Do you want a high-end smartphone but hesitate between the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, the iPhone 14 Pro Max or the Xiaomi 12 Pro? Here are some comparisons to help you choose which one is really for you.
Design is somewhat everyone’s business. The Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, iPhone 14 Pro Max and Xiaomi 12 Pro smartphones each have their specificities. Indeed, the most conventional is the Xiaomi 12 Pro with pleasant lines, rounded profiles and a block of sensors installed in the upper left corner, on a colored plate. The iPhone 14 Pro Max features a very flat back and profiles with rounded corners. The sensors are also installed in the left corner, on the back, in a relatively small space. The Galaxy S23 Ultra is the most refined of the three, in particular thanks to its back which has sensors that seem to be just placed on the back shell.
Of the three, the iPhone 14 Pro Max is the heaviest weighing 240 grams against 233 grams on the Galaxy S23 Ultra and 205 grams for the Xiaomi 12 Pro. The Apple mobile is the lowest offering 160.7 mm against 163.4 mm for the Galaxy S23 Ultra and 163.6 mm for the Xiaomi 12 Pro. The Galaxy S23 Ultra is the widest with 78.1 mm against 77.6 mm for the iPhone 14 Pro Max and 74.6 mm for the Xiaomi mobile. It is the iPhone 14 Pro Max which is the thinnest with a profile of 7.85 mm against 8.16 mm for the Xiaomi 12 Pro and 8.9 mm for the Galaxy S23 Ultra, the thickest.
Which offers the best performance?
If you are looking for the most powerful smartphone, it is the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra that you have to choose with its Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset followed very closely by the iPhone 14 Pro Max equipped with an Apple A16 Bionic Soc exceeding the performance offered by the Xiaomi 12 Pro with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip from Qualcomm. The RAM is the fastest in the Samsung mobile than the other two offered with a capacity of 8 or 12 GB. The iPhone 14 Pro Max is content with 6 GB. Neither supports the addition of a memory card and it will therefore have to do with the proposed internal capacity. The Galaxy s23 Ultra is equipped with a battery with a capacity of 5000 mAh against 4600 mAh for the Xiaomi 12 Pro and 4323 mAh for the iPhone 14 Pro Max. The one that charges the fastest is the Xiaomi supporting the charge at 120 watts against 45 watts for the Samsung and less for the Apple mobile. All charge wirelessly and offer reverse charging.
Which on screen is the most remarkable and which connectivity?
The most interesting and largest screen is installed on the Galaxy S23 Ultra. Indeed, it benefits from a 6.8-inch AMOLED panel compatible HDR10 + with a dynamic refresh rate of 1 to 120 Hz, depending on the application in use. This is also the case for the screen of the iPhone 14 Pro Max but on a diagonal of 6.7 inches. The Samsung screen is slightly curved, which is not the case with Apple or Xiaomi 12 Pro. The latter has a diagonal of 6.73 inches HDR10+ and, like the screen of the iPhone 14 Pro Max, supports the Dolby Vision format.
The three smartphones benefit from wide connectivity with 5G compatibility, Wi-Fi 6 (Wi-Fi 6E for Xiaomi and Samsung) as well as an ultra-wideband module for Samsung and Apple mobiles to detect connected objects located near. The Xiaomi 12 Pro has an infrared transmitter to make it a universal remote control to control a television or a DVD / Blu-ray player, for example. The Galaxy S23 Ultra and the iPhone 14 Pro Max are IP68 certified, therefore totally waterproof against fresh water and dust. None offers an audio jack port to connect headphones. Xiaomi and Samsung mobiles benefit from a fingerprint reader under the screen.
What configurations for taking photos and shooting videos?
Finally, to take photos and make videos, the Galaxy S23 Ultra has a configuration of 200 + 12 + 10 + 10 megapixels on the back with two optical zooms of 3x and 10x against a block of 48 + 12 + 12 megapixels on the back. back of the iPhone 14 Pro Max with the ability to optically zoom up to 3x. The Xiaomi 12 Pro takes advantage of three 50-megapixel sensors for main photos, ultra-wide-angle and macro shots. For selfies, the iPhone 14 Pro Max has a 12-megapixel module with autofocus against a 12-megapixel sensor on the front of the Galaxy S23 Ultra capable of shooting in HDR10+ format while the Xiaomi 12 Pro is equipped with a module of 32 megapixels behind a punch, at the top of its screen. According to DxOMark, the iPhone 14 Pro Max offers better shots than the Xiaomi 12 Pro. The Galaxy S23 Ultra, not yet tested at the time of writing these lines, should do as well if not better than the Apple brand’s mobile.
