Now, LaptopMag is among the publications claiming the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra brings not only an improvement to its predecessor but also compared to Apple’s iPhone 16 Pro Max. While the Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy falls behind the A18 Pro chip in single-core scores, the multicore scores are higher for the Samsung phone.

Samsung just recently announced the Galaxy S25 Ultra, its latest flagship smartphone that's designed to compete with the iPhone. We did

The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra and iPhone 16 Pro Max, represent the pinnacle of innovation and performance. Both smartphones offer innovative features and

Now that I’ve got the Galaxy S25 Ultra in my hands, it’s time for me to test out its portrait mode performance on a professional headshot shoot with one of my colleagues. For this shootout, though, I’m also capturing headshots with the iPhone 16 Pro Max — currently the top contender in our best camera phones guide.

On paper, the Galaxy S25 Ultra has the iPhone 16 Pro Max's number. The Galaxy S25 Ultra has 200MP wide, 50MP ultrawide, and 50MP telephoto cameras. The iPhone 16 Pro Max only has 48MP wide, 48MP ultrawise, and 12MP telephoto cameras, respectively. The more megapixels often equates to more detailed and higher resolution photos.

I spent a week shooting photos and videos with the iPhone 16 Pro Max and the Galaxy S24 Ultra to compare everything from sharpness to color contrast to zoom capabilities. And even though Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S25 Ultra last week during its Unpacked keynote,