Samsung S23 Ultra vs iPhone 15 Pro Max camparison

In this article, we have compared the Samsung S23 Ultra with the newly launched iPhone 15 by Apple. So here you can find the Samsung S23 Ultra vs iPhone 15 Pro Max comparison.

Apple iPhones are totally different from Samsung Galaxy devices. Samsung S23 Ultra is powered by One UI 5 which is the customized version of Android and on the other hand iPhone 15 Pro Max is powered by iOs 17 by Apple.

Samsung S23 Ultra was launched in Jan 2023 and till now it has been at the top of the entire smartphone market but now the iPhone 15 Pro Max is giving tough competition to the Samsung S23 Ultra.

Here we are comparing the iPhone 15 Pro Max with Samsung S23 Ultra because no smartphone from any brand offers such features.

Many people want to own Apple devices because of their brand value and for personal data and information security reasons. Apple provides the most secure and personalized mobile operating system in the world.

Samsung provides all the best features to their customers through innovations, own research and they even don’t hesitate to copy good features from other smartphone brands including Apple.

Samsung S23 Ultra vs iPhone 15 Pro Max

Samsung S23 Ultra was announced on 01 Feb 2023 and was made available publicly to buy on 17 Feb 2023. Samsung S23 Ultra is really a compact size great smartphone equipped with the best features based on cutting-edge technology. Samsung S23 Ultra is powered by One UI 5 which is the customized version of Android 13.

Apple has just announced its iPhone 15 Pro Max on 12 Sep 2023 and will be available soon to buy in online stores and Apple stores. iPhone 15 Pro Max is the latest smartphone by Apple in 2023 and it is powered with iOS 17.

iPhone 15 Pro Max is the successor of its previously launched iPhone 14 Pro Max last year. It got upgrades in camera, performance, battery improvements, and software sections too. But there is a huge improvement in the iPhone 15 Pro Max over the iPhone 14 Pro Max.

Samsung S23 Ultra vs. iPhone 15 Pro Max comparison is going to be a very close comparison because both devices have almost the same size, display, weight, and performance. Both give tough competition to each other in almost all aspects including features, look, design, battery, and brand value.

Samsung S23 Ultra vs iPhone 15 Pro Max specifications

Here we have provided a detailed comparison between the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra and Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max technical specifications in a consolidated table. So you can compare your favorite features side by side in the same table.

Features	Samsung S23 Ultra	iPhone 15 Pro Max
Display	17.31cm (6.8″) Dynamic AMOLED 2X 120 Hz (refresh rate) 3088 x 1440 Quad HD+ 500 ppi	17 cm (6.7″) Super Retina XDR display OLED display 60 Hz (refresh rate) 2796 x 1290 (FHD+) 460 ppi
Battery	Li-Ion 5000 mAh 45W wired	Li-Ion 50% in 30 minutes
Front Camera	12MP f2.2	12MP
Rear Camera	200MP (wide) 12MP (ultrawide) 10MP (telephoto) 10MP (periscope telephoto)	48MP (wide) 12MP (ultrawide) 12MP (2x Telephoto) 12MP (5x telephoto)
Processor	Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SM8550-AC 4nm	Bionic 17 Pro 3nm
RAM	8GB 12GB	8GB
Storage	128GB, 256GB, 512GB, 1TB	256GB, 512GB, 1TB
Operating System	Android 13 One UI 5.1	iOS 17
Size	163.4 x 78.1 x 8.9 mm	159.9 x 76.7 x 8.3 mm
Weight	234g	221 g

Samsung S23 Ultra vs iPhone 15 Pro Max Display

Samsung S23 Ultra supports a 6.8-inch display whereas the iPhone 15 Pro Max features a 6.7-inch display so the Samsung S23 Ultra display is slightly larger than the iPhone 15 Pro Max.

