the new UI also has the function of improving 3D task switching and notifying. It is reported that the smartphone will provide two kinds of body colors: black and blue.

The Second one: Samsung GALAXY Nexus

Samsung GALAXY Nexus always has the highest popularity and attention. The most prominent feature of the phone is that it is equipped with the Android 4.0 system and a 4.65-inch 720p high-definition touch screen, whose resolution is 1280 × 720 pixels. Combined with the new operating system, it can provide users with better visual effect and touch experience.

                                      

Samsung GALAXY Nexus is the first phone model that equipped with the Android4.0 new system. Its characteristics include upgrading Linux kernel optimizing multi-core processors. Thus the operating speed has been fully upgraded. Plus it has a newly designed touch interface which supports facial recognition, bringing a more soft experience.

Other features it has include a built-in 1.2GHz OMAP 4460 dual-core processor and 1GB RAM storage capacity, plus it adopts dual-camera configuration with 1.3 megapixels front lens and five megapixels main lens, which supports autofocus and 1080p HD recording as well as zero- delay camera startup speed. And other mainstream features such as 16GB body memory, 3.5G networks and Wi-Fi connectivity are readily available.

At present, the Samsung GALAXY Nexus has the white version. In July, it will be equipped with the upgraded latest Android4.1 system.

The third one: HTC Rezound

As the HTC's first 720p high-definition touch screen smart phone, the most attractive point of the HTC Rezound is naturally the performance of the phone’s 4.3-inch Super LCD touch screen. For the reason that it supports 1280 × 720 pixels ultra- high resolution and a 342 ppi pixel density , the display effect is amazing.

                                         

In order to obtain a smoother operating experience, HTC Rezound is also equipped with a 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM 8660 dual-core processor and has 1GB RAM and 16GB ROM storage capacity, bringing smoother operating speed. The phone’s integrated Adreno 220 graphics processor chip will bring better 3D gaming and multimedia performance.

HTC also applys the Beats audio technology to the phone in order to provide users with a better bass as well as clear and natural sound performance. In addition to carrying the Android 2.3 system and HTC Sense 3.5 interface, the phone also offers more functions such as supporting GPS navigation, Wi - Fi wireless Internet access, Bluetooth V3.0 technology and memory card expansion functions.