HTC 10 vs Galaxy S7

[Johnmakuta]

I'm buying a phone and I'm not sure which one to get.  I want something that won't get hot and will work great.  Plus continual software updates. 

[Wiflare]

Following this thread, as I'm looking at those two as potential replacements for my one m8

[Guest]

I would personally take the S7 for the better camera (HTC 10 camera is good but not as good as the S7's).

[Darkseth]

Pro HTC 10:

- better External speakers (not THE best on the whole market, but a very good compromise between front firing + display/body ratio)

- Very good Audioquality and Output power over headphone jack (only if you have hi fi headphones)

- quite "near stock" UI.

- Full metal body

- Front camera has  Optical Image stabilisation too.

- Apple Airplay !!!

 

Con HTC 10:

- old emmc 5.0 (or 5.1) storage chips. That means, Despite having USB type C in 3.0 interface, the data transmission rate is quite slow. The USB Type C interface could be faster, but the slow emmc 5.0 storage is the Bottleneck, when moving files from your computer to the Phone.

- despite th UI beeing quite "stock", it consumes more gb than Samsun's Touchwiz (saw a post, where they compared free available space from both. S7 had like 1gb more space free. Both 32gb models)

- Camera, despite beeing VERY good according to HTCs last 3 years, it still falls slightly short behind the s7.

- HTC still uses quite high prices, even tho they shouldn't when they struggle that much. In Germany here, the HTC 10 costs 660€, while the S7 (which many reviewers consider a Tad better overall package) is only at 560€~. That's a huge Bonus for the already good S7.

 

Pro S7:

- Better screen (Amoled "can"! be more power efficient, depending on brightness, and theme). Atm THE best screen on the market. Also regarding maximum brightness, Gamma/Greyscale/etc calibration, Color accuracy (at least in Basic/Photo mode, not in "adaptive mode")

- IP68

- Wireless charge

- MUCH faster UFS 2.0 storage. On small 4k Files, it can read up to 80-110 mb/s. emmc 5.0 storage reads at like 10-25 mb/s here.

- Better Camera. Or better say, camera with almost no compromises. Sensor, Autofocus, Aperture, Low Light performance, post image processing (a little bit too sharp, but still very good) are on a very high level, making this baby the Kind of smartphone cameras right now.

(- Depending on your Region (outside of China and USA), the s7 runs with a Exynos 8890, instead Snapdragon 820. The Exynos is more Power efficient at a similar Performance. The Device "can" last up to 10-30% longer per Charge. Which is a Huge difference. The Exynos S7 mostly gets like 1-2 hours more Screen on time, than the Snapdragon 820 S7. Look into some tests, both variants have been tested, for example from Arstechnica

 

Con S7:

- "only" micro-USB 2.0.

- Officially only supports Miracast. No MHL, no DLNA (but users report it still can work, as long you're in the same WLAN. Idk, i dont use it) 

- Touchwiz might be preference tho.. I like the new version, and wouldn't trade it against a stock android rom. Maybe in 1-2 years.

- No UKW Radio

- No Infrared port.

 

I got the S7 Edge on release, and was thinking if i should've waited for the HTC 10 (i was a HTC One M8 user for the past 2 years). Now that it's out.. i don't regret anything.

The Exynos SoC is really awesome in performance, and Power efficiency.

Right now, i have 4 Hours and 11 Minutes screen-on-time, over a Timespan of exactly 49 Hours (2 days and 1 hour).

I still have 24% Battery Left (S7 Edge, 3600 mAh, Exynos).

 

Hope that pro/con list helps

 

@ Wifrlare: I was a One M8 user too^^ And in my opinion, my Upgrade to the s7 edge was absolutely worth it. While i got my M8 to stutter / Lag like CRAZY by just updating a few Apps from Play store, i have a really hard time getting my s7 Edge to slow down. No matter what i do. Updating a bunch of Apps in the background, switching between Apps while doing so, maybe back into a Game... No stutters really (maybe a few more framedrops than usual) but honestly.. that thing FLIES.

4gb ram, UFS 2.0 storage, and the Much faster CPU / GPU are a Beast of a combination.

If you have any specific Questions recarding your M8 --> S7 (since you would be moving from Sense to Touchwiz), i can also provice you some first hand experiences there

[Straudz]

s7 would be my personal choice.

