Samsung Galaxy Alpha Vs HTC One M8: both smartphone offers an aluminum finish. But let's take a look at the smartphone's design, specs and features.
Design/Screen
When it comes to design, the HTC One M8 aluminum shell that comes in three different colors gunmetal, gold and artic silver looks sophisticated. HTC is known to offer perfect aluminum finish in Androids.
It also renders a phone 1,080 x 1,920 pixel resolution and full HD display.
While Samsung Galaxy Alpha has an iPhone 5 feel.
Its aluminum metal frame like the iPhone 5 but a 'cheap- feeling plasticky smartphones' because its back is still plastic.
The 'iPhone killer's' screen may not be as sharper than the latest Galaxy and Note smartphones. Though it boasts an AMOLED display its resolution is likely closer to the Samsung Galaxy S3 at a 4.7- inch, 1280 by 720 pixel.
Camera
The HTC One M8 camera has a 4- megapixel rear-facing camera classified as ultra-pixel camera, that offers decent photo. HTC One M8's camera has no image stabilization; that's why videos may come a little bit blurry. Other HTC lovers even find its predecessor's (HTC One M7) camera even better. But if you're a selfie fanatic you'd love the 5.1 megapixel front camera of HTC One M8.
Samsung Galaxy Alpha is a great advantage; it sports a 12 megapixel rear camera with LED flash, pixel higher tha the iPhones; and 2.1 megapixel front camera with Beauty Face, Dual Camera, HDR (High Dynamic Range), Panorama, Selective Focus, Shot & More and Virtual Tour. It also offers a 4k video shooting mode.
Performance
The 'iPhone like' smartphone runs in a Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex- A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex- A7 and runs in the latest Android 4.4 KitKat; 2 GB of RAM and 32GB or 16GB internal memory. It also offers an expandable. memory up to 128GB.
On the other hand,the HTC One M8 I powered by a 2.3GHz Snapdragon 801 processor with 2GB RAM on the HTC One M8
Verdict
HTC M8 aluminum unibody design looks more classy that the plastic back of the Samsung Galaxy Alpha's plastic back.
But the Alpha offer wide range of features such as fingerprint sensor and S health apps.
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