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Other Anyone considering the 15 plus?
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I wound up going with the pro max. The only positive of the plus for me was the weight, and I figured if I really wanna try to keep the phone a couple years, I know I’ll want the maximum amount of features I can get. It’s less weight than if I would’ve gone pro last year, which I almost did, so I think it’ll be okay. It’s not really much more weight than my 14 pro.
That’s gonna be nice! I wound up with the pro max. I was going 20g less or 20g more than my 14 pro, and I just decided to make the pro max jump now since I didn’t last year - at least it weighs less than it did. ;-p
I was undecided until the very last minute but I am going on vacation on the 23rd and by the time I finally managed to access the Apple Store page, the Pro Max wasn’t available until October and I really wanted to take advantage of A better camera on vacation. Launch day 15 Plus (blue) for me! Coming from a 12 Pro Max, I am looking forward to a somewhat lighter phone
I’m coming from a regular 13, for me I felt going from a phone weighing 6.15oz to 7.8oz with the Pro Max was too big of a jump in weight.
You are making a much smaller weight jump so I’m sure it will work out well for you.
Thats really only depending on what you need. I wouldnt say its the best bang for the buck
I was going to get the IPhone 15 plus with 256gb, but I realized something.
The iPhone 15 plus with 256gb = $1000
iPhone 15 pro max 256gb= $1200
Trade in value of iPhone 12 plus with extra storage = $250
Trade in value of a IPhone 12 Pro Max = $450
In the end BOTH iPhone’s will cost me $750 in the end when I trade in as the pro max keeps its value significantly since I’ll get $200 more when I trade it in. Apple groups the plus and regular non-pro together. If you get extra storage, it doesn’t determine their value….
I trade in my iPhone every 3 years as the battery degrades the most, so this might not apply to everyone
I think that’s why I didn’t make the jump to pro max last year. I found the pro pretty heavy coming from a regular phone. This jump won’t be as significant, and a lot of people have said the weight is more disbursed so it’s not as brickish. We shall see. ;-p
Well I was going from regular to pro. I almost went to pro max, but wound up passing because of the big jump in weight. This year it won’t be as much of a jump, and I think having had the pro, I’ll be able to move to this slightly lighter weight max without noticing much difference.
that's what I meant 14 pro to 15 pro max not 14 pro to 15 pro
I am glad to have made a decision, and I really think I’ll be happy with my choice. A pink plus was actually what I was hoping for before release, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized I’d probably miss some features (I use my macro photography a pretty good bit), and if I want to go more than a year, I feel like there is less I’ll be missing out on next year by going ahead with the pro max.
Honestly the macro thing is something I’m going to miss 100% but I am not using it very often. But if it’s something you use on a regular basis I guess it’s good that you went with the Max
Not daily or anything, but often enough I think I’d miss it when I tried to use it and it wasn’t there. Lol
And Lidar and dual frequency GPS.
Still trying to decide between Plus and Pro Max. Biggest issue for me is, I think, the camera - trying to get photos of things like birds and butterflies where the zoom is possible a significant advantage.
120mm isn't really enough reach to get good bird pics so don't let that sway you.
Just hoping they might be better than I can get with my 12 Pro!
Of course, I need a true telephoto to achieve 'good' photos. And a bit of skill wouldn't go amiss.
Yes, there are many things..
Vis a vis camera, I think what is also pulling me to the Pro Max is having a macro mode again, which the base models still Don’t have. Really comes in handy more often than one would expect.