The Galaxy S24 Ultra and the iPhone 16 Pro Max are two of the biggest and most premium non-foldable smartphones on the market. Both are powerful and pack top-of-the-line features, including AI-backed functions, but how do these two bank-breakers stack up against each other? Does one do some things better than the other? Let's find out.

Using this Black Friday deal at the official Samsung site, you can either get an unlocked 512GB device for $950 without a trade (a record-low) or a device for as little as $499 with the trade. In the former case, today's discount at Samsung is a whole $100 better than Amazon's cheapest price for a 512GB model, so it's absolutely worth checking out.

Elsewhere, Best Buy has discounted the Galaxy S24 Plus by $200, bringing the price down to $799.99. The Galaxy S24 FE is also $175 cheaper, bringing the current price down to $534.99. The base Galaxy S24 is still fully priced, as is the last year’s Galaxy S23 series.

The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra, a pinnacle of smartphone innovation per Android users, is currently available at a big 25% discount for Black Friday, bringing its price down to $1,069.99 from the original $1,419.99 (the 512GB variant).

Samsung is rolling out the most compelling promotions of the year for Black Friday and the Galaxy S24 Ultra is at the center of it all. On the official store, if you purchase the 512GB version of the Galaxy S24 Ultra, you will only pay the price of the 256GB model ( “double the storage on us”) and this alone saves you $120.

Samsung is usually among the first device makers to update its flagship devices to the latest monthly security patch. It rolled out the November 2024 update for the Galaxy S24 series right at the beginning of the month.