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| Global Score | |
| 79.6 | 84.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Apple |
| Android 11, 10, 9.0 Pie | -- |
| 2019-04-10 | 2018-09-21 |
| 5.69 x 2.72 x 0.31 inches | 6.20 x 3.05 x 0.30 inches |
| 4.94 ounces | 7.34 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Coral and White | Gold, Silver and Space gray |
| Plastic and Plastic | Glass and Stainless steel |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| -- | $ 1099.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 5.9 inches | 6.5 inches |
| 2340 x 1080 pixels | 2688 x 1242 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | OLED |
| 437 pixels per inch | 456 pixels per inch |
| -- | 625 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.2 | 8.9 |
| Performance | |
| Exynos 7904 chipset | Apple A12 Bionic APL1W81 (7 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1800 MHz) processor | 64-bit Vortex and Tempest, 64-bit (Hexa-Core 2490 MHz) processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Mali-G71 MP2 GPU | Apple 4-core GPU GPU |
| 8.91 | 10.26 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 11.74 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 16.00 MP + 25.00 MP | 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP |
| f/1.70 aperture | f/1.80 aperture |
| 27.00mm focal length | 26.00mm focal length |
| 0.36 inches (1/2.8") sensor | 0.39 inches (1/2.55") sensor |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 9.46 | 10.12 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM, Dual SIM |
| 6.7 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3100mAh Li - Polymer Battery | 3179mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | Wireless Charging |
| 5.12 | 5.2 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
| FM Radio | -- |
Comparison review
IPhone XS Max has a score of 84.5, which is a little bit better than Samsung Galaxy A40's 79.6 score. Although the iPhone XS Max and Samsung Galaxy A40 were only released 7 months apart, the iPhone XS Max body is just a little bit thinner but also heavier. The Apple iPhone XS Max has a bit more vivid screen than Galaxy A40, because it has a quite bigger display, a little bit higher resolution of 1242 x 2688 pixels and a bit better pixel quantity in each inch of display.
The Apple iPhone XS Max counts with a more powerful processing unit than Samsung Galaxy A40, because although it has 2 lesser cores (but faster), and they both have the same RAM memory amount, the Apple iPhone XS Max also counts with a 64 bits CPU. Samsung Galaxy A40 counts with a way bigger memory to store more games and applications than Apple iPhone XS Max, and although they both have exactly the same internal memory capacity, the Samsung Galaxy A40 also has a SD memory slot that allows up to 512 GB.
IPhone XS Max has a little better battery duration than Galaxy A40, because it has a 3179mAh battery capacity against 3100mAh. Apple iPhone XS Max features a bit better camera than Samsung Galaxy A40, because although it has a back-facing camera with a lot worse resolution and a tinier aperture, it also counts with a way higher 3840x2160 video resolution and a larger sensor shooting higher quality photographs and videos.
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