Galaxy S25 Ultra is superior when placed next to its "rival" - iPhone 16 Pro Max thanks to these 7 things.
The iPhone 16 Pro Max has been at the top of our best phone list for months, and t
he iPhone 15 Pro Max previously held the title. But now the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra has taken the top spot.
iPhone 16 Pro Max (left) and Galaxy S25 Ultra (right).
iPhone 16 Pro Max (left) and Galaxy S25 Ultra (right).
Of course, the iPhone 16 Pro Max also "beats" Samsung in some aspects. But here are 7 things that help the Galaxy S25 Ultra win.
1. Smarter AI features
Thanks to a partnership with Google Gemini, users can use the Galaxy S25 Ultra to perform multiple tasks at once using just their voice across multiple apps.
The AI on the Galaxy S25 Ultra is pretty smart.
The AI on the Galaxy S25 Ultra is pretty smart.
For example, a user can press the side button on the phone and say, “Look up the date and time of the
Oscars and add it to your calendar, then text the info to Mike.” The Galaxy S25 Ultra will find the info, create a Google calendar entry with it, and text the right person. All the user has to do is confirm.
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The iPhone will get this functionality with an upcoming update to Siri in iOS 18.4. But for now, the Galaxy S25 Ultra is doing a great job.
Another smart AI feature is AI select, which lets users quickly perform an action by selecting an item on the screen — like converting a YouTube video to a GIF.
2. Brighter screen
The Galaxy S25 Ultra display is brighter.
The Galaxy S25 Ultra display is brighter.
In real-world testing, the Samsung phone's display is much brighter outdoors. In the lab, the Galaxy S25 Ultra hit 1,860 nits of screen brightness when viewing HDR content, compared to the iPhone 16 Pro Max's 1,553 nits.
3. More powerful zoom capabilities
The most notable camera upgrade for the Galaxy S25 Ultra is the 50MP ultra-wide camera, which allows for more detailed close-up shots. But overall, Samsung's biggest advantage over the iPhone's camera is still its dual telephoto lenses.
Galaxy S25 Ultra.
Galaxy S25 Ultra.
While the iPhone 16 Pro Max uses a 5MP tetraprism zoom lens capable of up to 25x digital zoom, the Galaxy S25 Ultra integrates a 5x optical and 3x telephoto zoom lens with a maximum zoom of 100x.
At 25x zoom, the Galaxy S25 Ultra captures more detail than the iPhone's photos.
