Oct 15, 2013




Yesterday HTC made the HTC One Max official, weirdly the device didn't come with the latest specs, it's just pretty much the screen and used the extra space to fit in a fingerprint scanner, HTC aims for the HTC One Max to compete against the Samsung Galaxy Note 3... But Personally I don't see it, In this post I've listed 6 reasons why the Galaxy Note 3 is still a better device.


1. IT'S BIG!

The HTC One Max comes with a 5.9 inch screen which is bigger than the one on the Galaxy Note 3 -5.7 inche- but HTC didn't implement what companies like LG did with the G2 for example, which is enlarging the screen but making the device bezel-less (the screen is almost 95% of the front panel), so keeping the dual speakers in the front and fitting hardware buttons makes the device a pretty massive phablet at at 164.5 x 82.5 x 10.29 mm and 217g, versus 151.2 x 79.2 x 8.3 mm and 168g for the Galaxy Note 3, Big is good, but I think there's a limit of some sort, Samsung could've easily made the Galaxy Mega a device with high specs but didn't and there's a reason for that.

2. Power

The HTC One Max comes with a Snapdragon 600 processor instead of the Snapdragon 600 processor found in the 4G version of the Note 3 and also 2 GB of RAM instead of 3 GB on the Galaxy Note 3, they pretty much kept the same insides of the original HTC One and made the screen bigger.


3. The Stylus

Part of the Note 3's charm is Samsung's stylus, the S-Pen; The HTC One Max doesn't have a dedicated pen but you can purchase a stylus that doesn't have any special features. The Note 3 is a literally a note-taking machine, it's designed for you to take advantage of the big screen and digitalize your note-taking habits seamlessly with a great user experience, The HTC One Max lacks all of that, It leans into making the device an entertainment hub for watching movies and playing games but there's an other category of devices for that called TABLETS.

4 . Software

Both the HTC One Max and the Note 3 come with Android 4.3 out of the box but the sense 5.5 HTC have included with the One Max sucks! Yes this is pretty much my personal preference that you might completely disagree with me about but I'm a life long fan of Samsung's TouchWiz and even with LG's new launcher which is incredibly similar to Samsung's TouchWiz


5. Materials

For some weird reason, HTC decided to drop the stainless steal frame from the original HTC One and go with a plasticy frame which makes the device feel cheep, If HTC is known for anything, it's quality and somehow their latest flagship device lacks that unlike the upgrade the Note 3 got, Yes it's still basically leather over plastic but it feels quite fancy.

6. Battery life

With a 5.9 inch screen and a power hungry processor, I expected HTC to go crazy fitting something like a 4000 mAh battery to the One Max but they went with a slightly bigger 3300 mAh battery which I found disappointing, also they've made it non-removable even though that the back can be opened to insert a SIM card and an SD card, so why not make it removable? I can only picture one of the exec's at HTC saying "Let's do something no one else did" and a removable back with a non-removable battery is the only thing he/she ( I'm not sexist ) could come up with.

Bottom line


The One Max might have a slightly better camera, a slightly larger screen and a slightly bigger battery, but It's not enough to match the Galaxy Note 3, Don't get me wrong, It's in my top 10 best Android devices but the Note 3 is the superior phablet here. Do you disagree with me? Make your case in the comments section below.


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