This is the perfect time for smartphone shopping, since the tech giants have decided to compete with each other and pit their latest flagship phones to entice customers to buy their new products.
Earlier this year, Samsung released its Galaxy S5 line to replace the Galaxy S4 as its flagship product. On the other hand, HTC also decided to come up with its One M8 to stake a claim in the smartphone market. Not to be outdone, Apple Inc. ended the third quarter of 2014 with a bang by releasing the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, this time in bigger sizes to match against the first two "phablets."
But with all these options, how should a consumer choose the device that is worth their money?
Here is a comparison of the three new smartphone devices from Samsung, HTC, and Apple.
iPhone 6
This is the first time that Apple had released a bigger phone, which comes at 4.7-inches and weighs 129 grams. It can be bought in 16 GB, 64 GB, and 128 GB variants, but it does not come with a memory card slot. iPhone 6 has an A8 chipset with 64-bit architecture and M8 co-processor, and runs using Apple's new iOS 8. Users can have up to 14 hours talk time on 3G mode, or could have up to 50 hours music time and 11 hours video time continuously.
The primary camera of iPhone 6 is an 8 megapixel iSight, and its secondary camera is 1.2 megapixel.
Samsung Galaxy S5
Galaxy S5 comes in a 5.1-inch body that weighs 145 grams. It has a 16 GB or a 32 GB internal memory capacity, but it can be expanded up to 128 GB using a microSD card. It is powered by a Qualcomm MSM897AC Snapdragon 801 chipset with Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400 CPU, and the latest Android KitKat operating system. It can also withstand up to 21 hours talk time and 67 hours music with its battery.
Samsung Galaxy S5 also features a 16-megapixel primary camera, as well as a 2-megapixel secondary camera.
HTC One M8
HTC's flagship phone weighs 160 grams and comes in a 5-inch display. Customers can choose between a 16 GB or a 32 GB internal memory variant, but both can be expanded up to 128 GB using its built-in microSD slot. It is powered by a Qualcomm MSM8974AB Snapdragon 801 chipset with a Quad-core 2.3 GHz CPU. It also has the Android KitKat OS
The M8 features a 4 megapixel primary camera, but it has a clearer 5 megapixel front-facing secondary camera.
With network-bound contracts, all these smartphones ranges from $200 and up.
