
Apple
Excellent

Realme
Great
iPhone 17 Pro
Shares the Pro Max aluminum unibody and camera plateau design in a more compact 6.3-inch form factor, making it the best small flagship available.
Realme GT 7 Pro
Premium aviation aluminum frame with Gorilla Glass 7i and IP68/IP69 water resistance — a first for Realme. At 223g and 8.55mm thick, it's reasonable for the battery size. However, the phone is extremely slippery and practically demands a case.
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iPhone 17 Pro
The 6.3-inch Super Retina XDR display matches the Pro Max with 3,000-nit peak brightness and ProMotion 120Hz in a more compact package.
Realme GT 7 Pro
The 6.78-inch Samsung Eco2 LTPO OLED is the phone's crown jewel, with up to 6,500 nits peak brightness making it one of the brightest smartphone displays ever made. GSMArena measured 2,336 nits in real testing — surpassing the company's own claims. Excellent color calibration, Dolby Vision support, and 120Hz refresh rate complete the package.
iPhone 17 Pro
Identical triple 48MP camera system to the Pro Max — no feature or quality cuts in the smaller phone, which is a first for the Pro line.
Realme GT 7 Pro
The 50MP main camera produces great daylight photos with excellent detail, and the 3x periscope telephoto delivers solid results with good dynamic range. However, the 8MP ultrawide is embarrassingly weak for a phone at this price — better suited to budget devices. The main sensor was also downgraded from the GT5 Pro.
iPhone 17 Pro
A19 Pro chip with vapor chamber cooling delivers identical benchmark scores and sustained performance as the Pro Max.
Realme GT 7 Pro
One of the first phones with the Snapdragon 8 Elite, scoring 2.62-2.78 million on AnTuTu — roughly 24% better than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. Real-world performance is smooth and multitasking is excellent with best-in-class RAM management. However, the phone gets uncomfortably hot under sustained load, and there's evidence of benchmark manipulation.