Even if the question of choosing between Samsung or iPhone sounds stupid at first, take note that both Samsung and Apple offer extensive and complete ecosystems with several product categories, their own online services, and specialized operating systems. However, the following is not about a reflection of the author’s taste, but about product comparison. You can dive right in to the segment that piques your interest:
Samsung’s advantages over Apple:
Apple’s advantages over Samsung:
In recent years, the number of products from Apple’s smartphone line has increased a little, with the arrival of the mini variant while maintaining a long software update policy for older iPhones. This makes the iPhone product range the smallest among the top five smartphone manufacturers today.
As of the summer of 2022, Apple’s catalog includes eight models: one which was launched in 2022, four in 2021, two in 2020, and one from 2019. The company normally retains selected models from its previous generation in its catalog with a lower price point. The exception would be the iPhone SE (2022) in March 2022, which doubles up as an entry-level handset while offering specifications that are on par with the once-flagship iPhone 11 at a far more affordable price point.
| Pro (large) model | Pro (medium) model | Editor’s pick | Mini iPhone | 2020 model | 2020 mini model | Old 2019 model | Mid-range iPhone | |
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| List price | $1,099 | $999 | $799 | $699 | $699 | $599 | $499 | $429 |
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| Technical specifications | 6.7-inch, OLED, 120 Hz 2778 x 1284 pixels (458 ppi) Apple A15, 5G 128 / 256 / 512 GB / 1 TB ROM Triple camera Wide-angle 12-megapixel 12-megapixel ultra-wide-angle Telephoto 12-megapixel September 2021 | 6.1-inch, OLED, 120 Hz 2532 x 1170 pixels (460 ppi) Apple A15, 5G 128 / 256 / 512 GB / 1 TB ROM Triple camera Wide-angle 12-megapixel 12-megapixel ultra-wide-angle Telephoto 12-megapixel September 2021 | 6.1-inch, OLED, 60 Hz 2532 x 1170 pixels (460 ppi) Apple A15, 5G 128 / 256 / 512 GB ROM Dual camera Wide-angle 12-megapixel 12-megapixel ultra-wide-angle September 2021 | 5.4-inch, OLED, 60 Hz 2340 x 1080 pixels (476 ppi) Apple A15, 5G 128 / 256 / 512 GB ROM Dual camera Wide-angle 12-megapixel 12-megapixel ultra-wide-angle September 2021 | 6.1-inch, OLED, 60 Hz 2532 x 1170 pixels (460 ppi) Apple A14, 5G 64 / 128 / 256 GB ROM Dual camera 12-megapixel wide-angle 12-megapixel ultra-wide-angle October 2020 | 5.4-inch, OLED, 60 Hz 2340 x 1080 pixels (476 ppi) Apple A14, 5G 64 / 128 / 256 GB ROM Dual camera Wide-angle 12-megapixel 12-megapixel ultra-wide-angle October 2020 | 6.1-inch, LCD, 60 Hz 1792 x 828 pixels (326 ppi) Apple A13 Bionic, 4G 64 / 128 / 256 GB ROM Dual camera 12-megapixel wide-angle Ultra-angle 12-megapixel September 2019 | 4.7-inch, LCD, 60 Hz 1334 x 750 pixels (326 ppi) Apple A15 Bionic, 5G 64 / 128 / 256 GB ROM Single camera 12-megapixel wide-angle March 2022 |
| Rating | Read the review of the iPhone 13 pro Max | Read the review of the iPhone 13 Pro | Read the review of the iPhone 13 | Read the review of the iPhone 13 mini | Read the review of the iPhone 12 | Read the review of the iPhone 12 mini | Read the review of the iPhone 11 | Read the review of the iPhone SE 2022 |
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With the launch of the iPhone 13 family, six of the brand’s eight models include 5G support and OLED display, while the iPhone 11 and SE models still rely on LCD screens—at least the new SE generation already offers 5G modem support.
While the iPhone 2022 family can be counted using the fingers on both hands, Samsung’s catalog is much broader, covering everything from smartphones that only offer the bare essentials to highly sophisticated models with support for features such as the S-Pen stylus, all the way to foldable screens, a category in which the South Korean manufacturer has few rivals years after the launch of the Galaxy Fold.
