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what's up prizefight fans i'm brian tong and this is another big-time battle everyone wants to know how does BlackBerry's first all touchscreen phone stack up to the competition well many of you guys left blackberry to jump to the iPhone so we're bringing you a prize five punch out between blackberry z10 and Apple's iPhone 5 to see if they've done enough to bring you back home our judges for this fight are senior editor Jessica Duke it out dole cork associate editor Lynn ba la lalala and myself for all the ladies all night long Tom now we'll take all three judges scores and average them out to the nearest tenth each round the final prizefight score will be an average of all rounds using the same system let's get it started round 1 is designed blackberry brings its classiest looking phone to date with the tight design of the z10 even if it has some resemblance to the iPhone 5 its soft leather S textured backing and softer curved edges are comfortable to hold and it's 4.2 inch screen is larger and has a higher 356 pixels per inch now we know Apple's iPhone 5 design is one of their best ever bringing their quality design and level of craftsmanship its 4-inch Retina display is smaller but it's still a beauty with 326 pixels per inch super-bright display and it's two-tone design that's still thinner and lighter than the z10 these phones both look great with the iPhone 5 takes the round with the 4.7 and the z10 gets a 4.3 next round is user interface and controls the z10 is BlackBerry's first all touchscreen phone and it relies on a set of gesture controls to navigate the OS without any specific home button now it has a higher learning curve it's not pick-up-and-play but it's not hard once you get used to them you can pull down from the top to access services swiping from the bottom takes you to the multitasking screen to close apps and accessing the BlackBerry peak feature to check out your notifications is this team move now there's nothing you don't already know about iOS it's still the easiest UI planet Earth but it hasn't evolved to add more features like customization or better notifications pull down my nieces and nephews can use it with these but Apple can still bring more to the table while keeping it simplified the iPhone still takes this round with four point seven and the z10 gets a three point seven after averaging two rounds the iPhone five leads round three is features the z10 brings new features to the table that we haven't seen from other phones with its 1.5 gigahertz dual-core processor I'm a fan of its keyboard that allows you to flick suggested words as you're typing your messages and then deleting letters or entire words depending on how you swipe backwards and that's pretty nifty blackberry messenger is part of their heritage and is their best version yet with video chatting you'll also have NFC to immediately add contacts and a universal search and let's not forget HDMI out and an expandable memory card slot the preloaded Documents To Go is nice for business users and the BlackBerry balanced feature keeps your work and personal lives separate on the same phone but as drawbacks are a week Maps app that lack local businesses when you zoom in and no walking or transit directions their voice assistant is pretty mediocre and the blackberry world store has content but can't compare to the library of apps at Apple breaks now Apple's iPhone 5 dual port a6 processor is blazing fast and Siri becomes more useful with sports movies and food recommendations now Siri is arguably the best assistant right now but it still hasn't lived up to the hype and it takes way too long to get information back from its servers Maps brings turn-by-turn directions but it's still a step back from what it was before and passbook still remains rarely used and it needs some help or else it's another wasted Apple feature but Apple really shines with its App Store that still tops in the industry and no one can match the content available on its platform both phones have features that make them unique but it also places where they fall short so we're calling this round a tie at four points apiece next round is web browsing and more time the z10 brings its webkit-based browser with tab browsing and has the ability to turn on flash support it's a solid performer but we did have a few hiccups rendering some pages correctly now it's eight megapixel rear camera takes over all good-looking pictures and 1080p video as well it also has this cool time shift mode for picking the best picture from a bunch and a robust built-in editing mode with tons of effects and filters its media player widget that will appear on screen when you press on the volume rocker is a cool addition and multimedia looked great on its screen even if it can't get as bright as the iPhones but it falls short with its multimedia ecosystem that still trails apples now Safari on the iPhone 5 brings a full-screen mode and a smooth working browser overall you can't ignore Apple's iTunes which brings the most robust library of multimedia that looks great on its screen it's 8 megapixel rear camera brings a built-in panorama mode and 1080p video support with the ability to take stills while recording video and it's still really the best camera on a mobile phone with pictures that were more vibrant than the z10 now the BlackBerry is no slouch in this round but the iPhone 5 still takes it with the 4.7 and the z10 gets a 4 so after averaging in 4 rounds the z10 still trails the final round that decides it all is performance both phones are sold performing ones but side-by-side it's the iPhone 5 that's faster to navigate across the board battery life received mixed results with the z10 between our staff but our labs tested out to ten point six hours of talktime compared to around eight hours for the iPhone five now 4G LTE performance will vary in your area but it was excellent for both phones at San Francisco and call quality was solid but will obviously be different depending on your location and carrier now fast don't lie and the iPhone takes it yep another round with a 4.7 and the z10 gets a four so let's average out all five rounds and in a prizefight where Apple jumped ahead early they really pin the BlackBerry down and stayed on top with the iPhone 5 taking this battle four point six took four and is your price buy it winner now guys the point of this price buy it wasn't to give Apple another win which we did but it was to show you that blackberry is back in the game and although it might not be able to lure hard for iPhone and Android users yet the new BlackBerry has given their diehards a phone they will want and it's a solid foundation to build on i'm brian song thanks for watching we'll catch you guys next time for another prize bye