HTC One vs Samsung Galaxy S4. Which one will survive in year 2013? Well, HTC One X lost the battle with Samsung Galaxy S3 last year. Faced lot of issues on my HTC One X. I was hoping that HTC One X can perform better than my legendary HTC HD2. I put too much hope on HTC One X and it failed terribly. On the other hand, Samsung Galaxy S3 is a developer friendly device. And I do not face issue on both software and hardware. So does it mean that Galaxy S4 will win this year too? Time will tell…
HTC Malaysia PR failed to send me a HTC One X review unit last year. So I bought one myself to explore. Gave HTC a chance since I heard lot of issues on HTC devices and they are not as good as before. Is that true? Yes, I myself faced them too. Poor hardware and software. Warranty service also bad. You can read all my ramblings if you want. Will I buy HTC One? A big NO. So I requested for HTC One review unit. Too bad that HTC Malaysia PR can’t send one over now because they have limited number of units. And most of them are being used for roadshows and trainings. No choice but has to wait. Stay tuned for my HTC One review (if I get one from them). But I highly doubt that they will send it.
As for Samsung Galaxy S4, it is priced RM100 cheaper than HTC One (I9500 Exynos 5 Octa version) at RM2199 in Malaysia. I don’t care about I9505 Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 version with LTE connection. Why? LTE is not so popular in Malaysia yet and have limited coverage. Will wait and get Galaxy S5 with LTE instead. So will I buy Galaxy S4? A big YES.
Is HTC One a bad smartphone? No, it is up to each person taste and usage. It has its own advantages and weakness (same apply to Galaxy S4). Just HTC Malaysia screwed me up with HTC One X. Really lost hope and don’t plan to spend precious money on HTC devices. Galaxy S4 is not a perfect device too. Just it suite my taste more…