Samsung’s line of smartphones is made up of the Galaxy family, which also includes wearables, headsets, tablets, notebooks, and other gadgets. The family is divided into categories such as Galaxy Z (foldable phones), Galaxy S (premium handsets), Galaxy A and M (entry-level and mid-range models), and Galaxy XCover (rugged handsets that target the corporate segment).
| Note by another name | S22 with a bigger display | 2021 flagship | Foldable with a big display | Compact foldable | Affordable flagship | The popular mid-ranger | |
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| Product | Samsung Galaxy A53 | ||||||
| MSRP | $1,199.99 | $999.99 | $799.99 | $1,799.99 | $999.99 | $699.99 | $449.99 |
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| Technical specifications | 6.8-inch, Dynamic AMOLED 3200 x 1440 pixels Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 / Exynos 2200 128 / 256 / 512 / 1024 GB ROM 8 / 12 GB RAM Quadruple camera Main camera: 108 MP Ultra wide-angle: 12 MP Telephoto 3x zoom: 10 MP Telephoto 10x zoom: 10 MP 5,000 mAh February 2022 | 6.6-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2400 x 1080 pixels Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 / Exynos 2200 128 / 256 GB ROM 8 GB RAM Triple Camera Main: 50 MP Ultra wide-angle: 12 MP Telephoto: 10 MP 4,500 mAh February 2022 | 6.1-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2400 x 1080 pixels Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 / Exynos 2200 128 / 256 GB ROM 8 GB RAM Triple Camera Main: 50 MP Ultra wide-angle: 12 MP Telephoto: 10 MP 3,700 mAh February 2022 | 7.6-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2208 x 1768 pixels 6.2 inch, Super AMOLED 2268 x 832 pixels Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen1 256 / 512 GB / 1 TB ROM 12 GB RAM Triple camera Main: 50 MP Ultra wide-angle: 12 MP Telephoto: 10 MP 4,400 mAh August 2022 | 6.67-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2640 x 1080 pixels 1.9 inch, AMOLED 260 x 512 pixels Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen1 128 / 256 / 512 GB ROM 8 GB RAM Dual camera Main: 12 MP Ultra wide-angle: 12 MP 3,700 mAh August 2022 | 6.4-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2400 x 1080 pixels Snapdragon 888 128 / 256 GB ROM 6 / 8 GB RAM Triple Camera Main: 12 MP Ultra wide-angle: 12 MP Telephoto 3x: 8 MP 4,500 mAh January 2022 | 6.5-inch Super AMOLED 2400 x 1080 pixels Exynos 1200 128 / 256 GB ROM 4 / 6 / 8 GB RAM Quad Camera Main: 64 MP Ultra wide-angle: 12 MP Macro: 2 MP Depth: 2 MP 5,000 mAh March 2022 |
| Rating | Read the review of the Galaxy S22 Ultra | Read the review of the Galaxy S22+ | Read the review of the Galaxy S22 | Read the hands-on of the Galaxy Z Fold 4 | Read the hands-on of the Galaxy Z Flip 4 | Read the review of the Galaxy S21 FE | Read the review of the Galaxy A53 |
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Since the Galaxy A, M, and XCover lines don’t compete directly with Apple models, we’ve listed only the models that occupy the same price range as the iPhone line above. All these devices, from the Z and S lines—bring top-of-the-line processors and OLED screens, as well as multiple cameras in their respective configurations. Support for 5G is included in all updated models of the 2021 line.
Prices charged by the two companies show an important difference between them: while the value of Apple models normally remains stable until the arrival of a new generation, the prices of Samsung models fall rather quickly after launch. Talk about major depreciation! This makes the iPhone a pretty good purchase by any standard.
This has an impact on the depreciation and resale price of its devices, which in the case of iPhones, they normally receive new operating system versions and security updates for a longer period of time, a gap something which Samsung has been trying to narrow in recent months.
Samsung’s advantages over Apple:
Apple’s advantages over Samsung:
Another major difference between the brands is how they approach the hardware specifications of their respective devices. While Samsung takes advantage of its more varied product range in order to adopt features like foldable screens, under-display digital sensors, S-Pen support, and even an under-display selfie camera, Apple prefers to adopt a more conservative stance. Although in many instances, the South Korean conglomerate has not been a market pioneer, Apple does not offer any of the features mentioned in 2022.
Even OLED screens that are standard in the Galaxy S line since the first generation hit the market in 2010, was only widely adopted by Apple with the iPhone 12 line (in 2020), while the high refresh rate of the display that became fashionable because of Samsung and other Android flagships in 2020, only arrived on the iPhone range in 2021. Even then, it was reserved exclusively for the iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max models.
