Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy S III, its awaited flagship smartphone. The firm is resting its hopes on the phone describing it as the ‘best in class smartphone in the world’. See also: Samsung Galaxy S3 vs Apple iPhone 4S comparison review.
One of its biggest Android rivals is HTC’s One X so we’ve put this review together to compare the two side-by-side.
We haven’t had the Galaxy S3 in our lab for full testing so we won’t be revealing a winner for each section. You can also check out the individual reviews of the two high-end smartphones.
See also: Samsung Galaxy S3 review
Samsung Galaxy S3 vs HTC One X: Dimensions
The two handsets are extremely similar in terms of their size and weight. The One X is marginally smaller at 70 x 134 compared to 71 x 137. The couple of millimetres difference is neither here nor there.
Samsung’s Galaxy S3 is thinner than the One X but slightly heavier. It measures in at 8.6mm and 133g while the HTC One X is 8.9mm and 130g. The figures are so similar the two phones can be considered the same size and weight. See also: Group test: what's the best Android phone?
Samsung Galaxy S3 vs HTC One X: Screen
The screen is another area where the pair are very similar. The Galaxy S3 has a Super AMOLED 4.8-inch display while the HTC One X has a minutely smaller Super IPS 4.7-inch one.
Both screens use a 720 x 1280 resolution with intense ‘Retina’ quality pixel densities. The HTC One X has a pixel density of 312ppi. The Galaxy S3 has slightly lower pixel density of 306ppi because of the larger screen size.
The small difference in indistinguishable to the human eye and both screens are very high quality.
Samsung Galaxy S3 vs HTC One X: Processor
The processor is an important element to a smartphone. The HTC One X uses an Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core 1.5GHz chip. Samsung uses its own Exynos 4 Quad 1.4GHz chip for the Galaxy S3 which is unsurprisingly quad-core.
On paper, the One X’s is more powerful but this doesn’t automatically mean the performance is superior. Look out for more details when we’ve done a full review of Samsung’s flagship phone.
Samsung Galaxy S3 vs HTC One X: Storage
The Galaxy S III comes in three storage options, 16GB, 32GB and 64GB. The phone also offers expansion possible via a microSD card slot. In comparison the HTC One X is quite restrictive when it comes to storage with only a 32GB model and no microSD card slot.
Samsung Galaxy S3 vs HTC One X: Cameras
On paper the two rear cameras are tied for specification. They are both rated at 8Mp with the ability to record video in full HD 1080p quality. The Galaxy S3 does have a higher resolution front facing camera, though at 1.9Mp compared to the HTC’s 1.3Mp shooter.
Samsung Galaxy S3 vs HTC One X: Connectivity
Both smartphones have the same list of connectivity features like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, near-field communications (NFC) and digital living network alliance (DLNA). One thing to note is that Samsung will be launching a 4G version of the Galaxy S3 later in the year, which the One X doesn’t offer.
Samsung Galaxy S3 vs HTC One X: Software
Once again, software is a category where the Galaxy S3 and One X are alike. Both run Google’s Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich although slightly different versions. The Galaxy S III runs version 4.0.4 while the One X has 4.0.3.
The main difference in the area is the user interface overlay because neither uses vanilla Android. Samsung uses its TouchWiz interface and HTC has its Sense overlay.
Samsung Galaxy S3 vs HTC One X: Battery
As mentioned, we haven’t had the Galaxy S3 in for testing but we do know the specifications. Samsung hints at good battery life for its flagship phone with a 2100mAh battery. HTC has equipped the One X with a less powerful 1800mAh battery.
Comments
Steven1981 said: I have had HTC ONE X and it is a good phone dropped it and the speaker inside the earphone went have had the samsung galaxy s3 now for a few weeks and honestly prefer the samsung galaxy s3 out of the 2 phones as with samsung you are able to put in extra memory up to 64gig which is great with htc u cant do this also u can remove the battery from samsung or carry a spare around with you when at festivals or that camping trip which i think is an important feature with HTC u cant do this as its asealed unit which realy put me offThe samsungscamera and video quality is spot on and doesnt miss a thing between the 2 cameras on both phones i cant tell any differenceSorry HTC but the Galaxy S3 wins for me
AndrewS said: wHERE THE VERDICT i read this rubbish for 5 minutes and then Nothing You idiots Il tell you a verdict the Galaxy S3 is the best phone in the world by far and now its Sept 2012 A 4G phone are you serious
Tmrooke40 said: You can also purchase the HTC medialinkHD for hdmi interface forths without DLNA
Chisanga Ng'oma said: Im sure only the people who participate in forums hold such strong opinions about the hardware Really it should be about the actual experience of using the phone which Samsung has delivered upon really well Although some of the phones user experience features are bit lame s-voicevideo box thing many other such as swipe to screen capture and holding the device to your ear to make a phone when looking at a message are really impressive stuffHTC IMO has done what it used to do well release strong hardware and on top of that tone down Sense Yes it has fewer throwaway features than the S3 but its only usp is the screen and the shellI for one want to see the One series do well getting rather bored of Samsung Vs Apple
Molan James said: I have galaxy s2 onevery nice smartphone even compared to iphone 4as per my knowledge Samsung is one of the most innovative company in the world now 40 billion into RampD 2012 is a huge investment Samsung has just claimed a breakthrough in graphene development by creating a semiconductor from the materialGalaxy S III has a less then beautiful design but it does have better benchmark testseven though it has fewer hertz it a has a 2100 removable battery which lasts more than the one X micro SD so in total you can have 128GB on your phone a plastic body which is good when you drop it THe dongle from HTC One X can only stream at 720p on a tv unlike the samsungs one that can stream at 1080p also check Galaxy S II Guide Which has the highest resale value and why here httpwwwcareacenet201206
