Samsung galaxy s22 ultra vs IPhone 13 pro max
Now that the best from samsung the
samsung galaxy s22 ultra has officially
launched how does it compare to the best
from apple in the iphone 13 pro max
and as we do every year we're going to
break down all of the key differences
side by side so the first
thing i want to talk about is the
Build quality:-
building design now design is subjective
but i genuinely do like the design of
both devices especially the fact that
they have this really nice matte finish
on the back and they're also very
premium we've got an aluminium frame for
the s22 ultra we've got a stainless
steel frame for the iphone 13 pro max
which is more durable both devices are
ip68 water and dust resistant which is
great however you can submerge the
iphone 13 pro max in water deeper
compared to the s22 ultra i'm not sure
how much of difference that's gonna make
to people but if you are somebody who
likes to take your smartphone for a swim
then you're probably gonna be a little
bit better off with the iphone 13 pro
max now for colors the iphone 13 pro max
is available in four colors we've got
gold graphite silver as well as the
sierra blue the s22 ultra however is
available in four base colors so we have
this phantom black a phantom white a
burgundy as well as a green but it's
also available in three additional
colors exclusively from samsung.com
we've got a graphite a sky blue which
looks quite similar to the sierra blue
as well as a red so you do get more
color options on the s22 ultra if you
are interested in picking up one of
those exclusive colors will
also give you 50 of credit right now in
Size dimensions :-
terms of the size i gotta say both of
these are big devices the s22 ultra is
slightly taller whereas the iphone 13
pro max is slightly wider and heavier
and we do have some slight differences
on the iphone 13 pro max the edges are
curved but the sides are flat whereas on
the s22 ultra the edges are a lot more
squared off but these sides are more
curved now personally i'm used to quite
large phones so i can get on fine with
either of these but if you are coming
from a smaller phone these may take some
time to get used to right now let's talk
Display quality:-
about the displays these two have
excellent large displays 6.7 inches on
the iphone 13 pro max 6.8 inches on the
s22 ultra now both are also using amoled
technology so we've got really nice
contrast ratios deep blacks and vibrant
colors but there are lots of differences
Protection:-
we've got ceramic shield on the iphone
13 pro max we've got gorilla glass
victors plus on the s22 ultra now i'm
not somebody who does drop tests but in
my experience both of these are very
durable the iphone 13 pro max has a flat
display whereas the s22 ultra has a
curved display on the sides now in my
opinion a curved display does look nicer
but in terms of practicality i do prefer
a flatter display it's also easier to
get screen protectors for a flat display
compared to that of a curved display
Bezels:-
then if we look at the bezels we do have
small bezels on both devices but we do
get a higher screen to body ratio on the
s22 ultra because we have a punch out
for the front facing camera whereas we
have a notch on the iphone 13 pro max
now this notch is 20 smaller compared to
what we had on the iphone 12 pro max but
notch versus a punch out the punch out
is just way less obtrusive
Pixels density:-
The s22 ultra also has many more advantages so firstly
it does have a higher pixel density
because of a high resolution so things
will be a tad sharper and although both
devices have a 120 hertz refresh rate
which makes things very smooth the s22
ultra can go all the way down to just
one hertz the iphone 13 pro max goes
down to 10 hertz this will make the s22
ultra display more efficient and it also
allows it to have an always on display
and always on display is something that
i find super useful you can see your
time and what notifications you have at
a glance while your device is sitting
there on the table you don't even have
to pick it up this is something that's
unfortunately not available on the
iphone 13 pro max i was really hoping
for it this time the s22 ultra also has
a brighter display with the peak
brightness of 1705 nits the iphone 13
pro max is also a bright display but it
peaks out at around 1200 nits so if
you're somebody like me who uses your
smartphone a lot outdoors and also
always wear sunglasses then you will
definitely prefer the s22 ultra and for
all of these reasons i would have to
give the win for the display to the s22
ultra although the iphone 13 pro max
does have a very nice display now one of
the reasons that we have the notch on
the iphone 13 pro max is because of face
id face id is a very secure method of
facial unlock and it works really fast
and really really well the s22 ultra
Sensors:-
s22 ultra also has face recognition however this is only using the front facing camera
it's not using any additional sensors
like the iphone 13 pro max so it's
something that i don't use for security
reasons on the s22 ultra however the s22
ultra does have an in-display
fingerprint scanner this is the 3d sonic
gen 2 from qualcomm it's the same one we
had last year but it works really really
well it's fast it's very secure now over
the past couple of years my preference
has been an in-display fingerprint
scanner because i've had to wear masks
in lots of places however apple has
tried to come up with some solutions for
this firstly if you have an apple watch
you can unlock your iphone with your
apple watch but with an upcoming update
iphones will still be able to use face
id even if you have a mask on by
recognizing the area on the top of your
face so realistically speaking i think
this is going to come down to personal
preference i think both are absolutely
fine now let's move over on to the
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cameras now i've actually done a
detailed camera comparison between the s22 ultra and the
iphone 13 pro max it's around 20 minutes
long and i cover pretty much all aspects
of the cameras side by side i'm going to
link that video down in the description
so you can go ahead and check that out
if you really want to know the
differences but to give you a quick
summary we have a very similar
Camera Comparisons :-
camera setup on both devices we have an ultra
wide camera a primary camera as well as
a three times telephoto camera the s22
ultra however does get an advantage
because you have a periscope zoom camera
