Samsung Galaxy S3 vs HTC One X is probably the most wanted smartphone battle of 2012.
Both the Samsung Galaxy S3 and the HTC One X are made of polycarbonate, so they have around the same build quality. Samsung has done an improved glossy finish so the polycarbonate body now has a "premium" feel to it.
A huge disadvantage of the HTC One X is that it has no expandable memory. That means no microSD slot. This is a deal breaker for many people, especially if you like to store movies, photos and music in your phone.
For those who are commenting on the Samsung Galaxy S3's build quality, here is direct evidence from three reviewers:
Samsung Galaxy S3 build quality and construction The Verge: "the Galaxy S III feels like a very well built device. It's thin, light, and shaped just right to make handling it a joy."
Engadget: "Overall, the build quality is hard to criticize. The polycarbonate is extremely well put together, it doesn't flex or creak and the phone never feels fragile."
CNet UK: "The S3's slick lightweight design has divided opinion, but I'm inclined to say that the moment you hold it in your hand, you'll be mesmerised by the aura of luxury it seems to emit."
The fact is that the Samsung Galaxy S3 uses a polycarbonate body (the same material used in the HTC One X). The Samsung Galaxy S3's build quality is a HUGE improvement over the Samsung Galaxy S2's build quality. Plus the white Samsung Galaxy S3 uses a premium glossy finish, whereas the pebble blue version has a brushed metal finish.
Samsung Galaxy S3 over the HTC One X
Bigger screen - 4.8" over 4.7"
Super AMOLED HD Screen is better than the LCD screen of the HTC One X
Higher display contrast and better sunlight legibility
More storage options - 16/32/64GB + microSD over non-expandable 32GB
Higher quality camera sensor and lens compared to HTC One X
Comes with a cool and useful barometer
Samsung Galaxy S3 has 2GB of RAM compared to the 1GB RAM of HTC One X
Faster and better GPU
S Voice natural language commands and dictation
S Beam for easy and fast file transfers
User-accessible 2100mAh battery over non-removable 1800mAh battery
1.9MP front-facing camera with Smart Stay
HTC One X over the Samsung Galaxy S3
Beats audio
Already on the market
Cheaper
Build quality (?) - question mark since plastic might be better when it comes to signal transmission
It's worthy to note that the Samsung Galaxy S3 beats the HTC One X in the CPU and GPU benchmarks. The new Exynos 4 processor of the Samsung Galaxy S3 is stronger than the Tegra 3 chip of the HTC One X. However the 4G versions of the Samsung Galaxy S3 and HTC One X will feature the new Snapdragon S4 dual core chip, so the 4G versions may put the Samsung Galaxy S3 and the HTC One X neck and neck with respect to their CPU.
If we put practicality into the picture, the Samsung Galaxy S3 would be the winner here since it comes with a user-accessible 2100mAh battery compared to the HTC One X's 1800mAh non-removable battery. So the Samsung Galaxy S3 will definitely have a much longer battery life.
BrowserMark also puts the Samsung Galaxy S3 as the winner. Samsung's excellent coding have enabled the Samsung Galaxy S3's browser speed performance to be about twice as faster than the HTC One X. The Samsung Galaxy S3 beats the HTC One X in Linpack, Quadrant, Nenamark 2, GLBenchmark Egypt, SunSpider and BrowserMark, whereas the HTC One X has the edge in Benchmark Pi.
Some people prefer TouchWiz and some prefer Sense. I feel that TouchWiz is suitable for most people. Sense is unique however some find that it overloads the CPU and RAM making it less efficient. However we shouldn't judge TouchWiz since Samsung is releasing a new version of TouchWiz with the new Samsung Galaxy S3.
Another important point to mention is that the Samsung Galaxy S3 uses an enhanced sensor and lens. This puts the Samsung Galaxy S3's camera at an advantage over the HTC One X. The HTC One X uses an outdated sensor and lens.
I'm not going to include every single detail, just the main points.
3G/4G LTE Signal transmission tests:
BrowserMark - web browser speed tests
CPU/GPU tests:
GLBenchmark 2.1 (Egypt)
Quadrant
Sunspider
Camera Quality Source: GSM
Image quality Both the Samsung Galaxy S III and the HTC One X feature 8 MP cameras that are capable of taking photos at max resolution of 3264x2448 pixels. Both feature single LED on the back and, thanks to their zippy processors, both offer 1080p and 720p video recording with simultaneous image capture. The lens used in the Galaxy S III has a slightly wider filed of view compared to the One X.
