HTC One (M8)
HTC CEO Peter Chou shows the new HTC One M8 phone during a launch event in New York March 25, 2014. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (Representational Image) Reuters

For readers who are considering buying the HTC One M8 or the Samsung Galaxy Golden, here is a specs and price comparison between the two devices in Australia. The comparison could help readers make an informed decision.

Display and Design

The HTC One M8 comes with a 5 inch Super LCD3 capacitive touch screen, rendering 1080 x 1920 pixels resolution. The Samsung Galaxy Golden comes with a 3.7 inch Super AMOLED capacitive touch screen, rendering 480 x 800 pixels resolution.

The HTC One M8 comes with 146.4 x 70.6 x 9.4 mm dimensions and weighs 160 grams. The Samsung Galaxy Golden comes with 118 x 59.5 x 15.8 mm dimensions and weighs 179 grams.

Hardware and Operating System

The HTC One M8 is equipped with a 2.3 GHz quad core krait 400 processor and Qualcomm MSM8974AB Snapdragon 801 chipset. It comes in 16 GB and 32 GB internal memory variants, which can be expanded by up to 128 GB using a Micro SD card.

The Samsung Galaxy Golden is equipped with a 1.7 GHz dual core krait processor and Qualcomm MSM8930 Snapdragon 400 chipset. It comes with 16 GB of internal memory, which can be expanded by up to 64 GB using a Micro SD card.

The HTC One M8 runs on the Android KitKat operating system and has 2 GB of RAM. The Samsung Galaxy Golden runs on the Android Jelly Bean operating system and has 1.5 GB of RAM.

Camera

The HTC One M8 sports a dual 4 MP primary camera with autofocus and dual LED flash. The secondary camera on the device is 5 MP. The Samsung Galaxy Golden sports an 8 MP primary camera with autofocus and LED flash. The secondary camera on the device is 1.9 MP.

Battery

The HTC One M8 comes with a non-removable Li-Po 2600 mAh battery whereas the Samsung Galaxy Golden comes with a Li-Ion 1820 mAh battery.

Price in Australia

The HTC One M8 16 GB 4G LTE variant is priced at around AU $849.95 and the Samsung Galaxy Golden 4G LTE variant is also priced at around AU $849.95 in Australia.

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