[Mihle]

HTC is much faster at updating to new Android versions.

I would take HTC 10 over Samsung galaxy s7.

 

I hate having glass on the back.

[Johnmakuta]

On 7/2/2016 at 7:54 AM, Darkseth said:

Pro HTC 10:

- better External speakers (not THE best on the whole market, but a very good compromise between front firing + display/body ratio)

- Very good Audioquality and Output power over headphone jack (only if you have hi fi headphones)

- quite "near stock" UI.

- Full metal body

- Front camera has  Optical Image stabilisation too.

- Apple Airplay !!!

 

Con HTC 10:

- old emmc 5.0 (or 5.1) storage chips. That means, Despite having USB type C in 3.0 interface, the data transmission rate is quite slow. The USB Type C interface could be faster, but the slow emmc 5.0 storage is the Bottleneck, when moving files from your computer to the Phone.

- despite th UI beeing quite "stock", it consumes more gb than Samsun's Touchwiz (saw a post, where they compared free available space from both. S7 had like 1gb more space free. Both 32gb models)

- Camera, despite beeing VERY good according to HTCs last 3 years, it still falls slightly short behind the s7.

- HTC still uses quite high prices, even tho they shouldn't when they struggle that much. In Germany here, the HTC 10 costs 660€, while the S7 (which many reviewers consider a Tad better overall package) is only at 560€~. That's a huge Bonus for the already good S7.

 

Pro S7:

- Better screen (Amoled "can"! be more power efficient, depending on brightness, and theme). Atm THE best screen on the market. Also regarding maximum brightness, Gamma/Greyscale/etc calibration, Color accuracy (at least in Basic/Photo mode, not in "adaptive mode")

- IP68

- Wireless charge

- MUCH faster UFS 2.0 storage. On small 4k Files, it can read up to 80-110 mb/s. emmc 5.0 storage reads at like 10-25 mb/s here.

- Better Camera. Or better say, camera with almost no compromises. Sensor, Autofocus, Aperture, Low Light performance, post image processing (a little bit too sharp, but still very good) are on a very high level, making this baby the Kind of smartphone cameras right now.

(- Depending on your Region (outside of China and USA), the s7 runs with a Exynos 8890, instead Snapdragon 820. The Exynos is more Power efficient at a similar Performance. The Device "can" last up to 10-30% longer per Charge. Which is a Huge difference. The Exynos S7 mostly gets like 1-2 hours more Screen on time, than the Snapdragon 820 S7. Look into some tests, both variants have been tested, for example from Arstechnica

 

Con S7:

- "only" micro-USB 2.0.

- Officially only supports Miracast. No MHL, no DLNA (but users report it still can work, as long you're in the same WLAN. Idk, i dont use it) 

- Touchwiz might be preference tho.. I like the new version, and wouldn't trade it against a stock android rom. Maybe in 1-2 years.

- No UKW Radio

- No Infrared port.

 

I got the S7 Edge on release, and was thinking if i should've waited for the HTC 10 (i was a HTC One M8 user for the past 2 years). Now that it's out.. i don't regret anything.

The Exynos SoC is really awesome in performance, and Power efficiency.

Right now, i have 4 Hours and 11 Minutes screen-on-time, over a Timespan of exactly 49 Hours (2 days and 1 hour).

I still have 24% Battery Left (S7 Edge, 3600 mAh, Exynos).

 

Hope that pro/con list helps

 

@ Wifrlare: I was a One M8 user too^^ And in my opinion, my Upgrade to the s7 edge was absolutely worth it. While i got my M8 to stutter / Lag like CRAZY by just updating a few Apps from Play store, i have a really hard time getting my s7 Edge to slow down. No matter what i do. Updating a bunch of Apps in the background, switching between Apps while doing so, maybe back into a Game... No stutters really (maybe a few more framedrops than usual) but honestly.. that thing FLIES.

4gb ram, UFS 2.0 storage, and the Much faster CPU / GPU are a Beast of a combination.

If you have any specific Questions recarding your M8 --> S7 (since you would be moving from Sense to Touchwiz), i can also provice you some first hand experiences there

Thanks! That really helped. I got the S7. Sadly I could only get the 820 version but I love it. I tried out the HTC 10 at a store and hated the buttons. I'm a previous Note 4 user so I think I'm attached to Samsung'so buttons.