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John Velasco

I shot professional headshots with the Galaxy S25 Ultra — here’s how it compares to the iPhone 16 Pro Max

Taking a photo with the Galaxy S25 Ultra.

Now that I’ve got the Galaxy S25 Ultra in my hands, it’s time for me to test out its portrait mode performance on a professional headshot shoot with one of my colleagues. For this shootout, though, I’m also capturing headshots with the iPhone 16 Pro Max — currently the top contender in our best camera phones guide.

Similar to my previous headshot shoot with the OnePlus 13, I’m taking the Galaxy S25 Ultra and iPhone 16 Pro Max to capture the same headshots using their respective portrait modes. Then later on, I compare the results on a monitor to see side-by-side all of their minor differences to definitely say which is the better one for portrait photography.

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