Manduboy said: I have just received my Galaxy S3 and I do love it However and apparently for your review you havent discovered this yet the Smart Dial feature has become seriously retarded What on earth were they thinking On my previous Android phone HTC Smart Dial worked perfectly tap number keys containing letters corresponding to a sequence of letters of a contacts name whether it be his first or last name and the name would come into view among other names fitting the sequence You could then choose from the list or keep tapping more number keys to correspond to more sequential letters of the targets name until only the target name remains as a result For instance say you want to look up Peter Revell you could tap 73837 if youre focusing on Peter or 73835 if yourre focusing on Revell It doesnt matter if you contact detail is stored as Revell Peter or Peter Revell or Mr Peter Revell or Mr Revell Peter smart dial looks at the sequence of possible letters within the entire name string Thats smartOn the Galaxy S3 some software idiot concluded that the feature should work by checking possible letter strings ALWAYS beginning with position 1 of the text string So if your contact entry is Peter Revell and you are typing in a letter sequence corresponding to Revell the contact wont be found Worse if like I you have meticulously organized your contacts to always include a title such as Mr Mrs Dr etc this Dumb Dial feature takes such a prefix to be a part of the name So if your contact entry is Mr Peter Revell this Dumb Dial feature would only include the name in a list of possible names all of which begin with Mr which on my device is hundreds of contact names There is no way to specify a period or a space character so all you can indicate in your dial sequence is Mr which would also include all Mrs entriesIts incredible that in such a sophisticated piece of kit this idiotic logical flaw should have snuck by especially as everybody has known for years how a Smart Dial algorithm needs to be implemented In short the Samsung Galaxy S3 does NOT contain a Smart Dial feature as the feature that does exist is so flawed as to be unusable for practical purposesFinally GMail for Android sucks as ever in not allowing the user to disable conversation view for searching through e-mails Thats astounding as well and one has to wonder about the size of the powerful ego within the Google technocracy that pretends that everybody needs to be content with this feature I could easily explain why conversation view is complete idiocy For many this would be the phone killer A chain is only as strong as its weakest link and compared to Blackberry which has figured this out perfectly for many years already this is an absurd software atrocityAnyway those two issues are serious flaws in the Galaxy S3 Aside from that an amazing piece of kit for serious smart phone users the hell with iPhone
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ChrisB said: I bought a HTC One X the damn thing kept overheating20 mins surfing the web took it over 40oC gaming quickly took it over 50 less than 10 mins Great phone but overheats and bad bad battery lifeSeems Samsung has double the battery life and searching on the web have seenno signs of overheating yet Search for HTC One X overheating and watch the youtube clip mine was the same had to take it back
Aryason said: Watever u may say will still recommend everyone to buy htc one xnot only because of super designs that htc people have put in but also the customer service has to be dealt in a waysamsung might be boasting of itself its new samsung s3 but believe me s3 wax being expected to be more awesome and simply to be bestbut it is still hard to believe that samsung owns android marketahhehhhGod only knowshow cumlets see what these both have in their fatecoz i ll buying htc one xi m scared of samsung customer services worst on the earththanks
Wasbikebloke said: wheres the verdict
Matt Egan said: Um why Please explain
Usuck said: This is the worst review i have ever seen
fuzzy said: the HTC one x is missing two things i look for in a phone a user replaceable battery and a sd card slot
Naseerkhussain said: HTC iz best try it once then u will never change it to samsungI tried almost same same range phones of these two brands
Verdict said: great article well done for the copy and paste effort
Sidd Koppisetti said: Seriously guys Whats all this Its a good article and whats all the fuss about a single typo error Forget about typos in writing but people speak something in error - a single word that somehow gets onto their tongueAbout there being no verdict I am sure it is fair enough The S3 isnt yet in the field and once both the phones are in the field against each other I am sure we will get a verdict In fact I would have seen more people protesting if a verdict had been given based only on the tech sheet specsChris Idontthink you need to apologize or justify yourself every time It was an error that hasinadvertentlyoccurredIt was good and I am sure there are a lot of them who did enjoy the writing Thank you
fuzzy said: i think its a feature of ice sandwich and honeycomb my asus tablet has had it since honeycomb if not there a lot of apps for it in google play
HTC One X said: Hang on you havent mentioned that the HTC One X will throw HD video to your TV wirelessly via digital living network alliance DLNA thats a feature we need to see more of if Android is going to compete with Apples dockingmusic prowes
Bnick2535 said: Im a Sprint carrier and always love HTC but last year it was all about Samsung and now HTC close the gap closer in my eyesthe only reason I might get the sg3 is because removable battery and color whitespec wise they are both awesome phones
Archie said: I dont think you need to justify yourself Chris You posted what you felt was worth posting Frankly it is a great articleOther - read it if you want Otherwise find yourself another website article Please stop bothering this man He has done nothing wrong We all make mistakes