Compact smartphones are scarce as of late, and in the event you slender your search solely to the premium section, the selection turns into much more restricted. Nonetheless, Apple and Samsung have the Apple iPhone 16 and the Samsung Galaxy S24 that match the standards. One might argue that these telephones do not test all of the containers of a flagship gadget, however they’re shut sufficient.

The 2 contenders are additionally comparatively cheaper than their extra premium siblings, hitting the candy spot for some potential consumers. And in any case, the Samsung vs. Apple dilemma continues to be a factor in some markets, though the vanilla iPhone 16 is not off to an excellent begin because it asks about €250 greater than its direct rival in Europe and the hole will get even wider within the US.

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Measurement comparability

Regardless that the iPhone 16 and the Galaxy S24 are constructed by two very completely different corporations, you would be shocked by what number of similarities yow will discover.

The 2 handsets are very related size-wise, with the Galaxy S24 having a slight edge over the iPhone 16 as a result of it is a tad narrower, shorter and thinner, whereas providing a much bigger show with bigger display screen actual property. Briefly, you might be getting extra show in the identical footprint.

The vanilla iPhone 16 and Galaxy S24 additionally share related design language. The aspect frames and back and front panels are flat with the digicam lenses protruding. Construct high quality is, for all intents and functions, comparable. Each gadgets use Corning-made glass panels for the back and front, joined by an aluminum aspect body. The 2 our bodies are IP68-rated too, although Apple guarantees a resistance as much as larger depth (1m vs. 6m).

Show comparability

The iPhone 16 and the Galaxy S24 make no compromise in the case of show high quality. Each panels assist the identical HDR requirements and each can get fairly shiny. Based on our assessments, the iPhone has a slight edge with 300 nits extra.

Nevertheless, the S24 wins this spherical by having a 120Hz LTPO OLED. The iPhone 16’s show settles for a less-than-ideal 60Hz refresh price in 2024.

Battery life

In terms of battery life, the iPhone 16 is the clear winner right here. It dominates the Galaxy S24 on each entrance, but it surely’s notably spectacular within the internet shopping state of affairs, the place it beats the S24 with nearly double the runtime. The iPhone 16 additionally posts considerably higher video playback and name scores.

It is fairly evident that in the event you worth battery life probably the most, the iPhone 16 is the fitting alternative right here.

Charging velocity

The iPhone 16 and the Galaxy S24 provide equally quick charging options, for probably the most half. Or ought to we are saying they’re equally sluggish?

In any case, in the event you look strictly on the complete time required to cost the gadget, the S24 beats the iPhone 16 by nearly 20 minutes. We would say that is sensibly sooner.

Nevertheless, the charging curve within the first 15 to half-hour is sort of similar as the 2 gadgets will provide you with nearly 60% of the cost again in half-hour.

Speaker take a look at

The iPhone 16 and the Galaxy S24 provide equally loud stereo audio system, however the former has the higher hand relating to high quality. It is fairly apparent that Apple’s telephone has a hotter and deeper sound due to the well-pronounced bass. The vocals aren’t muffled both.

However, the Galaxy’s audio system are missing within the lows and sound downright flat.

Efficiency

The iPhone 16 runs on Apple’s A18 chip, whereas the Galaxy S24 will get the Exynos 2400. Apple’s new chip makes its method to the non-Professional variations this yr and guarantees a considerable enhance in efficiency, effectivity and AI capabilities. Traditionally, Apple’s silicon presents higher efficiency than its Android counterparts, however the 10-core Exynos 2400 packs a punch too. It additionally makes use of a GPU co-developed with AMD.

Each handsets disappoint in the case of base storage. The S24 and the iPhone 16 begin from 8GB/128GB and attain as much as 8GB/512GB.

One small element to remember – the iPhone 16 has NVMe storage, whereas the S24 settles for UFS 3.1 for its base 128GB variant and UFS 4.0 for all others. In each instances, the S24 is slower than the iPhone 16. Not that storage velocity is of nice significance anyway.

Benchmark efficiency

One would anticipate the iPhone 16 to be objectively the extra highly effective gadget. And that is true for probably the most half. It beats the Galaxy S24 in Geekbench 6’s multi-core state of affairs by 17%, which is a pure CPU-bound benchmark take a look at, whereas in GPU-heavy workloads like 3DMark Wild Life Excessive, it drags behind the S24 by 5%. Not a giant distinction, however a notable one.

Digicam comparability

Each the iPhone 16 and Samsung Galaxy S24 function equally succesful primary cameras, every using 48MP sensors. The place they differ extra is of their telephoto and ultrawide setups. The Galaxy S24 comes outfitted with a 3x telephoto digicam, giving it a slight edge in optical zoom vary over the iPhone 16, which lacks a devoted telephoto lens.

On the ultrawide entrance, each gadgets provide high-resolution efficiency, however the iPhone’s ultrawide has the added benefit of autofocus, a function the Galaxy S24’s lacks, permitting the iPhone to deal with close-up pictures extra adeptly.

Selfie digicam capabilities are additionally well-matched, with each telephones sporting 12MP sensors and related focal lengths, making them aggressive for front-facing photographs and video calls.

Picture high quality

There’s not a lot competitors right here, to be fully trustworthy. The iPhone 16 produces better-looking stills day and night time with its primary and ultrawide cameras. The stills simply look cleaner, extra detailed, sharper and with much less noise, if any, at night time.

iPhone 16: 0.6x • 1x • 2x

Galaxy S24: 0.6x • 1x • 2x • 3x

The 2x crop zoom photographs on the iPhone are so significantly better that it isn’t unreasonable to suppose that the 3x crops from the iPhone will look higher than the 3x telephoto stills from the S24.

iPhone 16: 0.6x • 1x • 2x

Galaxy S24: 0.6x • 1x • 3x

Maybe the one benefit that the Galaxy S24 has is the processing. Samsung’s telephone produces usually extra likable colours, even with the brand new, extra pure processing on the S24 sequence. The iPhone photographs are flatter.

Video high quality

The identical goes for the movies. The iPhone 16’s clips are noticeably higher. They’re sharper, cleaner and resolve extra element.

Beneath we’ve got a number of framegrabs from the movies taken by the 2 telephones at every focal size so they’re simpler to check to 1 one other.

iPhone 16 video screengrabs: 0.6x • 1x • 2x • 1x

Galaxy S24 video screengrabs: 0.6x • 1x • 3x • 1x

Verdict

For probably the most half, the iPhone 16 is the higher gadget. It lasts longer away from the charger; its show is brighter (albeit lacking high-refresh-rate assist); it has better-sounding audio system; it has usually extra highly effective SoC, and it gives a greater digicam expertise total.

The Galaxy S24’s smoother show, barely sooner charging, 3x optical zoom cam and cheaper price tag are the one benefits. Your potential choice for Android might assist tip the scales too, however in case you are a kind of uncommon customers not married to both ecosystem and have the expendable price range, the iPhone 16 is the clear alternative for you.