To clarify price was not the driver, it was user experience. I own 6 Macs and usually 2 phones at a time. lol.
More of a PSA - for some people, not all, the 15plus IS THE BETTER PHONE. price is icing on the cake.
I Much much prefer the plus over the max for general usability and walking around in life and doing business on the go. Battery and weight and feel in hand is much better.
Since you repeat
"the 15plus IS THE BETTER PHONE" I will repeat my impressions of the 15 PM ownership. My experience, however, is versus the 14 Pro not versus the 15 Plus; some observations will apply to the 15+ and others may not.
1) Mostly the
15 PM feels smoother operationally. Real world the 15 PM feels faster, but I have not tested whether or not it is objectively faster.
2) I went from 14P to 15 PM and again, the 15 PM
feels good in hand. It does not feel bigger/clunkier even though it provides hella more display real estate.
3)
Sound is clearly superior.
4) The
action button is a huge improvement in UI for me. I have it set for the camera, and it rocks. Still sucky compared to any Nikon, but much improved.
5) Photo capture is quicker and easier. I do not know how much of this is the larger display coming from a 14 or how much is due to iOS 17, but the 15 PM presents clear improvement to me. I constantly capture images for work purposes and for personal so any improvement is a big deal.
6) The
display seems improved. That might just be because of my perception coming from the 14P to the larger display of the 15 PM, but I don't think it is.
7) The
image captures from the 15 PM are real-world better in addition to being easier to capture.
8) Battery life of the 15 PM is clearly superior to that of the 14 P in my daily workflow. However battery of the 14 P was fine so the 15 PM is simply more fine.
9) The
15 PM presents as less hot than the 14 P does in my daily workflow. This was a surprise because I expected the 15 to behave similarly to the 14.
10) I like the look and feel of the Natural Titanium alloy exoskeleton and expect it to perform well over time like the Apple Watch Ultra Ti alloy has.
11)
Facial ID seems faster and more consistent by a small bit.
There are no doubt other improvements that I simply have not noticed yet. The only negative that I have found is that the synch between the AW Ultra and the 15 PM is misbehaving a bit. Sometimes the AWU does not present an alarm going off that was set on the phone. This never happened on the 14 P, and may be an iOS 17 artifact (the 14 P never had iOS 17 installed).
