Samsung Galaxy S23 vs. iPhone 14: spec comparability

Apple’s iPhone 14 now has a brand new rival: the Samsung Galaxy 23. Introduced through the firm’s current Unpacked occasion alongside a slate of latest Galaxy Books, the S23 collection is on the market for preorder beginning this week with a avenue date of February seventeenth. The brand new telephones arrive with sooner efficiency, larger batteries, and up to date selfie cameras, with the Extremely providing a good increased decision digicam than its predecessor.

However earlier than you throw down upwards of $799 on a preorder, you might wish to understand how Samsung’s forthcoming smartphones measure as much as Apple’s newest and best handsets. Whereas each lineups embrace telephones with spectacular specs, there are a few key variations to concentrate on.

The obvious, maybe, is the truth that Apple’s iPhone 14 lineup consists of 4 telephones: the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Professional, and iPhone 14 Professional Max. Compared, Samsung solely provides three: the Galaxy S23, the Galaxy S23 Plus, and Galaxy S23 Extremely.

Every mannequin varies in value and provides one thing just a little completely different from their respective rivals. The iPhone 14 and Galaxy S23 each begin at round $799, however Samsung’s higher-end telephones are costlier. The S23 Plus prices $999.99, which is $100 greater than Apple’s iPhone 14 Plus, whereas the S23 Extremely has an MSRP of $1,199.99 — $200 greater than the iPhone 14 Professional and $100 greater than the iPhone 14 Professional Max.

These are just some of the floor variations, although. While you dive deeper into their respective shows, design, and digicam arrays, the telephones turn into much more distinct. To make selecting between each lineups a bit simpler, we’ve in contrast among the extra related options to indicate you ways they stack up in opposition to each other on paper.

At first look, the variations between the 2 lineups seem minor. Every mannequin in Apple’s iPhone 14 lineup and its corresponding Samsung rival measures roughly the identical when it comes to dimensions and show dimension. Typically, nevertheless, Samsung’s telephones weigh barely much less, even when the Galaxy S23 Extremely is taller and heavier than the iPhone 14 Professional.

Design-wise, the iPhone 14 lineup notably lacks the Galaxy S23’s bodily SIM card tray. That’s as a result of Apple’s new telephones depend on eSIM know-how (a minimum of within the US), which theoretically is meant to make it simpler to modify between gadgets and plans. In apply, nevertheless, we discovered it’s sophisticated when you’re switching between Android and iOS, and whereas most main US cellular phone networks assist eSIM, not all do.

Show know-how is one other space the place the iPhone 14 and Galaxy S23 telephones differ. Whereas each share OLED panels, every S23 system incorporates a 120Hz refresh fee, which permits for smoother scrolling and extra immersive graphics. In distinction, solely the higher-end iPhone 14 Professional fashions provide a most refresh fee of 120Hz, whereas the remainder of the lineup caps out at 60Hz. Each Samsung and Apple additionally make gadgets with always-on shows; nevertheless, solely the iPhone 14 Professional and Professional Max function the know-how. That’s not a function new to Android telephones, although, so it’s no shock that each cellphone within the S23 lineup provides an always-on show. The S23 Extremely can also be the one cellphone in both lineup that gives stylus assist and comes with a built-in S Pen.

In terms of efficiency, the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus fashions are powered by Apple’s in-house A15 Bionic chips, whereas the Professional and Professional Max use the A16. Samsung’s total lineup, in the meantime, is powered by a specialised model of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. We’ll have to attend to see how Qualcomm’s Galaxy-optimized processors carry out after we evaluation the brand new gadgets, however they need to be loads quick and provide top-tier efficiency much like that of Apple’s A15 and A16 Bionic chips.

On the digicam entrance, Apple’s essential digicam sensors aren’t as high-resolution as Samsung’s. Apple’s lower-end iPhone 14 fashions solely provide a 12MP sensor for his or her essential digicam and a 12MP ultrawide shooter. Solely while you go for the iPhone 14 Professional and Professional Max will you get a 48MP essential shooter and a 12MP ultrawide, together with a 12MP telephoto lens to seize extra element. The Galaxy S23 and Galaxy S23 Plus, then again, function a 50MP essential, a 12MP ultrawide, and a 10MP telephoto lens. If you happen to fork out additional for the S23 Extremely, you’ll additionally get a 200MP essential digicam, a 12MP ultrawide shooter, and a 10MP telephoto lens.

Nevertheless, it’s vital to notice that extra megapixels doesn’t translate into higher images — one thing we identified final 12 months when evaluating footage taken with the S22 Extremely and iPhone 14 Professional. Samsung’s digicam sensor usually bins pixels collectively to enhance gentle, which really leads to a extra manageable 12-megapixel photograph. It’s doable to take a 200- or 50-megapixel photograph if you wish to, however that sort of decision is overkill for the common 4×6 print.

Lastly, you may’t examine Apple and Samsung telephones with out some point out of their respective working methods. Samsung’s S23 telephones ship with Android 13, whereas Apple’s iPhone 14 comes with iOS 16. Each are strong working methods, and which it is best to select usually comes all the way down to a matter of desire. Apple’s cell working system is understood for its simplicity, whereas Android is especially good in relation to flexibility and customization. Then there’s the ecosystem of gadgets you’d be opting into to contemplate.

That stated, the 2 share lots of the similar options, like the flexibility to edit and undo despatched messages and a Dwell Textual content function that may seize textual content from movies and images. A few of the different variations are minor. Regardless of its plethora of customization choices, as an illustration, Android telephones lack the flexibility so as to add widgets to the lock display screen. In addition they don’t include Apple’s new drag-and-drop Visible Look Up software, which helps you to pull one thing from a photograph and drag it into one other app as a standalone object.

That’s simply an summary of among the essential variations between the iPhone 14 and Samsung’s Galaxy S23 lineup. If you wish to discover connectivity, storage choices, and all the uncooked specs in additional element, we’ve gathered them within the chart under.