Galaxy S21 Ultra vs. iPhone 12 Pro Max: Spec Comparison By CNET

If you're looking to buy a new phone, then you might be trying to choose between the new Samsung Galaxy s21 ultra and apple's flagship, iPhone 12 Pro max, let's break down the specs and put these two top of the line phones head to head. Let's start with the price and for both phones, you're. Looking at over a thousand us dollars out of the gate. The s21 ultra starts at 1199 us for the baseline model and goes up to 1379 for the 512 gigabyte model, which also comes with 16 gigabytes of ram. But, unlike previous galaxy phones, there's no SD card slot on any of the new s21 models. So no expandable storage by comparison, the baseline, iPhone 12 Pro max- is a hundred dollars cheaper at 10.99 for 112 gigabytes of storage, going up to 13.99 for the 512 gigabyte model. When it comes to size, the s21 ultra just edges out the iPhone with a bigger display.

It has a 6.8 inch, dynamic, AMOLED display with a hole, punch camera with a resolution of 3200 by 1440 at 515 PPI. The screen also has a variable, refresh rate that shifts between 10 and 120 hertz, depending on what you're doing like watching a video playing a game or reading static text on screen. The iPhone 12 Pro max has a 6.7 inch super retina OLED display with a resolution of 27.88 by 1284 at 458 PPI and a refresh rate of 60 hertz. Both screens also support HDR. The pro max comes in silver, graphite, gold and pacific blue, while the s21 ultra is available in phantom black and phantom silver in the US.

Both phones offer 5g connectivity and top of the line processes with the s21 ultra packing, snapdragon's, newest 888, processor or Enos 2100 chips, depending on your country. The iPhone pro max uses apple's latest a14 bionic chip. Both phones are water resistant rated at ip68, but while the s21 ultra is rated for a depth of 1.5 meters for 30 minutes, the iPhone was tested to a depth of 6 meters for 30 minutes. Next up the all-important cameras, the iPhone 12 Pro max packs, three 12 megapixel cameras on the rear, an ultra-wide angle, lens at f 2.4, a wide lens at f 1.6 and a telephoto lens with 2.5 x, optical zoom, at f 2.2. It also has a LIDAR sensor for better focusing in low light and AR applications on the front.

The iPhone 12 Pro max has apple's true depth camera with a 12 megapixel sensor and an aperture of f 2.2, the s21 ultra packs in an extra lens on the back for a quad camera array. There's a 12 megapixel ultra-wide angle, lens at f, 2.2, a 108 megapixel, wide angle, lens at f 1.8 and two 10 megapixel telephoto lenses, one with a 3x optical zoom, at f 2.4 and a second with 10x optical zoom. At f 4.9. You can even go out to 100x zoom, which is a combination of optical and digital zoom, with some processing to improve sharpness and detail. What Samsung calls space zoom and that final sensor you can see on the back is what Samsung is calling laser autofocus, which is similar to the note 20 ultra from last year.

On the front, the s21 ultra has a 40 megapixel camera with an aperture of f 2.2. Both phones offer optical image stabilization and let you capture 4k video at 60 fps on both the front and all the rear cameras. The iPhone 12 Pro max can record Dolby Vision, HDR video and the s21 ultra can record in HDR 10 plus the s21 ultra has one more trick up its sleeve in that it can record in 8k at 24 frames per second. Both phones ditch the headphone jack and don't come with a charger in the box. So you'll need to bring your own charging brick or buy one separately.

Both phones offer wireless charging, though Apple has touted its MagSafe accessories that work with wireless charging on the pro max, while Samsung also offers reverse charging for accessories in terms of security. The iPhone uses face ID while the s21 ultra unlocks with face recognition or using the fingerprint reader under the screen, and when it comes to add-ons the s21 ultra will be compatible with Samsung's s. Pen stylus, made famous by the note line of phones, you'll, be able to use an existing s pen or buy a newly, updated standalone s. Pen or s pen pro, as for battery life apple, doesn't disclose battery capacity, but from unofficial tear downs, it's believed to be 3600 William hours and in CNET's latest test it lasted 19 hours and 52 minutes. The s21 ultra has a 5 000 William hour battery, but stay tuned for the real world battery drain test.

When we get our hands on the phone so beyond deciding whether you prefer android or iOS. There are a lot of neat features to weigh up on this two premium. Phones and remember these are just the specs on paper be sure to check out our full reviews to see how these phones perform in the real world and help decide which one is right for you.

Source : CNET