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alright guys here we are from Android authority reporting live we were set up here in Hong Kong we've been here for the iPhone launch we've been able to secure an iPhone we did a nice drop test on an iPhone several hours ago and now we have another iPhone that we're looking at to compare arguably two of the best of smart phones on the market today everyone wants to know what's the heavyweight what's better now in terms of physical footprint we can see that they're actually relatively similar obviously significantly slimmer but in terms of the height the iPhone 5 and the s3 are quite similar now there's physical dimensions for the s3 are 5.39 inches by 2.8 now in terms of thickness we have a 0.3 4 inch profile making a remarkably thin for a device of its stature in size the iPhone 5 on the other hand is 4.87 inches long it does have a width of only 2.31 inches and its thickness is 0.3 inches so that's 0.3 inches of thickness versus 0.3 for making the iPhone 5 thinner than the actual galaxy s3 now in terms of their weight the iPhone 5 is going to be weighing in at 112 grams making it remarkably lighter it is 19% thinner than the actual original iPhone iPhone 4s excuse me they've incorporated a new alloy which we've discovered is very very impact resistant and also remarkably lightweight not quite sure what it is but we will find out that for you very shortly so in terms of the processing power we're looking at a quad core of 1.4 gigahertz Exynos processor in the galaxy s3 International Edition now if you're living the United States and you have an LTE connection likely you have an s4 processor which is a dual core but does clocked at 1.5 gigahertz and it features some architectural advancements which put it on par with the international version that we're looking at today it displays themselves well the display is always usually the most important part of any device the technology itself is different this features an HD AMOLED display whereas the iPhone 5 features a TFT IPS LCD display whites will be whiter on the iPhone 5 but colors will be significantly richer on the galaxy s3 the operation on both is remarkably smooth as they are leading-edge high-end devices from two manufacturers that capture collectively over roughly 68% of the smartphone market so we have a resolution on the galaxy s3 of 1280 by 720 pixels giving it a PPI of 306 the iPhone 5 features a display of the odd form of 640 pixels by 11:36 giving you a ppi of 326 so we have 326 with the iphone 5 vs 306 with the galaxy s3 though we should consider that this is a four point eight inch screen whereas this is only a four inch screen moving on to memory with the iPhone 5 when you have 16 32 and 64 gigabyte iterations but no expandable memory making a bit difficult for some and for those that have used iTunes before it does become a little troublesome sometimes though some people appreciate it's convenient syncing feature the problem is you simply can't just take a microSD or and I USB cable and just throw your music and photos on whereas with galaxy s3 you have 16 32 and 64 gigabyte flavours and in the rear we do feature a expandable memory slot as well making it remarkably convenient for movie and music lovers who don't want to have to reload their media or go through a third-party software suite you can have 128 gigabytes of combined storage with the galaxy s3 whereas with the iPhone 5 only 64 gigabytes it's important to remember that obviously cloud computing and data syncing is becoming more prominent though for many people data bandwidth issues are a problem so sometimes it is convenient to have access to physical hard stores that you can add by yourself moving along to the battery the galaxy s3 features a massive 2100 milliamp battery making remarkably substantial and there are third-party companies even Samsung themselves make a battery and extended battery that is substantially larger than this which will obviously increase the profile but for those that need a long day battery that is possible to get the iPhone 5 on the other hand features only a 1400 milliamp battery maybe perhaps do in fact that it is 19% thinner than the original iPhone 4s we will be testing thoroughly to see how it holds up under intensive web browsing and multimedia consumption as well as with overall talktime so moving on to the rear camera both feature very similar 8 megapixel cameras this has an F 2.4 camera excuse me this has an F 2.4 camera whereas this has an F 2.6 camera arguably the iPhone 5 will be able to take pictures on par if not better and we will be testing the low-light situation which they've claimed they've been able to improve through a variety of hardware and software improvements now going along to the front facing cameras we have a 1.9 megapixel camera on the galaxy s3 whereas on the iPhone 5 we only have point two megapixel camera the galaxy s3 also features NFC technology for Google Wallet and for other short-range connectivity technology like Galaxy S beam where you can share contacts and information simply by tapping two devices together making it quite convenient it only