Top 13 Image Editing Apps for Android

Top 13 Image Editing Apps for Android

We use our Android phone for calling, texting, emailing, photography etc. Among all these, photography is the next most important purpose of Android phones.
We click pictures everywhere, in every mood, celebrations, holidays, etc. We keep our photos on our Android, share it with our friends on social media, frame them or even make collages. For all these things we should do some basic (or Advanced) editing to our photos to make it look perfect.
We are presenting a list of 13 Best Image Editing Apps for Android that you will love. The most interesting thing is that they all are free.
1. Pixlr Express – Photo Editing

Pixlr Express is one of the most popular and highly rated photo editing app for Android. You can do professional editing to your picture even if you are not a professional editor or even if you have never edited a photo before.
You can very easily crop, rotate or adjust images while saving or sharing it with someone. Pixlr is full is special effects with more than 600 creative special effects. There is a ‘Auto Fix’ option that automatically balances color, brightness and adjusts for poor lighting conditions.

There are various Overlays to adjust mood of the photo. Different types of lighting effects also added. You can add borders, different fonts, overlays, remove red-eye, draw sketch, layout, background etc.
Pixlr Express has social media integration. Share you photos directly with your friends on Facebook, Twitter or Google+
2. Cymera – Camera & Photo Editor

Cymera is a very good camera app for portraits. There are huge variety of lenses and shooting modes available to add beauty to your photo. More than 800 decoration options are offered with amazing collage effects to make your picture perfect.
Cymera has more than 20 hand-picked and carefully selected filters, 70 different makeup and hair items to help you complement your looks. You can create beautiful collage with Cymera. It has different collage layouts. There are many online collage making tools are also available.

3. PicsArt – Photo Editing

Everyone can become an artist using PicsArt. It is available for free at Google Play Store and has got several million downloads. Its drawing tool has got abundant features like various artistic brushes, layers to create mobile images look like real paintings. With DrawCam mode you can combine real-time photos with editing, drawing, layering etc.
With its social network, you can share your images and participate in photography, drawing, graphic design contests.

4. Photo Editor by Aviary

Aviary is a great brand in Photography. Photo Editor by Aviary is a free photo editing app for Android devices. You will get all your photo editing needs fulfilled with this. It provides an easy way to beautiful photos.
There are various features like one tap auto enhance, sharpen, blur, color splash, focus, drawing, adding text, etc. You can adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, colors etc. in your picture.

5. Photo Editor Pro

Photo Editor Pro is a powerful image editing software from Zentertain. It offers various image editing features. You can adjust light, brightness, contrast, color etc. It offers all the basic image editing features provided by other apps in the list.

6. Adobe Photoshop Express

Adobe Photoshop is already very famous for editing images on computer. For basic editing you can straighten you photo, crop, resize and remove red eye. It has one touch auto image enhancement feature.
Photoshop Express has more than 20 eye-catching effects and filters. Share your photos with friends on Facebook, Twitter, Tumbler and Google+.

7. QuickPic

QuickPic is a bit different. It not only allow you to edit your picture but also manages them well. You can view slide show with best quality. Include or exclude specific folders for more efficient scanning.
You can crop, rotate, resize, shrink your photos. The app is optimized for Android HD tablets. The best thing is that it is free and has no ads. You can also play animated GIFs and standard videos.

8. Photography editor

Make funny and amusing photos of your friends with Photography Editor. You can change the original photo and fool your friend. There are a number of effects like snow effect, falling leaves effect, rain effect etc.
Choose and apply frame to your picture. Write over your image or drawing. Photography Editor is available for free.

9. Photo Effects Pro

Photo Effects Pro provides you an easy and fun way to enhance your photos. Its powerful editing tools add beauty to your image. There are over 40 amazing filters and effects to enhance looks.
Use your fingers to add funny stickers and badges to your picture. There are lovely frames you can rotate, move and zoom by fingers. This app enables to you to make beautiful collage of photos.

10.Snapseed

Snapseed makes photo editing a fun and enhances your picture beauty. It also offers one tap auto correct feature like many others in the list. Experiment with a variety of filters like Drama, Vintage, Tilt-Shift etc.
Share your creations with friends on social media network.

11. Photo Studio

It is an image editing app full of features. More than 150 unique filters in different categories, 100+ special effects, 500 stickers in different categories etc. Magic tools like auto levels, area-auto-levels, lens boost, add text to image, adjust brightness & contrast and many such things.

