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The iPhone 14 Pro Max will go officially on sale tomorrow alongside the rest of the variants from the iPhone 14 lineup. A lot of people are wondering whether or not the new Apple device is the best phone on the market and the best way to find it out is to compare them to the most advanced Android phones out there. Besides Apple, the most important brands in the smartphone market are Samsung and Xiaomi. The latter recently came up with a new premium flagship: the Xiaomi 12S Ultra. It did not go global, but it remains one of the most important rivals for the latest iPhones. Is it able to compete? In this comparison, you will learn the main specifications between the iPhone 14 Pro Max and the Xiaomi 12S Ultra.

Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max vs Xiaomi 12S Ultra

Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max Xiaomi 12S Ultra
DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT 160.7 x 77.6 x 7.9 mm,
240 g		 163.2 x 75 x 9.1 mm,
225 g
DISPLAY 6.7 inches, 1290 x 2796 pixels (Full HD+), Super Retina XDR OLED 6.73 inches, 1440 x 3200p (Quad HD+), AMOLED
PROCESSOR Apple A16 Bionic hexa-core 3.46 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, octa-core 3.19 GHz
MEMORY 6 GB RAM, 512 GB – 6 GB RAM, 128 GB – 6 GB RAM, 256 GB – 6 GB RAM, 1 TB 8 GB RAM, 256 GB – 12 GB RAM, 256 GB – 12 GB RAM, 512 GB
SOFTWARE iOS 16 Android 12, MIUI
CONNECTIVITY Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax, Bluetooth 5.3, GPS Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/6e, Bluetooth 5.2, GPS
CAMERA Quad 48 + 12 + 12 + 12 MP + TOF 3D LiDAR scanner, f/1.8 + f/2.8 + f/2.2
Dual 12 MP + SL 3D f/1.9 front camera		 Quad 50.3 + 48 + 48 MP + TOF 3D, f/1.9 + f/4.1 + f/2.2
Single 32 MP f/2.4 front camera
BATTERY 4323 mAh, fast charging 29W and Qi wireless charging 7.5W 4860 mAh, Fast Charging 67W, Qi wireless charging 50W
ADDITIONAL FEATURES 5G, optional dual SIM, optional eSIM, MagSafe 15W, IP68 waterproof 5G, optional dual SIM, reverse wireless charging, IP68 waterproof

Design

The iPhone 14 Pro Max is definitely the king of design: Apple has always been the most important company in terms of smartphone design and things did not change in 2022. The new iPhone 14 Pro Max ditches the notch in favor of a Dynamic Island, which is essentially a pill-shaped punch hole including the front camera and the hardware sensors for 3D facial recognition. The handset comes with symmetric and narrow bezels on three sides, as well as an amazing build quality and premium material. The rear side is made of Ceramic Shield glass, while the profile is made of stainless steel. The Apple phone is waterproof thanks to the IP68 certification and you can put it underwater with no damage up to 6 meters deep for a max time of 30 minutes. The Xiaomi 12S Ultra comes in color options made of different materials: there is one with an eco leather back and one with a glass back. It is waterproof with the IP68 certification, but up to 1.5 meters deep. The iPhone wins the design comparison not only for the look but also due to its build quality and its thinner body.

 

Display

Both the displays of these phones are simply amazing, but the iPhone 14 Pro Max should be able to guarantee higher image quality. It has a Super Retina XDR OLED with a diagonal of 6.7 inches, the LTPO technology enabling an adaptive refresh rate from 1 to 120 Hz, the HDR10 certification, Dolby Vision, and a resolution of 1290 x 2796 pixels, as well as a peak brightness of 2,000 nits. The Xiaomi 12S Ultra has a 6.73-inch AMOLED display with a Quad HD+ resolution of 1440 x 3200 pixels, one billion colors, the LTPO technology with an adaptive refresh rate from 1 to 120 Hz, the HDR10+ certification, and Dolby Vision. The Xiaomi has an in-display fingerprint reader for authentication, while the iPhone relies on 3D facial recognition thanks to the Face ID technology we mentioned above.

 

Specs & Software

The iPhone 14 Pro Max is likely to provide higher performance not because of its hardware department, but thanks to the iOS operating system. However, let’s take a look at the hardware department of these two handsets. The iPhone 14 Pro Max has an Apple A16 Bionic chipset built with a 4 nm production process and with an octa-core architecture. It is composed of two Avalanche cores running at a max frequency of 3.46 GHz and four Blizzard cores, as well as an Apple 5-core proprietary GPU. The chip is paired with 6 GB of RAM and up to 1 TB of NVMe internal storage and the phone runs iOS 16 out of the box. The Xiaomi 12S Ultra has a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 mobile platform built with a 4 nm production process and with an octa-core architecture composed of a Cortex X2 CPU running at 3.19 GHz, three Cortex A710 CPUs running at 2.75 GHz, four Cortex A510 CPUs running at 1.8 GHz, and an Adreno 730 GPU. The chipset is paired with up to 12 GB of RAM and up to 512 GB of internal storage, and the phone runs Android 12 customized by MIUI 13.

 

Camera

On paper, it looks like the Xiaomi 12S Ultra has the best cameras, co-engineered with Leica. This device is equipped with a quad camera setup including a 50.3 MP main sensor with OIS, a 48 MP periscope telephoto lens with 5x optical zoom, a 48 MP ultrawide camera, and a TOF 3D depth sensor. The iPhone has a triple rear camera including a 48 MP main sensor with OIS and two 12 MP cameras: a telephoto sensor and an ultrawide lens.

 

Battery

Last but not least, the battery: even though Xiaomi has a bigger one, the iPhone 14 Pro Max will last more on a single charge thanks to its better optimization. However, the 12S Ultra will provide faster charging speeds.

 

Price

The Xiaomi 12S Ultra starts from €950/$950 in China, while the iPhone 14 Pro Max begins at €1480/$1480 globally. Which one would you pick?

 

 

 

Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max vs Xiaomi 12S Ultra: PRO and CONS

Xiaomi 12S Ultra

PRO

  • Periscope camera
  • Higher resolution
  • Faster charging
  • Faster wireless charging

CONS

  • Nothing particular

 

Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

PRO

  • Better performance
  • Stainless steel profile
  • Better water resistance
  • Face ID
  • MagSafe

CONS

  • Higher price

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