So let's dive right into the image quality. You'll notice that the weather wasn't identical for the two contenders, but lighting conditions were similar enough to make the images comparable. We added the Galaxy S II to the first round of tests for good measure. As you can see from the crops, in good lighting the Galaxy S III tends to produce images with more detail than both its predecessor and the HTC One X.
The processing of the new Samsung flagship is much more mature too - it introduces very few oversharpening artifacts and loses little detail, while still managing to keep the noise under control. The One X on the other hand is a bit too aggressive with the sharpening and isn't doing nearly as good at removing the noise.
Both contenders tend to oversaturate colors (particularly green), but the Galaxy S III comes a little closer to reality.
And there go a couple of more shots, which tell a similar story. Differences aren't huge, but the Galaxy S III still has an edge.
We also tested the photos that the One X and the Galaxy S III captured, while recording video. They are 6 megapixel stills in 16 aspect ratio.
It's interesting to note that the HTC One X frames pictures differently from the video so you always end up with a result with a wider field of view. The Galaxy S III in-video shots have the same framing as the video. In good light, the two smartphones resolve about the same amount of detail here, but the One X has better contrast and it sharpens its images more aggressively, which makes its output look punchier. The Galaxy S III still has slightly better color reproduction, though.
Things get vastly different in low light, when the bright F/2.0 optics of One X count big time. In such conditions the HTC flagship crushes its opponent, producing images with far less noise and much better contrast.
Most devices out there offer HDR mode straight out of the camera app and so do the Galaxy S III and HTC One X. The One X produces more dramatic looking results, while the Galaxy S III has a pretty subtle approach. Which solution is better is strictly a matter of personal preference, but the Galaxy S III does resolve more detail and its highlights aren't as exaggerated.
Photo quality comparison We have the Samsung Galaxy S III and HTC One X in our Photo comparison tool. The tool's page will give you the full details and it's where you can make the most comprehensive observations on the cameras involved in this shootout.
The Galaxy S III uses its resolution advantage to easily outdo the HTC One X in the first two charts. The two are much more evenly matched on the last studio challenge, but the S III shot has far less noise there.
Video Quality Source: GSM
We were pleased with the video capture on the HTC One X. But the Galaxy S III is just too good to compete with - the resolved detail in the Galaxy S III videos is incredible and they are very smooth with accurate colors.
Here's the Galaxy S III 1080p FullHD sample.
And the One X 1080p video sample.
There's also the bitrate to take into account. The HTC One X videos come out with a relatively low bitrate of about 10 Mbps, while the Galaxy S III's clips hover around the 17 Mbps mark. Both devices offer stereo sound recording during capture. Below we've lined up 720p video samples by each of the devices.
The lower bitrate is evident here as well. At 6Mbps the One X videos have about half the bitrate of those captured with the Galaxy S III. (Galaxy S3 is the winner)
Overall, it's hard to see beyond the Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III for the winner in the video recording category. The One X shoots decent videos, but those are nowhere near the S III standard.
Battery Life Source: GSM
The HTC One X suffered a humiliation in the video playback part of our test. The Galaxy S III put the superior power efficiency of its screen to great use here and took a minute over 10 hours to deplete 90% of its battery. The HTC One X, on the other hand, gave up after less than 6 hours of SD playback.
The battery life of the Samsung Galaxy S3 is significantly better than that of the HTC One X. The video playback battery life comes as a big surprise. The Samsung Galaxy S3 will provide double the video playback battery life compared to the HTC One X.
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MassHysteria United States. May 18 2012 11:01. Posts 2208
Company phone I chose was the humble HTC EVO. My boss chose the mighty Galaxy 2 (this was a year ago). He ragged on my lowly phone. He bragged about, among other things like screen size and whatever, his indestructible super-glass screen vs my wavy and vulnerable one. Then he drops his phone and it lands face down on an inconspicuous slab of metal. Oops! Guess not.
Anyway, I've noticed you've only found a few things that the HTC OneX is actually really better at (pardon the poor grammar). But even in things laid side by side like camera quality... Neither camera is bad, and how much "better" can a photo be? The iPhone4S takes way better photos than my phone, but the two are not direct competitors, and even so, my phone doesn't even take bad photos. Since most people just take facebook photos anyway, what's the fucking difference? I guess my point is, you can't really go wrong, since in 1year, your phone will be outdated anyway, and you'll have to post a new blog about which shiny new phone you should get. But I say get the G3.