12. Photo Grid – Collage Maker

With Photo Grid, you can make instant and beautiful collages very easily. There are variety of layouts for photo grids, wallpapers, photo walls, albums and collages. Its editors allows you to move, swap, rotate, zoom, sketch, etc in the photo lab.

13. Photo Editor For Android

It is a free and simple image editor for Android. You can do all the basic image editing easily. Fill effects, blur, sharpen, straighten, control brightness and a lot such things with Photo Editor for Android app.

Eight Android 4.4 KitKat smartphones you can buy under Rs. 20,000

Eight Android 4.4 KitKat smartphones you can buy under Rs. 20,000

Google announced Android 4.4 KitKat in November last year, but smartphones running the latest version of Android have been few and far between. Even the ones available often come with a stiff price tag, especially in India.

The sub-Rs. 20,000 segment might not grab headlines, but for most people it represents the segment to which their first smartphone belongs. We pick eight smartphones in this segment running the latest Android version, but before that, let's take a look at the improvements in KitKat itself.

Android 4.4 KitKat: What's New?
Android 4.4 KitKat has a number of changes compared to Android 4.3 Jelly Bean including more immersive graphics, as well as deeper integration with Google's intelligent assistant, Google Now.

Android 4.4 allows users' to just say "OK Google" from the home screen to launch the Google Now assistant and do a voice search, send a text, get directions and even play a song. Google has been enhancing Google Now with new card types that bring information about contextual topics that interest users such as updates from favourite websites.

Android KitKat also comes with visual changes including a translucent menu bar located at the bottom of the screen, and new transition effects when you open the app launcher. You can preview wallpapers in full-screen before applying and also the wallpapers now extends through the notification tray as well.

The Quick Settings notifications in the Android KitKat menu toggles also add a 'location settings' toggle. A new Emoji keyboard for emoticons is now included in the native Google Keyboard.

There is a new Phone (dialer) app, which automatically prioritises the users' contacts based on the people they talk to the most

Google introduced a new unified messaging app in Android KitKat with Hangouts getting SMS and MMS integration, in addition to offering instant messaging through Google accounts (erstwhile Google Talk), a change that is not entirely desirable.

In addition, Android 4.4 KitKat has brought platform support for two new composite sensors - step detector and step counter. These sensors allows users to track steps when they're walking, running, or climbing stairs, via apps and hardware that support the feature.

Some other additions in the Android KitKat include better support for cloud printing, enhanced connectivity options, and better accessibility.

Google says that Android 4.4 KitKat has been designed to run fast, smooth, and responsively not only on high-end devices but also on entry-level ones that have as low as 512MB of RAM.

We now take a look at these best Android 4.4 KitKat-based smartphone options available in the Indian market under Rs. 20,000 - and let you work out which one's best for you.

1. Moto E (Rs. 6,999)
Motorola announced its most affordable smartphone in Moto range, the Moto E running Android 4.4 KitKat at Rs. 6,999. The Moto E has created a buzz in the Indian market with its affordable pricing.

Moto E comes with 4.3-inch display with a qHD (540x960 pixel) resolution and 256ppi pixel density. Motorola is also touting the Corning Gorilla Glass 3 screen of the phone, along with its 'water-nano coating' which provides a measure of water resistance. The Moto E is a dual-SIM phone that supports Micro-SIM cards and an 'intelligent calling feature.'

Moto E is powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 processor along with Adreno 302 GPU alongside 1GB of RAM. Motorola's latest budget offering comes with a 5-megapixel rear camera and packs a 1980mAh battery.

2. Xolo Q1000 Opus (Rs. 8,180)
The Xolo Q1000 Opus runs Android 4.2 out-of-the-box but received the Android 4.4 KitKat update recently, making it the first sub-Rs. 10,000 handset to run the latest Android version.

With the rollout of KitKat for the Q1000 Opus, Xolo also became one of the first domestic handset makers which announced Android 4.4 KitKat update for its smartphones. However, we are yet to see updates coming for other Xolo smartphones.

