See the iPhone 13 Pro Max go up against the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra in a speed test

01 October 2021
The timed side-by-side speed test is still a thing.

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In real life my iPhone 12 Pro Max is very slow with battery degradation within 6-7 months of low usage. Whereas my Note 20 Ultra breezes everything that comes across with total ease. Enough of paying $2100 plus for a dying tech.

    SizN80, 01 Oct 2021Nobody cares for those things because Android manufacturers... moreOf course man. That's what they say. Andriod a have regular ips lcd and amoled whereas apple has fretina lcd/amoled* which is again suporier. And instead of 120hz *promotion*. And also instead of regular charging thye use fmagsafe which is again suporier. That's just shows how aple is suporior to andriod and andriod is crap and that's it

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      • Anonymous
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      such tests seem to be for entertainment only...
      since most phones perform similarly...
      by a fraction on seconds, generally...
      but for such comparison, why s21 ultra?
      many other android phones, even of last year is faster in, again, a fraction of seconds...
      s21 ultra having problems with memory management...

        Anonymous, 01 Oct 2021"and ultimately wins this incredibly important challen... moreI think there was an element of satire to that line, which you obviously didn't pick up on.........

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          • nn8
          • 01 Oct 2021

          "and ultimately wins this incredibly important challenge"
          With every midranger today and some budget phones too, reaching perfectly adequate behaviour for day to day tasks, how exactly is "incredibly important" this challenge for the most expensive and fastest phones on the market?!?

            Anonymous, 01 Oct 2021iPhone didn't have reduce motion turned on. If it did,... moreYou can go into developers options on android and turn off animations durations, windows animations and transitions animations to 0.5× or to 0 to make even faster

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              potato4k, 01 Oct 2021This test is not limited by RAM, but limited by the storage... moreStill NvME has a little lead over UFS3.1

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                potato4k, 01 Oct 2021iPhones had had advantage over Android thanks to NVMe. Most... moreA14 runs hot too.And u forgot to mention the throtteling that A14 has

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                  SizN80, 01 Oct 2021Nobody cares for those things because Android manufacturers... more"well refined" yeah i hear this same excuse from apple fanboys again anad again actually the have problem to accept the fact.Have u used a flagship android with in display finger print??.No u haven't if u had used one u would have never told its bad implimented.Just accept the fact that apple charge premium and doesn't provide you with EVERYTHING

                    Jacksonzxop, 01 Oct 2021As long as there is a video export app or video rendering a... moreIt's kinda like the one YouTube channel where Apple fans are always excited for cause they know this kind of speed test is a guaranteed win for the iPhone 100%, and Android fans will always complain because the nature of the speed test and how it's done will never allow Android flagship to have a chance

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                      potato4k, 01 Oct 2021iPhones had had advantage over Android thanks to NVMe. Most... moreAndroid is stuck on emmc and Ufc2.x as they offer phones in all price segment.And apple only make premium phones so they giver MOST of the thing premium and charge FULLY premium

                        As long as there is a video export app or video rendering app in phonebuff speed test the iphones will always win even if the the Samsung loads most of the other apps before the iPhone. Usually in most other speed test on YouTube you can see certain Android flagship beating iPhone in speed test that doesn't rely too heavily video rendering or video exporting app.

                          Im always annoyed by Apple advertising: its 50% faster! its 70% faster! with every new iPhone...
                          If that would be truth current iPhone would match quantum computer power... or power of its cpu would reach its own mental state and become self aware...

                            ST, 01 Oct 2021These are not specs, these are regular everyday features an... moreNobody cares for those things because Android manufacturers implement them poorly, when apple bring them they are well refined and that’s when they matter 🙂
                            Again, talk about all the specs you want, your Android manufacturer executives, brand ambassadors and shareholders are happily using their iPhones once they are done promoting their latest droid 😂 they leave you in that cesspool known as android while they enjoy the robust apple ecosystem.

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                              Anonymous, 01 Oct 2021It’s already LPDDR5 while iPhone is still stuck on LPDDR4. ... more*lpddr4x

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                                Anonymous, 01 Oct 2021Not making much of a difference unless Z Fold uses a new ty... moreIt’s already LPDDR5 while iPhone is still stuck on LPDDR4. However iPhone should benefit from the use of NVMe SSD.

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                                  • 01 Oct 2021

                                  iPhone didn't have reduce motion turned on. If it did, Android have no edge anymore lol.

                                    Anonymous, 01 Oct 2021Interesting how game loading is faster on iOS but applicati... moreiPhones had had advantage over Android thanks to NVMe. Most Android were stuck with the slower UFS2.x, or worse, eMMC on the lower mid-range. UFS3.1 seems to finally allow Android to be competitive with NVMe.

                                    Now it's up to Qualcomm for the chipset. SD888 is still not as efficient as Apple's A15, and looks like we are already seeing thermal limits of the new X1 core on current phones. Hopefully we will see better efficiency with the X2 core.

                                      SizN80, 01 Oct 2021LOL!😂😁 12gig of RAM for nothing!Great performance by the iP... moreThis test is not limited by RAM, but limited by the storage speed. UFS3.1 is finally competitive with NVME.
                                      Samsung's bottleneck is clearly the Snapdragon 888, which was slower than the A15 in the video export test.

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                                        SizN80, 01 Oct 2021Keep listing specs while the executives of Samsung continue... moreThese are not specs, these are regular everyday features and I even forgot to mention the in-display fingerprint reader. You will know next year when they land on the iPhone.