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what's up fries by fans i'm brian tong in the smartphone wars will never go away so we're facing off the best of the best it's a prizefight butch out between Apple's iPhone 5s and Samsung's Galaxy s4 our judges for this fight are senior editor Jessica the people stole court associate editor Lynn Lala and myself can't go wrong Tom will take all three judges scores and average them out to the nearest tenth each round the final prize fight store will be an average of all rounds using the same system let's get it started round 1 these two phones are the top of their class and Apple still brings one of the best design phones even if it has a smaller 4-inch screen with a 326 pixel per inch count for some people it's the perfect size for others it's not and all the hype about the gold iPhone in person it's really not as gold as they make it look in pictures now the galaxy s4 may not bring us premium of a design with its plastic backing but it feels salt in your hand and the one thing we can't ignore it's 5 inch AMOLED display with a higher 441 pixel per inch count this thing is the truth but it also might be too big for some people it's a battle between screen size and design and our judges are calling this a tie at 4.3 points a piece next rounds controls Apple brings ios7 with the visual facelift but the same staple functionality that has made it the easiest mobile OS to use now if you're looking for deep customization you won't really find it here but control center is really the biggest change that plays catch-up to Android and it's the most useful for Apple loyalists now touch ID brings fingerprint recognition that's optional and it may take an extra second but it's a lot better than punching in a passcode every time and it's the best fingerprint execution we've seen so far the galaxy s4 brings it snappy TouchWiz interface running on top of Android 4.3 that's still rolling out it looks a lot like previous versions except there's even more UI bells and whistles tucked in here pull down the notifications bar and you'll see everything and I mean everything from multi window use to Samsung smart eye features that are more gimmicky now you can navigate the phone by touch or with gestures and we don't think the interface is bad the UI is still just as customizable but it's just not as clean now there's just so much more you can do here and today's user demands more so the galaxy s4 gets a 427 and the iPhone 5s gets a 4.3 now for average around the galaxy s4 leads next round is Apple's iPhone 5s brings a dual-core a7 processor and its biggest new feature touch ID is a fingerprint sensor done right but it has so much more potential that needs to be unlocked there's also an m7 processor for fitness apps but that really isn't a game changer Siri is better but still behind Google Voice and Apple maps are better but they're still behind Google Maps now just like the name implies the 5s is an improvement from the 5 but not a groundbreaking device on the other hand samsung's galaxy s4 is jam-packed of features with its 1.9 gigahertz quad-core processor so I'll tell you some of the unique things it can do even if you won't use them all it has a replaceable battery and memory expansion you won't find that on the iPhone 5s it brings multi window support to run two apps at the same time motion gestures for zooming into pictures or scrolling up and down a webpage with your eyes or looking at pictures with the wave of a hand like a box now watch a video turn away and the video clip will stop until your eyes return to the screen it also has s voice drive to keep your eyes on the road and it can even be used as a fitness device it also brings the watchon app to act as your TV remote and that's still not everything now can you guess who takes this route the galaxy s4 gets out for point 7 and the iPhone 5s gets a for next round is web browsing multi media web browsing on mobile phones is pretty much a push when you can load Chrome on both phones as the best mobile browser out there the galaxy s4 really stands out though with its enormous display that may not always be as bright as other phones on its highest setting but web content and videos just look amazing on it compared to the iPhone 5 SS or inch screen iTunes radio is also one of the sleeper features that has been great and I mean a great multimedia add-on that a lot of iOS users are asking Pandora who now when it comes to photos the iPhone 5s is 8 megapixel camera tends to take photos at are little sharper and more saturated compared to the s4 s 14 megapixel camera low-light shots perform better with the iPhone 5s and it's dual color LED flash made a difference when compared to the galaxy s4 s and both bones have slo-mo video which is always fun overall our judges preferred the 5 SS camera over the s floors that was still very good but we're going to give the slight edge to the s4 overall with its larger screen the Galaxy takes around 4 with 4.7 and the iPhone 5s gets a 4.3 so after averaging 4 rounds the galaxy s4 still leaves the final round that side salt is performed both phones call quality will depend on your carrier and area and in our test they were both very capable now both operating systems were snappy to use but iOS 7's animations do tend to make the OS feel slower at times now in seeing its own video battery drain test the iPhone 5s was able to squeeze out 11 hours of battery life compared to the Galaxy s4 which squeezed out 10 hours and 20 minutes of juice and the reality is that a larger screen means less battery now in the Geekbench 3 benchmark tests the iPhone 5s clearly dominated the galaxy s4 as well but the reality is that both of these phones feel fast and snappy in real-world tests now performance matters and the judges are giving the iPhone 5s a perfect 5 and the galaxy s4 gets a 4.3 so let's average out all 5 rounds and Samsung really put the pressure on early and often and even a perfect 5 in the last round just wasn't enough for the iPhone 5s and the galaxy s4 takes this battle 4 point 5 to 4.4 and is your prize bite winner it was another epic battle but in the end these are two cream-of-the-crop bones and the final decision always comes down to you i'm brian tong thanks for watching we'll catch you guys next time for another prizefight you