Another positive review.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/09/lg-g2-review/
Though I am a bit surprised they call the camera average. GSM Arena and Anandtech have both praised the camera.
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Though I am a bit surprised they call the camera average. GSM Arena and Anandtech have both praised the camera.
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Well it is subjective. Their reviews may not concur sometimes. But we all know it is a great camera from the pictures posted.
damnit, i'm getting more and more excited by the day! especially over that battery life...mmm haha but ugh i can't get it until thurs!
I can't believe LG didn't make a big deal about the battery life , that's a bigger selling point than the buttons in the back of the phone !!! Thats something every android and even iphone user crave and they don't advertise it?? Dumb move . Pretty much every review so far praises the battery life !
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Possibly they feel that better battery life will be more common on high-end phones now, a combination of the 3000 mAh which seems to have become the new standard and more efficient processors like the Snapdragon 800.
Plus they may remember the Motorola Maxx which heavily advertised on battery life without achieving much. I am not sure it is that exciting a selling point for the average buyer.
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looks like the battery life is actually very much above average. considering all things (huge screen, quad core) that's pretty impressive:
http://blog.gsmarena.com/htc-droid-dna-takes-battery-tests-heres-what-it-scored/
make sure to expand the charts to see all the phones. as you can see it does better than some of the other high-end phones out there on different tests, such as the S3 or optimus G.
here's the rating for the S3 and the one X as a comparison:
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s_iii_vs_htc_one_x-review-759p8.php
and here's the rating for the optimus g:
http://blog.gsmarena.com/lg-optimus-g-battery-tests-are-done-here-are-the-results/
i'm not saying the DNA's score of 49hrs is amazing, but it is very acceptable. and if someone is willing to get any one of those other phones i mentioned, then they should have no issue getting the DNA based on its battery life.
Very impressive results, looks very promising indeed.
phonedog aaron mentioned that his only dropped 12-13% over a weekend on standby. I think it shuts most things down when the screen is off, but will probably suck battery pretty good with heavy usage.
I want to try it anyways.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7251/lg-g2-and-msm8974-snapdragon-800-a-quick-look/2
That battery life! This could be the deciding factor that puts this phone in my pocket over the Nexus 5. Thanks for posting the review.
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That battery life! This could be the deciding factor that puts this phone in my pocket over the Nexus 5. Thanks for posting the review.
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yeah, its a shame they dumb down the nexus line so much (I have the N4)...The new Nexus just passed through the FCC (supposedly) with only a 2300mAh battery :crying:
not to mention they will most likely drop the chipset and camera down a notch.
that leaves me with the G2 and a great community of DEVS. :good:
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yeah, its a shame they dumb down the nexus line so much (I have the N4)...The new Nexus just passed through the FCC (supposedly) with only a 2300mAh battery :crying:
not to mention they will most likely drop the chipset and camera down a notch.
that leaves me with the G2 and a great community of DEVS. :good:
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A lot of it has to do with keeping costs low, since Google is doing most of the subsidizing without carrier launches...I'll get a nexus to fill my custom rom fix but the G2 I have a feeling will be my daily driver for a while...the battery life looks to be amaze balls on it.
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That battery life! This could be the deciding factor that puts this phone in my pocket over the Nexus 5. Thanks for posting the review.
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Your welcome. AnandTech's reviews are more comprehensive than most. Agreed on the battery life. This helps lessens the sting of it being non removable. Camera and diplay are no slouches either.
It's not even a "full review" says, it's a mini.... I am just amazed at how informative anandtech is.
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It's not even a "full review" says, it's a mini.... I am just amazed at how informative anandtech is.
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In FULL review he should tell us what exactly sound chip is installed inside G2. I'm wondering is 24/192 software related thing, is it Qualcomm QSD 800 related, or some maybe discrete external chip? Does G2 have the same Audience earSmart eS325 as G Pro did or does it newer one? Is it's gsm signal reception better or worse than Moto's, HTC One's and Note3's?
No mention of the awful bouncing autofocus in videos. An LG problem that has plagued them since the Optimus 4X, G, G Pro, and now G2. It's a dealbreaker for me. I don't see them fixing it anytime soon. They haven't in the past two years as it is. The other thing I notice is in the controlled shots the LG looks a lot nicer than thet S4 with the colors and the (lack of) sharpening. However, in the random outdoor shots, real world stuff, it just looks real bleh. Fuzzy, grainy, with weird luminance. Reminds me of a VHS tape.
Anandtech is better at interpreting charts and graphs and technical details than at actual phone comparisons and expert opinion. At least they have full size pictures and downloadable videos to make your own conclusions.
