iPhone 15 Pro Max vs. S24 Ultra - Which Should You Buy?

We’ll specifically walk you through standout features like their displays, Galaxy AI, the S Pen, being able to sideload apps, how well each phone integrations with other Samsung, Microsoft and Apple products, how their camera systems compare, the weight and size of each phone, Apple’s Ecosystem vs. Samsung’s, the iPhone’s new Action Button, iOS vs. One UI and then we’ll take you through which phone we think is overall better.

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🕰️Timestamps:
0:00 - Displays
0:56 - Galaxy AI
1:58 - S Pen
2:19 - One UI
3:30 - Sideloading Apps
3:44 - Samsung and Microsoft integrations
4:23 - Photo and video comparison
5:33 - Switch to Pocket Casts as your Podcast player!
7:25 - Weight and Size
7:54 - Apple Ecosystem vs. Samsung Ecosystem
9:25 - Action Button
9:49 - iPhone video quality
10:09 - iOS
11:14 - Recommendation

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[karenmoreno]

Been using the iPhone since 2009. Recently purchased an S24 Ultra this year and am never looking back...

[gulafshan]

Recently bought the S24 ultra after 13 years as an iPhone user, Though initially intimidated by the change, I like it now and how this phone is more flexible than any iPhone I ever owned.
Nowadays Checking out every single companion video tolearn more about android and s24 ultra and reassure my decision to change to samsung was right 😊

[RetroGamerTy]

I've had an iPhone since the 4 model and just upgraded to a Samsung Galaxy S24+. I can honestly say I will never change back to iPhone. Apple makes their products work great together, but with just a few years' time, the product is already left behind and feels obsolete. Android has a lot more versatility, and I feel it was more worth my money.

[Techsploder]

I have really enjoyed the past two months with the S24 Ultra, but the Ultra series is always a premium experience that's hard to compare against other Android devices. I have yet to spend time with the iPhone 15 Pro Max though, I'd love to do my own side by side some day.

[theworldoffun]

If you consider eco systems then consider how Apple's walled garden is closed and limits you to their own gadgets only, while Samsung, Google and Microsoft create interoperable shared ecosystem that lets you use whatever windows laptop you want, any tablet you find good enough for you, any earbuds and any PC you want to build. Except for Apple devices that can work only with each other.

[EconMeNow]

Concise list of the vid:

Samsung:
- Better display (scratch resistance & HD)
- Galaxy AI (easy to search & call translations & photo edit)
- S Pen (hand write)
- One UI (customisable & flexible)
- Sideloading
- Easier to sync other products
- Camera (more saturation, slightly sharper)

Iphone:
- Weight & size (lighter)
- Apple eco-system (easier to use & more intuitive & less friction)
- New action button
- Video quality (apple log & smooth zoom)
- IOS (weather app & aesthetic)

What he thinks is better:
Samsung
- more flexible
- if you don’t care about the eco-system

[m.b.]

I have both, prefer the s24 ultra.

I could less about imessage, the ecosystem, or any other lock in features Apple tries to deploy. Way too many features on the S24 Ultra that I use daily that are lacking on the iPhone for me to use as a longterm daily. I do prefer the Macbook over Windows laptops though.

It doesn't have to be either or, I use products from both sides on the daily.

[Sithhy]

The only good thing about the iPhone 15 is the USB C port lol

[seraowo]

I have most of an apple ecosystem but I decided to switch to the s24 ultra. Will probably get the watch 6, buds pro 2, and a pair of Bose headphones to accommodate the switch but I'll still be sticking with my MacBook and iPad as i prefer those two over other laptops and tablets.

[Abdulla]

Could we just correct the “ecosystem” argument here and clarify that Samsung does have an ecosystem. It has the phone, watch, headphones, tablet, and laptop. Not only that, it has its own “find my” network to find your devices. If you wanted to move your music listening from one device to another, you can. If you wanted to pick up that call on your laptop, you can. If you wanted to read your messages on your tablet or laptop, you can. The ONE thing Samsung does not have is something equivalent to AppleTV+. That’s it. So, if I wanted to go “all-in” the ecosystem for Samsung, I could.

[jonegroove]

It's almost like these types of hardware comparison videos are now irrelevant, you can't go wrong with either one. Now it should be about the ecosystem and what Os you're most comfortable and familiar with.

[silverlover]

I want to know if iPhone 15 already have clipboard? Its really frustrating to go back and forth for things I want to copy and paste 😅

[hollis]

Whenever I recommend a phone to someone, largely I'll lean towards android, unless they already have multiple other apple products, the seemless integration is a very nice touch. As for me, I bounce back and forth, LG to iphone to pixil to currently iphone

[janisspalvins]

Thanks for video.
Please afvice what is the best camera smartphone?
I presently use S23+, but camera is not so good how I expect. I looking for good cameraphone with simpke interface to use.

[theworldoffun]

1:44 Apple has an advantage over Qualcomm in terms of CPU since as the main investor, Apple has a lisence to create their own cores based on ARM ISA, unlike Qualcomm who could not do so until they bought a server CPU maker start up that had needed lisence and they prepare their own CPU cores for Snapdragon 8 gen 4.

But Qualcomm has advantage in GPU and NPU since Qualcomm bought VLIW mobile graphics of ATI and developed it for a decade now and such graphics is good for neural networks, so they made their NPU based on their GPU.

[lisv]

A lot of the things that you mentioned on the video about the iphone advantages, are things that the S24 Ultra also have. You only need to configure it in settings 😁🥰

[DjangoGroen]

when i had samsung a few years back i had a lot of shutter lag. great pictures but that shutter lag drove me crazy. how is that these days?

[u]

Can't wait to get my Samsung 24 ultra ❤💯

[ButteryBao]

What do yall use for your watch and headphones for the Samsung?

[loonaplum]

watched this to compared the cameras and they both look great! Bit intrigued by the s24 so that might be what I upgrade to next ❤