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jeremz1ne

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i will upgrade next year depending on the camera, if nothing crazy is updated with that i will hold off til the 18 then i use my phone for pictures 90% of the time or texting lol
 

decafjava

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Not worth it for me, owning 2 months old 15 PM and Apple intelligence won’t come to EU this year and even maybe not in 2025 as well…
Doesn't Apple Intelligence work on a 15 PM? Also didn't know it won't come to the EU right away - though I live in Switzerland.
 

Stiille

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Doesn't Apple Intelligence work on a 15 PM? Also didn't know it won't come to the EU right away - though I live in Switzerland.
Yeah it would be available for my iPhone, but apple acts childish with releasing it in the eu, I bet it won’t be available before iPhone 17 at earliest
 

James6s

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Sep 22, 2015
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I just don’t see any compelling reason to want to upgrade my 15 Pro Max that I got in June on a great carrier deal.

The new 48mp ultra wide camera is nice I guess as I use the ultra wide quite a lot. The extra detail in ultra wide shots & macro will be a nice upgrade.

Other than that the camera specs are very similar. I very rarely shoot videos.
 

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Stiille

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I just don’t see any compelling reason to want to upgrade my 15 Pro Max that I got in June on a great carrier deal.

The new 48mp ultra wide camera is nice I guess as I use the ultra wide quite a lot. The extra detail in ultra wide shots & macro will be a nice upgrade.

Other than that the camera specs are very similar. I very rarely shoot videos.
Is your heat and battery drain resolved ?
 

ToddH

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Jul 5, 2010
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I just don’t see any compelling reason to want to upgrade my 15 Pro Max that I got in June on a great carrier deal.

The new 48mp ultra wide camera is nice I guess as I use the ultra wide quite a lot. The extra detail in ultra wide shots & macro will be a nice upgrade.

Other than that the camera specs are very similar. I very rarely shoot videos.
Yeah, I agree. But I’m going to upgrade anyway. If you wanted a better ultra wide quality on the current 15 pro that you have, look into Reeflex and get one of their cases with the 110° wide angle lenses to attach externally on your phone over the 1x Camera. I have their 2X telephoto, the 110° and the fish eye. Excellent quality they are a little heavy but made very well. Reeflex also offers a 75 mm long range macro and a 10 X macro. their long range macro is impressive. You can check out some YouTube content regarding those lenses. www.reeflexstore.com
 
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James6s

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Yeah, I agree. But I’m going to upgrade anyway. If you wanted a better ultra wide quality on the current 15 pro that you have, look into Reeflex and get one of their cases with the 110° wide angle lenses to attach externally on your phone over the 1x Camera. I have their 2X telephoto, the 110° and the fish eye. Excellent quality they are a little heavy but made very well. Reeflex also offers a 75 mm long range macro and a 10 X macro. their long range macro is impressive. You can check out some YouTube content regarding those lenses. www.reeflexstore.com

Thank you I’ll have a look into that. I’m ok with the 12mp though but it’d be nice to have that bump up in resolution.

Just had a look at their website. Very nice gear!
 
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Beards

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I just don’t see any compelling reason to want to upgrade my 15 Pro Max that I got in June on a great carrier deal.

The new 48mp ultra wide camera is nice I guess as I use the ultra wide quite a lot. The extra detail in ultra wide shots & macro will be a nice upgrade.

Other than that the camera specs are very similar. I very rarely shoot videos.
The 48MP Ultra Wide may be an improvement in pixel density but it is still the same sensor delivering the same f2.2 stop.
 
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Jussy13

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Yeah, I agree. But I’m going to upgrade anyway. If you wanted a better ultra wide quality on the current 15 pro that you have, look into Reeflex and get one of their cases with the 110° wide angle lenses to attach externally on your phone over the 1x Camera. I have their 2X telephoto, the 110° and the fish eye. Excellent quality they are a little heavy but made very well. Reeflex also offers a 75 mm long range macro and a 10 X macro. their long range macro is impressive. You can check out some YouTube content regarding those lenses. www.reeflexstore.com
I dont see the need to upgrade my year old 15 pro max. i have been long contemplating getting into the phone camera lens attachments, glad to see some positive feedback on them. This may be the direction I go, since i can throw them in my hiking bag or work bag and quickly pull them out when needed.
 
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ToddH

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I dont see the need to upgrade my year old 15 pro max. i have been long contemplating getting into the phone camera lens attachments, glad to see some positive feedback on them. This may be the direction I go, since i can throw them in my hiking bag or work bag and quickly pull them out when needed.
That’s a good way to go in my opinion. I’m just interested in the new features and the main cameras sensor is supposed to be 12% larger, which will help and I’m hoping that that helps with night mode and photographing the Milky Way and other sky objects. in the past with the iPhone 12 Pro max, I used Moment external lenses, I haven’t tried them since they’re update for the better iPhone cameras, nor have I tried Sandmarc. I only use the Reeflex lenses at this point and so far I am very pleased with them and their overall quality. The 2x and 110° lenses are awesome, they are also a bit heavy for their size, but as I mentioned great overall image quality.
 
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