What is the difference between Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max vs Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G

iPhone 13 Pro Max is estimated to be sold in Tanzania starting at TZS 2,650,000 for iPhone 13 Pro Max with 128 GB, TZS 2,850,000 for iPhone 13 Pro Max with 256 GB, TZS 3,350,000 for iPhone 13 Pro Max with 512 GB and TZS 3,850,000 for iPhone 13 Pro Max with 1 TB, while Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G is estimated to be sold in Tanzania starting at TZS 3,500,000. Price may vary in different markets in Tanzania.

Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max vs Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G

Product Name

Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max

Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G
Product Image
Price

TZS 2,650,000

TZS 3,500,000
Our Rating

7.5

8.3
Brand

Apple

Samsung
Category

Smartphones

Smartphones

General

Device Type

Bar Bar
Model

iPhone 13 Pro Max SM-G998B / SM-G998B/DS
Announced

2021, September 2021, January
Released

2021, September 2021, January
Status

Available Available

Design

Type Design Type called form factor refers to a mobile phone's size, shape, and style as well as the layout and position of major components of phone. There are three major form factors seen in mobile phones => bar phones, folding phones and sliding phones.

Bar Bar
Dimensions

160.8 x 78.1 x 7.7 mm (6.33 x 3.07 x 0.30 in) 165.1 x 75.6 x 8.9 mm (6.5 x 2.98 x 0.35 in)
Weight

240 g (8.47 oz) 227 g (Sub6), 229 g (mmWave) (8.01 oz)
Protection

IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 6m for 30 mins)
Glass front (Gorilla Glass), glass back (Gorilla Glass), stainless steel frame Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus), glass back (Gorilla Glass), aluminum frame
Colors

Graphite, Gold, Silver, Sierra Blue Phantom Black, Phantom Silver, Phantom Titanium, Phantom Navy, Phantom Brown

Network

2G Network

Yes Yes
3G Network

Yes Yes
4G Network

Yes Yes
5G Network

Yes Yes
SIM SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) is a small card that contains mobile network subscriber's account information. This allows the phone using the card to attach to a mobile network. The SIM card is most commonly associated with GSM and UMTS mobile networks. Moving a SIM card from one phone to another allows a subscriber to switch mobile phones without having to contact their mobile network carrier. SIM cards can also be used by a phone to store limited amounts of data, such as phone numbers and text messages.

Nano SIM Nano SIM
Dual SIM

Yes, Single SIM (Nano-SIM and/or eSIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) - for China Yes, Single SIM (Nano-SIM and/or eSIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

Display

Display Type Display Technology => A number of display technologies and types used in mobile phones => TFT (Thin Film Transistor), IPS (In-Place Switching), OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode), AMOLED (Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode), Super AMOLED (an even advanced version of AMOLED), Resistive Touchscreen (Resistive touchscreens contain two layer of conductive material with a very small gap between them which acts as a resistance), Capacitive Touchsceen (Capacitive touchscreen technology consists of a layer of glass coated with a transparent conductor)

OLED Dynamic AMOLED
Size

6.7 inches, 110.3 cm2 (~87.8% screen-to-body ratio) 6.8 inches, 112.1 cm2 (~89.8% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution

1284 x 2778 pixels 1440 x 3200 pixels
Display Colors Display Colors is refers to the number of different shades of colors that the screen is capable of displaying => 64K colors, 256K colors and 16 million colors, Obviously 16M is highest available range of colors and better than others.

1B colors 1B colors
Pixel Density Pixel Density (PPI) is refers to the concentration of pixels on a particular display, measured in pixels per inch (ppi). Pixel density is calculated by dividing the diagonal pixel resolution of a display by its diagonal size, higher pixel density better display quality.

457 ppi density 515 ppi density
Touch Screen

Yes Capacitive Touchscreen
Display Protection Display Protection => Gorilla Glass is a special alkali-aluminosilicate glass shield with exceptional damage resistance that helps protect mobile displays from scratches, drops, and bumps of everyday use, It is always better to go for a smartphone with Gorilla Glass for that added protection and peace of mind.