Xolo launched the Q1000 Opus back in December last year at Rs. 9,999. The Xolo Q1000 Opus is a dual-SIM phablet with support for GSM+GSM and features a 5-inch FWVGA IPS display with 480x854 pixels resolution. It continues the Q range tradition and sports a 1.2GHz quad-core Broadcom BCM23550 processor with Videocore IV GPU and 1GB of RAM. It sports a 5-megapixel autofocus rear camera accompanied by an LED flash and also includes a VGA front-facing camera.

3. Moto G (Rs. 12,499 (8GB) / (16GB) Rs. 13,499)
This year saw one of the popular global handset manufacturers enter the Indian smartphone arena, after a brief sabbatical. Yes, we are talking about Motorola that grabbed a lot of eye balls thanks to its Moto G.

Motorola's Moto G was an attempt to grab buyers' attention by offering a number of features at an extremely reasonable price. The Moto G ships with Android 4.3 Jelly Bean but the Android 4.4.2 KitKat is available OTA.

One of the biggest highlights of the Moto G is its 4.5-inch 720x1280-pixel IPS LCD, which works out to a density of 329 pixels per inch. It is powered by 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor with Adreno 305 graphics and 1GB of RAM onboard.

4. LG L70 Dual (Rs. 13,560)
LG seems to be throwing everything it has behind its range of 'L' series smartphones by introducing its third-generation devices in the new L Series III range. All of which are based on Android 4.4 KitKat.

The LG L70 Dual made its way to the Indian market recently and features company's proprietary Optimus 3.0 UI customisation on top of Android.

The L70 Dual features a 4.5-inch IPS LCD display, packing a WVGA (400x800 pixels) resolution and a pixel density of 207ppi. The smartphone comes with 1GB of RAM, and is paired with a 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon 200 processor alongside an Adreno 302 GPU. It sports a 5-megapixel rear autofocus CMOS camera and also houses a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera.

5. Karbonn Titanium Octane (Rs. 14,490)
Large displays seem to be the craze among handset manufacturers these days. Karbonn has played a prominent part in the large phone display race and released three new Android smartphones in India.

The Karbonn Titanium Octane, as the name suggests runs on a 1.7GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6592 processor with 1GB of RAM. It features a 5-inch HD IPS display and sports a 13-megapixel rear camera, accompanied by a 5-megapixel front-facing camera.

6. LG L90 Dual (Rs. 16,745)
The LG L90 Dual is part of company's third-generation L Series device and runs Android 4.4 KitKat out-of-the-box, which is the highlight of LG's new mid-range smartphone.

The LG L90 Dual offers Knock Code, which is company's evolution of the KnockON feature that first debuted last year in the LG G2 (Review | Pictures).

It sports a 4.7-inch IPS display with qHD (540x960 pixels) resolutio and is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor with 1GB of RAM. The LG L90 Dual sports an 8-megapixel rear camera and a 1.3-megapixel front camera.

7. Karbonn Titanium Hexa (Rs. 16,990)
The Karbonn Titanium Hexa features a 5.5-inch full-HD (1080x1920 pixels) LTPS display, and is powered by a 1.5GHz hexa-core MediaTek MT6591 processor that is coupled with 2GB of RAM.

The Titanium Hexa bears a 13-megapixel rear autofocus camera with flash, and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera.

8. Karbonn Titanium Octane Plus (Rs. 17,990)
The Karbonn Titanium Octane Plus features a 5-inch full-HD (1080x1920 pixel) IPS display, and runs on the 1.7GHz MediaTek MT6592 octa-core processor, however, with 2GB of RAM. It features a 16-megapixel autofocus rear camera with an 8-megapixel front-facing camera.

All three Karbonn phones mentioned here will be available in the market soon, with the Titanium Hex slated to be available from Amazon from May 20.

Bonus
Lava has just announced the first smartphone in its new Iris X range - the Iris X1, which will be running Android 4.4.2 KitKat out-of-the-box and will be priced under Rs. 8,000. Lava also revealed that the Iris X1 features a 4.5-inch IPS display and an 8-megapixel rear camera