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wow , i knew the sgs3 has a larger 2100maH battery but didnt expect it to last that much longer. cools.
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kineSiS- Korea (South). May 18 2012 13:16. Posts 1068
Good post ! Battery and screen are the reasons you want an SGS3. Unless you're a huge fan of the HTC Sense interface there is no reason to buy the HTC One X. And certainly not because it has Beats Audio hahaha.
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Aerisky United States. May 18 2012 13:57. Posts 9231
Yay! Nice to fine people who are finally of the same view as I am. :3 Most of the tech-related sites I frequent are actually very very One X-biased, to be honest, and it's a happy surprise that (without necessarily using it, of course) you guys prefer SGSIII <3
Beats Audio isn't inherently bad...I read an analysis about it and all it really does is boost certain audio ranges. I think it acts as a glorified EQ or something, and generally just boosts the treble/bass a ton, though I think it offers individual EQ settings too, it's not a high-end DAC or anything like that, but it's not crap. In fact, the music does sound better on the same setup with Beats Audio enable, and this has prompted people to accuse HTC of artificially lowering the default quality to make Beats Audio sound better.
As a sidenote, yes, most Beats headphones are also overpriced for their quality--not terrible individually but terrible for their pricepoint; some of monster's other offerings, such as the gold/copper turbine IEMs or whatever are actually pretty nice...they're legitimately good though still very expensive.
But I digress. Most of the people I know just lampoon the SGS III for how it looks and for its software, but I think it's all pretty sweet. It's not as much of a looker as is the One X--I'll give HTC that--but in almost all other departments, it excels. ^^
Unfortunately the US Verizon variant will have S4 because that chipset plays well with LTE.... makes me sad because I'm on Verizon and will likely stay with them. In somewhat related news, they're ending grandfathered unlimited plans too, which is blatant, unabashed greed (they're looking at record profits afaik yet pushing for tiered plans to rake in even more).
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"It has always been in my observation of human nature, that a man who has any good reason to believe in himself never flourishes himself before the faces of other people in order that they may believe in him."
I have a one x and this is why I bought it over s3:
the pentile display on S3 is not better than one x. they are different. S3 has better colour saturation but a cooler colour (and if I remember correctly, AMOLED is pretty bad under the sunlight)
touchwiz and sense are both pretty bad....if you are getting android, root it and get a clean vanilla one. S beam is same as android beam
HTC has an overall build quality as well, the overall polish on this phone is amazing. the processor is similar, there aren't much apps putting the multi-core or high spec at full power. But tegra 3 focus more on gaming, which is what I like.
Overall the phone reviews are generally putting htc one x behind because they are using sense to test it. Sense 4.0 isn't very good right now.
and mAh isn't the only measurement to think about in battery performance, htc runs on Li-Po which is supposed to run longer. there had been lots of people saying that the battery perform better after several charge on XDA
Aerisky United States. May 18 2012 15:33. Posts 9231
@etisme: yeah, like some say, One X and SGSIII are really win-win for android! I'm a huge android fan and the release of these two devices could not make me happier (hyperbole, wish the quad-core exy would be on the verizon variant).
the pentile display on S3 is not better than one x. they are different. S3 has better colour saturation but a cooler colour (and if I remember correctly, AMOLED is pretty bad under the sunlight)
The pentile display on S3 is definitely supposed to be worse. Basically pentile has a technically lower pixel density, or something along those lines, and is less sharp than One X's display, especially under a macro lens, so those who say that pentile is better are mistaken. However, at 720p, the resolution is high enough so that you really have to be looking closely for there to be any difference. AMOLED is better under the sunlight than LCD, however.
touchwiz and sense are both pretty bad....if you are getting android, root it and get a clean vanilla one.
The custom skins are definitely worse than stock imo too. However, the software features on SGSIII are really slick, so if you root, you might want to wait for CM9 to port them over onto a ROM with the best features from multiple companies (it's an awesome idea :D).
S beam is same as android beam
Not quite. S-beam also uses something called wifi direct as well, which Samsung says "will allow Galaxy S III phones to exchange a 1GB movie in three minutes and a 10MB music file in two seconds"; basically it's much faster than pure NFC. For the moment, it will only work for SGSIII devices together only, though.
HTC has an overall build quality as well, the overall polish on this phone is amazing.
Aww yeah. That phone is seriously sexy. :3
the processor is similar, there aren't much apps putting the multi-core or high spec at full power. But tegra 3 focus more on gaming, which is what I like.
