Aaron takes the HTC One and Sony Xperia Z out for a dogfight battle!

The HTC One specs include:

• 1.7 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 600 CPU
• 2 GB of RAM
• 4.7-inch 1080p HD display
• 32 or 64 GB configurations
• 4-ultrapixel camera with 1080p HD recording
• Android 4.1 Jelly Bean with HTC Sense 5

The Sony Xperia Z specs include:

• 1.5 GHz quad-core Krait CPU
• 2 GB of RAM
• 5-inch 1080p HD display
• 13.1-meagpixel camera with 1080p HD recording
• Android 4.1 Jelly Bean with Sony's UI

The HTC One is coming soon to AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile, while the Sony Xperia Z doesn't have planned US availability just yet.  They're both gorgeous Android smartphones, and join the Nexus 4 in being great alternatives to the iPhone 5 (in regards to design.  Which is the best?  Part 1 of 2.