Samsung S23 Ultra supports a 6.8-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2X (Quad HD+) display with 3088 x 1440 pixels resolution. It has a 120Hz screen refresh rate so it will give you amazing experiences while surfing the internet and scrolling on the screen fast. It has a brightness level of 1200 nits (HBM) and1750 nits (peak).

iPhone 15 Pro Max supports a 6.7-inch Super Retina XDR (FHD+) display with 2796×1290 pixels resolution with 460 ppi pixel density. It has a 120Hz screen refresh rate. And it may ruin some people’s user experience while scrolling fast on the web or social media platforms. It has a brightness level of 1000 nits (HBM) and 2000 nits (peak).

Both smartphones have great brightness levels so you will not face any difficulties while using any of these smartphones in sunlight and low lighting conditions.

Samsung S23 Ultra comes with Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2 screen protection on the other hand iPhone 15 comes with the Ceramic Shield glass screen protection.

Display	Samsung S23 Ultra	iPhone 15
Size	17.31cm (6.8″) full rectangle 17.25cm (6.8″) rounded corners	17.00 cm / 6.7″ (diagonal) all‑screen OLED display
Type	Dynamic AMOLED 2X	Super Retina XDR display
Resolution	3088 x 1440 (Quad HD+)	2796 x 1290 (FHD+)
Refresh Rate	120Hz	120Hz
Pixel Density	500 ppi	460 ppi
Brightness	1200 nits (HBM) 1750 nits (peak)	1000 nits (HBM) 2000 nits (peak)
Protection	Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2	Ceramic Shield glass

Samsung S23 Ultra vs iPhone 15 Pro Max processor

Samsung S23 Ultra supports Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy devices and it is the latest processor by Qualcomm by Snapdragon. It is an Octa-core processor and has 4nm processor technology. Its 8 cores are tuned at different clock speeds. It has one Cortex X3 core tuned on 3.36GHz clock speed, 2 Cortex-A715 cores tuned on 2.8 GHz, 2 Cortex-A710 cores tuned on 2.8 GHz clock speed, and the remaining 3 Cortex-A510 cores tuned on 2.0 GHz clock speed.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 supports a maximum download speed of 10Gbps and an upload speed of up to 3.5Gbps. It also supports Qualcomm Adreno GPU.

On the other hand, the Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max supports the Apple 17 Pro Bionic chip specially designed for iPhones by Apple itself. Apple 17 Pro Bionic chip is the latest processor ever released by Apple till 2023. Apple has not revealed much information about its Apple 17 Pro Bionic chip.

Apple 17 Pro Bionic chip is a Hexa core or 6-core CPU where 2 cores are Everest performance cores tuned at the clock speed of 3.78 GHz and the remaining 6 cores are Sawtooth efficiency cores tuned at a clock speed of 2.02 GHz.

Processor	Samsung S23 Ultra	iPhone 15 Pro Max
Chip	Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy	Apple A17 Pro Bionic
CPU	Qualcomm Kryo SM8550-AC	Apple A17 Pro Bionic
Cores	Octa-core	6‑core CPU
Technology	64-bit	64-bit
Process Technology	4nm	3nm
Clock speed	1 (3.36 GHz Cortex-X3) 2 (2.8 GHz Cortex-A715) 2 (2.8 GHz Cortex-A710) 3 (2.0 GHz Cortex-A510)	2 performance (3.78 GHz) 4 efficiency cores (2.02 GHz)
GPU	Qualcomm Adreno 740	Apple 6‑core GPU

Samsung S23 Ultra vs iPhone 15 Pro Max RAM & Storage

Samsung S23 Ultra comes in 2 different RAM variants including 8GB and 12GB RAM. and it also comes in four storage variants including 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB variants.

iPhone 15 Pro Max only comes with 8GB RAM and also comes in three storage variants including 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB variants. It doesn’t come in other RAM variants so you will only find the 8GB RAM variant.

iPhone 15 Pro Max vs Samsung S23 Ultra Camera

Both devices iPhone 15 Pro Max and Samsung S23 Ultra support 12MP selfie cameras with almost the same features.

iPhone 15 Pro Max rear camera supports 5x optical zoom in and 2x zoom out so it has a large optical zoom range of up to 10x and it also supports up to 25x digital zoom.