will work with Samsung Galaxy s3 so at this time the iPhone 5 sadly does not feature that now there are LTE variants for both the app in fact iPhone 5 is in fact capable of LTE and also HSPA connectivity so it has some really unusual but also more advanced connectivity features baked into the associate cell otherwise completely different operating systems this is an Android device with Ice Cream Sandwich with jelly bean the latest version of Android that's featured in the Galaxy Nexus excuse me the Nexus 7 to come soon we've been told and this iPhone 5 it features iOS 6 which is the latest version of Apple's operating system for mobile devices the price of the devices varies by market it's been quite expensive for us to get this i iphone 5 here in hong kong but in the united states it will be launching at $1.99 $2.99 and 399 price points 16 32 and 64 gigabytes respectively on a new contract to buy the device on unlocked you're looking at upwards of $700 other unique features include the fact that the Samsung Galaxy s3 is capable of wireless charging albeit with the sever backplate whereas the iPhone 5 is not in addition to that of course we have a micro USB plug in on the galaxy s3 making capable for you to connect to a computer for simple uploading and downloading data everything needs to go through iTunes with the five now the galaxy of three is the best-selling Android phone of all time it has been able to sell over 20 million units since it was launched in June and this video is being recorded on September 21st making it the best-selling Android device of all time now the iPhone 5 was able to sell over 2 million units within 24 hours of it going up for sale so it will be interesting it will likely be the best-selling mobile device smartphone mobile device in history but that remains to be seen some people think of it as a minor upgrade but compared when you compare it to the iPhone 4 it does feature substantial aesthetic hardware and software improvements so it definitely is a true successor to the iPhone 4s other than that Samsung of course would like us to focus on a lot of the software merits that they have baked in here and they have actually come a long way in terms of their TouchWiz overlaying not very intuitive operation very very fast and with jellybean coming soon we're gonna be again guaranteed even faster operation obviously everything on the iPhone is smooth they've architected their software in such a way that it prioritizes the GUI so that it maintains the integrity and always ensures smooth operation so other than that Apple was able to develop an a6 processor for this device that an initial benchmark show that the iPhone 5 is actually substantially faster than the original iPhone 4s and on par if not better in many use cases than the actual Galaxy s3 so basically guys these are the two of the hottest phones in the world right now if you're looking for one of the larger footprint rich colors fast processing and great optics the galaxy s3 is to say bad if you are looking for more convenient operation for one-handed stuff it's likely that it's likely that the iPhone 5 could be a great alternative let's see how quickly you can take a picture focus all right let's just do it together now focus focus see you can see the difference see how pronounced those whites are on the galaxy excuse me on the iPhone 5 that's the difference between LCD and AMOLED technology both are remarkably fast at capturing photos something obviously mobile enthusiasts love to do browsing something simple like the gallery that's just here fix the profile thank you not both appear to be very satisfying really fast and definitely now bringing back to the real brass tacks of these it's been reputed analysts in the industry that study mobile all day have been able to reverse engineer and tear down the iPhone 5 it features the building materials of 207 dollars so that's what it calls for all the components inside the iPhone 5 and to manufacturing not including shipping or duties which are likely nominal maybe ten dollars or so now the s3 actually costs around two hundred and thirty-eight dollars to build a manufacturer but that is for the 64 gigabyte action it should be noted though that memory is very cheap for both manufacturers and in fact it's odd because these manufacturers work together closer than many others in the smartphone space it's rumored that Samsung in fact built and many of excuse me not built it manufactured through their foundry the a6 processor contained within the iPhone 5 and although they have constant legal disputes in fact Samsung losing over 1 billion legal disputes Apple recently they still do maintain a harmonious relationship despite being the biggest competitors in the smartphone space anyway guys this is the iPhone 5 vs samsung galaxy s3 you take your pick we're from Android authority here reporting live giving you a first look at the iPhone 5 versus the galaxy s3 let us know what you think of the video and if you have any questions at all hit us up on Google+ on Twitter come to the site leave a comment or contact us directly thanks for checking out our video have a great day