Trying to Improve? Galaxy S24 Extremely Specs vs. S23 Extremely vs. iPhone 15 Professional Max

Samsung unveiled the model new Galaxy S24 Extremely at its Unpacked occasion. When you’re a Galaxy proprietor pondering of upgrading, you might surprise how this new flagship cellphone compares to final 12 months’s Galaxy S23 Extremely (particularly since you will discover the S23 Extremely for much less now that the S24 Extremely is out there). Or, in the event you’re attempting to resolve between Samsung and Apple, you might be curious how the top-of-the-line S24 Extremely compares to the premium iPhone 15 Professional Max. Let’s break down the specs so you may get a greater concept of which cellphone is best for you.

Final 12 months’s S23 Extremely had a beginning worth of $1,200 after its launch within the US and now begins at $875, whereas the brand new S24 Extremely begins at $1,300. The iPhone 15 Professional Max, however, begins at $1,200. So the bottom S24 Extremely is $100 greater than the bottom 15 Professional Max, and $100 greater than its predecessor was upon its launch. (See the chart beneath for UK and Australian pricing.)

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The S24 Extremely has Qualcomm’s newest Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip, which is designed to help on-device AI processing. Extra particularly, the S24 Extremely has a set of generative synthetic intelligence options, which the corporate calls “Galaxy AI.” You’ll be able to, for instance, live-translate calls, flip movies shot at regular pace into slow-motion movies or take away undesirable shadows out of your photographs. CNET’s consultants will consider all of those AI options in our testing. 

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We additionally noticed AI photograph modifying instruments in Google’s Pixel 8 collection. There is a Greatest Take characteristic, for instance, that permits you to swap your favourite facial features from a sequence of images into one other photograph from the identical sequence the place you maybe do not like your expression as a lot.

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The S23 Extremely makes use of final 12 months’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor. It would not have Galaxy AI but, however is predicted to get it will definitely. The iPhone 15 Professional Max has Apple’s newest A17 Professional chip however would not at the moment have any generative AI photograph modifying instruments just like the Galaxy S24 Extremely or the Google Pixel 8 line. I am to see if the iPhone will ever get options like these, particularly as a result of AI is such a buzzword proper now. 

The S23 Extremely runs on Android 13 which is able to get 4 years of software program and safety updates. The S24 Extremely runs on Android 14 which is able to help 7 years of those updates. The 15 Professional Max runs on iOS 17, and whereas Apple would not disclose how lengthy it’s going to help its telephones with software program updates, iOS 17 at the moment works on fashions relationship again to the 2018 iPhone XS and XR. 

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The bottom S23 Extremely comes with 256GB of storage and both 8 or 12GB of RAM. It’s also possible to improve to 512GB or 1TB storage choices, each with 12GB of RAM. The S24 Extremely comes with the identical storage choices, however all of them have 12GB of RAM. So Samsung has eradicated the 8GB RAM possibility on its base S24 Extremely mannequin. Whereas Apple would not disclose the RAM on its iPhones, the 15 Professional Max comes with the identical storage choices because the S23 and S24 Extremely: 256GB, 512GB and 1TB. 

All three of those telephones have a USB-C port, which is a giant deal as a result of all iPhones earlier than the iPhone 15 collection both had Lightning ports or 30-pin connectors. The S23 and S24 Extremely help 45-watt quick charging, whereas the 15 Professional Max helps 27W quick charging. All three telephones provide wi-fi charging, however the Ultras additionally help reverse wi-fi charging so you’ll be able to juice up different gadgets from the again of those telephones. All three telephones include charging cables, however none of them embody a charger brick within the field.

The S23 and S24 Extremely have a 5,000-mAh battery. In her S23 Extremely evaluation, CNET’s Lisa Eadicicco discovered that after 12 hours of use (utilizing the cellphone to take photographs and movies, examine her electronic mail and socials and stream music), her battery was at 66%. The brand new mannequin is meant to have a stronger battery due to its new chip, so we stay up for placing the S24 Extremely’s battery to the take a look at. Apple would not disclose battery capability, however says the 15 Professional Max has an “all-day battery life” with “as much as 29 hours of video playback.” In his 15 Professional Max evaluation, CNET’s Patrick Holland discovered that after 15 hours of use, the cellphone normally had 20% to 25% battery left. 

The S23 and S24 Extremely each include the S Pen stylus you could retailer contained in the cellphone. I would like to see one thing like this for the iPhone, however it would not exist for the time being. Perhaps at some point. (Tim Prepare dinner, I hope you are studying this.)

The S23 and S24 Extremely each have a 6.8-inch AMOLED show and a 1 to 120Hz variable refresh fee that modifications primarily based on the way you’re utilizing your cellphone. So in the event you’re doing one thing with numerous display screen motion, like taking part in a online game, the refresh fee will enhance. However in the event you swap to an exercise that does not take quite a lot of motion, like studying an article, the refresh fee will go down. The 15 Professional Max has a 6.7-inch OLED show and likewise has a variable refresh fee of 1 to 120Hz. 

The S23 and S24 Extremely telephones haven’t got a notch. They simply have a hole-punch digital camera on the prime of the display screen. The 15 Professional Max does have a notch within the type of the Dynamic Island, a shape-shifting cutout that permits you to view updates from apps like Maps without having to have them open.

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As for the way these telephones will really feel in-hand, the S23 Extremely is 8.9 millimeters thick, the S24 Extremely is 8.6 millimeters thick and the 15 Professional Max is 8.25-millimeters thick. The S23 Extremely has an aluminum body and weighs 234 grams. The S24 Extremely and 15 Professional Max have titanium frames and weigh 233 grams and 221 grams, respectively. So the 23 Extremely is barely thicker and heavier than the S24 Extremely and 15 Professional Max, and it has an aluminum body (fairly than titanium).

The S23 and S24 Extremely cameras are comparable. Each telephones have a four-camera system with similar selfie, ultrawide, large and 3x telephoto cameras. Every cellphone additionally has one other telephoto digital camera for excessive distance pictures. The one on the S23 Extremely is 10 megapixels with a 10x optical zoom, whereas the one on the S24 Extremely is 50 megapixels with a 5x optical zoom. So the S23 and S24 Extremely cameras are principally the identical aside from that new 50-megapixel, 5x telephoto digital camera, which is meant to take sharper zoom photographs.

The iPhone 15 Professional Max, however, has a 3 digital camera system. There is a 48-megapixel essential digital camera, a 12-megapixel ultrawide digital camera and a 12-megapixel telephoto digital camera with a 5x optical zoom. And to your selfies, there is a 12-megapixel entrance digital camera. So each the S24 Extremely and the 15 Professional Max have a 5x optical zoom, however the sensor on the S24 Extremely has the next decision. Keep tuned for our digital camera assessments to see how the S24 Extremely digital camera performs in actual life, particularly towards the 15 Professional Max. 

For extra on how the Galaxy S23 and S24 Extremely and the iPhone 15 Professional Max evaluate, try our specs chart beneath.

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