Very helpful. Comparing the specs between the 16 pro and the 16, it’s no wonder the pro isn’t selling as well. The differences are pretty minimal unlike prior years.
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Two Weeks With the iPhone 16 Pro Max
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Possibly clutching, anyone got a link to the wallpaper used in the preview shot?
Re the new phone, still find myself sitting debating whether to upgrade from iPhone 12 Pro Max or not. I know it will be a substantial upgrade but always seems to be the talk of “next years will be it.”
Re the new phone, still find myself sitting debating whether to upgrade from iPhone 12 Pro Max or not. I know it will be a substantial upgrade but always seems to be the talk of “next years will be it.”
Had my 16 Pro Max since launch and to be honest its a slightly better version of my previous 13 Pro Max. The camera is better, but I haven't really done anything yet to see a vast difference. The battery life is better, a bit, and I am struggling to list anything else. Dynamic Island is something I was used to on a works phone I have so that isn't new.
One new feature I am not really using is the dedicated camera button. I don't seem to be in the habit of remembering it is there half the time and when I do I find it fiddly and it creates movement pressing it when taking the shot. You certainly can't use it for fast shots as you'd miss the subject.
The whole titanium thing is a piece of marketing spin too IMO. This phone could be aluminium for all I care.
One new feature I am not really using is the dedicated camera button. I don't seem to be in the habit of remembering it is there half the time and when I do I find it fiddly and it creates movement pressing it when taking the shot. You certainly can't use it for fast shots as you'd miss the subject.
The whole titanium thing is a piece of marketing spin too IMO. This phone could be aluminium for all I care.
I did a similar jump and dynamic island was probably the biggest thing to make the phone easier to use. This was truly an apple moment for me, android has had holepunch for ages and did nothing with it. Then apple did it and turned it into a giant new feature.
Always on display and how well that works with maps navigation were the biggest changes that I really appreciated moving from a 13pm.
oh, and "finally" having USB-C charging so I can finally ditch all these odd proprietary cables.
Different iOS versions can cause differences in battery life. So comparing two different phones on two different OS's says nothing about the difference in the actual batteries.
I didn't spend too much time with them side-by-side, but the 16PM screen looked sharper IMO.
Ditto. Ultimately it’s still just an iPhone. The last big change was faceID (x) and night mode camera (11). After that it’s been refinements. If you’re not a phone nerd it’s really not that big of a deal… with that said the 16 is tempting given how good is the base model this year.
Yep. As badly as I want to get rid of the lightning port.. I can wait. I could always get a 15 pro max if that was my only issue. What I really want to see is the fingerprint sensor on the power button like with the new iPad Airs.