which gives you 10 times optical zoom
and can go all the way up to 100 times
the iphone 13 pro max maxes out at 15
times now in my experience when it comes
to images i did lean towards the s22
ultra more thanks to its versatility and
samsung also does a lot of processing on
their images which some people may not
like but i do like the look of the s22
ultra images the iphone 13 pro max
however is still the king for video so
if you are somebody who takes a lot of
video on your smartphone the s22 ultra
is good but the iphone 13 pro max is
just better you've got excellent dynamic
range great autofocus even in low light
situations once again i'm gonna link the
full detail supersaf style camera
comparison down in the description and
in the cards so do go ahead and check
that out if you really want to see what
the differences between these cameras
are right now let's move on to
Performance :-
performance the iphone 13 pro max is
powered by the apple a15 bionic chip
this has been very smooth you've got six
gigabytes of ram to go along with that
the s22 ultra is going to vary depending
on your region in certain regions you
will be getting the qualcomm snapdragon
8 gen 1 and in others you will be
getting the exynos 2200 with either 8 or
12 gigabytes of ram now it's come to a
point where performance is so good on
smartphones that you're literally
looking at seconds of difference or
sometimes milliseconds of difference so
personally speaking i don't think you're
gonna have any issues with either of
these they are both really really good
and performance also comes down to
software so on the iphone 13 pro max we
do have ios and we have android with one
ui on the s22 ultra now you guys know i
don't go in to an android versus ios
debate because a lot of it does come
down to personal preference i know
people don't like it when i use the term
personal preference but that is
literally the case and both ios and
samsung on one ui are really good with
updates you will get updates longer on
your iphone compared to your samsung
device because the updates come directly
from apple but samsung has really been
keeping up recently now a couple of
points i do have to mention on the
software side of things is that the s22
ultra does take advantage of the larger
display much more compared to the iphone
13 pro max on the iphone 13 pro max the
icons are very large and there's really
no utilization of that extra space this
is gonna look exactly the same as we
have on the iphone 13 mini now i get
that's great for consistency and apple
does like to keep things consistent but
if you've got such a large screen i want
to be able to make the most of it on the
s22 ultra i can make the icons smaller
have an extra column and you also have
features like multi window which will
allow you to have two apps open at the
same time side by side i also feel that
the s22 ultra is better in the way of
multitasking one of the examples i
always give is whenever i'm uploading a
story to instagram on the iphone 13 pro
max if i then move on to a different app
it's not going to complete uploading
that video onto my stories it's just
going to stop there in the background on
the s22 ultra it's just going to carry
on as normal and i don't have to worry
about it on the iphone 13 pro max i've
had lots of situations where i've kind
of come back a few hours later and that
story has not uploaded now i feel this
is more down to the software compared to
the ram because six gigabytes of ram is
still enough so i hope apple can improve
this going forward another big advantage
that you get on the s22 ultra
is
the s pen now this is enclosed within
the device and it's also been improved
quite massively with latency down to
just 2.8 milliseconds it's down from
nine milliseconds that we've had on
previous devices and it's also got lower
latency compared to the apple pencil on
the ipad pro now i know an s pen isn't
for everybody but for somebody like me
who edits images a lot on my smartphone
as well as signed documents and things
this is so so useful unfortunately you
can't get anything equivalent to this on
the iphone now for speakers we do have
really good stereo speakers with dolby
atmos on both devices we've got one in
the earpiece and one bottom firing and
in my experience both of these sound
really really good i don't think you're
going to have any issues my friend
thunder e from board at work has
actually done a detailed speaker test so
if you are really interested in the
differences of speakers then i'll link
his video down in the description below
now one point i do have to mention is
the connectors so the s22 ultra does
have the more universal usb type-c the
iphone 13 pro max is still using a
lightning cable this is something that i
personally find quite frustrating
because being an apple user and in the
ecosystem with my macbook pro and my
ipad pro those devices use usb type-c
however if i'm traveling i can't just
take the one charger and cable i do have
to also take my lightning cable with me
for the iphone 13 pro max which is
really frustrating now i get that
there's lots of accessories that still
support lightning and it would be a big
change but lightning was great in its
time but it's definitely outdated now
and i think it's time that apple should
definitely update their iphones to have
usb type c for the iphone 14 however at
this point in time i'm gonna have to
give the advantage here to the s22 ultra
let's now talk about the batteries so we
do have quite large batteries on both of
these the s22 ultra does have a larger
physical battery compared to the iphone
13 pro max however size does not matter
i guess it depends on the context but
when it comes to
Battery life:-
battery sizes it really
does not matter on the actual size of
the battery because there's lots of
other factors that do come into play and
in my experience the iphone 13 pro max
is still the champ when it comes to
battery life now that's not to say that
the s22 ultra has bad battery life by
any means it's really good and it gets
me through the day absolutely fine but i
would say you do get around 15 better
battery life on the iphone 13 pro max
however when it comes to charging the
s22 ultra does get the advantage
first disclaimer neither of these come
with a charger out of the box you will
have to buy this separately but the
maximum charging speed that you can get
on the iphone 13 pro max is around 20
watts on the s22 ultra you can get up to
45 watts which will give you around 50