Compare phones
| Global Score | |
| 85.3 | 98.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Samsung |
| iOS 15.x, 14.x, 13.x | Android 11 |
| 2019-09-20 | 2021-01-29 |
| 6.22 x 3.06 x 0.32 inches | 6.50 x 2.98 x 0.35 inches |
| 7.97 ounces | 8.04 ounces |
| Gold, Midnight green, Silver and Space gray | Phantom black and Silver |
| Glass and Stainless steel | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass Victus) |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 1099.00 | $ 966.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.5 inches | 6.8 inches |
| 2688 x 1242 pixels | 3200 x 1440 pixels |
| OLED | Dynamic AMOLED |
| 456 pixels per inch | 516 pixels per inch |
| 800 cd/m2 brightness | 1500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 9.1 | 9.8 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A13 Bionic APL1W85 (7 nm) chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 chipset |
| 64-bit Lightning and Thunder, 64-bit (Hexa-Core 2650 MHz) processor | Kryo 680, 64-bit, 5 nm (Octa-Core 2840 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 12 GB RAM |
| Apple-designed 4 core GPU | Adreno 660 GPU |
| 10.35 | 9.72 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 12.00 MP | 108.00 MP + 40.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | 24.00mm focal length |
| 0.39 inches (1/2.55") sensor | 0.75 inches (1/1.33") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 7680 x 4320 (24 fps) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | 1280 x 720 (960 fps) (HD) slow motion video |
| 10.23 | 13.75 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.7 | 10.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3969mAh Li - Ion Battery | 5000mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | Wireless Charging |
| 5.92 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.1 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| -- | FM Radio |
Comparison review
The Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra has an overall score of 98.1, which is much better than the Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max's overall score of 85.3. Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra's construction is newer than the Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max's, although it is just a little heavier and a bit thicker. Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra works with Android 11 OS, and Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max has iOS 15.x OS.
IPhone 11 Pro Max has just a little better hardware performance than Galaxy S21 Ultra, because although it has an inferior number of slower cores and a smaller amount of RAM memory, it also counts with a 64-bits processing unit. The Galaxy S21 Ultra features a little more vivid screen than iPhone 11 Pro Max, because it has a little better number of pixels per screen inch, much more brightness, a quite larger screen and a quite better 1440 x 3200 pixels resolution.
The Galaxy S21 Ultra shoots a lot better photos and videos than iPhone 11 Pro Max, and although they both have a same size aperture, the Galaxy S21 Ultra also has a way better video resolution, a back-facing camera with lot more mega-pixels and a way larger sensor capturing much better quality videos and photos.
The Galaxy S21 Ultra counts with a superior memory capacity to install games and applications than iPhone 11 Pro Max, because it has 128 GB internal storage. Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra features superior battery lifetime than iPhone 11 Pro Max, because it has 5000mAh of battery capacity.
Despite of being the best phone of the ones in this comparison, the Galaxy S21 Ultra is also a bit cheaper, which makes it a very good choice.
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