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| iPhone 14 Pro Max - Apple |
I've been using the iPhone 14 pro-Max for nearly a month. Today I wanted to give you my updated thoughts on it. A Hands-On Review of the features pros and cons. We've obviously got a few new features such as the dynamic Island and brighter screen improved cameras for photos and videos and that new action load but are these changes enough to justify an upgrade to the 14 pro or the pro-Max?
if you were thinking of buying one of the latest iPhone 14. Pros hopefully, this review will give you an idea of what to expect. Now one of the biggest changes this year is the addition of the dynamic Island. That's the little notch or pale at the top. I will say. I do prefer this over the notch that we've had before. They've taken what is a pretty boring Hardware feature and turned it into this adaptive notification area.
It protrudes slightly more into the screen but visually, I think this looks a lot nicer for the functionality. Do you know? what this is more than just a gimmick of course. It's always easy to be sucked into the Apple event hype, thinking this little island is going to change my life but it's not bad at the moment. It is quite limited. Not all apps support or use this area but the ones that do. It really well things like face ID. Now show up at the top incoming calls also show here and these dynamically change the width of the pill there are loads more that I found as well things, like screen recording timers music charging, and even airdropping files. They all take advantage of this little area returning to a phone call while using another app is easier as well and I imagine over time more and more apps will integrate.
It's a nice feature to have and makes using the iPhone a little bit easier on a day-to-day basis another thing to mention about the screen is the bump up in brightness. This now maxes out at 2 000 nits side by side. With last year's 13 Pro, it's hard to see the difference but is when you take it outside that you really notice it. The screen is still pretty reflective. In direct sunlight, you're going to struggle to see what's on the screen but generally speaking, the brighter screen really does help and we've obviously got the promotion display. The 120-hertz adaptive screen, so scrolling through apps and pages is really smooth.
Some pros and cons over the normal Pro, the advantage is, the screen is bigger so perfect for editing photos or watching videos or playing games but it also has a bigger battery so fewer worries about charging it. If you've got smaller hands or you struggle to use one one-handed. It can be a problem so for example trying to tap the dynamic Island to answer a call. You're probably going to need two hands to use it comfortably for me.
I want the best camera that I can get from an iPhone so the fact that the cameras have been upgraded is. Once again is a huge advantage for me. Do they make that much of a difference well starting with the video I shoot in 4k 30 although? It will do up to 4K 60 and I can tell you. Now that within the first few minutes of using it. I could tell this was noticeably better quality than the 13 Pro. It's brighter less noisy and definitely has a bump up in overall video quality.
You can use the phone that's in your pocket and the iPhone 14 pro is a perfect phone for that well. We now have four focal lengths ranging from 0.5 up to three times and I'd say all four have seen a noticeable upgrade in quality even the ultra-wide lens looks a lot cleaner. There's the stabilization and the standard motion handling which is incredibly good. You could easily use the 14 pros without a gimbal while walking through town. It is super smooth but last weekend, I had to try out the new action mode that we've seen recently added to the 14 pros and this thing is ridiculous.
Another advantage of the pro-Max over, the normal Pro is the larger battery, you're going to see a few extra hours. Now Apple says. You'll get up to 29 hours of use but realistically. I've seen anywhere between 10 to 15 hours now which is more than enough for my daily needs and that includes checking socials filming videos watching YouTube and replying to emails. If I can make it through 15 hours a day without a charge. I am happy with that I normally take it off charge. When I wake up in the morning around 7 am and then I put it back on charge at 11 PM. I don't really need more than that but the pro on the other hand that my wife uses is borderline flat by the late evening. There is a reason. I believe that I've managed to get a decent battery life out of mine and that's because almost immediately. I disabled the always-on display. I know this is a new feature this year but I just don't like it. I found myself constantly looking over and getting distracted.
I can only assume this has helped slightly my battery. I'm talking about charging. Three-in-one fast Chargers that are capable of up to 140 Watts. It's similar to what I've used before with the MacBook Pro but the bonus is it comes with three ports instead of just one. There are two USBC ports and one uses USB a port and this means. I can charge up to three different devices at the same time and still only use one plug socket. I can see this being used in my kitchen or my living room where I might need to charge my 16-inch MacBook Pro the iPhone 14 pro and anything else. I'm using the USBC cable to charge my PlayStation 5 controller it even comes with a PD 3.1 USBC Cable in the Box.
It also looks a little bit more compact than the standard Apple plug. Which is a nice plus. It has the u-green power dispenser system built in that is designed to adjust the power between all of the connected devices essentially. It protects the batteries from overheating.