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However, in the random outdoor shots, real world stuff, it just looks real bleh. Fuzzy, grainy, with weird luminance.
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HUH? Im no LG apologist but almost all the pics I have seen, the G2 shots look excellent. Most if not all the reviews I have seen, also praise the G2's camera very highly. Please link me to these fuzzy, grainy, pics you speak of.
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No mention of the awful bouncing autofocus in videos. An LG problem that has plagued them since the Optimus 4X, G, G Pro, and now G2. It's a dealbreaker for me. I don't see them fixing it anytime soon. They haven't in the past two years as it is. The other thing I notice is in the controlled shots the LG looks a lot nicer than thet S4 with the colors and the (lack of) sharpening. However, in the random outdoor shots, real world stuff, it just looks real bleh. Fuzzy, grainy, with weird luminance. Reminds me of a VHS tape.
Anandtech is better at interpreting charts and graphs and technical details than at actual phone comparisons and expert opinion. At least they have full size pictures and downloadable videos to make your own conclusions.
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You might consider that it's your eyes, and not the photos. I see no fuzzy, grainy pictures with weird luminance. Perhaps, you've just been blessed with the vision of a Hawk, in which case, you'll never be happy with any pictures from any phone. Yes, it is a phone.
nice!
When I finished watching the launch I was amazed - nothing less. LG is really good at the marketing.
I looked at my 6 month old G2 and just wanted to throw my trusty companion away for that new beauty - then it struck me that the difference is mostly on the software and not on the hardware.
What the G3 has to offer that your G2 doesn't have.
- A 5.5 inch QHD screen which is apparantly really good. I won't comment on whether it's better or not since there is nobody who actually has compared them - yet. This is ofcourse subject to change and it might turn out that a QHD is indeed needed and good for a smartphone.
- Laser Autofocus - There's no way our G2 will focus on an object in less than 300 miliseconds. That's a fact. This thing is really cool!
- The design is awesome - like really awesome albeit a bit too big for my small hands. I would most likely use a cover on it anyway because I care a lot about my phone.
What the G3 has that your G2 can have in the future with a G3 ROM:
All those cool and smart changes to the software like
- Flat UI that looks great and Smart notifications
- The new LG Keyboard which has an increased accuracy and helps you correct typos easier
- Increased security features
- Focus and shoot with just one touch
Please note that the battery in the G3 is a 3000 mAh battery, just like the one in our G2 (although the G3 battery is removable). Yes it has been optimised and so on but the Snapdragon 801 is pushing 1.8x as many pixels as a full HD screen and that naturally means an increased power consumption. The G3 is said to have 3 GB RAM and a microSD slot.
Things the G2 has that the G3 won't have :
A more compact form factor - 5.5 inches will still be 5.5 inches no matter how sleek the body is.
Great developers like @dorimanx @Cloudyfa @xdabbeb (to name a few) and many many many many others who do a great job supporting our G2.
And finally:
Reasons not to toss out your G2 just yet:
The Snapdragon 801 is only a minor improvement over the Snapdragon 800 but it has a much bigger load to carry (the screen).
Same battery capacity but a 1080p screen instead of a 1440p one.
More compact
Developer support
It has been your trusty companion for so many months
The camera on the G3 is still only a 13MP shooter.
Nobody has actually tried the G3 to see how good it is.
I'm loving my G2.
me to love g2
but expecting soon to port lg g3 rom
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me to love g2
but expecting soon to port lg g3 rom
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same with me,
the only thing I love about G3 is the laser autofocus.
the rest still can be compensate with current my LG G2
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same with me,
the only thing I love about G3 is the laser autofocus.
the rest still can be compensate with current my LG G2
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yes laser cam made g2 to heads down
I'm extremely happy with the G2 still. 5.5" is too big. The 5.2" pushes my comfort zone already for one hand use. It teeters on the balls of my fingertips already. The higher res screen is a mute point. the G2 already has an extremely high DPI. Outside of a numbers game, the extra DPI is wasted. It is just a waste of system resources on such small screens.
I didn't watch the launch but the laser cam sounds cool but I can live without. The screen and software are the only thing that is really different.
If the laser cam can detect distance, it would be cool if there was a app that would spit out the distance from objects. I seen a guy measure my basement with that and it was awesome.
If only it had SD805, also the era of 64 bit processor is upon us, so very soon 801 and 805 would be out, i would rather wait out G4 and install a custom G3 rom as soon it is available.
I came to this phone via a dead s3, and a replacement HTC One x. I absolutely love this thing. I even love the button placement in the back. Can't see myself upgrading anytime soon.
