HTC’s latest Android Superphone – the HTC Amaze is, in our opinion, a bit of an unknown device, but it’s packing specs that demand it be taken very seriously. In this piece, we compare it to Apple’s latest – the iPhone 4S. Which one will come out on top?

Overview

Amaze 4G

After posing for a nice little press shot back in late September, the HTC Amaze 4G is now the star of a “Silent Video Walkthrough” created by the Youtube user Ktwist311. The voice-less video shows off both the hardware and the operating system. T-Mobile recently confirmed that the Amaze 4G will be running Gingerbread and have Sense 3.0. Now that the Amaze 4G has gone live on T-Mobile’s website, you can keep reading below for a full list of specifications.

iPhone 4S

Instead of doing our own overview, we think you would enjoy hearing it straight from Apple:

“The dual-core A5 chip delivers even more power. The 8MP camera with all-new optics also shoots 1080p HD video. And with Siri, iPhone 4S does what you ask. Talk about amazing.”

Spec-For-Spec Battle

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Phone	iPhone 4S	HTC Amaze 4G
OS	iOS 5	Gingerbread 2.3.4 and HTC Sense 3.0
Processor	Dual-Core A5 Cip	Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 Dual-Core 1.5GHz
Carrier	AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint	T-Mobile
Price On-Contract	$199/16GB	$259.99
Internal Storage	16-64GB	16GB
Display	3.5″ Retina Display 960×640	4.3″ S-LCD capacitive touchscreen 960×540
Camera	8MP LED Flash	8MP LED Flash
Video	1080p HD	1080p HD
Front Camera?	Yes, 640×480	Yes, 1600×1200
Memory	512MB	1GB
External Storage?	No	Yes, microSD
App Store?	Yes, Est. 500,000+	Yes, Est. 500,000+
4G Capable?	No	Yes
Weight	137 grams (4.8 ounces)	173 grams (6.1 ounces)
Height	115.2 mm (4.49 inches)	130.0 mm (5.07 inches)
Width	58.6 mm (2.29 inches)	65.6 mm (2.56 inches)
Depth	9.3 mm (0.36 inches)	11.8 mm (0.46 inches)
Release Date	October 14, 2011	October 2011
Battery	1420 mAh	1730 mAh

Pro’s and Con’s

Display: One of the big differences here is screen size. As you can tell from the specifications list, both companies go “all-out” in two completely different ways. On Apple’s side, the iPhone 4S has an amazing “Retina” screen resolution while the Amaze 4G has excellent resolution as well, and puts a massive screen in your hand. The winner in this category will come down to personal preference.

Operating System: Along with the release of the iPhone 4S, Apple introduced iOS5. With over “200 new features and 4 key updates”, Apple has produced a very nice new OS. From Android’s side, Ice Cream Sandwich is rumored to be announced on October 11th, just one day before the official release of iOS5. Although no information is clear yet, Ice Cream Sandwich has been caught on camera and you can watch the full video below.

Battery: Maybe not one of your biggest concerns, but the battery power behind these devices does show a difference. However, just because the Amaze 4G has a “better” battery in terms of mAh, Apple somehow finds a way to squeeze just as much juice out of their devices. Therefore, don’t look here for a big difference-maker.

4G: Apple showed that the iPhone 4S can get speeds up to 14.4mb/s – theoretically. However, due to the fact that those numbers are based off of HSDPA, US users will not be getting these speeds. Therefore, if you are in T-Mobile’s 4G coverage, this will be a huge deciding factor for you now that the iPhone still does not support 4G.

And the Winner Is…

Based on pure specifications, it looks like the HTC Amaze 4G will come out on top for one reason; 4G. However, keep in mind that if you are not a T-Mobile customer or if you are not under their 4G coverage, then you may want to take a look at what the iPhone 4S has in store with the other U.S. carriers.

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Webwereld reconstructed Apple evidence*

Apple provided the Court with this evidence while trying to show “an example of the similarity relevant to copyrights.” So basically, they were trying to prove that the Galaxy S is “identical” to the iPhone 3GS, and therefore they showed a Galaxy S that is the exact same dimensions as an iPhone 3GS to back their claim, even though a Galaxy S phone has a 4″ display, while the iPhone 3GS has a 3.5″ one. If you had both of them in front of you, you’d see the difference is quite significant. And this is not the only picture that Apple has provided to the courts, comparing their own products to Samsung’s, but those weren’t available for inspection. So one has to ask himself – how many more such cases of misleading evidence can be found in there?

The first case may have been considered a mistake on the lawyer’s part, although still highly unlikely, because the Galaxy Tab 10.1 wasn’t just made as tall as the iPad, which you could say it came from making the pictures the same size (but why would you do that?), but it was also stretched out to the sides. That’s a mistake that’s a lot harder to make unintentionally, and if you did do such a thing, you’d probably notice immediately that there’s something “wrong” with that picture, and doesn’t accurately represent the product. You’d think a lawyer trying to show evidence to the Court would notice such things.

But this is the second time this has happened, and it was found by the Dutch website Webwereld, almost randomly, again. So I’m willing to bet these 2 cases of manipulated evidence, are not the only ones. I hope the Dutch Court is taking this seriously, and looks into all of them. Apple can’t be allowed to do this again, and if found guilty of this, they should be called out for it, before they try to use the same “evidence” in other countries as well.

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