Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 2 is in a class of its own due to its foldable design and price. This fall, however, the 6.7-inch iPhone 12 Pro Max will be Apple's closest competitor.

The iPhone 12 Pro Max should beat the Galaxy Z Fold 2 when it comes to underwhelming performance, thanks to the A14 Bionic chip that the Galaxy Z Fold 2 is expected to feature. In addition, Apple is also likely to raise the bar in photography with a new LiDAR sensor that will also enhance augmented reality (AR) applications.

But when it comes to versatility and productivity, the Galaxy Z Fold 2 will beat the iPhone 12 Pro Max. Here are three major reasons why.

While the iPhone 12 Pro Max will reportedly have a 6.7-inch display, the Galaxy Z Fold 2 is much larger, with a 7.6-inch foldable screen on the inside and a 6.2-inch panel on the outside.

So what can you do with this extra space; the Z Fold 2 acts like a tablet with some apps. By turning on the "Show more content at the same time" option in the display settings, several apps on the Galaxy Z Fold 2 allow for dual-pane viewing. In Slack, contacts appear on one side of the screen and messages in the current room appear on the other. Of course, the phone must be turned sideways to see this view, but it allows more information to be seen at a glance and is less associated with the laptop.

How freeing it is to make video calls on your phone without literally holding the phone; on the Galaxy Z Fold 2, the Google Duo app allowed me to do exactly that and chat with colleagues with both hands free.

The bottom half of the screen when folded displays a variety of controls, from attaching a wide-angle lens to activating low-light mode; the Galaxy Z Fold 2's camera app offers similar diversity, with controls and recent photos at the bottom of the screen and a live preview at the top. The camera app on the Galaxy Z Fold 2 offers similar diversity, with controls and recent photos at the bottom of the screen and live previews at the top.

When shooting video in the Z Fold 2's Flex mode, the auto-framing feature can be enabled to follow the subject while the phone remains stationary.

Before you think I'm going "overboard," let me tell you that the Galaxy Z Fold 2's multi-active window feature gives you quite a power boost: not only can you run three apps simultaneously on the 7.6-inch display, but you can quickly create pairs of apps so that whenever simply tap to launch that trio.

For example, I had Twitter running in one window, Slack in another, and Spotify in yet another. It is also easy to rearrange the apps if you want them in the largest pane on the left.

Even better. With the Galaxy Z Fold 2's drag-and-drop feature, you can simply grab a photo from the gallery and drop it into a text message you want to send. Currently, only a few apps support this feature, but more should be added in the future.

Apple is reportedly working on its own iPhone Flip, but it remains to be seen when (or if) such a foldable phone will become a reality. Until then, the iPhone 12 Pro will be the Galaxy Z Fold 2's most direct competitor. And now that we've been using Samsung's foldable phone for over a week, it's hard to imagine Apple's new flagship will surpass this effort.

The $2,000 asking price for the Galaxy Z Fold 2 is very high. However, assuming the iPhone 12 Pro Max is priced about the same as the previous model, you would pay about $1,249 for the 256GB version of that phone, plus $399 for the entry-level iPad mini. At that point, you would pay a total of $1,648.

Is getting a tablet and a phone in one device worth another $350 more, and if you like the idea of being able to do everything with one device, I'd say yes. And there is no doubt that Apple is studying the Galaxy Z Fold 2 to see how it can outperform Samsung if it decides to go foldable. But for now, Samsung has the most innovative and productivity-enhancing phone.