iPhone 13 Pro Max vs Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra - Which is the Flagship KING

**Battery Life: A Comparative Analysis**

So, the S21 Ultra does have a larger-size battery, however, size does not matter when it comes to batteries. There are other factors that go into it such as the software and how optimized it is. In my experience, the S21 Ultra has given me relatively good battery life and it does get me through the day absolutely fine. However, the iPhone 13 Pro Max is absolutely amazing. Like, it's one of the best devices for battery life that I've tested recently. And I would say in terms of my usage, it does give me around 20 to 25% more usage compared to the S21 Ultra. Obviously, everybody else's usage will vary, but I just have to say that the iPhone 13 Pro Max has tremendous battery life and it does win in this department.

**Charging Speed**

For charging, neither of these come with a charger included out of the box, you are going to have to get this separately. With the iPhone 13 Pro Max, the maximum charging speed that you can get wired is around 20 Watts. You've got 25 Watts on the S21 Ultra, so you'll get slightly faster charging speeds. Both of these do support Qi wireless charging, which is really convenient, but the S21 Ultra can support up to 15 Watts. However, the 13 Pro Max can get up to 15 Watts with a MagSafe charger. MagSafe was something that Apple introduced last year, and I got to say, it's nice to have, it's convenient, but it is something that you're going to have to buy separately.

**Wireless Charging**

I generally prefer having an universal Qi wireless charger where I can just drop my smartphones on. This is going to come down to your personal preference. The S21 Ultra also does support reverse wireless charging, and that's where you can use the S21 Ultra to charge other devices, even the iPhone 13 Pro Max wirelessly. Generally, this is quite useful to charge some earbuds or something, especially if you're out and about and you just need to top them up, you can just leave them at the back.

**Storage and Pricing**

Both devices are available in a 128, 256, and 512 gigabyte variant. However, the iPhone 13 Pro Max is also available in a massive one terabyte option. So for those of you who really like storing a lot on your smartphone, that is an option that you have here on the 13 Pro Max. And for the price. This is quite interesting. The S21 Ultra did come in at a higher price on launch. However, it has been out for some time now, around eight months, and because of that, the price has dropped. So I've just had a look on Amazon, you can pick this up for around £970 or around $1,000 mark. Nevertheless, both of these are flagship devices, which you're going to be looking at around £1,000 pounds or $1,000.

**Comparison of iPhone 13 Pro Max and S21 Ultra**

In my opinion, both of these are excellent devices. I actually use both of these as my daily drivers, because I like them so much. Of course, we've got advantages and disadvantages on both sides. The S21 Ultra does have, I would say, an overall better display. It's a little bit more comfortable to use overall, it has support for the S Pen, and it also has periscope zoom technology, which the iPhone 13 Pro Max does not. However, the 13 Pro Max shoots overall better video, in my experience. It has all the optimizations with iOS, which also give it excellent battery life, better than the S21 Ultra. But most importantly, I think it is going to come down to which operating system you prefer. Do you prefer iOS or do you prefer Android? That's what I think, anyway.

