Samsung S23 Ultra vs. iPhone 15 Pro Max - Which Should You Buy?

I bought the iPhone 15 pro, the battery life is UTTER crap. I ‘up’graded from my stone aged iPhone X but in all this time the battery is NO better!!!!

I like the openness of Samsung. I just simply think that it's easier to leave the Samsung ecosystem and go to Apple then it is to leave Apple and go anywhere else.😊

You have beautiful eyes

You looks like Tom hanks 😅

You have no idea how beneficial it is to get a reminder that your fridge door has been left open when you have two young kids.

“Six months later”? The iPhone 15 Pro Max has only been out for about two months.😮 Are you a time traveler?😂

I can't wait to switch back to Samsung, I miss the simpler things, the things you take for granted, not camera. But daily thing you interact with

switched from iP13PM (my first flagship after using $300-500 phones), to S23U this year.

Man, Androids are just superior ngl.

iOS is just too limiting, no proper notification categorisation, no T9 dialing, and fking NO BACK GESTURE.

every app has a different way to go back, like wtf ?

Hopefully iOS gets better now thay DU has forced them to allow sideloading.

would definitely try iP16/17 that is if the sideloading is allowed properly just like Androids and not just for name sake.

edit: and this was also my first Samsung device, so the Windows-Samsung ecosystem, GoodLock, etc I was experiencing first time.

Not to mention Apple Pay doesn’t work in my country, so GPay and Samsung Wallet, were just another top notch experience.

Overall I just don't think I will go back to iOS ever for my primary device, maybe will get it to see what is happening on that end, so we can force Samsung/Google to bring those better features.

Like I also have a Pixel and a Xiaomi ROOTED phone, just for the experience of them.

ngl Rooting is still more privacy friendly, and I wish the stuff I can do with rooting will eventually come to Android natively.

and thus for similar experience, I might use iPhones as secondary device, but after S23U, my primary device for now is definitely Samsung.

Have had my 15 pro for a month now, love this thing

Been using s23 ultra since launch ,best phone I've ever used

I had both but in the end I kept my 15 Pro Max and traded the S23 Ultra for the OnePlus Open. Both superb phones but iPhone just edged out with how polished the apps and experiences were.

The S23u is a great phone with everything it can offer but i did not like the color calibration of the display and my eyes were irritated everytime after using it

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I bought a s23 ultra……but certain apps I use work better on iOS. So I swapped back. I’m stuck with iOS no matter how much I want to change….its apps!

iPhone user since March 2022 and Android user since forever😅. I don’t really have issues with my iPhone. It works well, smooth, ProMotion screen, aesthetic of emojis is fine, speakers are amazing and video quality is great but i would choose S23 Ultra if i had to.

I will stick to my iPhone and my other Android smartphone because i want to use my iPhone on a long term. I don’t use any other Apple device and don’t use iMessage ( i live in Europe ), so ecosystem is not a thing for me: i’m used to use devices ( 📱➕ 🎧➕ 💻 ) from different brands, no brand loyalty. I love using both iPhone and Android smartphone everyday.

None of these. Got me a pixel 8 and it's amazing 😍

I lot of it wrong

I own a iPhone 15 pro max very happy with my phone ❤

I had the S23 ultra, which is a beast of a phone.
But I now have the iPhone 15 pro max and that is also a beast of a phone. You can't go wrong with either device. The 2 best phones this year.
iOS is very good, the only difference is that with Android you can make more settings and with the Samsung I can take a long screenshot anywhere, with the iPhone you have to go into safari, but I'm already used to it but that can be even better.
Video cameras are good for both, but the iPhone is really the ruler in video cameras.
Battery life is both very good, the iPhone just a little bit better.
The software works crazy well for both ;).
I wish I had enough money to keep both ;).

I’ve upgraded from the iPhone 13 Pro Max to the 15 Pro Max. This is now my favorite phone ever.

My previous favorite iPhone was the 6S Plus.

My Android favorites that I’ve ever owned in no particular order are:
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and 5, Samsung Galaxy S4, Sony Z5, HTC 10 and HTC Wildfire

Well, I just like the apple 🍎 system better and their security is much better.
I really don’t like anything that has google inside. Absolutely nothing!
And please don’t tell me that you can turn it off because you can’t.

What do you use personally though?

Neither. Christ, stop buying the latest stuff. Today's phones do basically nothing different to phones 4 or 5 years ago for 1/5th the price.

Samsung objectively makes a better standalone product - if you were just buying a phone. They give you the full potential capabilities of the device in case you only have the one Samsung device. Apple make a solid device, but they will purposely keep features from it, because "you would get a better experience if you bought (other Apple device)".

For example, Samsung sell tablets and computers, but they will happily sell you a foldable and load the phone with DeX capabilities. In that instance, the tablet or PC would be better and you can buy those if you wish, but they will give you enough to use your foldable to its fullest if you cannot get the others.

Apple will purposefully avoid touch screens and tablet like experiences on Mac, because they would much rather you have "a proper tablet experience" with iPad. Given how much macOS has started sharing with iPadOS, they could easily make a touch friendly Mac. They choose not to. It's not your choice, it's theirs. Apple is a power through synergy company.

Poor people use Android.

It is funny that Apple wants you to do all your messaging in the Messages app - whether it be iMessage or SMS. However, other than blocking numbers, they do not filter out promo and spam messages like Google Messages does. In most of the world, folks have a Messages app for all the stupid promo and spam SMSs, and then they do all their real chats in WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal/Facebook Messages.

Google Messages does a great job of moving unwanted SMSs into the Spam section and cleaning up my chats. It makes me want to use the app to chat. But, of course, everyone is on the other aforementioned apps.

Apple really needs to address this. It seems stupid not to have spam filtering.

What fanbase rivalry is the most immature?
a) Samsung vs Apple
b) Playstation vs Xbox
c) Messi vs CR7
What pair of fanbases is less aware of the concepts of "Taste" and "Preferences"?

I just got my S23 ultra today and I'm very happy switching from iPhone 14

My fave feature of the 15 Pros has to be the lighter titanium frame. My kids bought the mid year green 13 Pro, and l've always disliked the weight of their phone. Having held the new Pro phones in my local Apple Store, colour me impressed. I'll definitely be upgrading from my XS to a 15 Pro next year, ... just haven't decided which one. I'll also be using a MagSafe grip and bumper. I want to show off whatever colour I end up getting - no full cases for me.

Thanks as always for the content.

Would rather crawl through a field of glass than use an apple device.

Btw great video as usual mate, you highlighted all the points fairly