iPhone 15 Pro Max vs Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra: Battle of the flagships

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Apple event: After months of speculation, Apple finally unveiled its iPhone 15 series at its Wonderlust event held at the Steve Jobs Theater in Apple Park, California. Four iPhones were launched - iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, and iPhone 15 Pro Max. While the standard variants feature several key changes, it is the top-end iPhone 15 Pro Max that has become the highlight of the Apple event. It directly goes head to head against the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, which launched in February, competing to become the best smartphone in the market. But what makes these two juggernauts of the smartphone industry stand apart?

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Both smartphones are flagship devices from the respective companies, and as such they cost a lot. Being Apple's top-of-the-line iPhone, the new iPhone 15 Pro Max starts at a hefty price tag of $1199 for the base 256GB storage variant and goes up to $1599 for the top 1TB variant. On the other hand, the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra starts at $1199.99 for the same 256GB storage option, while S23 Ultra's top-end variant is the 1TB, which costs $1619.99.

The top-end iPhone 15 Pro Max unveiled at the Apple event gets the new A17 Pro SoC under the hood, which is based on the first-ever 3nm fabrication process. Like every year, Apple's new chipset is expected to push the boundaries of smartphone performance. It features a pro-class GPU which enables a 20 percent bump in performance while the new 6-core design enhances its peak performance while maintaining energy efficiency. The A17 Pro's CPU is now 10 percent faster while its Neural Engine 2 times as fast as the A16 Bionic SoC, and it also becomes Apple's biggest GPU redesign in its history.

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