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| Processor | Apple A15 Bionic (5 nm) Hexa-core: 2x Avalanche @ 3.23 GHz 4x Blizzard Custom Apple 4-core GPU | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 1x ARM Cortex-X2 @ 3.0 GHz 3x ARM Cortex-A710 @ 2.5 GHz 4x ARM Cortex-A510 @ 1.8 GHz Qualcomm Adreno | |
| Storage | 128 GB 256 GB 512 GB | 128 GB 256 GB | |
| Expandable storage | None | ||
| Screen | 6.1-inch OLED “Super Retina XDR” 1170 x 2532 pixels, 460 DPI 60 Hz refresh rate 1200 nits maximum brightness | 6.1-inch OLED “Dynamic AMOLED 2X” 1080 x 2400 pixels, 421 DPI 120 Hz refresh rate Max. brightness 1300 nits | |
| Camera | Main 12 MP: f/1.6 | Dual Pixel PDAF | sensor-shift OIS Ultrawide 12 MP: f/2.4 | 120° FOV Selfie 12 MP: f/2.2 | 1/3.6″ | 120° FOV | Main 50 MP: f/1.8 | Dual Pixel AF | OIS | 85° FOV Ultrawide 12 MP: f/2.2 | 120° FOV Telephoto 10 MP: f/2.0 | OIS | 3x optical zoom | 36° FOV Selfie 10 MP: f/2.2 | 80° FOV | |
| Video | 4K at 24/25/30/60 FPS / 1080p at 25/30/60 FPS / 720p at 30 FPS HDR / Dolby Vision HDR / Stereo sound / Sensor shift OIS | tbc | |
| Battery | 3227 mAh Wired charging: 20 W USB PD 2.0 Wireless charging 15 W MagSafe (7.5W Qi) Charger not included | 3700 mAh Wired charging: 25W USB PD 3.0 Wireless charging: 15W Qi Wireless reverse charge: 4.5W Charger not included | |
| Audio | Stereo No headphone jack | ||
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| Rating | Read the review of the iPhone 13 | Read the review of the Galaxy S22 | |
| Price | $799 | $799 | |
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| Processor | Apple A15 Bionic (5 nm) Hexa-core: 2x Avalanche @ 3.23 GHz 4x Blizzard Custom Apple 5-core GPU | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 1x ARM Cortex-X2 @ 3.0 GHz 3x ARM Cortex-A710 @ 2.5 GHz 4x ARM Cortex-A510 @ 1.8 GHz Qualcomm Adreno | |
| Storage | 128 GB 256 GB 512 GB 1 TB | 128 GB 256 GB 512 GB 1 TB | |
| Expandable storage | None | ||
| Screen | 6.7-inch OLED “Super Retina XDR with ProMotion” 2778 x 1284 pixels, 458 DPI 120Hz refresh rate 1200 nits maximum brightness | 6.8″ OLED “Dynamic AMOLED 2X” 1440 x 3200 pixels, 515 DPI 120Hz refresh rate Max. brightness 1750 nits | |
| Camera | Main 12 MP: f/1.5 | Dual Pixel PDAF | sensor-shift OIS Ultrawide 12 MP: f/1.8 | 120° FOV | PDAF Telephoto 12 MP: f/2.8 | PDAF | OIS | 3x zoom LiDAR sensor Selfie 12 MP: f/2.2 | 1/3.6″ | 120° FOV | Main 108 MP: f/1.8 | PDAF | OIS Ultrawide 12 MP: f/2.2 | 120° FOV Telephoto 1 10 MP: f/2.4 | OIS | 3x zoom | 36° FOV Telephoto 2 10 MP: f/4.9 | OIS | 10x zoom | 11° FOV Selfie 40 MP: f/2.2 | 80° FOV | |
| Video | 4K at 24/25/30/60 FPS / 1080p at 25/30/60 FPS / 720p at 30 FPS ProRes / HDR / Dolby Vision HDR / Stereo sound / Sensor shift OIS | tbc | |
| Battery | 4352 mAh Wired charging 20 W USB PD Wireless charging 15W MagSafe (7.5W Qi) Charger not included | 5000 mAh Wired charging: 45W USB PD 3.0 Wireless charging: 15W Qi Wireless reverse charging: 4.5W Charger not included | |
| Audio | Stereo No headphone output | ||
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| Rating | Read the review of the iPhone 13 Pro Max | Read the review of the Galaxy S22 Ultra | |
| Price | $1,099 | $1,199 | |
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With Apple finally adopting 120 Hertz refresh rates for its displays in 2021 only for the iPhone 13 Pro line, it’s managed to catch up with Android flagships in this aspect. On the other hand, the Galaxy line continues to offer more versatile camera configurations, including additional lenses. At this point, it’s worth noting that the Galaxy S22 Ultra beat the iPhone 13 Pro in our 2022 camera blind test, and the camera component was one of the areas in which Apple seemed to have heavily invested in for most of the iPhone 13 line.
While Samsung stands out with superlative numbers in its hardware specifications, Apple’s highlight would be the integration of its components, most notably the processors. The company often compares its SoCs with the competition, announcing that the new 2021 A15 Bionic is 50% faster than its direct rival on Android (presumably the Snapdragon 888 SoC).
