Galaxy S24 Ultra versus iPhone 15 Pro Max: comparison between the two most powerful phones in the world

Year after year, the expectations of large companies and their most loyal users are renewed with each launch in the sector. mobile. Two of the largest in the segment, Samsung and Applethey usually compete for a large part of the world market.

Several months after the launch of iPhone 15 Pro Maxthe top of the range from the Cupertino giant, the Korean technology company showed its cards this Wednesday with its novelty flagship, Galaxy S24Ultra.

According to a so far revolutionary concept for the smartphone industry, called Galaxy AI, the first of the Samsung devices equipped with multiple “smart” functions.Galaxy S24 Ultra not only scores a notable difference at the software level with the iPhone 15 Pro Max but also puts the Manzanita brand in difficulty next top of the rangeHe iPhone 16 Pro Max.

Artificial Intelligence, the differential

Algorithms and language models amplify almost every experience on the Galaxy S24 series, from facilitating barrier-free communication with Intelligent translations of texts and calls in real time to maximize creative freedom with improvements in image editing.

It also simplifies users’ daily tasks with a Notes section, now the Galaxy S24 Ultra You understand freehand text better and can even organize it.

In addition to containing some of the work done by the technology with artificial intelligence, Samsung’s flagship will be equipped with some of the latest advances launched by Google: perhaps your trump card to try regain the market dominance that Apple has until now.

The new Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, like its “little brothers” Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24 Plus, are the first smartphones on the market equipped with Samsung’s generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology. GoogleCloud.

Inside it is implemented Gemini Pro and Image 2 works on the Vertex AI platform. The first is a revolutionary multimodal linguistic model, like the one popularized by ChatGPT, capable of understanding, managing and combining different types of information, such as text, code, images and video; the second, meanwhile, is responsible convert text to image.

Unlike what Siri can offer on iPhone 15 Pro Max, Galaxy S24 Ultra series users can now take advantage of it voice recorder function and automatic transcription into text, ideal for students.

Another amazing feature of this union with Google is the “Circle to search or Circle to searchThrough a circle or a doodle on an image or YouTube video, Google’s search engine immediately brings all kinds of information about the object to the Galaxy S24 Ultra without the need to do a traditional search.

Project

Just like the latest iPhone, the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra comes with titanium framea material that according to the company allows the phones to have better durability and makes them lighter than the previous model.

Within the new iPhone line, the 15 Pro Max model stood out at launch for its advanced design and improved technical featuresMainly in the processor and camera.

The manzanita brand has opted for thinner edges, Made for the first time from precision grade 5 titanium nanometer, which made it the most durable and lightest iPhone phone Until now.

Screen

The quality of the 6.7″ Super Retina. To this they added HDR10, Dolby Vision and more Adaptive refresh rate of 120 Hz like the S24 Ultra.

For its part, Samsung’s novelty has a 6.8-inch Dynamic AMOLED, with Quad HD+ resolution and a peak brightness that brings this generation to 2,600 nits for use in bright sunlight. A figure that far exceeds 2000 nits from Apple.

Cameras

As for the rear cameras, the 200 megapixel main sensora 12 MP ultra wide-angle camera and two 50 MP and 10 MP telephoto lenses with 5x and 3x optical zoom respectively, another novelty in addition to the new artificial intelligence features that improve the quality of photos.

The phones incorporate “ProVisual Engine” functionality, which includes a suite of AI tools to improve image capture and creative editing; Nightography, which perfects photos and videos taken with 100x Space Zoom; and options like “Generative Editing,” which uses generative AI to fill backgrounds.

Unlike the basic version, the iPhone 15 Pro Max is equipped with the A17 Pro processor, which brought the A16 into the lower ranges of the family, and a completely new triple camera system.

The main and corner sensor is 48 megapixels, while the wide angle and periscope lens are 12 megapixels. The latter is a technological innovation that allows achieve greater optical zoom compared to previous iPhones.

The iPhone 15 Pro Max has a triple camera system consisting of a 48MP main sensor, a 12MP ultra-wide-angle camera, and a 12MP telephoto lens with 3x optical zoom. The latter is a technological innovation that allows you to obtain a greater optical zoom than previous iPhones. On the front, however, there is the 12 MP selfie camera with autofocus and f/1.9 aperture.

The iPhone 15 Pro Max also features a new Action mode combined with the phone’s 5x lens, allowing record high quality video up to 4K at 60 frames per second.

Additional features

Another peculiarity of this model is the so-called “Action Button”. This characteristic replaces the classic mute card of iPhones.

Apple included this so that each user can perform different actions in addition to that of silence the device. For example, you can have a shortcut to open an application, turn on the flashlight, or nothing at all. A function which, in addition to the Dynamic Island for notifications, has been well received by Manzanita fans.

For its part, the Korean mobile maintains its characteristic of recent years with S-Pen stylus made from recycled materials and with less latency when writing by hand, ideal for those users who lack the Note series.

Video game

Similarities between these flagships also appear in the players section. The iPhone 15 Pro Max and Galaxy S24 boast of being devices for gamers, as they feature hardware-accelerated ray tracing, like that used by PC graphics cards (GPUs). It’s a technology that makes lighting and reflections in video games more realistic and immersive.

Samsung’s “tank” also has a special vapor chamber that helps dissipate heat better so that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip, Adreno 750 GPU and 12GB of RAM run at the best possible performance.

Price

All these technological improvements at the software level will give rise to aa highest price for the top of the Samsung range: $1,300which represents an increase of $100, or 8%, over a similar model last year.

This increase is similar to what Apple did with its most luxurious model, the iPhone 15 Pro Max, launched in September, starting at $1,149 (in the 128GB storage configuration) and going up to $1,599 for the 1TB option.