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Yeah I'm just waiting for 64 bit processors at this point. Will. Upgrade to the G4 for sure
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Next stop for me is the G4.
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Next stop for me is the G4.
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+1
There were a few things I was hoping for in the G3 :
- Replaceable Battery
- SD Slot
- Better Camera
- Waterproof like 1 meter or so
- Slim bezels (which is something G2 gave me and I will never give up.)
- Battery Life (which is something G2 gave me and I will never give up.)
They gave me 5 out of 6 of these, while the 4th is the most important to me. If the 4th was also a reality, i'd be filling up my pre-order now.
But without it, I don't see any reason to jump now. I'll wait for prices to go down, and wait for Software to update after all bugs have been ironed out, and I'll wait to see if other phones maybe compete (I doubt that though)...
I agree with you guys, purchasing another 32-bit model with the new 64-bits coming out soon is generally a bad idea. In fact, I was debating whether I really wanted my G2 or not since 64-bit processors were coming out soonish. Also another thing I would like is some sort of active cooling to counter thermal throttling during heavy loads.
I haven't even rooted my G2, let alone install a custom rom and I know I can transform my G2 to a G3 without the camera and screen in the matter of hours
LG says they "listen to their customers". Apparantly they don't listen well enough. I'm pretty sure the only reason why they made a 5.5 inch panel was because they had a hard time fitting all those pixels in a smaller screen.
I'm waiting for 64-bit processors and hopefully some sort of cooling to counter thermal throttling.
Give me that sexy UI and I'm happy with my G2
I haven't seen the launch stream, but had read some of the coverage by press.
1. I love the new design, both on the software and hardware side. They have really raised the bar with that.
2. We still will have to wait for the reviews about laser focus. It can be either a gimmick or true breakthrough for smartphone photography. Think how it could easily improve focus in low light situation where infrared rays would easily acquire object.
3. Waiting for the port of G3 roms. I'm really looking forward for new stuff like Content Lock (oh boy, how many times I was THIS CLOSE to revealing my gf's "for my eyes only" pics)
Hope our awesome devs will make it happen in no time!)
Also graphite anode is amazing new feature in batt technology. Especially as I've studied electrochemistry and I'm sure it will make great results for battery life. GO LG LABS
I love my G2 but ever since I have had it I can't seem to get the camera to work correctly unless I am outside and it is completely sunny. The camera in the dark is absolutely useless for me even with the flash on it takes 6-7 seconds to snap. Do I have some settings incorrect? I love everything else about the phone especially the button placement.
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I love my G2 but ever since I have had it I can't seem to get the camera to work correctly unless I am outside and it is completely sunny. The camera in the dark is absolutely useless for me even with the flash on it takes 6-7 seconds to snap. Do I have some settings incorrect? I love everything else about the phone especially the button placement.
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Did you try resetting the camera to default
Camera sensor is the same on the g3 as the g2
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It seems like they actually were looking into some of the criticism that the G2 received, and made their best efforts to try and make things even better. The design looks less generic, the interface (which I just hope they backport to the G2) looks way better than before, and I was shocked they even bothered to make the battery removable (given that, much like physical keyboards, the removable battery is an endangered species).
Given I own a G2, some of the specs on the G3 seem like overkill; they need to focus less on the specifications arms race and more on genuine innovation.
The camera is the same identical Sony imx135, only differs in laser to focus. At Max you will need a bit of more time to focus, but the output is the same if you know how to shot a photo
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I'm in love with case and new apps in there. Sadly tho
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First of all, sorry if this thread is in the wrong place, and I know that there have been a few comparisons between the two.
My 2 year contract is ending, and I was more interested about how you think they've aged during these 10-11 months since their release. In my country they are roughly the same price on a 2 year contract (the G5 is about 20-30 Euros cheaper than the S7).
I would like to hear from you about the everyday performance (battery, gaming, lags, heat problems?...basically every aspect). I've read that the cameras of the both phones are pretty much neck and neck, and that they are both excellent.
Which one would you recommend me for the next 2 years?
Thanks
Morphiuss said:
First of all, sorry if this thread is in the wrong place, and I know that there have been a few comparisons between the two.
My 2 year contract is ending, and I was more interested about how you think they've aged during these 10-11 months since their release. In my country they are roughly the same price on a 2 year contract (the G5 is about 20-30 Euros cheaper than the S7).
I would like to hear from you about the everyday performance (battery, gaming, lags, heat problems?...basically every aspect). I've read that the cameras of the both phones are pretty much neck and neck, and that they are both excellent.
