Samsung I9506 GALAXY S4 and HTC One are the two leading and wide selling smartphones, competing each other in the market. Both have excellent specs and features and are Android family members.
Release in the Market
Samsung I9506 Galaxy S4 was announced and released in the third quarter of year 2013. It is also known as Samsung Galaxy S4 with LTE+. For the SK Telecom, it is known as Samsung SHV-E330S Galaxy S4 LTE-A. HTC One was announced in February 2013 and released in March 2013. HTC One is powered by Android Jelly Bean and can be upgraded to Android KitKat.
The hardware specs of both the Samsung I9506 GALAXY S4 and HTC One are compared as under:
OPERATING SYSTEM
| SAMSUNG I9506 GALAXY S4 | HTC One | |
| OS | Android OS, v4.2.2 – Jelly Bean | Android v4.1.2 Jelly Bean |
| Can be upgraded | KitKat | Android v4.3 Jelly Bean |
| Android v4.4 KitKat |
SIZE, DIMENSION AND WEIGHT
| SAMSUNG I9506 GALAXY S4 | HTC One | |
| Height – mm | 136.6 | 137.4 |
| Height – in | 5.38 | 5.41 |
| Width – mm | 69.8 | 68.2 |
| Width – in | 2.75 | 2.69 |
| Thickness – mm | 7.9 | 4.7 |
| Thickness – in | 0.31 | 0.37 |
| Weight ‘g’ | 130 | 143 |
| Weight – ‘oz’ | 4.59 | 5.04 |
SCREEN DISPLAY
| SAMSUNG I9506 GALAXY S4 | HTC One | |
| Type | Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen | Super LCD3 Capacitive Touchscreen |
| Colors | 16M | 16M |
| Size | 5.0 in | 4.7in |
| Resolution (pixels) | 1080 x 1920 | 1080 x 1920 |
| Pixel Density | ~441 ppi Pixel Density | ~469 ppi Pixel Density |
| Protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 | Corning Gorilla Glass 2 |
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL MEMORY
| SAMSUNG I9506 GALAXY S4 | HTC One | |
| Card Slot | MicroSD – Max. 64 GB | 32/64 GB |
| Internal Memory | 16/32 GB | – |
| RAM | 2 GB | 2 GB |
HARDWARE
| SAMSUNG I9506 GALAXY S4 | HTC One | |
| CPU | Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400 | Quad-core 1.7 GHz Krait 300 |
| Chipset | Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 | Qualcomm APQ8064T Snapdragon 600 |
| GPU | Adreno 330 | Adreno 320 |
HARDWARE RELATED SOFT SPECS (SENSORS)
| SAMSUNG I9506 GALAXY S4 | HTC One | |
| Sensors | Accelerometer | Accelerometer |
| Gyro | Gyro | |
| Proximity | Proximity | |
| Compass | Compass | |
| Barometer | – |
RADIO
| SAMSUNG I9506 GALAXY S4 | HTC One | |
| Radio | FM Radio | Stereo FM Radio with RDS |
BATTERY
| SAMSUNG I9506 GALAXY S4 | HTC One | |
| Type | Li-Ion 2600 mAh | Non-Removable Li-Po 2300 mAh |
| Stand-by – Max | 2G / 370 h – 3G | 500 h at 2G / 480 h at 3G |
| Talk time – Max | 2G / 17 h – 3G | 27 h at 2G / 18 h at 3G |