GS4 or Optimus G2 or HTC One Red

[Focux]

Depends on your needs, as always.

 

General Look - The LG G2 boasts the biggest battery and the biggest screen size of the three options. Construction is the same as GS4, being all plastic, respectively. The HTC One is a plastic/aluminum construction, much different of a feel to the other two plastic ones.

 

G2:

 

 

HTC One:

 

 

GS4:

(Images from LatopMag.com)

 

Display Technologies - The G2 uses a 5.2" 1080p IPS panel, which is great for off-axis reading/usability. The GS4 used a 1080p Super-AMOLED panel, which contributes to true blacks and much more saturated colors. The HTC One, most comparative to the LG G2, uses a Super LCD 3 display and boasts the most pixel-dense display at the cost of .3" on the diagonal (4.7").

 

Processing Power - The G2 boasts the best SoC out of any of the three phones. Using the Snapdragon 800 SoC (System on a Chip) clocked at 2.3GHz, rather than the HTC One's and GS4's Snapdragon 600 clocked at 1.7GHz. The G2 also supports an Adreno 330 GPU rather than the Adreno 320 GPU found on the other two devices.

 

In everyday performance, the 600 is just as snappy as the 800, but if you crave the absolute greatest in tech, the 800 is the king of the hill.

 

Camera - The G2 all but takes the Camera showdown thanks to OIS (Optical Image Stabilization). True, the HTC One has this too, but it's lacking 4 megapixel camera leaves a lot of detail and just crispness of photos to be desired. Compared to the GS4, they both feature 13 megapixel cameras, but the lack of OIS on the GS4 makes it suffer in terms of stability in video shooting and low-light photography.

 

G2 vs One vs GS4 in low light:

 

G2 vs One (regular lighting):

 

G2 vs GS4 (regular lighting):

(Images from LaptopMag.com)

 

UI - The G2 is accompanied by LG's Optimus UI which prefers form over function. Animations fly everywhere and changes just for the sake of changes. The G2 tries to act as a small phablet, with windowed view modes that can hover atop the screen, but without something such as Samsung's S-Pen you really can't make use of it. Optimus is really a big cluttered mess, but thankfully you can root and install CyanogenMod or install a new launcher if it becomes over-bearing.

 

The S4 is a familiar face, with it's large and feature rich TouchWiz UI. TouchWiz isn't much to talk about, other than it takes up around 6GB of system storage to allocate to TouchWiz. Notable conveniences include Multi-Window support (two apps running at once) and floating windows - done way more professionally than the Optimus' UI equivalent.

 

Finally, the Sense 5.X UI of the HTC One. In a couple of words, if you enjoy minimalism and a smooth experience with some notable enhancements such as BlinkFeed, you'll enoy the Sense UI of the HTC One. Sense is very different from the days of yesteryear, coming now with an easy to navigate and low resource intensive UI that can suit the "Average Joe" all the way to the "Tech Head" very well.

 

 

Conclusion - So ultimately it does come down to your preference. If you prefer a device that's geared for productivity and getting you quickly back to the real word without many gimmicks or frills, the HTC One is hard to beat.

 

If you are the multitasking kind of person, you may appreciate Samsung's Galaxy S4 for the enhancements to the TouchWiz UI such as Multi-Window mode more than the One or G2.

 

Finally, if you are a photographer looking for the perfect shot of your food for Instagram, (or any other actual photography) the LG G2's camera reigns supreme among these three options.

 

I hope this helps. Looks for PocketNow's reviews and coverage of these three devices to get a professional opinion on them.

 

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(All images in the Camera and Design categories courtesy of LaptopMag.com)

(All other images pulled from Google)

i really like the idea of running 2 apps at once on the S4..GRRR!

[DontUSASme]

It is limited to a couple of apps, however.

[Focux]

It is limited to a couple of apps, however.

OH i thought it's applicable to ALL apps ._. now that's kinda gay...

[DontUSASme]

Nope. It sucks but it is growing.

[ObeseWalrus]

Get the HTC one! It's sooo sexy in different colors

[GamerDude]

Processing Power - The G2 boasts the best SoC out of any of the three phones. Using the Snapdragon 800 SoC (System on a Chip) clocked at 2.3GHz, rather than the HTC One's and GS4's Snapdragon 600 clocked at 1.7GHz. The G2 also supports an Adreno 330 GPU rather than the Adreno 320 GPU found on the other two devices.

I believe there is a mistake here, the Asian S4 I had has a Snapdragon 600 quad core clocked at 1.9ghz, there is an octo-core (non LTE I think) clocked at 1.6ghz. So, technically, the S4 has a superior CPU when compared to the One. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.....

[DontUSASme]

I believe there is a mistake here, the Asian S4 I had has a Snapdragon 600 quad core clocked at 1.9ghz, there is an octo-core (non LTE I think) clocked at 1.6ghz. So, technically, the S4 has a superior CPU when compared to the One. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.....

It is, but that was for certain markets. My comparison was based from my region. (US & Canada)

[Javathejhut]

I have an s4 and I would not recommend it for one reason. If you plan to use an sd card with the s4 you are out of luck. It's becoming pretty clear that the s4 is killing SD cards. Everybody I know with this phone has had one die, and there are posts everywhere online about this issue. I've had two Kingston class 10 cards die, and I've had this phone for two months only.

[OneGun]

The G2 is the Best Android phone out right now..Better camera,cpu,gpu and battery..The One and GS4 are already 8 months old..I have a GS4 and i love it but if i were to buy a phone right now i would get a G2.And you can run 2 apps on the G2 also..

[Focux]

The G2 is the Best Android phone out right now..Better camera,cpu,gpu and battery..The One and GS4 are already 8 months old..I have a GS4 and i love it but if i were to buy a phone right now i would get a G2.And you can run 2 apps on the G2 also..

Thanks!

[GamerDude]

I have an s4 and I would not recommend it for one reason. If you plan to use an sd card with the s4 you are out of luck. It's becoming pretty clear that the s4 is killing SD cards. Everybody I know with this phone has had one die, and there are posts everywhere online about this issue. I've had two Kingston class 10 cards die, and I've had this phone for two months only.

When I was using the S4, I transferred the mSD card I had been using on my S3 to it, no issue whatsoever. When the Note 3 was launched, I grabbed one and transferred the mSD card that was in it to the Note 3......no problem. I was using the S4 for a few months with that mSD card, it's still alive and kicking in my Note 3.