Which one would you recommend me for the next 2 years?
Thanks
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G5 by far, The lag of the S7 is insane...
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As he said the G5 has no lag. UI is smooth and I prefer it over TouchWiz. By other hand S7 is beautiful with all those glass and metal. In my country G5 is much cheaper than S7 so it was easy. I would still choose the G5 I prefer the camera, the UI and we are about to get Nougat.
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I love my G5, but I feel the S7 won this round. If you like big screeb, the V20 is the best out there. Great phone! If you want removable battery, IR blaster, wide angle lens and best camera manual mode, go for G5. Go for the S7 for the better build, the better point&shoot camera and the better screen. The G5 camera is better if you know how to use it.. it is more capable. But if you just want a quick point&shoot, the S7 will do a better job. Overall I want to recommend the G5 because I like it a lot, but it has 2 major faults. One is the GPS, there ia a problem with the golden pins that lose contact with the antenna on the back of the phone. Quick and easy fix but atill annoying and should not happen on a flagship. Second is image retention. If you are Rooted, there is a quick and easy fix. If not, you will need Blue Light Filter app in the background. I'm rooted so I don't have this issue. My only issue so far is the GPS. Happened to me after 7 months. Fixed it in 10 minutes but i had to open the phone. For common user, S7 IMO (unless you can handle the V20 size and then of course V20).
Ans yes, UI is better on the G5 and smoother. Also the camera , for me , is much better. I like the better manual controls and the wide angle lens.
Morphiuss said:
First of all, sorry if this thread is in the wrong place, and I know that there have been a few comparisons between the two.
My 2 year contract is ending, and I was more interested about how you think they've aged during these 10-11 months since their release. In my country they are roughly the same price on a 2 year contract (the G5 is about 20-30 Euros cheaper than the S7).
I would like to hear from you about the everyday performance (battery, gaming, lags, heat problems?...basically every aspect). I've read that the cameras of the both phones are pretty much neck and neck, and that they are both excellent.
Which one would you recommend me for the next 2 years?
Thanks
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The only thing I am jealous bout with S7 is the water resistance and design. $20-30 cheaper? You sure? With my phone company huge price difference. I can get the G5 for $300 plus tax. S7 $800 plus tax.
The specs bout the same. LG g5 got a better cam. Just look at comparisons and you be the judge. I might have a biased view. LG G5 gets a lot of hate, but its a great phone.
I am sorry but that's a huge price difference and a bout the same specs. LG g5 has a better Cam, removable battery, sd slot, etc. Makes me pick LG G5 all day. Save yourself money bro get it.
Biggest issues with G5s is GPS and heat issues. GPS seems to not have issues with newer models. Mine was made in september. Check the box before you buy. Three people I know in real life bought new versions and no GPS issues.
That heat issue seems to happen a lot with heavy usage and full brightness up. Lowering the brightness seem to help a lot. It can be annoying at times. And a thick case like outter box seem to help that.
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The only thing I am jealous bout with S7 is the water resistance and design. $20-30 cheaper? You sure? With my phone company huge price difference. I can get the G5 for $300 plus tax. S7 $800 plus tax.
The specs bout the same. LG g5 got a better cam. Just look at comparisons and you be the judge. I might have a biased view. LG G5 gets a lot of hate, but its a great phone.
I am sorry but that's a huge price difference and a bout the same specs. LG g5 has a better Cam, removable battery, sd slot, etc. Makes me pick LG G5 all day. Save yourself money bro get it.
Biggest issues with G5s is GPS and heat issues. GPS seems to not have issues with newer models. Mine was made in september. Check the box before you buy. Three people I know in real life bought new versions and no GPS issues.
That heat issue seems to happen a lot with heavy usage and full brightness up. Lowering the brightness seem to help a lot. It can be annoying at times. And a thick case like outter box seem to help that.
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Yep, the price for just the phone G5 is 650 euros vs the 680 euros for the S7 in my phone company. When buying them on a 2 year contract, the price difference is even smaller (20 smth euros). I don't know how that's possible...
I'm considering the G5, because my G3 still works without any lag, and somehow it's Samsungs' phones custom to start lagging just before a newer version of the phone is released
How's the camera for just point and shoot, because I don't think I'll be making to many pictures using manual control? What's the problem with the GPS? Is it easily solvable or does it require to get a replacement unit? And around how much of screen on time do you get?