From benchmarks and comparisons right now, exy is better. Tegra 3 doesn't "focus more on gaming" in terms of performance; in fact, from what we know for the moment, exy should outperform t3. BUT, nvidia does have that "tegra zone", which basically has optimized games and whatnot, and there are some -technically- tegra exclusives (there are still ways to play tegra games on other processors, though).
Overall the phone reviews are generally putting htc one x behind because they are using sense to test it. Sense 4.0 isn't very good right now.
I wouldn't necessarily say that. Most of the reviews do put the One X behind, but a lot of the users prefer One X actually ^^
and mAh isn't the only measurement to think about in battery performance, htc runs on Li-Po which is supposed to run longer. there had been lots of people saying that the battery perform better after several charge on XDA
Eh fair enough, but as the gsmarena review OP used said, in real-life performance, SGSIII still seems to be better in terms of batt life.
Don't want to intimidate you or make you feel like I'm coming at you hard and breaking down everything you said of course >.<, just thought that this would be easier to understand. All in all, don't worry about comparisons and be satisfied with your awesome device, imho Better devices will always come along, and to be fair the SGSIII is coming out later than One X anyway--and the One X still holds up very well!
Edit: many users prefer One X I mean, not SGSIII
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"It has always been in my observation of human nature, that a man who has any good reason to believe in himself never flourishes himself before the faces of other people in order that they may believe in him."
On May 18 2012 14:59 ETisME wrote: I have a one x and this is why I bought it over s3:
the pentile display on S3 is not better than one x. they are different. S3 has better colour saturation but a cooler colour (and if I remember correctly, AMOLED is pretty bad under the sunlight)
Super AMOLED HD of the Samsung Galaxy S3 is better quality than LCD of HTC One X.
touchwiz and sense are both pretty bad....if you are getting android, root it and get a clean vanilla one. S beam is same as android beam
I prefer TouchWiz over Sense purely because Sense comes with bloatware. And S Beam is different to Android Beam in that S Beam is much much faster and only works for Samsung Galaxy S3s.
HTC has an overall build quality as well, the overall polish on this phone is amazing. the processor is similar, there aren't much apps putting the multi-core or high spec at full power. But tegra 3 focus more on gaming, which is what I like.
Actually Tegra 3 is terrible for gaming. Exynos 4 of the Samsung Galaxy S3 is much better. The GPU of the Samsung Galaxy S3 is the ARM Mali-400 MP which is much better than the ULP of the HTC One X.
Snapdragon S4 is excellent though. Both the 4G versions of the Samsung Galaxy S3 and the HTC One X will use the Snapdragon S4.
Overall the phone reviews are generally putting htc one x behind because they are using sense to test it. Sense 4.0 isn't very good right now.
Not really. HTC claims that Sense 4.0 is the latest version of Sense.
and mAh isn't the only measurement to think about in battery performance, htc runs on Li-Po which is supposed to run longer. there had been lots of people saying that the battery perform better after several charge on XDA
I don't know but the results say that the battery life of the Samsung Galaxy S3 is much much longer than the HTC One X's.
On May 18 2012 14:59 ETisME wrote: I have a one x and this is why I bought it over s3:
the pentile display on S3 is not better than one x. they are different. S3 has better colour saturation but a cooler colour (and if I remember correctly, AMOLED is pretty bad under the sunlight)
Super AMOLED HD of the Samsung Galaxy S3 is better quality than LCD of HTC One X.
touchwiz and sense are both pretty bad....if you are getting android, root it and get a clean vanilla one. S beam is same as android beam
I prefer TouchWiz over Sense purely because Sense comes with bloatware. And S Beam is different to Android Beam in that S Beam is much much faster and only works for Samsung Galaxy S3s.
HTC has an overall build quality as well, the overall polish on this phone is amazing. the processor is similar, there aren't much apps putting the multi-core or high spec at full power. But tegra 3 focus more on gaming, which is what I like.
Actually Tegra 3 is terrible for gaming. Exynos 4 of the Samsung Galaxy S3 is much better. The GPU of the Samsung Galaxy S3 is the ARM Mali-400 MP which is much better than the ULP of the HTC One X.
Snapdragon S4 is excellent though. Both the 4G versions of the Samsung Galaxy S3 and the HTC One X will use the Snapdragon S4.
and mAh isn't the only measurement to think about in battery performance, htc runs on Li-Po which is supposed to run longer. there had been lots of people saying that the battery perform better after several charge on XDA
I don't know but the results say that the battery life of the Samsung Galaxy S3 is much much longer than the HTC One X's.
