Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 vs Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max Comparison and Differences
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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 or Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max Specs Comparison
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Common specs
Brand and model | Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 | Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max | |
Rating | (+) | (+) | |
Release date | 2023, July 26 | 2023, September 12 | |
Dimensions (HxWxD) | 154.9 x 129.9 x 6.1 mm | 6.1 x 6.1 x 5.11 in | 159.9 x 76.7 x 8.3 mm | 6.3 x 6.3 x 3.02 in | |
Weight | 253 g | 8.92 oz | 221 g | 7.8 oz | |
Body Build | Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus 2) (folded), plastic front (unfolded), glass back (Gorilla Glass Victus 2), aluminum frame | Glass front (Corning-made glass), glass back (Corning-made glass), titanium frame (grade 5) | |
Case | buy from Amazon | buy from Amazon | |
Colors | Icy Blue, Phantom Black, Cream, Gray, Blue | Black Titanium, White Titanium, Blue Titanium, Natural Titanium | |
Battery | 4400 mAh, Li-Po, non-removable | 4441 mAh, Li-Ion, non-removable | |
Approximate price | £ 614.00 | C$ 1,545. | |
Check price | from Amazon | from Amazon |
Screen
Technology | Foldable Dynamic AMOLED 2X | LTPO Super Retina XDR OLED | |
Touchscreen | capacitive touchscreen | capacitive touchscreen | |
Display colors | 16M | 16M | |
Screen size | 7.6" in | 6.7" in | |
Screen area | 183.2 cm2 | 110.2 cm2 | |
Screen format | 23.1:9 (height:width) | 19.5:9 (height:width) | |
Screen to body ratio | 91.1% | 89.8% | |
Screen resolution | 1812 x 2176 px | 1290 x 2796 px | |
Screen PPI /points per inch/ | 373 PPI | 460 PPI | |
Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 | Ceramic Shield glass | |
Other specs | - 120Hz, HDR10+ -Cover display: -Dynamic AMOLED 2X, 120Hz, Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2 -6.2 inches, 904 x 2316 pixels, 23.1:9 ratio |
- 120Hz, HDR10, Dolby Vision, 1000 nits (typ), 2000 nits (HBM) -Always-On display |
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Screen protector | buy from Amazon | buy from Amazon |
Camera and Video
Rear camera, main | 50 MP, Triple | 48 MP, Triple | |
Camera specs | -50 MP, f/1.8, 23mm (wide), 1.0µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS -10 MP, f/2.4, (telephoto), PDAF, OIS, 3x optical zoom -12 MP, f/2.2, 123˚, 12mm (ultrawide), 1.12µm |
-48 MP, f/1.8, 24mm (wide), 1/1.28", 1.22µm, dual pixel PDAF, sensor-shift OIS -12 MP, f/2.8, 120mm (periscope telephoto), 1/3.06", 1.12µm, dual pixel PDAF, 3D sensor‑shift OIS, 5x optical zoom -12 MP, f/2.2, 13mm, 120˚ (ultrawide), 1/2.55", 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF -TOF 3D LiDAR scanner (depth) |
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Functions | LED flash, HDR, panorama | Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR (photo/panorama) | |
Video | 8K@30fps, 4K@60fps, 1080p@60/240fps (gyro-EIS), 720p@960fps (gyro-EIS), HDR10+ | 4K@24/25/30/60fps, 1080p@25/30/60/120/240fps, 10-bit HDR, Dolby Vision HDR (up to 60fps), ProRes, 3D (spatial) video, stereo sound rec. | |
DxOMark Main Score | 128 | 154 | |
DxOMark Photo | 127 | 153 | |
DxOMark Video | 123 | 158 | |
Front camera, selfie | 4 MP, Single | 12 MP, Single | |
Specifications | 4 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 2.0µm, under display Cover camera: 10 MP, f/2.2, 24mm (wide), 1/3", 1.22µm |
12 MP, f/1.9, 23mm (wide), 1/3.6", PDAF, OIS SL 3D, (depth/biometrics sensor) |
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Functions | HDR | HDR, Dolby Vision HDR | |
Video | 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps, gyro-EIS | 4K@24/25/30/60fps, 1080p@25/30/60/120fps, gyro-EIS | |
DxOMark Selfie Score | 149 | ||
DxOMark Photo | 145 | ||
DxOMark Video | 156 |
Performance
Operating system - OS | Android 13, up to 4 major Android upgrades, One UI 6.1.1 | iOS 17, upgradable to iOS 17.6.1, planned upgrade to iOS 18 | |
Chipset | - Qualcomm SM8550-AC Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (4 nm) | - Apple A17 Pro (3 nm) | |
CPU | - Octa-core (1x3.36 GHz Cortex-X3 & 2x2.8 GHz Cortex-A715 & 2x2.8 GHz Cortex-A710 & 3x2.0 GHz Cortex-A510) | - Hexa-core (2x3.78 GHz + 4x2.11 GHz) | |
GPU | Adreno 740 | Apple GPU (6-core graphics) | |
External memory | No | No | |
Internal memory | 256GB 12GB RAM, 512GB 12GB RAM, 1TB 12GB RAM | 256GB 8GB RAM, 512GB 8GB RAM, 1TB 8GB RAM |
Benchmark
Antutu 10 Total | 1476184 | 1500939 | |
Antutu 10 CPU | 378184 | 380375 | |
Antutu 10 GPU | 541753 | 518600 | |
