iPhone 15 Pro Max beats Galaxy S23 Ultra in a surprisingly close speed test

The iPhone 15 series brought us the A17 Pro chip that powers the iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max. It's an A-series chip unlike the ones that preceded it, allowing Apple to bring console-grade gaming to the iPhone. The chip is faster than anything available from Android vendors, and it can even outperform the latest M2 chip that powers iPads and MacBooks.

But we always want to assess the real-life performance of a new phone, which might tell a slightly different story than benchmarks. That's where manual speed tests come in, comparing the latest iPhone to its direct competitor. The iPhone 15 Pro Max unsurprisingly won one such test, outperforming the Galaxy S23 Ultra, which is currently one of the best iPhone 15 alternatives you can get. But the results were much closer than you might expect.

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