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