Xiaomi announced its new flagship smartphone at this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. In this article, we’ll compare that smartphone to the very best phone Apple has to offer. In other words,

Our electronics writer lived with Apple’s best iPhone for three months, and one feature made it especially hard to go back to his iPhone 15 Pro Max.

In recent times, several flagship range smartphones have been launched including the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, OnePlus 13, and others. However, a new flagship competitor has entered the market, which is directly comparing itself to the iPhone 16 Pro Max.