**Conclusion**

What do you guys think? Which one of these devices will you be picking? Do drop me a comment below and let me know your thoughts. And as mentioned earlier on, if you are interested in the cameras or want to see a detailed SuperSaf Style camera comparison, that video is going to be linked over here. I hope you enjoyed this video and found it useful. If you did it, then do smash that like button for me. And if you haven't already, then once again, be sure to subscribe. Make SideSaf happy and hit that bell icon as well. Thanks for watching. This is Saf from SuperSaf TV, and I'll see you next time.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- The iPhone 13 Pro Maxhas finally launched.It's the best that we have from Apple.How does it compare to thebest that we have from Samsungin the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra?Well, that's exactly whatwe're going to be finding outin this videoby comparing all of the keydifferences side by side,SuperSaf Style.Let's get to it.So the first thing I want totalk about is the building designand both of these are verygood-looking devices, I'd say.They're also very, very premium.Now, design is of course subjective.And the 13 Pro Max does looka lot like the 12 Pro Maxfrom last year,the design hasn't massively changed,but with the S21 Ultra,it looks very differentcompared to the previous model.We've got this camera modulethat kind of blends into the edge,which I think looks really, really nice.Now for building materials,at the back, we've got glass.This is like a frostedglass on both devicesand it looks really nice,it doesn't attract as many fingerprints.And for the frames,we've got an aluminumframe on the S21 Ultra,we've got a stainless steelframe on the iPhone 13 Pro Max.Now, stainless steel is moredurable compared to aluminum.However, because it is shiny,it does attract lots of fingerprints,so something to keep in mind.Now for the size,although the S21 Ultra is slightly taller,the iPhone 13 Pro Max iswider and it's also heavier.It has flat edges comparedto the curved edgesof the S21 Ultra.And for those reasons,I would say that the S21 Ultrais more comfortable to usecompared to the iPhone 13 Pro Max.Both devices do have an IP68water and dust-resistant rating.However, that rating in itselfis a little bit misleadingbecause the 13 Pro Maxcan actually be submergeda lot deeper,six meters compared to the1.5 meters on the S21 Ultra.So if you are going to be takingeither of these for a swim,you're Probably going tobe a little bit better offwith the iPhone 13 Pro Max.Let's now move over to the displays.I think both of thesehave excellent displays.We've got a flat displayon the 13 Pro Max,and then we've got a curveddisplay on the S21 Ultra.The 13 Pro Max display has whatApple called Ceramic Shield.They don't even call this glass.And the S21 Ultra hasGorilla Glass Victus.I'm not somebody who does drop tests.I'm not going to be droppingthese shiny new phones.Right, durability aside,these are excellent displays,some of the best out there.They both use OLED technology.They're sharp, vibrant,and most importantly,they both have an adaptive refresh rate,which goes all the way up to 120 hertz.That just makes everythingfeel so much smoother,whether you're scrollingthrough your feeds,whether you're gaming,you're really going to appreciate this,and it just makes everythingfeel that much faster as well.Now, because we have adaptiverefresh rates on both devices,that does mean they can goall the way down to 10 Herts.So when we've got staticcontent like this,there's no need to berefreshing the screen120 times a second,that's going to take up too much battery.So they go all the waydown to just 10 hertz.But the S21 Ultra does get some advantagesfor the overall display.Firstly, it does getbrighter up to 1,500 nitsof peak brightness.It's also slightly sharper.It also takes advantage ofthe adaptive refresh rateand gives us an always on display.So even when the screen is off,you can still glance at informationsuch as the time and your notifications.This is something that I was really hopingApple would include, but they haven't.And on the S21 Ultra,we do get a high screen-to-body ratio.So we're getting more screenin the area available,and that's because we have a punch outfor the front-facing cameracompared to the notch thatwe have on the 13 Pro Max.Now, the notch on the 13Pro Max has been reducedcompared to last year,so it's around 20% smaller.It's not as wide, butit's slightly taller.Now, which you preferis going to come downto your personal preference.I do think the punchout looks a lot cleanerand it takes up much less space.Now, one of the reasons we have a notchon the iPhone 13 Pro Maxis because of all the Face ID sensors.And Face ID works really well,it's very secure and very convenient.The S21 Ultra has an ultrasonicin-display fingerprint scanner,which has been improved comparedto previous generations.It's larger and it's also faster.Now, generally, if you askedme a couple of years ago,then I would say,it's just going to come downto your personal preference.I generally don't mind having Face IDor a fingerprint scanner,however, over the past yearwhere we've had to wear lots of masksand we're still having to wear masks.I was going to Germany,pretty much throughoutthe time at the airport,on the plane, I had to have my mask on,and that just makes it a lot more trickyto use the 13 Pro Maxcompared to the fingerprintscanner on the S21 Ultra.Now, there is somewhat ofa workaround for face maskwith the iPhone 13 Pro Max.If you have an Apple Watch,you can bypass Face IDif it notices that you are inrange with your Apple Watch.But still, right now,if you were to ask me,I do prefer the fingerprintscanner to Face ID.Right, now let's move over to the cameras.