Apple iPhone 18 Pro / Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra

The viewable area is smaller than the diagonal because of rounded corners and the camera hole. Refresh that drops to 1 Hz saves power on static content; Vision Booster adjusts tone mapping in bright light.

The display lowers its refresh rate for static content to save power, which lets the Always-On display stay lit.

The GPU supports hardware ray tracing.

Samsung quotes 40% NPU, 37% CPU and 30% GPU gains over the previous generation. This version is tuned for Galaxy with higher clocks than the standard Snapdragon 8 Elite.

Peak figures do not describe sustained full-screen brightness.

The variable aperture lets you control depth of field and starburst effects manually; the 48 mm 2× view is a 12 MP sensor crop.

Apple describes the 200 mm 8× view as a 12 MP optical-quality crop; digital zoom reaches 40×.

Log records a flat profile for colour grading; results depend on the editing workflow. Audio Eraser can reduce layers such as voices, music, wind and crowd separately in videos.

10 Gbit/s requires a USB 3 cable.

About 50% in 30 minutes over MagSafe with a 35 W or higher adapter.

Apple test figures; real-world results vary with apps and signal.

Water and dust resistance can decrease with normal wear.

Water resistance is not permanent and may diminish over time.

mmWave and UWB availability vary by country.

Configuration on the US model page; SIM tray availability can differ by country.

Satellite features work only in supported countries.

According to Android Central’s one-year report, the phone received One UI 8 (Android 16) ahead of schedule.

Above this range the phone limits performance and charging to protect itself.

The Samsung Newsroom release is dated 23 January Korea time; the event was 22 January in US time.

Samsung notes memory options may vary by market and usable storage is lower because of preloaded software. There is no card slot.

The vapor chamber spreads heat from the chip into the body, helping clocks hold longer in extended gaming.

Used on the front only. Corning says it survived drops of up to 2.2 m onto a concrete-like surface in internal lab tests; this is not a durability guarantee for any given phone.

Titanium is used only on the frame, excluding the volume and side keys.

Per Samsung, 3× and 5× are optical; 2× and 10× are “optical quality” zoom made by sensor cropping. OIS is optical image stabilisation.

The 45 W adapter is sold separately. Samsung quotes up to 31 hours of video playback. Wireless PowerShare charges earbuds or a watch from the back of the phone.

5G/LTE availability depends on market and carrier.

Colour availability varies by country and carrier.