However, the rear camera setup in both devices has different configurations. Samsung S23 Ultra supports a 200MP Quad camera setup whereas iPhone 15 Pro Max supports a 48MP Quad camera setup at the rear.

Samsung S23 Ultra supports up to 3x and 10x optical zoom and up to 100x digital zoom so it has more optical and digital zoom capabilities than iPhone 15 Pro Max.

It is capable of recording 8K Videos at 30fps with a video resolution of 7680 x 4320. So you can record large-size videos on the Samsung S23 Ultra and then iPhone 15 Pro Max.

Camera	Samsung S23 Ultra	iPhone 15 Pro Max
Front Camera	12MP	12MP
Rear Camera	200MP (wide) 12MP (ultrawide) 10MP (telephoto) 10MP (periscope telephoto)	48MP (wide) F1.6 12MP (ultrawide) F2.4
Zoom	Optical Zoom at 3x Digital Zoom up to 30x	2x optical zoom in 2x optical zoom out 4x optical zoom range Digital zoom up to 10x
Image Format	JPEG	HEIF and JPEG
Video	Max resolution UHD 8K (7680 x 4320)@30fps Slow motion 960fps @FHD 240fps @FHD	Max Resolution 4K video recording at 60 fps Slow Motion 1080p at 120 fps 1080p at 240 fps

iPhone 15 Pro Max vs Samsung S23 Ultra battery

iPhone 15 Pro Max battery mAh capacity is not mentioned on the Apple website and gives a decent battery life. According to Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max can play phone-stored videos for 20 hours online videos (streamed) for up to 16 hours and audio playback for 80 hours.

It also supports MagSafe wireless charging up to 15W and Qi wireless charging up to 7.5W. iPhone 15 Pro Max can be charged up to 50% in 30 minutes when charged with a 20W or higher wired charger.

Samsung S23 Ultra supports a 3,900 mAh non-removable Li-Ion battery and it also gives a decent battery life in normal day-to-day usage. According to Samsung, it can give 35 hours of talk time on a 4G LTE network, up to 70 hours of Audio playback time, 20 hours of internet usage on LTE or a WiFi network, and 22 hours of video playback time.

Battery	Samsung S23 Ultra	iPhone 15 Pro Max
Capacity	3,900 mAH	N/A
Charging	USB C	USB C
Fast Charging	45W	20W
Wireless Charging	15W wireless (Qi/PMA) 4.5W reverse wireless	15W MagSafe wireless 7.5W Qi wireless
Internet usage	25 Hours	–
Audio Playback	99 hours	95 hours
Video Playback	26 hours	25 hours (online) 29 hours
Calling (4G LTE)	49 hours	–

Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra vs Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max Conclusion

iPhone 15 Pro Max is the latest smartphone from Apple and announced on 12 Sep 2023. It is powered by 6 core Apple 17 Pro Bionic chip which is a powerful chipset based on 4nm technology. Apple devices are known for their best data privacy and information security as iOS in Apple devices is more secure than Android in Galaxy devices.

Samsung S23 Ultra was released in Feb 2023 with Android 13 and will get Android 14 update soon. Samsung Galaxy devices are also secured by KNOX security. So these devices also provide better protection than other Android devices.

Samsung S23 Ultra has a better rear camera than iPhone 15 Pro Max and Samsung S23 Ultra is also a winner in terms of performance and multitasking. Android devices provide more multitasking and customization options. Samsung S23 Ultra also has a better display than the iPhone 15 Pro Max as it only supports a 60Hz screen refresh rate.

But Here iPhone 15 Pro Max has the advantage of Apple’s brand value as well as providing comprehensive protection to your data protection and information security. In terms of design, it is totally up to you because many of us like Apple smartphone design in spite of having a big notch on iPhone devices.

In terms of features and performance Samsung S23 Ultra is the winner but in terms of brand value and data protection as well as information security iPhone 15 Pro Max is the clear winner.