Scratch-resistant ceramic glass, oleophobic coating Corning Gorilla Glass Victus
Features

120Hz, HDR10, Dolby Vision, 1000 nits (typ), 1200 nits (peak)Always-on display
Wide color gamut
True-tone 2X
120Hz
HDR10+
1500 nits (peak)
Always-on display

Media

FM Radio

No Yes
Earphone Jack

No No

Camera

Camera Set The total number of lenses contained within the Rear or Main camera systems. Referred to as Single, Dual or Triple.

Quad Cameras Quad Cameras
Main Camera Camera is able to capture photographs and usually videos, The most important characteristics of a camera are the resolution (measured in megapixels), lens focus type (fixed or automatic), higher megapixel cameras are known to capture higher quality photos, but not always a good measurement of the photos quality.

12 MP, f/1.5, (wide), dual pixel PDAF, sensor-shift stabilization (IBIS) 108 MP (2nd gen), f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/1.33", 0.8µm, PDAF, Laser AF, OIS
2nd Camera

12 MP, f/2.8, (telephoto), PDAF, OIS, 3x optical zoom 10 MP, (periscope telephoto), 1/3.2", 1.22µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS, 10x optical zoom
3rd Camera

12 MP, f/1.8, 120˚, 13mm (ultrawide), AF 10 MP, (telephoto), dual pixel PDAF, OIS, 3x optical zoom
4th Camera

TOF 3D LiDAR scanner (depth) 12 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide), 1/2.55", 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF, Super Steady video
Camera Video

4K@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, 10‑bit HDR, Dolby Vision HDR (up to 60fps), ProRes, stereo sound rec. 8K@24/30fps, 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/240fps, 720p@960fps, HDR10+, stereo sound rec., gyro-EIS & OIS
Features

HDR (photo/panorama) Auto-HDR, panorama
Flash Flash Light => There is commonly two types of flash lights are used in camera mobile phones, LED Flash (LED flash offers lower power consumption with drive circuitry that takes up very little room, LEDs can be strobed faster than any other light source), Xenon Flash (xenon flash produces an extremely intense full-spectrum white light for a very short duration)

Dual-LED dual-tone flash LED flash
Selfie Set The total number of lenses contained within the Selfie camera systems. Referred to as Single, Dual or Triple.

Dual Cameras Single Camera
Selfie Camera

12 MP, f/2.2, 23mm (wide), 1/3.6" 40 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 0.7µm, PDAF
2nd Selfie

SL 3D, (depth/biometrics sensor)
Selfie Video

4K@24/25/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, gyro-EIS 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30fps
Features

HDR Dual video call, Auto-HDR

Software

OS OS => Every computer system run on a base software called Operating System (OS). Operating System controls all basic operations of the computer (such as smartphone, PDAs, tablet computers and other handheld devices). The Operating System allows the user to install and run third party applications (apps), apps are used to add new functionality to the device.

iOS 15 Android 11
User Interface UI or user interface of a device is the look and feel of the on-screen menu system. How it works, its color scheme, how it responds to button presses, all of these things are part of the user interface.

One UI 3.0

Hardware

Chipset Chipset is a group of integrated circuits designed to perform one or a more dedicated functions, often with real time computing constraints, Popular smartphones are equipped with more advanced embedded chipsets that can do many different tasks depending on their programming.

Apple A15 Bionic (5 nm) Exynos 2100 (5 nm) - International / Qualcomm SM8350 Snapdragon 888 (5 nm) - USA/China/Korea
CPU CPU (Central Processing Unit) mostly known as processors, CPU processes instructions in order to carry out certain functions that make your device operate properly. Processors are often described as the brain of computers, smartphones and tablets, Smartphones and tablets rely on processors to carry out their every task, Processors are an incredibly important factor in selecting any type of computing device, including your smartphone.

Hexa-core Octa-core (1x2.9 GHz Cortex-X1 & 3x2.80 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4x2.2 GHz Cortex-A55) - International / Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Kryo 680 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 680 & 4x1.80 GHz Kryo 680 - USA/China/Korea
GPU GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) is a single-chip processor designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display, This includes things such as lighting effects, object transformations, and 3D motion.

Apple GPU (5-core graphics) Mali-G78 MP14 - International / Adreno 660 - USA/China/Korea
RAM RAM (Random Access Memory) is a type of computer memory that can be accessed randomly, any byte of memory can be accessed without touching the preceding bytes that allows information to be stored and accessed quickly from random locations. RAM is the most common type of memory found in computer systems, smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices.

