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HTC One M8 vs Apple iPhone 5S: Which Flagship is best?

In an exciting era of smartphones, manufacturers trying their level best to outdo each other. For almost all the coveted smartphone manufacturers, Apple sets the benchmark to compete with. Talking about one of the best flagships from the house of HTC, HTC One M8 sets an excellent example as to what a flagship must look alike. On the other hand, there is Apple iPhone 5S which doesn’t need an introduction. So, without wasting any more time let’s see how these two smartphones compete.

If we talk about the display of these smartphones, HTC One M8 features a 5.0 inches LCD capacitive touchscreen that provides a screen resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels while the Apple iPhone 5S features 4.0 inches LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen that provides a screen resolution of 640 x 1136 pixels. Though on the paper, the display of HTC’s One M8 looks above par than that of Apple’s iPhone 5S, it is not the case. If we have to rate the display of both the smartphones, we have to rate them at par.

The HTC One M8 features a 2.3 GHz quad core processor with Qualcomm MSM8974AB Snapdragon 801 chipset, thus making it work lag free and play heavy applications smoothly. The Apple iPhone 5S features the advanced Apple A7 chip that is supported by 1.3 GHz Cyclone Dual core processor, thus making the phone work without any hiccups. Apple has done a tremendous job in this regard, as none of its smartphones have ever had a problem regarding lag or performance related issue and this smartphone is no exception, too.

We all love catching those special moments in our camera, so both these smartphones have been provided with exceptional cameras.

The HTC One M8 features 4-Ultrapixel primary camera supported by dual LED flashlight and 5MP selfie camera. On the other hand, iPhone 5S features 8-MP primary camera supported by dual LED flashlight and support a 1.2 MP Selfie camera. The HTC One M8’s camera proves to be powerful enough to capture beautiful images, while the selfie camera is amazing too, however, not as effective as a primary camera. The Apple’s iPhone 5S camera captures exquisite images while the selfie camera takes some share worthy snaps.

The battery provided in the HTC can work for an entire day with heavy usage as its 2600 mAh Non-removable Li-Po battery provides enough juice. The Apple’s iPhone 5S can work for a whole day with moderate to heavy usage with its 1560 mAh Non-removable Li-Po battery.

Talking about the physical dimensions of the smartphones, the HTC One M8 has external dimensions as 5.76 x 2.78 x 0.37 inches while weighing 160 grams. On the other hand, Apple iPhone 5S has external dimensions as 4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 inches and weighs only 112 grams. Comparing these two phones, on which outperforms one another is an unfair speculation, as both these phones perform exceptionally. To choose between these phone’s is rather hard and depends solely on the user's choice alone, as both these phones perform exceptionally well .


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