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Been looking at several reviews, hoping someone had shot low-light video to see if Apple has reduced or resolved the lens reflections in dark scenes with bright light sources in the frame.


In Justines video, she attends a concert and there are several moments where you can see lens flare reflections (12:56) in the upper right corner. It's disappointing that these still haven't been resolved. Internal reflections seem to be an issue going back as far as the iPhone 11.

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FCDP said:
Been looking at several reviews, hoping someone had shot low-light video to see if Apple has reduced or resolved the lens reflections in dark scenes with bright light sources in the frame.


In Justines video, she attends a concert and there are several moments where you can see lens flare reflections (12:56) in the upper right corner. It's disappointing that these still haven't been resolved. Internal reflections seem to be an issue going back as far as the iPhone 11.

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The PetaPixel reviewer asked Apple, and they said they are using the same lens coatings on the 17 Pro Max as they did on the 16 Pro Max.
 
mavere said:
Most of the reviews seem to have tested Apple's 40W charger for the charging speed tests. Did anyone come across a review that explicitly tested a 3rd party charger (which are all currently non-AVS) and presented proof whether the 17s can or cannot charge more quickly? I'm disappointed by how much noise came from that poorly evidenced 9to5 article.
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Replying to myself, but starting at ~3:00 from this review
one can see that 20 minutes of charging with a 3rd party charger achieves almost the same results as Apple's own 40w charger.
 
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any words in reviews on thermals? i don’t wanna buy a pocket heater again like the iphone15pro … that was really bad
 
mavere said:
Replying to myself, but starting at ~3:00 from this review
one can see that 20 minutes of charging with a 3rd party charger achieves almost the same results as Apple's own 40w charger.
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Mediastorm arguably offers one of the best reviews in the world, bar none. The intro alone is like a TV show. No wonder they got an exclusive interview with Tim Cook last week.

It's quite surprising how much production value they put into these reviews. It's not just a talking head holding an iPhone with random backdrops of parks or cars.
 
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I was hyped for it last week, and i really like the redesign but the more i think about it practically, getting by with my 16 Pro Max and the Apple Watch Ultra 2 for another year is totally doable.

The more reviews i watch the more im like "Ok im getting better battery life (which i never had a problem with before) and a slighty better camera front and back. I no longer do youtube, so all my photos and videos are for personal use and none of them are bad in any way shape or form, im thinking im going to sit this year out and just trade in the 16 pro max next year for the folding phone.

Last year the upgrade from the 15 to the 16 Pro max was mostly for the camera button, which i only use to launch the camera quickly and thats it.

Other then that and the phone hasnt overheated when recording (i barely if ever record more then a minuets worth of footage anyway now im off youtube) im perfectly fine sitting this year out.

Im going to wait for flossy carters review on youtube to be the end all be all take on the phone but yeah, they are nice upgrades but not major in any way (espically the ultra 3)
 
exceptional review coming from chinese-based tech influencers. they're phenomenal in terms of how granular they go with their review of the iphone.

apparently there is a gap on the back between the ceramic glass and aluminum unibody. it is also visible with the naked eye. tolerance levels may vary with each phone.
 
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Nice camera based review
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I've preordered the dark blue Pro and am scheduled to pick it up at Apple on Saturday, but seeing how prominent this nick on the camera bump appears in the video, I'm having second thoughts. Maybe the silver one would be better.
 
I don’t understand how Engadget and The Verge rated the Pixel 10 higher than the iPhone 17. The Pixel offers less storage, a midrange processor, and a midrange camera system—yet it costs more. Its only advantage seems to be onboard AI, which many argue isn’t even that practical.

In terms of value, it’s last year’s hardware dressed up with AI marketing, while the iPhone 17 delivers stronger performance and better optics. Yet somehow, reviewers still give the Pixel the edge.

It doesn’t add up.
 
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I don’t understand how Engadget and The Verge rated the Pixel 10 higher than the iPhone 17. The Pixel offers less storage, a midrange processor, and a midrange camera system—yet it costs more. Its only advantage seems to be onboard AI, which many argue isn’t even that practical.

In terms of value, it’s last year’s hardware dressed up with AI marketing, while the iPhone 17 delivers stronger performance and better optics. Yet somehow, reviewers still give the Pixel the edge.

It doesn’t add up.
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I think the Pixel 10 takes amazing photos. I'm sure it's all the google AI stuff in the background making the photos extra nice.

While Apple is 100% dependent on the actual camera system, because they can't even make a Siri that knows more than starting timers
 
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I would like to know if the heat development is better than that of the iPhone 15 Pro because that is the main reason for me to switch/upgrade
 
FCDP said:
A review that directly calls out the night lens flares, yup still here :(


The rest of the review is pretty good!
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Everyone should be calling it out on every review and should have done so since it first started occurring, maybe then it would have been resolved along time ago as it’s totally ridiculous on such an expensive phone.

It’s something that puts me off iPhones as it ruins night photos and videos.

iPhones literally crap themselves when there’s any kind of bright light.
 
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FCDP said:
Been looking at several reviews, hoping someone had shot low-light video to see if Apple has reduced or resolved the lens reflections in dark scenes with bright light sources in the frame.


In Justines video, she attends a concert and there are several moments where you can see lens flare reflections (12:56) in the upper right corner. It's disappointing that these still haven't been resolved. Internal reflections seem to be an issue going back as far as the iPhone 11.

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So disappointing. Apple have literally no excuse for this, it’s far worse on iPhones than of any other smartphone I’ve seen and has been for years now.
 
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Yep! I still see people defending it or classing it as “normal” yes there’s flares and stuff of course but how many cameras have an army of UFO’s following them around when shooting video?

Last year, it was rumoured that this would be fixed on the 16 Pro Max, however Apple quickly removed the lens coating from the specification after the announcement and it ended up being the same as the 15 Series.

This year I really expected at least an improvement but it’s the same crap from years ago, Apple clearly aren’t bothered about fixing it otherwise it would have been by the 13 or 14 series.

If they can’t fix it with coating which they could why don’t they use AI or something to help deal with this?

Even that review above by The Tech Chap says those horrible reflections are here forever, I don’t think Apple will ever sort that issue out because they know people willl buy iPhones regardless.
 
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