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Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra vs. iPhone 16 Pro Max: We tested both, and here's the winner

Samsung and Apple make two of the best flagship phones - here's our head-to-head test and the key reasons to pick each one.

Both the 16 Pro Max and the S25 Ultra are their brand's most impressive phones to date, with each handset packed with premium features and high-end specs, and both being the largest of their lineups. The dimensions of these two devices are pretty close to each other, and both are on the heavier and bigger side of phones in general, but the S25 Ultra is slightly thinner, more narrow, and a little lighter. A few years ago, data from a popular cell phone trade-in site showed that over a three-year period, flagship Android devices dropped twice as fast as iPhones.

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