Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max (Natural Titanium, 256GB) vs Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 5G (Phantom Black, 12GB RAM, 512GB)
What separates them
These two differ on 9 recorded specifications. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 5G (Phantom Black, 12GB RAM, 512GB) is ₹5,099 dearer.
Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max (Natural Titanium, 256GB) vs Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 5G (Phantom Black, 12GB RAM, 512GB)
Apple
Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max (Natural Titanium, 256GB)
₹1,59,900
Apple does not publish an update commitment, unlike Google and Samsung, so the six to seven years here is inferred from history rather than promised -- worth knowing when comparing against a Pixel's explicit seven.
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Samsung
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 5G (Phantom Black, 12GB RAM, 512GB)
₹1,64,999
IPX8 with no dust rating is the specification that deserves attention on a folding phone: it survives water but carries no ingress protection for the hinge, and grit is what actually kills folding mechanisms.
Full details →Who the Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max is for
Buy it if: Anyone in the Apple ecosystem wanting the longest practical support and ProRes video capability.
Avoid it if: Anyone who wants a published update commitment, or fast charging.
Who the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 5G is for
Buy it if: Anyone who genuinely works on a tablet-sized screen daily and accepts the compromises.
Avoid it if: Anyone in dusty conditions -- there is no dust rating -- or who wants a normal-width front screen.
Specifications, side by side
9 of 17 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max | Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 5G |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹1,59,900 | ₹1,64,999 |
| Battery | 4441 mAh | 4400 mAh -- small for the screen area it drives |
| Charging | About 27 W wired, 15 W MagSafe -- roughly 100 minutes to full | 25 W wired, about 75 minutes to full |
| Chipset | Apple A17 Pro, 3 nanometre | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy |
| Peak brightness | 2000 nits peak outdoors, 1000 nits sustained full screen | 1750 nits peak on the main panel |
| RAM | 8 GB | 12 GB LPDDR5X |
| Rear camera | 48 MP main with OIS + 12 MP periscope 5x + 12 MP ultrawide | 50 MP main with OIS + 10 MP telephoto 3x + 12 MP ultrawide |
| Storage | 256 GB NVMe | 512 GB UFS 4.0 |
| Water resistance | IP68 | IPX8 -- water rated, but no dust rating at all, which matters for a hinge |
| Weight | 221 g | 253 g |
| Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty |
| Cover display | not published | 6.2 inch, 120 Hz, and unusually narrow at 23.1:9 |
| Crease | not published | Visible and permanent along the fold line |
| Display | 6.7 inch Super Retina XDR LTPO, 120 Hz ProMotion | not published |
| Fold rating | not published | 200,000 folds, roughly 100 a day for 5 years |
| Main display | not published | 7.6 inch Dynamic AMOLED 2X foldable, 120 Hz |
| Port | USB-C, but USB 3 speeds only on Pro models -- 10 Gbps | not published |
| Software support | Typically 6 to 7 years of iOS, based on Apple's history rather than a published commitment | not published |
Every row is a figure one or both products record. A blank is a figure the catalogue does not hold, not a zero.