- Hey, SideSaf here.- Not this guy again.- Look, I'm sorry,but did you know that 60%of the people watchingare not subscribed?- 60%?- Exactly.So I'm just here to remindyou, if you haven't already,maybe consider subscribingand also hitting that thumbs up buttonif you're enjoying the video,it really helps out withthe YouTube algorithm.- Okay.Fair enough, fair enough.You heard the man,60% of you are not subscribed,so why not subscribe and change that?It'll make SideSaf happy.All right, let's move on to the cameras.So both devices have an ultrawide camera.We've got a primary camera, athree times telephoto camera,but the S21 Ultra does have an additionalperiscope zoom camera,which will give you 10 times optical zoom.The iPhone 13 Pro Maxdoes have a LIDAR scanner,which does help with auto focusas well as depth information.Now, I have done a very detailedSuperSaf Style camera comparisonbetween these two devices.It's like almost 20 minutes long.You can go ahead and checkthat out after this videoif you want a detailed breakdownof all of the differentcameras and the features.However, just to summarize,I got to say that both ofthese have excellent cameras,some of the best out there.In my opinion, the S21 Ultra does havea better ultrawide camera for photos,it just has more consistentoverall dynamic range.And for zoom, anything above 10 times,of course, the S21 Ultradoes an excellent jobthanks to the optical zoom.You can even go around 30 timesand all the way up to 100 times,although 100 times is somethingthat I don't use often,but the option is there.But with the iPhone 13 Pro Max,I think it takes betterpictures at three timesand it also takes better portraits overallwith better edge detectionthanks to that LIDAR scanner.And both devices can film 4K,60 frames a second for video.However, overall, in my opinion,the iPhone 13 Pro Maxstill records better video.That's thanks to the Dolby Vision with HDRgiving you excellent dynamic range.Now, that's not to saythat the S21 Ultradoesn't have good video,it also has excellent video,and it can also record at upto 8K, 24 frames a second.Now, this does cropping quite heavy,but it's a nice option to have.We've also got certainfeatures like Director's View,which lets you preview the other cameraswhen you are recording.You can also do similarthings on the 13 Pro Max,but you will have tolook at third-party apps.And both devices also have portrait video.That's what Samsung called it.Apple called it cinematic video.Now, cinematic video is bettercompared to portraitvideo on the S21 Ultra,and that's because you have the abilityto change points of focus,as well as how blurryyou want the backgroundon the iPhone 13 Pro Max,which is very impressive.Selfie cameras are alsoabsolutely great on both devicesand they also take great-quality video.Once again, I'm going to refer backto my detailed camera comparison.I'll leave that link downbelow and in the cards.Do check that out after you'vefinished watching this video.Let's now move over to the performance.So the iPhone 13 Pro Max is poweredby Apple's latest andgreatest, the A5 Bionic chip.The S21 Ultra is going tovary depending on your region.In certain regions,you'll be getting the QualcommSnapdragon 888 chipset.And in other regions, you willbe getting the Exynos 2100.Now, performance wise,both of these are excellentand they do a great jobfor pretty much all tasks.And performance is notjust about hardware,it's about software as well.And because both of these are runningseparate operating systems,it's very difficult to saywhich one is the faster device overall.I think both of these are excellent.One advantage I will give the S21 Ultrais that it does have more RAM.And in my experience,it does do a better job of RAM management.This may be something down to the softwareof the iPhone 13 Pro Max,but I'm still getting similar issuesthat I did on previous Apple devices,such as if I'm trying to upload a videoto my stories on Instagram,if I leave the app,then the video will not continue uploadingin the background.It's just going to stop completely,and then until I go back to it,that could be a few hours later,that's only when it's goingto start uploading again.On the S21 Ultra, I'venever had this problem.I can just leave something uploadingand it's going to carry ondoing that in the background.That might be partly down to the software.We have iOS 15 on the 13 Pro Max.We have Android 11 withOne UI on the S21 Ultra.Now, personally speaking,I enjoy using both iOS and Android.I think it really comesdown to personal preference.On the S21 Ultra, I dolike the One UI skin.It's been catered moretowards one-handed usage,so everything's kind ofmoved towards the bottom.Something we've seen alot more manufacturers do,including Apple,because if we go onto the Safari browser,you'll see that the addressbar is now towards the bottom.This is something that a lotof people don't seem to like.I absolutely love it,it makes it a lot more reachable.We've now got lots of widgetsthat we can customize.And also some new cool features,such as the ability tobe able to drag and dropbetween different apps.I still think that thingsthat are a bit too spaced out,especially for the Max.I know Apple does this tokeep things consistent,but I do prefer the gridlayout here on the S21 Ultra.But once again, I'm goingto emphasize the pointthat it's going to comedown to personal preference.I genuinely use both ofthese, as you can see,on a daily