Which smartphone is the best purchase for consumers? The HTC One M8, the Samsung Galaxy S5, or the iPhone 5S.
In terms of design and display, the HTC One M8 an exterior that is made of 90% metal however, it makes it slightly harder to grasp. It has a 5 inch display with a chassis that is a bit bigger, which makes reaching the top power button a hassle.The headphone jack is at the smartphone’s bottom and the whole top of it is an IR blaster, which users can turn the TV off and on with an included app.
The Samsung Galaxy S5 has a 5.1 inch 1080p AMOLED display, making this smartphone a slightly bumped up version of the Galaxy S4. It has a plastic build; so it is a perforated back with dotted dimple texture similar to the Nexus 7. This smartphone is also IP67 water and dust resistant and It comes in 4 colors: black, white, blue and gold. The front button layout has the back, home and multi-tasking button. The home button has a fingerprint sensor and when it is set up, users can use it to log into secure apps and log into the device.
This iPhone 5S comes in three different colors, has that familiar array of icons as other iPhone’s and is just as small, having a 4 inch display. It is made out of premium material like metal and is very tightly put together, so there is no creaking or twisting. The glass back, however, makes it feel like it is delicate and would break when dropped.
For the hardware and OS, the HTC One M8 has an expandable storage of up to 128GB and features the HTC Sense 6 on top of Android 4.4 making it more of an Android adjustment rather than a layer on top of it.
The Samsung Galaxy S5 has 2.5Ghz Quad-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor, 2GB RAM, LCE and 802.11AC Wi-Fi. It also runs on the Android 4.4 KitKat OS.
The iPhone 5S has a 1.3GHz Dual-Core processor, 1GB RAM , and runs on the Apple iOS A7 64-bit chip.
For the battery and camera specs, The HTC One M8 has a dual 4 megapixels sensor at the back (dubbed the ultra pixel camera). It also has a True-tone LED flash and a secondary 2 megapixel depth camera used for various software effects.
The smartphone has a 2600mAh battery that gives users great battery life.
The Samsung Galaxy S5 has a 2 megapixel front-facing camera and a 16 megapixel sensor with a dedicated image signal processor and super-fast burst mode among other amazing features. It also has a swappable 2800mAh battery.
The iPhone 5S has a 1570mAh battery, and it charges very quickly. Unfortunately, the battery does not last for long, but standby times are excellent for this device.
The 16GB version of the HTC One M8 is worth $649 to $750 or £600. The Samsung Galaxy S5 comes with a price tag of about $700-$750 or £600. Finally, the 16GB version of the iPhone 5S is about £549 or $649, while the 32GB version is about £629 or $749 and the 64GB version is about £709 or $849 off contract.
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