Im a phone addict for saying it in some way, i had iphone 6 Plus, Galaxy s6, Galaxy s5, Iphone 5, Iphone 4 after using them all got a LG G4 and the rest named are all sold.. After that i went with the LG G5 and to be perfectly honest, it wins over them all, i dont even gonna try S7 since G5 runs perfectly, no issues, smooth, great battery life, great updates, in my opinion best overall phone atm.. My friend is a Samsung fan and even him said G5 its better overall S7, so go ahead without doubts with the G5..
Saying no LAG seems pushing the truth a bit, here is my view of a user who has been using the S5 901f for a couple of years.
What probably has not helped the G5's cause in my case is that samsung made massive performance improvements on their android 6 touchwiz for the S5.
So I have basically been comparing my 901f to the G5 and also to the S7 edge who my brother in law owns and let me have a go with it. Its the more powerful variant of the S7 here in the uk not the snapdragon 820 version.
Also to consider thanks to a good custom kernel my S5 is well tuned, especially with using the zzmoove governor.
So
In terms of overall performance, I would say sadly my S5 beats my G5, the S7 beats them both.
The G5 is very fast at multitasking, so once stuff is loaded, you can switch between apps very quickly and they keep their loaded state, but for stuff not loaded its for some reason slower than both samsung phones.
Some stuff wont stay cached e.g. better battery stats and sms messages, both visibly LAG on my G5 when the simc ard is inserted, I gave the phone to my brother in law to play with, I didnt mention the performance and he commented the phone was laggy. (this was before I did tuning).
Also performance is not everything, when comparing the phone features, samsung wins hands down. The colour tone can be changed, the unique samsung features are actually useful, 2g only mode can be set, has auto redial, better dialer/contacts app.
Samsung has much bigger dev community on XDA, e.g. unless there is a private hidden forum, there is not one single working custom kernel for the G5, that is juat a big wow.
Amoled vs IPS, amoled is a very clear winner, I think what doesnt help the G5 is that its IPS is a poor IPS, my oneplusone phone is also IPS but has less backlight bleed, and better viewing angles than the G5. Amoled is just the pinnacle of flat screen display technology, even apple I think are moving to amoled for their next phones. I only need to look at my G5 slightly off angle and I have contrast shift. I expect overtime I would get used to it, but if you used to samsung displays I think you in for a shock.
Samsung has water resistance, in practice I am not sure its a huge deal, as the LG phone is still splash proof (e.g. it should be fine in the rain).
All this doesnt mean I think the G5 is a bad phone, there is definite stuff about it which is nice.
Has FM radio
Always on clock
Speaker placement is better at bottom
Camera app is better (in my opinion)
USB-C is very nice
Fast charging is nice (although the S7 has this also, but not my S5)
Less bloat on stock rom than samsung.
Much better memory management, especially it doesnt aggressively kill background apps like samsung does.
Faster storage
I hope my feedback is helpful, and of course what I prefer to have on a phone you may not agree with, in which case what I listed as flaws of the G5 may not be relevant to yourself.
Also worth mentioning samsung S7 has 2 spatial streams for wifi so AC is 866mbit, N is 150mbit on 2.4ghz and 300mbit on 5.ghz
LG is 433mbit for AC, 75mbit for N on 2.4 and 150mbit for N on 5
Here in the UK on EE the S7 has a large price premium over the G5 still, over a 2 year contract its an extra �15 month x 24 which is �360.
Thanks a lot!
I'm getting both devices at same price but I'm confused which one to get in terms of camera performance and battery life? Please help me decide which one is better in honest opinion
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I'm getting both devices at same price but I'm confused which one to get in terms of camera performance and battery life? Please help me decide which one is better in honest opinion
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Objectively looking at the specs, the HTC 10 has a bit bigger battery ( 3000 mAh compared to 2650 mAh of the Moto Z but the Moto Z is only 5.2mm thin and supports various mods, one of which is the battery mod line ) and in the GSMArena sample pics, the Moto Z produces a bit sharper images.
And in general, at least for me, the Moto Z looks better.
HTC was one of the good looking snobs among smartphone manufacturers but now they're that deformed incest child which is still alive because some people formed emotional bonds to it or somehow found beauty in it.
Don't get me wrong, the Moto Z has some small flaws but it looks and works great, at least for me ( I usually change my phones in intervals of 6 months or less but I bought the Moto Z in August 2017 and I'm still using it ) .
The only concern you could have is battery life expectancy but people say you can replace it with the warranty if it dies on you so that one is kinda solved.
The screen is excellent, the UI and games are snappy and you can taste even Android P thanks to our great dev.
I wouldn't sell this phone even if someone offered me the 400$ I paid for it.
If you're willing to tinker with it, the Moto Z is a phone with huge potential.