LG announces new G Pad 7.0, G Pad 8.0, G Pad 10.1 tablets

LG announces new G Pad 7.0, G Pad 8.0, G Pad 10.1 tablets

New Delhi: Extending its G Pad tablet series, LG has announced the launch of three new tablets. The new G Pad devices - G Pad 7.0, G Pad 8.0 and G Pad 10.1 - will be unveiled at the MedPI 2014, one of the biggest tech trade shows in Europe, from May 13-16.
"Unlike smartphones, tablets are not one size fits all. So we designed the G Pad Series for a diverse target audience, some who prioritise portability while others want the best multimedia experience possible," said said Jong-seok Park, president and CEO of the LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company.
The LG G Pad 7.0 will be LG's smallest tablet that the company claims will deliver both portability and power. The 8-inch G Pad 8.0 will be a mid-sized tablet, while the LG G Pad 10.1 will have a 10.1-inch display.
The new G Pad tablets will also include LG's proprietary UX features such as QPair 2.0 and Knock Code. With an updated version of QPair, which was first introduced on G Pad 8.3, users can connect to their Android-powered smartphones via Bluetooth to receive notifications of calls and messages and now be able to respond directly from the G Pad.
Knock Code enables users to power on and unlock their LG smartphones in one easy step by entering a personalised pattern on the smartphone's display. The knock pattern can be entered anywhere on the screen in any size - with the display on or off.
Additional details of LG's new tablets, including specifications and availability, will be announced locally in the weeks ahead, says the company

Nokia expected to launch its first dual-SIM Lumia smartphone in India on Monday

Nokia expected to launch its first dual-SIM Lumia smartphone in India on Monday; likely to be priced around Rs 10,000

New Delhi: Upping its ante in the fiercely competitive Indian smartphone market, Nokia India, a subsidiary of Microsoft Mobiles Oy, is all set to launch its dual-SIM smartphone - Lumia 630 - in India on Monday. The phone will will take head-on likes of Moto G, HTC Desire and Samsung's Duos. The phone is likely to be priced around Rs 10,000.
Two weeks into acquiring Nokia's handset division, software giant Microsoft is aggressively targeting the dual SIM market in India, which it believes is "critically important".
According to press invites sent by Nokia, the new device to be unveiled is "Fast", "Precise" and "Powerful". It further reads "The Power Of Two", hinting that the device could be the Lumia 630, which was announced last month at Microsoft's Build Conference in San Francisco.
Announcing the latest range of Lumia devices, Microsoft Devices Group EVP Stephen Elop had said dual-SIM capability is "critically important" in emerging markets like India and China.
Quoting analysts, Elop noted that in the year 2016 people will buy more than 100 million dual-SIM smartphones.
"The Lumia 630 dual-SIM capability opens up that market to all of us, so I'm really, really excited about that," he had said.
The Lumia 630 was slated for roll out in May, beginning with Asia, India/Middle East, South America and Europe, at $159 (about Rs 9,500) for the single-SIM variant and $169 (around Rs 10,100) for the dual-SIM variant before taxes and subsidies.
Powered by Windows Phone 8.1, the Lumia 630 features a 4.5-inch display, 5-megapixel auto focus camera and 8GB of expandable internal storage.
This would put the device in direct competition with devices like Moto G, HTC Desire and Samsung Galaxy Duos, which have done well in the affordable smartphone market in India.
As per IDC, the affordable smartphone segment is driving smartphone adoption in the country, where homegrown firms like Micromax and Karbonn have a strong presence. Last year alone, the market grew three-fold to 44 million devices from 16.2 million units in 2012

Moto E coming to India on Tuesday

Moto E coming to India on Tuesday: 6 things you should know about the 'priced for all' Motorola phone

New Delhi: Having launched its budget Moto G and mid-range Moto X smartphones in India, Motorola seems to be all set to surpise smartphone lovers with its new phone. While there is no official word on the yet-to-be-announced Motorola phone, except that it will be a "priced for all" device, the Internet is abuzz with information about what will be the first smartphone from Motorola after being sold to Lenovo by Google early this year. Here are six things that we think you should know about the upcoming low-cost Motorola phone:
1. Motorola will be unveiling its new smartphone on May 13. While the comapny has not revealed its name, rumours are that the phone will be called the Moto E.
2. The rumoured Motorola smartphone, Moto E, last week was found listed on Zauba, an Indian website that keeps a track of goods imported to India. Accoridng to the listing, the Moto E has been imported to India at Rs 6,300 per unit. Having considered the prices at which the Moto G and Moto X were brought to the domestic market and the actual prices at which they went on sale, it can be reasoned out that the "priced for all" - as the company has mentioned in its media invites - smartphone, Moto E, will go on sale at or under Rs 8,500 (including local taxes).
3. With Bangalore mentioned as the import city in the data available on Zauba, it is speculated that the Moto E will also be a Flipkart exclusive. Motorola has earlier made its two smartphones - Moto G and Moto X - available in India exclusively via Bangalore-based online retailer Flipkart.
4. A Brazilian retailer last week published a few images of the phone along with its specs. Reportedly, the Moto E will have a 4.3-inch display, 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon along with 1GB RAM, and a 1,980mAh battery. It will sport a 5 megapixel camera and will support a memory card of up to 32GB for additional storage. The phone will run Android 4.4 KitKat.
5. The phone is expected to be announced globally in both single SIM and dual-SIM variants; it is unknown whether both the models will make their way to India, or only one of them will be announced for the Indian market. The phone is expected to be available in India immediately after the launch.
6. Like the Moto G, the upcoming Moto E will support swappable back covers (Motorola Shells), which will be available in various colours.
Moto E in leaked images