basisand I think I like both equally.Okay, speakers.Both of these do have serious speakers.We've got one in the earpieceand one bottom-firing,and they both support Dolby Atmos.They sound absolutely great.I really can't pick awinner between these two.If you're somebody who'sreally into your audio,I'd recommend checking out a videofrom my friend ThunderE from BooredAtWork,and he's done a detailedcomparison of the speakersof all of the new iPhonesversus the S21 Ultra,and there you can alsolisten to some samples.Now, in terms of theadditional hardware features,the S21 Ultra does nowhave support for the S Pen.This is something that's sold separatelybut it's definitely nice to have.It's really useful to edit imagesand sign documents on the go.However, there is no way thatyou can actually enclose itlike you can do on the Note,but nevertheless, ifyou really do want it,you could get a case where you can have itand that is a niceaddition for those of youwho appreciate an S Pen.For the ports, we of coursehave Lightning on the 13 Pro Maxand we have USB Type C on the S21 Ultra.I mean, for me,it's clear that the USBType C is superior now,it's much faster aswell, and it's universal.I have USB Type C on my MacBook Pro,I have it on my iPad Pro,and whenever I'm traveling,I always have to carry anotherLightning cable with me,which is super annoying.I wish Apple just switched to USB Type C.They may never do that,they may just go completelyportless, we'll see.Batteries and charging.So the S21 Ultra does havea larger-size battery.However, size does not matter.I mean, it depends on the context,but in the context of a battery,it does not matterbecause there's lots of otherfactors that go into it,such as the softwareand how optimized it is.Now, in terms of my experience,the S21 Ultra has given mereally good battery lifeand it does get me throughthe day absolutely fine.However, the iPhone 13 ProMax is absolutely amazing.Like, it's one of the bestdevices for battery lifethat I've tested recently.And I would say in terms of my usage,it does give me around20 to 25% more usagecompared to the S21 Ultra.Obviously, everybodyelse's usage will vary,but I just have to saythat the iPhone 13 Pro Maxhas tremendous battery lifeand it does win in this department.For charging.So neither of these come with a chargerincluded out the box,you are going to haveto get this separately.With the iPhone 13 Pro Max,the Maximum charging speedthat you can get wiredis around 20 Watts.You've got 25 Watts on the S21 Ultra,so you we'll get slightlyfaster charging speeds.Both of these do supportQi wireless charging,which is really convenient,but the S21 Ultra cansupport up to 15 Watts.You've only got up to 7.5Watts on the iPhone 13 Pro Max.However,the 13 Pro Max can get up to 15 Wattswith a MagSafe charger.MagSafe was something thatApple introduced last year.And I got to say, it is nice to have,it's convenient, but it is somethingthat you're going tohave to buy separately.I generally prefer having auniversal Qi wireless chargerwhere I can just drop my smartphones on.This is going to come downto your personal preference.The S21 Ultra also does supportreverse wireless charging,and that's where you can use the S21 Ultrato charge other devices,even the iPhone 13 Pro Maxif you wanted, wirelessly.Generally, this is quite usefulto charge some earbuds or something,especially if you're out and aboutand you just need to top them up,you can just leave them at the back.I don't really use it that often,but it's nice to have.Finally, storage and pricing.Both devices are available in a 128, 256,and 512 gigabyte variant.However, the iPhone 13Pro Max is also availablein a massive one terabyte option.So for those of youwho really like storinga lot on your smartphone,that is an option that youhave here on the 13 Pro Max.And for the price.This is quite interesting.The S21 Ultra did come inat a higher price on launch.However, it has beenout for some time now,around eight months,and because of that,the price has dropped.So I've just had a look on Amazon,you can pick this up for around 970 poundsor around $1,000 mark.Nevertheless, both ofthese are flagship devices,which you're going to be looking ataround 1,000 pounds or $1,000.And that is the comparisonof the iPhone 13 Pro Maxversus the S21 Ultra.Now, in my opinion, both ofthese are excellent devices.I actually use both ofthese as my daily drivers,because I like them so much.Of course, we've gotadvantages and disadvantageson both sides.The S21 Ultra does have, I would say,an overall better display.It's a little bit morecomfortable to use overall,it has support for the S Pen,and it also has periscope zoom technology,which the iPhone 13 Pro Max does not.However, the 13 Pro Maxshoots overall better video,in my experience.It has all the optimizations with iOS,which also give it excellent battery life,better than the S21 Ultra.But most importantly,I think it is going to come downto which operating system you prefer.Do you prefer iOS ordo you prefer Android?That's what I think, anyway.What do you guys think?Which one of these deviceswill you be picking?Do drop me a comment belowand let me know your thoughts.And as mentioned earlier on,if you are interested in the camerasor want to see a detailedSuperSaf Style camera comparison,that video is going tobe linked over here.I hope you enjoyed thisvideo and found it useful.If you did it, then do smashthat like button for me.And if you haven'talready, then once again,be sure to subscribe.Make SideSaf happy and hitthat bell icon as well.Thanks for watching.This is Saf from SuperSaf TV,and I'll see you next time.\n"