Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra vs iPhone 16 Pro Max: AI-Powered Flagship Showdown
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The Ultimate Smartphone Showdown: Can the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra Take On the iPhone 16 Pro Max?
The rumoured but still unofficial Samsung Galaxy S25 series is tipped for a mid-January reveal, with the Galaxy S25 Ultra set to lead the pack. The current Galaxy S24 Ultra is a powerhouse and one of the best phones on the market, but so is the iPhone 16 Pro Max – my go-to phone. As I’ve been thinking about how the Galaxy S25 Ultra could take on the iPhone 16 Pro Max and become one of the best Android phones ever, here’s my take.
Design Evolution
As the Galaxy series has done in the past, Samsung has gone for iteration over major evolution with the Galaxy Ultra lineup. Design cues from the now-defunct Galaxy Note phones have been incorporated, resulting in a flatter and more angular design. The move away from curved display edges with the current Galaxy S24 Ultra, too, suggests this won’t change much with the Galaxy S25 Ultra. Apple, on the other hand, has been just as iterative, with the iPhone 16 Pro not being a must-have upgrade over the iPhone 15 Pro or 14 Pro.
A Performance-Packed Showdown
Now, modern smartphones are plenty fast as it is, and generation-to-generation upgrades don’t yield noticeable performance improvements in real-world use. However, a lot more power could make for a Galaxy Ultra that can genuinely work as a do-everything machine, capable of doubling as a computer when using DeX.
Game On
With the Snapdragon chip, Samsung could leverage its previous partnership with Microsoft to bring some of the best Xbox games to the Galaxy S25 Ultra without the need for streaming via Xbox Cloud Gaming. This could nip at the advantage Apple’s A17 Pro and A18 Pro-equipped iPhones have when it comes to gaming, given their ability to run true console-quality games like Death Standing at super-smooth framerates.
AI-Powered Advantage
The Galaxy S25 Ultra is tipped to sport 16GB of RAM, up from 12GB in the Galaxy S24 Ultra, which could mean a whole lot of power for running AI workloads on-device without the need for cloud-based support. This could lead to snappier responses from Galaxy AI features, and perhaps new AI-powered tools altogether. If Samsung integrates these features seamlessly with One UI, the Galaxy S25 Ultra could have a significant edge over the iPhone 16 Pro Max, which didn’t launch with Apple’s AI features and is only getting them drip-fed.
The iPhone 16 Pro Max isn’t quite the family of Apple AI phones we were hoping for, so there’s an opportunity for Samsung to school its rival. Mixing smart and responsive AI features with the strong hardware the Galaxy Ultra phones have always had, and the flexible rear-camera system, the Galaxy S25 Ultra could be a very capable smartphone to kick off 2025. If Samsung can pull this off, I might even be tempted back to Android after three years of staying in Apple’s walled garden!
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