8 GB 12 GB
Internal Storage Internal Storage is a data storage space (flash memory) mostly used in smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices where operating system, apps, music, photos, videos, files and other user data Is stored.

128/256/512 GB / 1 TB 128/256/512 GB
Card Slot Memory Card Slot is a special slot for inserting a memory card. Memory cards allow you to expand the phone's built-in memory, A memory card (sometimes called a flash memory card or a storage card) is a small storage medium used to store data such as text, pictures, audio, and video, for use on small, portable or remote computing devices such as mobile phones, mp3 players, digital cameras.

No No
Sensors Sensors are electronic components that detects and responds to some type of input from the physical environment. The specific input could be light, heat, motion, moisture, pressure and location, The output is generally a signal that is converted to use in computing systems, a location sensor, such as a GPS receiver is able to detect current location of your electronic device.

Face ID, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
Ultra Wideband (UWB) support Fingerprint (under display, ultrasonic), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer

Connectivity

Bluetooth Bluetooth is a wireless communications technology for exchanging data between mobile phones, headsets, computers and other network devices over short distances without wires, Bluetooth technology was primarily designed to support simple wireless networking of personal consumer devices.

5.0, A2DP, LE 5.2, A2DP, LE
Wi-fi Wi-Fi is a popular wireless networking technology using radio waves to provide high-speed network connections that allows devices to communicate without cords or cables, Wi-Fi is increasingly becoming the preferred mode of internet connectivity all over the world.

Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6e, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6e, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
Wi-fi Hotspot Wi-fi Hotspot is a mobile feature allows your phone to share its cellular data connection by creating a Wi-Fi network.
USB

Lightning, USB 2.0 USB Type-C 3.2, USB On-The-Go
GPS GPS The Global Positioning System is a satellite-based radio navigation system, GPS permits users to determine their position, velocity and the time 24 hours a day, in all weather, anywhere in the world, In order to locate your position, your device or GPS receiver must have a clear view of the sky.

Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS, QZSS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
NFC NFC (Near field communication) is a set of standards for smartphones and similar devices to establish peer-to-peer radio communications with each other by touching them together or bringing them into proximity, usually no more than a few inches.
Wireless Charging Wireless Charging (Inductive Charging) uses an electromagnetic field to transfer energy between two objects. This is usually done with a charging station. Energy is sent through an inductive coupling to an electrical device, which can then use that energy to charge batteries or run the device.

Yes, Qi magnetic fast wireless charging 15W Yes, Fast Qi/PMA wireless charging 15W / Reverse wireless charging 4.5W

Data

GPRS GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) is a packet oriented mobile data service on the 2G and 3G cellular communication system's global system for mobile communications (GSM), Generally, GPRS is used for the purpose of wireless data transfer, such as sharing pictures and videos or browsing the Internet via a mobile phone connection.
EDGE EDGE (Enhanced Data GSM Environment) is a wireless network technology generally considered the next step in the 2G network offers data transfer rates up to four times faster than ordinary GSM networks, Generally, EDGE is used for the purpose of wireless data transfer, such as sharing pictures and videos or browsing the Internet via a mobile phone connection.
Speed

HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A, 5G, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (CA), 5G

Battery

Battery Type Battery Type => Cell phones run on various kinds of batteries depending on the manufacturer, phone size or shape and features. There are basically four types of cell phone batteries => Lithium Polymer, Lithium Ion, Nickel Metal Hydride and Nickel Cadmium.

Li-Ion (Lithium Ion) Li-Poly (Lithium Polymer)
Capacity Battery Capacity is a measure (typically in Amp-hr) of the charge stored by the battery, and is determined by the mass of active material contained in the battery. The battery capacity represents the maximum amount of energy that can be extracted from the battery under certain conditions.

Unspecified 5000 mAh, Battery
Placement

Non-removable Non-removable
Fast Charging Fast charging uses the battery charging technology which increases the charging power and hence the battery gets charged faster.

Yes, 20W, 50% in 30 min (advertised) / USB Power Delivery 2.0 / MagSafe wireless charging 15W Yes, 25W (USB Power Delivery 3.0)