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The Apple iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c are now official, which makes this the first occasion when we get two iPhones at ones. It was only logical then that we’ll pit them against each other and see who’s who in the new family. The HTC One is also here – firstly, because it couldn’t make it to our other specs shootout, and secondly, because we need a handset to put the two new Apple smartphones in perspective.

This HTC One and the iPhone 5s share a premium aluminum build, but that is where their similarities mostly end. Apple has refused to take the big screen approach with the iPhone 5s, but that’s not really the point of the ‘s’ in its name, is it?

The Taiwanese took the “UltraPixel” approach for their camera and Apple obviously thought there’s some reason behind this, as the iPhone 5s 8MP camera is now updated with a larger sensor that flaunts 1.5µm pixels. In comparison, the pixel size of the HTC One 4MP UltraPixel camera is 2µm.

Obviously, we can’t compare the picture quality until we get the iPhone 5s in our hands, but that’s not really the point of this blog post. Let’s see how the Apple iPhone 5s really stands against the HTC One and its colorful brother the iPhone 5c.

Apple iPhone 5S HTC One Apple iPhone 5C OS iOS 7 Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean iOS 7 Display 4.0" LED-backlit IPS LCD 4.7" Super LCD 3 4.0" LED-backlit IPS LCD Resolution 1136 x 640

(326 ppi) 1920 x 1080

(469 ppi) 1136 x 640

(326 ppi) Height

Width

Thickness 123.8 mm

58.6 mm

7.6 mm 137.4 mm

68.2 mm

9.3 mm 124.4 mm

59.2 mm

8.97 mm Weight 112 grams 143 grams 132 grams Processor Apple A7 chipset (64-bit)

dual-core CPU Qualcomm APQ8064T

Snapdragon 600

Quad-core 1.7 GHz Krait 300 Apple A6 chipset (64-bit)

Dual-core 1.3 GHz GPU N/A Adreno 320 PowerVR SGX 543MP3 RAM N/A (probably 1GB) 2GB 1GB Storage 16/32/64GB 32/64GB 16/32/64GB microSD card slot No No No Primary camera 8 MP, 3264×2448 pixels, autofocus, dual LED flash (one cool, one warm), simultaneous HD video and image recording, touch focus, geo-tagging, face detection, panorama, HDR,

1.5 µm pixel size 4 MP UltraPixels, 2688×1520 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, 1080p@30fps, 720p@60fps, HDR, video stabilization, simultaneous HD video and image recording,

2 µm pixel size 8 MP, 3264×2448 pixels, autofocus, dual LED flash (one cool, one warm), simultaneous HD video and image recording, touch focus, geo-tagging, face detection, panorama, HDR

1.3 µm pixel size Front camera 1.2 MP

720p@30fps 2,1MP

1080p@30fps

HDR 1.2 MP

720p@30fps Battery Li-Po 1440 mAh Li-Po 2300 mAh Li-Po 1440 mAh Battery life Standby: 250 hours

3G talk: 10 hours Standby: 480 hours

3G talk: 18 hours Standby: 250 hours

3G talk: 10 hours Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/ac/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Network Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE

Quad-band UMTS/HSPA

Penta-band LTE support,

LTE-Advanced Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE

Quad-band UMTS/HSPA

LTE support Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE

Quad-band UMTS/HSPA

Penta-band LTE support,

LTE-Advanced NFC No Yes (Market dependent) No Speakers Mono Stereo speakers Mono Distinctive features •Touch ID home button with fingerprint scanner

• Dual LED flash •Unique color variants Availability September, 2013 Currently available September, 2013

Looking at the chart above. one can easily see why spending $100 on the iPhone 5s over the iPhone 5c is justifiable. What we are not so sure about is if the iPhone 5s offers enough to justify the $200 premium over the 32GB HTC One. On paper, it certainly doesn’t, but Apple’s devices have developed a habit of being more than the sum of their parts, so who knows.