The person you are replying to definitely does not own one... They consistently advocate against upgrading your phone on here constantly... Judging by their posts they are still rocking the iPhone 3G or something similar lol.
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iPhone 14 Pro Max The “I returned my iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max” Thread
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The person you are replying to definitely does not own one... They consistently advocate against upgrading your phone on here constantly... Judging by their posts they are still rocking the iPhone 3G or something similar lol.
No, that's not an issue. Don't worry about going back. No issue.
Btw, why? I would think going from a 11 Max would be a decent upgrade. I guess it depends on how much you are paying. I'm going from a 11 Max, but with ATT I pay almost nothing. This is the incentive I needed.
Just ignore her. After reading all her post on the other thread she made, who criticize people's decision for buying the new iPhone. She has nothing better to do with her time than to criticize people's decision for buying the new iPhone while hating on the iPhone 14 and iPhone Pro/Pro Max and use misleading information to try to straighten her argument. She is probably jealous that she can't afford one, that's the impression I'm getting.
I was going to keep my 12P and just put a new battery in it, but with the deal from Verizon, I get a new phone and my monthly bill goes *down*. So why not switch?
Yes, easy to go back and fourth.. just don’t trade in your old device or wipe it until you are sure you are keeping the new one. With the US being esim only, it’s not as easy as swapping SIM cards, but you can transfer the new esim back to an older device that supports eSim just as easily.
Even if keeping the new phone, some apps or services use your old device as “trusted”, so you may need to authorize something there to log in for the first time on your new device. (Some banks and employee BYOD apps are notorious for doing this)
Even if keeping the new phone, some apps or services use your old device as “trusted”, so you may need to authorize something there to log in for the first time on your new device. (Some banks and employee BYOD apps are notorious for doing this)
The main reason they’re returning is buyers remorse. Can’t really afford it. But couldn’t resist the hype.
We see it every year.
Iphone 14 Pro is going back due to the usual eye strain and debilitating migraine issues I associate with PWM on OLED. 😞 5th year of this.....
And it most certainly is not because I cannot afford it. For 5 years I've been unable to upgrade so I have a large fund waiting to be spent with Apple for a suite of their products but they insist on using PWM at low frequencies + dithering on their displays which for some, like myself, cannot use.
And it most certainly is not because I cannot afford it. For 5 years I've been unable to upgrade so I have a large fund waiting to be spent with Apple for a suite of their products but they insist on using PWM at low frequencies + dithering on their displays which for some, like myself, cannot use.
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That's not how statistics work. The poll has less than 100 people. Apple sells well over 200 million iPhones a year.
MacRumors is also a highly skewed data set, as are all other special interest enthusiast groups. My colleagues who bought 14s last week are all keeping their phones. None one of them are returning them. None of them are active in these forums.
Above what frequency does the issue resolve for you? I know it differs person to person, and the standard iPhone 14 Pro was nearing 1k hz I thought (vs around 500 for the Pro Max)?
I'm just worried that this AOD is not going to help things. With the amazing battery life of these things, something Apple has slowly, and carefully worked out, do we really need this? Is it a gimmick for sales?
This forum will be interesting as reviews come in, over time.
This forum will be interesting as reviews come in, over time.
I care greatly about performance and have been noticing a significant difference with the 3nm A16 so I'll be sticking with mine. Went from a 13 Pro to 14 Pro and pretty happy so far other than the battery life which seems to be slightly worse than before.
Me neither. I pay off my 13PM Friday and can't find a single 14PM nearby. These people buying and returned somewhat irritate me because they are taking phones out of stock they don't even want.
I mean you can always turn it off.
Apple is more follower than leader in this case. AODs have been around for a very long time. Plenty will turn it off. Others, like myself, have been waiting for this for a long time and will leave it on.
Yeah I agree. There’s just not enough difference for me to upgrade from 13 Pro to 14 Pro. I upgrade my Watch this year and went with Watch Ultra instead.
Sadly I have no clue. I wasnt aware of PWM etc until I found I couldn't use the X. Since then I have patiently waited for each years new release to only find I still cannot use any OLED iPhones. I have an OLED Samsung TV which is fine but my work has installed new ceiling lights which are straining me. Filming the lights in slo mo I can see them flickering like crazy! So it not a sensitivity I can fully explain but my eye health is fine (but I do wear contact lenses).
The iPhones OLED displays have steadily been uping the PWM frequencies to the point I could use the 14 Pro without feeling eye strain at the time of use, which is an improvement on previous years where I would feel strain within an hour, but the next day the back of my eyes were aching and I woke with a terrible migraine. This has been the result with previous years and I cannot comprise my health for a phone and I'm certainly not alone with the issue.
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People were whining about not having it, so Apple added a version of it. You can easily turn it off, which is what I did.
Underrated comment. This ^^^ is the real problem.
I can and I'm a small guy, 173cm (about 5'8") and weighing about 61kg (9st 9lbs). It's how I've always carried my mobile devices from my first Palm V in 1999 through every mobile phone I've ever owned since then. If I can't do that then my mobile computing device can't be with me everywhere without me really needing to think about it and that defeats most of the purpose for me.
I was very nervous about going from a Pro to a Pro Max and my first critical test was to go into an Apple store and slip one of the display models into the front pocket of my trousers (pants) - tethered to the table of course but I'm sure one Apple employee was watching me carefully out of the corner of his eye! Now 2 years on from that 12 Pro Max (via the 13 PM and now with a 14 PM) I've been surprised just how quickly I adapted to the extent that I sometimes find myself walking down the street a minute or two after leaving my house and reaching down to feel my pocket in a minor panic because I'm so unaware of the weight and size that I think "did I forget to bring my phone with me?".
I realise that different people have very different reactions to the size and weight of the Pro Max but it's dangerous to make sweeping statements. Ultimately we're all sharing anecdotes and a bunch of individual anecdotes does not comprise reliable data. Maybe no one knows for sure what the closest approximation to a consensus opinion might be as to whether the Pro Max form factor is alienating too many potential users now but if there is anyone best positioned to try and collect meaningful data about those attitudes in a systematic enough way to draw some sort of conclusions then I would suggest that would be Apple market research that presumably tries to stay in touch with how its user base and target markets are reacting to its products.
Personally I would start to get concerned if the biggest iPhones got too much bigger or heavier (I wouldn't actually mind if the main body got a bit thicker simply to make the huge camera bump a bit less prominent) but for now the 14 Pro Max still passes the "comfortable to always have it in my pocket" test albeit maybe with not too much growth margin to spare.
Your opinion. Not mine. I would likely have gone for it if the camera bump was no greater than the iPhone 13 Pro, and even that was pushing it.
For polling data to be considered useful, the poll has to be conducted to certain standards, with the number of people polled being just one consideration. Needless to say, the poll in this thread is not being conducted to any standards whatsoever and no conclusions whatsoever should be drawn from it.