We have four different Zoom modes who have 0.5 1 2 and 3 but the biggest Change. Here is the fact that when shooting in Pro raw. You can make use of the 48-megapixel camera. I have always been impressed with the iPhone camera but being able to shoot at 48 megapixels. You can use the normal photo mode and you'll get some awesome photos from it but it's just going to be a compressed photo. You won't want to be shooting every single photo in raw just the ones. You know need editing or correcting most of the photos I've taken float around 50 to 80 megabytes. So your space could very quickly fill up. Now I'm not sure. If it's because the files are so huge but when you take multiple photos. I have noticed that the phone massively slows down.
Technical Specifications
| LAUNCH | Announced | 2022, September 07 |
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| Status | Available. Released 2022, September 16 |
| BODY | Dimensions | 160.7 x 77.6 x 7.9 mm (6.33 x 3.06 x 0.31 in) |
|---|---|---|
| Weight | 240 g (8.47 oz) | |
| Build | Glass front (Corning-made glass), glass back (Corning-made glass), stainless steel frame | |
| SIM | Dual SIM (Nano-SIM and eSIM) or Dual eSIM - International Dual eSIM with multiple numbers - USA Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) - China | |
| IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 6m for 30 mins) Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified) |
| DISPLAY | Type | LTPO Super Retina XDR OLED, 120Hz, HDR10, Dolby Vision, 1000 nits (typ), 2000 nits (HBM) |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 6.7 inches, 110.2 cm2 (~88.3% screen-to-body ratio) | |
| Resolution | 1290 x 2796 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~460 ppi density) | |
| Protection | Ceramic Shield glass | |
| Always-On display |
| PLATFORM | OS | iOS 16, upgradable to iOS 16.0.3 |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | Apple A16 Bionic (4 nm) | |
| CPU | Hexa-core (2x3.46 GHz Everest + 4x2.02 GHz Sawtooth) | |
| GPU | Apple GPU (5-core graphics) |
| MEMORY | Card slot | No |
|---|---|---|
| Internal | 128GB 6GB RAM, 256GB 6GB RAM, 512GB 6GB RAM, 1TB 6GB RAM | |
| NVMe |
| MAIN CAMERA | Triple | 48 MP, f/1.8, 24mm (wide), 1/1.28", 1.22µm, dual pixel PDAF, sensor-shift OIS 12 MP, f/2.8, 77mm (telephoto), 1/3.5", PDAF, OIS, 3x optical zoom 12 MP, f/2.2, 13mm, 120˚ (ultrawide), 1/2.55", 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF TOF 3D LiDAR scanner (depth) |
|---|---|---|
| Features | Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR (photo/panorama) | |
| Video | 4K@24/25/30/60fps, 1080p@25/30/60/120/240fps, 10-bit HDR, Dolby Vision HDR (up to 60fps), ProRes, Cinematic mode (4K@24/30fps), stereo sound rec. |
| SELFIE CAMERA | Single | 12 MP, f/1.9, 23mm (wide), 1/3.6", PDAF, OIS (unconfirmed) SL 3D, (depth/biometrics sensor) |
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| Features | HDR, Cinematic mode (4K@24/30fps) | |
| Video | 4K@24/25/30/60fps, 1080p@25/30/60/120fps, gyro-EIS |
| SOUND | Loudspeaker | Yes, with stereo speakers |
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| 3.5mm jack | No |
| COMMS | WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, hotspot |
|---|---|---|
| Bluetooth | 5.3, A2DP, LE | |
| GPS | Yes, with dual-band A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS, QZSS | |
| NFC | Yes | |
| Radio | No | |
| USB | Lightning, USB 2.0 |
| FEATURES | Sensors | Face ID, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer |
|---|---|---|
| Ultra Wideband (UWB) support Emergency SOS via satellite (SMS sending/receiving) |
| BATTERY | Type | Li-Ion 4323 mAh, non-removable (16.68 Wh) |
|---|---|---|
| Charging | Fast charging, 50% in 30 min (advertised) USB Power Delivery 2.0 MagSafe fast wireless charging 15W Qi wireless charging 7.5W |
| MISC | Colors | Space Black, Silver, Gold, Deep Purple |
|---|---|---|
| Models | A2894, A2651, A2893, A2895, iphone15,3 | |
| SAR | 1.15 W/kg (head) 1.07 W/kg (body) | |
| SAR EU | 0.99 W/kg (head) 0.98 W/kg (body) | |
| TESTS | Performance | AnTuTu: 955884 (v9) GeekBench: 5423 (v5.1) GFXBench: 54fps (ES 3.1 onscreen) |
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| Display | Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal) | |
| Camera | Photo / Video | |
| Loudspeaker | -24.3 LUFS (Very good) | |
| Battery life | Endurance rating 121h |
