Our two top picks for best camera phones — the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra and iPhone 14 Pro Max — have versatile lens arrays that'll help you capture all types of shots. But one of the most difficult for a phone to get right is the extreme close-up, or macro shot.
Samsung has offered macro mode on its Ultra handsets since the Galaxy S21 Ultra, while that feature has been a part of Apple's Pro devices since the iPhone 13 Pro. But we were interested in how the latest phones perform when you're holding their lenses right up close to your subject. With both phones in hand, I set out to answer this question.