Samsung Galaxy S5 vs iPhone 5S vs HTC One M8: Battle of the flagships (comparison)

Samsung Galaxy S5 vs iPhone 5S vs HTC One M8: Battle of the flagships (comparison)

In the past, we’ve done quite a few comparisons, comparing iPhone 5S against the HTC One M8, as well as the Samsung Galaxy S5 and HTC One M8. It’s a competitive market out there, and you must consider all available options before you decide to spend your hard earned cash on a high-end device.

It’s not just the Android handsets, Apple’s flagship device has come up against all odds in many situations, so we’re going to put it up against the two best flagship Android devices and see where it stands. Let’s just see what’s so different between these three flagship devices.

Display

This is one of the most differentiating factor between the iPhone 5S and other Android flagships available in the market. With time, the devices are getting bigger and bigger, but Apple decided to use the same 4-inch retina display 1136 x 640 pixels with a 326 ppi density for its iPhone 5S when it debuted in September last year. As for the Samsung and HTC, they slightly increased the screen size of their flagship device. HTC One M8 was bumped to 5-inch boasting a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels with 441 ppi pixel density, compared to 4.7-inch screen in its predecessor. As far as the Samsung Galaxy S5 is concerned, it was a minor increase and boasted a 5.1-inch Super AMOLED 1080p display.

iPhone definitely lags behind compared to both devices as it comes with a lower resolution. The high 1080p display on the Samsung Galaxy S5 is fantastic, so is HTC One M8. The high resolutions makes it better if you are watching videos on the device, or even for general day-to-day usage.

Processing Power

This might be a challenging one. Apple uses its own A7 64-bit processor in the iPhone 5S, while Samsung and HTC decided to go with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 801 SoC. On paper, iPhone 5S looks less powerful since it comes with a dual-core processor, compared to the quad-core Snapdragon 801 SoC on both the Samsung Galaxy S5 and HTC One M8. Both devices also feature 2GB of RAM compared to 1GB in the iPhone 5S.

However don’t let this thing fool you. iPhone 5S provides comparable processing power as the other two Android devices. It’s not just because of iOS as its operating system, but because it comes with a 64-bit architecture. On the other hand, Android isn’t compatible with 64-bit processors and the Snapdragon 801 is a 32-bit processor. Things might change with the next big Android update, but for now, it’s 32-bit.

Design

This is where Apple and HTC have surpassed Samsung. HTC One M8 comes with a beautiful aluminium design, so is the iPhone 5S. Both devices gives a premium look when held in hand, while Samsung decided to go with plastic again. It’s not the same one as found in the Samsung Galaxy S4, but it still is plastic.

Samsung Galaxy S5 measures 142 x 72.5 x 8.1 mm while the HTC One M8 is 146.4 x 70.6 x 9.4 mm dimensions. As for the iPhone 5S, it is thinner than the two and measures 123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm. It’s successor, the iPhone 6, is expected to be thinner than the iPhone 5S, and is reportedly coming with a larger display.

Samsung Galaxy S5 is IP67 certified, making the handset dust and water-resistant up to a certain extent, while the feature is not present in iPhone 5S or the HTC One M8. I’m not sure how useful it can be to make a person go for the Samsung Galaxy S5 just because it’s water resistant.

