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The HTC One was launched a few days  ago, and the response has been mixed at best. There are a lot of good things about the flagship device, such as a high-end build quality, upgraded hardware, and at least some features of Sense 5. Comparisons have shown the HTC One come out on top, sometimes barely, but keep in mind that these comparisons are to last year’s devices (In case you missed it, here are the comparisons between the HTC One and the HTC One X+, HTC Droid DNA, and the Samsung Galaxy Note 2).

While we’re waiting on a hands-on comparison with the Sony Xperia Z, a lot of people’s reactions to the HTC One involved a line HTC executives must have been dreading: “Let’s see what the Samsung Galaxy S4 has to offer!” The HTC One may be the best Android smartphone in the world right now, but is unfortunately not the “one” some may have been hoping for.

Today, we’re going to take a look at what the Samsung Galaxy S4 has to do to outshine the HTC One. On the flip side, this may also work as a reference to what I don’t like about HTC’s latest flagship. Let’s get started!

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In terms of hardware, we should expect to see the Galaxy Note 3 get an update internally, but only minimal changes on the outside. The design of the Galaxy Note 2's 5.5-inch screen size may be much bigger than Apple's iPhone 5, but clearly there's a market for "phablets," and the device sold 3 million units in a month. 

That being said, Android Geeks claims that the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 may have a bigger display. The reasoning behind a bigger screen is that competitors are making a 5.5-inch screen to compete with the Galaxy Note and Galaxy S3. For instance, recent rumors indicated Apple may be preparing for a larger iPhone in the coming months. In order to remain a cut above the rest, Samsung must increase the screen size of the Galaxy Note 3 to 6.3 inches, almost a full inch bigger than its predecessor, according to Android Geeks. The device may have a resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels and be made of Gorilla Glass.

The processor on the Galaxy Note 3 is set for an update after Samsung introduced the Exynos 5 Octa chip. Thanks to big.LITTLE technology and built on 28 nm architecture, the Exynos 5 Octa has four cores clocked at 1.8 GHz and another four that were clocked at 1.2 GHz. The Exynos 5 Octa may also be included in the Samsung Galaxy S4, rumored to be released in mid-March. 

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Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, has traditionally worn a white home kit since. The word Real is Spanish for royal and was bestowed to the club by King Alfonso XIII in 1920 together with the royal crown in the emblem. The team has played its home matches in the 85,454-capacity Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in downtown Madrid since 1947. Unlike most European football clubs, Real Madrid's members (socios) have owned and operated the club since its inception.

The club is the richest football club in terms of annual revenue, generating €513million in 2012 and the second most valuable, worth €1.8billion.It is one of three clubs to have never been relegated from the top flight of Spanish football, along with Athletic Bilbao and Barcelona. Real Madrid holds many long-standing rivalries, most notably El Clásico with FC Barcelona.

Real Madrid s origins go back to when football was introduced to Madrid by the academics and students of the Institución libre de enseñanza, which included several Cambridge and Oxford University graduates. They founded Football Club Sky in 1897, playing on Sunday mornings at Moncloa. It split into two clubs in 1900: New Foot-Ball de Madrid and Club Español de Madrid.On 6 March 1902, after a new Board presided by Juan Padrós had been elected, Madrid Football Club was officially founded.Three years after its foundation,

 in 1905, Madrid FC won its first title after defeating Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish Cup final. The club became one of the founding sides of the Royal Spanish Football Federation on 4 January 1909, when club president Adolfo Meléndez signed the foundation agreement of the Spanish FA. After moving between grounds the team moved to the Campo de O'Donnell in 1912.In 1920, the club's name was changed to Real Madrid after King Alfonso XIII granted the title of Real (Royal) to the club.

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Manufacturing magnate Ferruccio Lamborghini founded Automobili Ferruccio Lamborghini S.p.A. in 1963 with the objective of producing a refined grand touring car to compete with offerings from established marques such as Ferrari. The company's first models were released in the mid-1960s and were noted for their refinement, power and comfort. Lamborghini gained wide acclaim in 1966 for the Miura sports coupé, which established rear mid-engine, rear wheel drive as the standard layout for high-performance cars of the era.

Lamborghini grew rapidly during its first decade, but hard times befell the company when sales plunged in the wake of the 1973 worldwide financial downturn and the 1973 oil crisis. The firm's ownership changed three times after 1973, including a bankruptcy in 1978, before Chrysler Corporation took control in 1987. Unable to operate Lamborghini profitably, Chrysler sold Lamborghini to Malaysian investment group Mycom Setdco and Indonesian group V'Power Corporation in 1994. Lack of success continued through the 1990s, until Mycom Setdco and V'Power sold Lamborghini to the AUDI AG subsidiary of Volkswagen Group on 27 July 1998. Audi's ownership marked the beginning of a period of 

stability and increased productivity for Lamborghini. Sales increased nearly tenfold over the course of the 2000s, peaking with record sales in 2007 and 2008. The world financial crisis in the late 2000s negatively affected all luxury car makers worldwide, and caused Lamborghini's sales to drop nearly 50 percent.

Lamborghini's Sant'Agata Bolognese production facility produces V12 engines and finished automobiles. Lamborghini's current production vehicles are the V10-powered Gallardo and the V12-powered Aventador. Both production models are available in a variety of regular and limited-edition specifications.

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Porsche Automobil Holding SE,a Societas Europaea or European Public Company, is a German holding company with investments in the automotive industry.

Porsche SE is headquartered in Zuffenhausen, a city district of Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg and is owned by the Piëch and Porsche families, and Qatar Holdings, through the Qatar Investment Authority (10%).Porsche owns 50.73% of the voting rights in Volkswagen AG,and 50.1% of Porsche Zwischenholding GmbH, which owns 100% of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, the manufacturer of a range of sports cars and SUVs.

On July 2012, it was announced that Volkswagen AG is taking over the Porsche automotive company completely, which bears the same name, but is only a subsidiary of Porsche SE.

The company was founded in Stuttgart as Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche GmbH in 1931 by Ferdinand Porsche,an Austrian engineer born in Maffersdorf, during the time of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Porsche's son-in-law Anton Piëch, an Austrian lawyer.

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Volcom, Inc. is a designer, marketer, and distributor of youth-oriented products. The company primarily produces young men's and young women's clothing, footwear, accessories, and related products, all sold under the "Volcom" brand name. Volcom is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, United States. Volcom is known for its trademark stone logo, its slogan Youth Against Establishment, and the Let the Kids Ride Free campaign.

Founded in 1991 by Richard "Wooly" Woolcott and Tucker "T-Dawg" Hall, Volcom caters to the surfing, skateboarding and snowboarding markets, born out of the founders' own experiences with these sports.In 1995, Volcom was the first action sport company to create a record label, Volcom Entertainment.In April 2005, the company took its current name, Volcom, Inc. Volcom became a publicly traded entity on June 29, 2005, when Wachovia Securities, D.A. Davidson and Piper Jaffray underwrote an initial public offering on NASDAQ, pricing 4.69 million shares at US$19 a share, raising a total of US$89 million.

Source: Wikipedia

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