Antutu 10 Mem | 292222 | 260964 | |
Antutu 10 UX | 378184 | 380375 | |
Antutu 9 Total | 1310476 | ||
GeekBench 6 Single Core | 1945 | 2891 | |
GeekBench 6 Multi Core | 5110 | 7180 | |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL | 9187 | ||
GeekBench 6 Vulkan | 9105 | ||
GeekBench 6 Metal | 26996 | ||
GeekBench 5 Single Core | 1657 | 2878 | |
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core | 4061 | 7118 |
Communication and Connectivity
SIM card | Nano-SIM and eSIM or Dual SIM (2 Nano-SIMs and eSIM, dual stand-by) | Nano-SIM and eSIM - International Dual eSIM with multiple numbers - USA Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) - China |
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Network | GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE / 5G | GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE / 5G | |
Bands | -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) CDMA 800 / 1900 -3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 CDMA2000 1xEV-DO -4G - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 38, 39, 40, 41, 66 - International 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 38, 39, 40, 41, 48, 66, 71 - USA 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 25, 29, 30, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 66, 71 - Canada -5G - 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12, 20, 25, 28, 38, 40, 41, 66, 77, 78 SA/NSA/Sub6 - International 2, 5, 48, 66, 77, 78, 257, 260, 261 SA/NSA/Sub6/mmWave - USA (Verizon) 2, 5, 38, 41, 66, 71, 78 SA/NSA/Sub6 - Canada |
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM) CDMA 800 / 1900 -3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 CDMA2000 1xEV-DO -4G - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48, 53, 66 - A3106 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48, 53, 66, 71 - A2849 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48, 53, 66, 71 - A3105 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48, 66 - A3108 -5G - 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12, 20, 25, 26, 28, 30, 38, 40, 41, 48, 53, 66, 70, 77, 78, 79 SA/NSA/Sub6 - A3106 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12, 14, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 38, 40, 41, 48, 53, 66, 70, 71, 77, 78, 79, 258, 260, 261 SA/NSA/Sub6/mmWave - A2849 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12, 14, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 38, 40, 41, 48, 53, 66, 70, 71, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79 SA/NSA/Sub6 - A3105 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12, 20, 25, 26, 28, 30, 38, 40, 41, 48, 66, 70, 77, 78, 79 SA/NSA/Sub6 - A3108 |
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Speed | HSPA, LTE (CA), 5G | HSPA, LTE, 5G, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps | |
GPRS | Yes | Yes | |
Edge | Yes | Yes | |
Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6e, tri-band, Wi-Fi Direct | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6e, dual-band, hotspot | |
GPS | GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS | GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS, QZSS, NavIC | |
NFC | Yes | Yes | |
USB | USB Type-C 3.2, OTG | USB Type-C 3.2 Gen 2, DisplayPort | |
Bluetooth | 5.3, A2DP, LE, aptX HD | 5.3, A2DP, LE | |
Harmful irradiation |
SAR - 1.16 W/kg (head) SAR EU - 1.24 W/kg (head) 1.19 W/kg (body) |
SAR - 1.07 W/kg (head) 1.11 W/kg (body) SAR EU - 0.98 W/kg (head) 0.98 W/kg (body) |
Music and Audio
Radio | No | No | |
Headphone jack | No | No | |
Others | - 32-bit/384kHz audio -Tuned by AKG |
Other features
Sensors | - Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer | - Face ID, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer | |
Other extras |
- Samsung DeX (desktop experience support) -Ultra Wideband (UWB) support - 25W Fast charging, 50% in 30 min -15W Wireless charging -4.5W Reverse wireless charging - IPX8 water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 min) -Armor aluminum frame with tougher drop and scratch resistance -Stylus support |
- Ultra Wideband (UWB) support (gen2 chip) -Emergency SOS, Messages and Find My via satellite - Fast charging, Power Delivery 2.0, 50% in 30 min -15W Wireless charging (MagSafe) -15W Wireless charging (Qi2) - requires iOS 17.2 update -4.5W Reverse charging - IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 6m for 30 min) -Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified) |
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Versions |
- Versions: A3106 (International); A2849 (USA); A3105 (Canada, Japan); A3108 (China, Hong Kong) |
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