Even without offering additional details about the benchmarks used or even the name of the chipset it was going up against, the fact remains that even Apple’s A14 processor already left its rivals, the Snapdragon 888 and Exynos 2100, in the dust when it came to both generic and graphics processing tasks. Therefore, we expect to see the same advantage from the A15 over the newer Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Exynos 2200.
Samsung’s advantages over Apple:
Apple’s advantages over Samsung:
Both iOS and One UI have their fair share of fans and critics, and you can’t separate purchasing the devices from their respective operating systems. That won’t change even with iOS 16 and Android 13 in 2022. Here, Apple’s vertical integration scores points once again, offering consistent operation across virtually every model offered in the current range (and even in many of its older devices). Critics, however, can point to the influence of “conservatism” of the company in the rate of feature adoption, even in those that are not hardware-dependent, such as widgets that were finally introduced in iOS 14.
The fact is, the convergence of features will not stop with both mobile operating systems adopting features released by one another. Even one of the main advantages of iOS—long-term support—is starting to be copied by Samsung with an announcement of its new update policy. Even if it is still not up to par with what Apple offers for its devices such as the iPhone 6S, which will receive iOS 15 security updates at least until September 2022, seven years after its launch.
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The user experience is already a highly subjective matter, and in this case, it is not possible to say which option is better for this or that person. Broadly speaking, those who like to customize the system would normally find additional options in the Android/One UI field. However, with the announcement of the beta version of iOS 16, Apple narrows the gap related to the customization possibilities of the OS.
This is because the latest version of Apple’s mobile saoftware has revamped the Lock Screen making everything more customizable, as we show in our top 5 iOS 16 best features article. On the other hand, while iOS stands out as the more sensible one when it boils down to standard options, including privacy and data protection. Speaking of which…
Samsung’s advantages over Apple:
Apple’s advantages over Samsung:
Once again, Apple has a certain advantage over Android devices. But the situation is not as clear as it was in the past. And by the past, I mean just a couple of years back. Samsung has benefited greatly from security advancements that Google has made in Android.
When it comes to security, there is a number of criteria to consider that remain too vast for the scope of this article. That’s why I’ve limited myself to just the privacy and security features of each manufacturer.
With One UI 4, Samsung showed a quick rollout of the new features from Android 12, including new privacy controls. The Privacy panel can now be found on the privacy menu, and like iOS 14, users are notified whenever apps use features like geolocation, camera and microphone.
After the release of the ATT or App Tracking Transparency feature in iOS 14.5, which gave users more control over personal tracking performed by apps on the system, iOS 15 has expanded the transparency of apps’ access to your data by delivering the App Privacy Report. This report shows how they make use of the granted permissions, as well as data exchanges with behavior trackers.
In addition, Apple has moved the processing of various personal data from the cloud to the device itself, including Siri speech recognition. Another new feature in iOS 15 is additional protection measures in the Mail app for IP address hiding, and in the case of the iCloud+ plan subscribers, it will create unique emails alongside the Private Relay feature, which redirects your requests using different addresses (and in an encrypted manner) to make it difficult to record browsing patterns.
In June 2022, Apple introduced the Safety Check feature as part of the iOS 16. With this, Apple wants to offer more control to users who share passwords or access to certain apps and data such as geolocation. Presented as an aid to combat abuse in toxic relationships, Safety Check quickly revokes access to data and location previously shared with others.
Samsung’s advantages over Apple:
Apple’s advantages compared to Samsung:
This is a key criterion to consider when buying a smartphone. Generally, an average user renews his smartphone once every 2-3 years. Reselling your old smartphone to finance the purchase of a new one is obviously a common practice. But the fact is, Android smartphones depreciate much faster than iPhones.
According to a study commissioned and published last January by Bankmycell, Android smartphones shed an average of more than 33% of their value in 2020, compared to about 16% for iPhones. This decline accounts for over 50% of its price for a mid-range/entry-level smartphone.
There are many reasons for the faster depreciation of Android handsets than Apple’s. Take Samsung for example. The manufacturer launches more than 10 smartphones each year. In 2020, Apple released only five smartphones. Samsung’s most affordable models are meant to be renewed more frequently, ideally every year if the manufacturer wants to maximize its sales.
If people resell their smartphones sooner, it’s normal for them to lose their value faster. If you want to renew your iPhone, you’ll have to wait for a longer period of time since Apple only launches a new range once a year on average. As iPhones are more expensive than their Android counterparts, it is normal that Apple users keep their iPhone longer and resell it at the most convenient time.
This article was written in collaboration with Antoine Engels and Camila Rinaldi. It was further updated in August 2022 by Carsten Drees. As soon as Apple unveils its new iPhones, we will update this comparison article again. The comments below may reference models that are no longer listed in the latest version.
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