Storage Options

This is where iPhone 5S is behind the two flagship Android devices. Apple iPhone 5S comes with three 16/32/64GB storage options without any expandable storage. On the other hand, Samsung Galaxy S5 and HTC One M8 features 16GB of storage which can be expanded via a microSD card. Additionally, you also get free cloud storage with the latter two — Galaxy S5 comes with 50GB of Dropbox storage for two years while the HTC One M8 comes with 50GB Google Drive storage for the same amount of time.

Camera

Apple iPhone 5S comes with an 8MP rear camera with 1.5µ pixels and an f/2.2 aperture, as a tru tone flash. On the other hand, Samsung Galaxy S5 comes with a 16MP ISOCELL camera with 1.12 µm pixel size and 1/2.6” sensor size. As for the HTC One M8, it comes with Duo cameras on the back consisting of 4MP UltraPixel as well as a depth sensor with UFocus to let you focus on a single element in the picture while blurring the remaining image.

The camera on the Samsung Galaxy is also capable of recording 4K videos, while the remaining two devices are stuck with 1080p. I don’t think it’s a big factor at the moment, since there aren’t too many 4K displays in households, but it’s good if you want to get a future proof device.

Fingerprint Sensor

Apple introduced a Touch ID sensor in its iPhone 5S back in September, which made other OEMs think about the technology. HTC was pretty quick, and introduced a sensor on the back of their gigantic HTC One Max, but it was no where to be found in the latest flagship device, the HTC One M8. As for Samsung, it also features a fingerprint scanner, but it doesn’t work in a similar fashion as the iPhone 5S.

Samsung Galaxy S5 comes with a swipe sensor, meaning you have to swipe your finger on the device for it to work. On the other hand, the Touch ID sensor appears to be smarter, all you have to do is place your finger on the home button and let it handle the rest, no swiping or anything.

Battery Life

This is an important factor for a majority of smartphones owners, the battery life. It’s not possible at times to carry the charging cable or even a portable charger all the time. Samsung Galaxy S5 comes with a 2,800 mAh batter, while the HTC One M8 and iPhone 5S comes with 2,600 mAh and 1,560 mAh, respectively.

The battery of the iPhone 5S is smaller then the flagship Android devices, but as they say, a bigger phone needs a bigger battery. HTC One M8 and  Samsung Galaxy S5 components are more demanding, the large 1080p display, etc. But, most of the normal users will be able to get all three of them throughout the day without battery saving measures.

Samsung and HTC also introduced extreme battery saving technologies in their flagship devices, which can extend the battery life of both devices tremendously. Additionally, the battery conservation features added by Qualcomm in the latest Snapdragon 800 and 801 also play an important role in providing a decent battery time.

Software

This is another important aspect which plays an important role in the performance of the device. Samsung Galaxy S5 comes with Android 4.4.2 with Samsung’s bloated TouchWiz UI. On the other hand, HTC One M8 also features the same Android version, but it comes with its own Sense 6.0 UI. Both devices offers a different user interface, and comes with custom OEM apps, which may cause a dent on the performance of the devices — stock Android is faster since it’s free from customizations. Among the two, HTC’s Sense 6.0 UI is still better in many areas when compared to TouchWiz in my opinion.

On the other hand, iPhone 5S comes with Apple’s very own iOS UI, which is also a differentiating factor among the devices. Many casual users will find iOS easier to user because it’s not as customizable as the Android 4.4.2 found in Samsung Galaxy S5 and HTC One M8. I find the HTC One M8 UI to be as user-friendly as iOS, but it also comes down to personal preferences.

As for the number of apps, both operating systems comes with almost the same number in the app stores. However, apps in the iOS App store are of better quality compared to the ones found in the Google Play Store as well.

Wrap up

There you go folks. I hope it’s enough to help you make up your mind about the devices. If you ask me, I’d go for the HTC One M8, and I’ve shared my reasons why I prefer it over the iPhone 5S. I’m not saying iPhone 5S isn’t good, it’s a great device, iPhone is one of those devices which I used for the longest period — 3 years to be exact — before I switched to a Samsung Galaxy S4. It’s a good device too, but I’m not a big fan of the extensive customizations and bloated TouchWiz UI.

I’m also waiting for Apple to launch the successor of the iPhone 5S as rumors hint at a possibly larger 4.7-inch display. There’s no confirmation from Apple, but it’s expected to see the light of the day this fall.