I've touched and played with the Galaxy S4 but not the HTC
One. The S4 and S3 look the same to me! My S3 looks identical to the S4 as you
can't really see what's inside the gadgets. Whatever the S4 can do, I'm so sure
that the S3 will be able to do also once the firmware update arrives. I'm
therefore not upgrading from the Samsung Galaxy S3 to S4. It just doesn't make
sense.
If on the other hand you're getting a new phone, then
there's no reason for you buy an S3 if you can afford an S4! Here in Hong Kong,
a brand new S3 can be had for about HKD3,600.00 with no strings attached (no
service contract) while the S4 is priced at HKD5,800 in major stores. With a
phone company subsidy, you may be able to get one for free. Usually you have to
sign on to plan where you have to pay around HKD450.00/month service for 24
months to get it.
After some computation, the subsidy you get from the Telco
is around HKD2,000 (about 250 USD). Two thousand is no peanuts! But the
downside is you're going to be tied up for the next 24 months and if you're a
gadget freak, you're not going to like it when something better comes along
within that period of time.
If money is not an issue, then just get one anytime you
want!
One issue I'd like to write about is the comparison being made
between the S4 and the HTC One. Upon release of the S4, reviewers mostly wrote
and said that the S4 is a very good phone but not the best! The best they say
is the HTC One. What's mentioned as reason is the aluminum body, and the LCD
screen (I don't understand it, Amoled - which the S4 have - is supposed to be
better than LCD - which the HTC One has.).
To me, the deal breakers with the HTC One are the (1)
unibody design, which means that you can't replace the battery yourself when
you need to. You have to get it serviced. And (2), there is no room for data
expansion as there's no SD card slot! If you don't care about these two, then
go ahead and get yourself a phone, labeled as the best there is today, the HTC
One.
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