I thought u wanted a baised free comparison D:
For the display, read the comment from above. He knows it better than I do. a video to show the difference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TBYDj68fiRM Personally I still prefer the IPS LCD because the colour feels a bit more richer and I can't stand AMOLED's blueish white.
actually what I meant about tegra 3 focus on gaming is tegra 3 got optimized games. And honestly, what I really care right now is the cooling performance. The graphics heavy games like dark meadow overheat my 1x after 30 mins or so (could also be because I am charging it at the same time).
I know Sense 4.0 is supposed to be the latest version but it is also extremely bad at the moment. Widgets are slowing down the interface and sense takes up around 600mb of ram and they messed with the multitasking. Most of the problems can be solved through custom roms
(and customs are pretty! the amount of customizations you could do is insane, so much fun tuning it :D)
and yea, S3 is supposed to have a better battery performance. personally I don't read review website's comparison because they aren't always so reliable, I read the battery report thread on xda.
with different kernel and roms, the battery performance can vary, not to mention the different usage of the phone and sometimes some people just happen to have a far superior battery, as long as it last one day of heavy usage of reading and casual games/2 days of light usage, it's fine by me since I charge it every night anyway
Honestly, they're both great devices. I personally prefer the SGSIII, but the One X is a fantastic device. It's pointless to try to conclusively assert for sure that SGSIII will always beat One X, or whatnot.
S4 and Tegra 3 are very close to each other in performance, hard to say really afaik. Tegra 3 is not terrible. The Exynos clearly beats S4 and T3 but without blowing them out of the water, and S4 and T3 are somewhat tied.
"It has always been in my observation of human nature, that a man who has any good reason to believe in himself never flourishes himself before the faces of other people in order that they may believe in him."
Part of the reason why the Samsung Galaxy S3 has better battery life is because of the new Exynos quad core processor. Reportedly, it is more power efficient than the Samsung Galaxy S2's dual core processor. So people can expect better battery life and better speeds with the Galaxy S3.
It seems that the Samsung Galaxy S3 will also have a Li-Ion battery.
So in terms of battery, the main difference between the SGS3 and the HTC One X is: Samsung Galaxy S3 will have a user-accessible 2100mAh Li-Ion battery HTC One X will have a non-removable 1800mAh Li-Ion battery
So it's no surprise that the Samsung Galaxy S3 provides a much longer battery life.
CyanKnight United States. May 19 2012 23:00. Posts 2
The big caveat of any discussion is which carrier you'll be using. If you're like me and have AT&T, then the whole discussion about Exynos vs Tegra is moot since both will probably be using Snapdragon CPU's.
MattBarry United States. May 20 2012 04:05. Posts 1023
Almost all smartphones have a lithium ion battery...etisme meant that one x has a li-po battery, which I wasn't aware of. iirc li-po batteries are better. The fact that it's nonremovable is a shame though.
@mattbarry: I answered your question and addressed your statement in my post above
Beats Audio isn't inherently bad...I read an analysis about it and all it really does is boost certain audio ranges. I think it acts as a glorified EQ or something, and generally just boosts the treble/bass a ton, though I think it offers individual EQ settings too, it's not a high-end DAC or anything like that, but it's not crap. In fact, the music does sound better on the same setup with Beats Audio enable, and this has prompted people to accuse HTC of artificially lowering the default quality to make Beats Audio sound better.
As a sidenote, yes, most Beats headphones are also overpriced for their quality--not terrible individually but terrible for their pricepoint; some of monster's other offerings, such as the gold/copper turbine IEMs or whatever are actually pretty nice...they're legitimately good though still very expensive.
"It has always been in my observation of human nature, that a man who has any good reason to believe in himself never flourishes himself before the faces of other people in order that they may believe in him."
On May 20 2012 05:26 Aerisky wrote: Almost all smartphones have a lithium ion battery...etisme meant that one x has a li-po battery, which I wasn't aware of. iirc li-po batteries are better. The fact that it's nonremovable is a shame though.
Exactly. HTC made a huge mistake with its small unremovable battery. From people who use the HTC One X, I've heard that the battery life is quite terrible, so I don't know why HTC made it unremoveable .
Anyway there's news that the Samsung Galaxy S3 will have 2GB RAM, which makes it the fastest smartphone on the market.
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alffla Hong Kong. May 18 2012 12:23. Posts 20255
Better devices will always come along, and to be fair the SGSIII is coming out later than One X anyway--and the One X still holds up very well!
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