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what's up prizefight fans i'm brian tong and this is an epic battle between two of the biggest boys in the smartphone world it's a prizefight punch out between Samsung's Galaxy s3 on t-mobile and ACC's 1x on AT&T our judges for this fight are senior editor Jessica Duke it out dole court senior editor Bryant boom-boom Bennett and myself 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 it's a five round throwdown round one is designed Samsung's Galaxy s3 brings a sleek and silky body that's comfortable to hold with its 4.8 inch Super AMOLED display that looks great but has a dimmer screen even with the brightness turned up it still suffers a little from its plasticky feel but overall the design here is still makeout worthy now HTC's One X also delivers with a more elegant polycarbonate plastic backside with a solid weight and build quality it's 4.7 inch display is brighter and pops better it's a little more square on the corners but I can't say I'm the biggest fan of its camera lens that sticks out like a big bump now these phones both look amazing and we're calling this round a tie at four point seven points a piece next round is user interface and controls both of these phones bring their own flavors of Ice Cream Sandwich to the table and Samsung brings a much more tame down version of its TouchWiz interface that's less intrusive and we like its look and feel it's physical button has multiple functions to bring you back to the home screen view your current open apps or activate its s voice feature hi galaxy now you'll still have the same customization for widgets but it still feels a little like a mishmash with Gingerbread and Ice Cream Sandwich now ACC Sense UI has always been one of our favorites and they do it again with the One X it's real clean and simple to use I love the quick access UI for adding widgets to your homescreen it doesn't hide androids Ice Cream Sandwich and they toned down the animation from previous versions now ACC takes this round with a perfect 5 and Samsung gets a 4 so after averaging 2 rounds a CC leads by half a point next round is features both phones are loaded with 4G LTE connectivity Wi-Fi Bluetooth and the same dual-core 1.5 gigahertz Snapdragon s4 processor but the s3 is what I call a feature freak of nature with this memory expansion slot a replaceable battery because there are plenty of you who still love that and it comes with 2 gigs of RAM which is twice as much as the other guy for the same price now comes in 16 gig or 32 gig options but that's not all Samsung's s-voice allow you to interact with your phone with voice commands even if it's half-baked it does work on some levels good morning also the ability to transfer data with sbeam works pretty seamlessly right out of the gate and the gesture controls might seem a little gimmicky but I'd actually use the screen capture swipe with my palm the HTC One X comes with 32 gigs of storage but no memory expansion slot and no replaceable battery it's differentiating feature is its beats technology that enhances your music when they plug in a headphone set or speaker that enhancer the bass and audio quality now still but it just can't compete with all the extra bells and whistles from Samsung the galaxy s3 takes this round with the perfect five and the 1x gets a 3.7 next round is web browsing and multimedia these phones feature massive displays that make web browsing with flash support and multimedia look great browsing speeds will depend on the carrier but neither phone had a real poor experience now both phones bring eight megapixel cameras with 1080p video capture but the galaxy s3 took better pictures with slightly richer colors and more detail overall by just a hair and when it comes to watching video you can't go wrong on either guy but if you're using headphones Beats Audio will make a difference Samsung just gets the edge in round four with another perfect five and HTC gets a 4.7 so after four rounds Samsung is now on top and the final round that decides it all is called quality and performance in the smartphone world performance counts and both phones really feel fast and responsive when you're moving through their menus and UI hey don't feel like you're losing out with either one of these now 4G performance was also solved for both phones in the san francisco area now call quality in our tests had the AC c1x sounding slightly cleaner compared to the s3 but being on multiple carriers and different areas will affect the true result but there was nothing glittering here that would give one phone an advantage we're calling this round even with a tie at five so let's average out all five rounds and in a prizefight where acc came out swinging Samsung chipped away and fought back with three perfect rounds and the Samsung Galaxy s3 takes this battle four point seven to four point six and is your prize fight winner now you guys really can't go wrong with two of the best phones on the market right now but only one can reign supreme I'm Bryan Chong thanks for watching and catch you guys next time for another five five