This post strongly suggests you skimmed my post and only inferred whatever message you presumed I was going to say. Reread the first twelve words and the last word of my post, and it should become clearer to you my actual message.
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iPhone 16 Pro Max Did you return your 16 series iPhone?
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Then why no major site mention this problem? If it was so common, we definitively see it in multiple major websites. Returning a phone for a defect screen is one thing, but returning a phone multiple times because you're not satisfied with the screen and then, buying a regular 16 with a "perfect screen" and then, again, re-buy another pro is just abusing. At this point, just pass on and stay with your current phone. You're not forced to have the most latest and greatest phone you know. Yes Apple is a multi-billion company, but they definitively charge us to cover abusing exchange like this. It's part of the whole pricing in the same way we pay Coca-Cola way too much because they sponsor major events.
Do the same thing on Amazon and your account will be blocked in no time.
No. Brought the 15PM last year for the 5X Zoom but was never really happy with the size of the thing, so as soon as they announced the 5X on the smaller Pro it was a done deal. Much happier with the size which is more manageable for me, and also changed the colour from Natural Titanium to Black to freshen things up further. Very happy.
Because they are mostly just ads sites and not review portals. Like 99% of all the reviews are just a creative rewriting of Apples ads. They got stuff from Apple, they are polite.
I saw new iphones at my nearest appel store by myself and ok maybe if i would have seen only bluetined ones I would been ok with that but after seeing a good one with nice white balance and no weird blue tint after just slightly tilting the device I consider the blue ones just faulty and I think it should end up with a mass return.
What's wrong with that? If you can't find a product you are satisfied with, you go for a replacement and when you eventually find a perfect device without faults you switch over. Seems legit to me. I think you've ate too much of Apple zero carbon slogans.
Why? He should stay with lower tier phone just because Apple can't deliver a pro model without a faulty display?
I don't know. Why? I thought you are earning your money and you spend it on products you like and you love to use. And you have full right to get a perfect device without a faulty screen or touch problems or stains on the body. Look at this forum, it is clear too me that Apple uses pre-orders just as some kind of beta tests of quality at their factories and the only problem I have here is that they ask the full price for that.
No. they push a faulty product bc they know 99% will be blind to those faults assuming Apple is so amazing and always had high quality products. The truth is, they deliver with each year lower quality products, in terms of quality control bc overall the design is still high. it is nice that you care more about a mulit-billion company than a simple customer, are you an Apple employee?
YEah and same as pushing on the market 95% of devices instead of only 75% bc you have decided that most people will not notice faulty screens. Please understand that all 6 phones which were bought by that guy should been never put on the market in the first place. Apple is not losing any money here, it is only customers with faulty screens losing their money on a faulty products. They cut losses by deciding that instead of repairing all faulty screen before a release, they will repair only for those who notice the fault and return the product.
I would even say Apple should pay this guy some extra for much better quality control than their inspectors at the factories.
If I buy a book 6 times and 6 times it will be delivered with torn pages, you think they will block my account? Ok...I'm fine with that, still I don't think I have to pay for a destroyed book or a faulty iphone and if they block my account I can always switch a bookstore.
Oh and on the whole eco argument. Maybe instead of talking all the time about the zero carbon emission, Apple would start to just control much better their products before releasing them to the public?
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I find it comical that my S23+, S24+, and Pixel 9 Pro XL all had / have perfectly white, uniform, minimal shift displays. I hadn't needed to return any of these, they are perfect on the 1st try. My 2nd 16PM has blue shift (fine with me) and the bottom half of the display is a different shade of white (meh). Apple just doesn't care. They have more cash on hand than several countries' GDP. They can't QC their screen on my $1400 16PM? They can, they choose not to, and I don't feel bad when people return their phones because of it.
Is this a USA thing? Here in the UK we buy stuff and that's that. Seems to be a system going on where people buy then return. Seems crazy to me. Anyway I bought a 16 Pro coming from an 11. I bought a slim case for it to keep the buttons free. Good phone. Should last me years.
I must be the luckiest person on earth. I upgrade my iPhone every two years and never had a single issue with any phone I’ve had. Lucky me..
What if I told you that I put both a 15 and a 16 on a food scale and the difference is even less than advertised and less than one macadamia nut.
I wouldn't say I've never had an issue, but no major issues, and I've never returned an iPhone. Ever.
4, 6, SE, XS somewhere in there, 12 mini, 14pro, 16 pro max
Thx for sharing, validates what I was saying. Maybe YouTube reviewers were sent review units perhaps hand picked to have displays from Samsung, who I think are producing the properly calibrated displays. Just a theory. Others I'm sure don't mind the blue tint. But yea, I'm glad I got a good one finally, there's no need to settle and I won't.
I would not care one bit. The 15 Pro was noticeably lighter than the 16 Pro. There’s literally nothing to argue. You’re being ridiculous for no reason other than wanting to argue.
I was trying to avoid repeating myself and even worse spelling out for you what I thought was obvious, but here goes:
My post was not arguing whether or not you could tell the difference--which I thought should have been obvious from the first 12 words: "While I’m sure some people notice the weight difference between the iPhones". That statement is agreeing with you. My post went on to point out that the argument you chose to use as to why you (or anyone) should be able to notice the difference--ie. scaling up the difference from grams to lbs--was an illogical one. By scaling up the difference, of course it will be more noticeable. 6% of 1000 is much more noticeable than 6% of 10. So it's completely illogical to say that since one can notice 6% of 1000, one should also be able to notice 6% of 10. No they shouldn't, because scale matters. In my last post, I said to reread the last word of my original post, not the last sentence. The last word was "milligram", which you keep reading as "gram". A milligram is 1/1000 of a gram. If you still can't help but read it as gram, then I'll rephrase: "No one can feel the difference between 0.187 and 0.199 grams." Because scale matters.
That's twice in a row you carelessly misread my posts and accused me wrongly. Please read closer in the future to avoid these unnecessary exchanges.
LOL! You did all this despite having so many phones? Why do you desperately needed an iPhone 16 Pro if you already have not only a S24 ultra, but a one month old phone (Pixel 9). You really seems to have an obsession with smartphones.
This is the way my friend. Anyone who says you cant feel the difference is ignorantl. After using that brick for a week going back to many 15PM it was noticeably lighter and easier to Use.
Had the S23+ a couple years ago. Sold that and got S24+ whenever that launched earlier this year. Traded in S24+ for Pixel 9. Wanted to try using iOS again, hence 16PM.
I enjoy tech. I don’t drink, gamble, other shenanigans and could have far worse hobbies.
s24 ultra has its own major issues with regards to grainy oled panels that resemble denim jeans. 🤣 and let’s not forgot about those green tints on previous Samsung devices either, my own personal one attached s22 ultra that I sent back major color shifting. Some is acceptable but not this bad
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I will admit that my sarcasm and calling you or people things does not help with the argument, you may be right in some things and not on others but why continue on minute details that even if you notice some of those details, 99% don’t?
I learned my lesson, let’s keep it civil next time👍🏻
Hey man, sorry if I come too confrontational, just trying to discuss and learn too.
However you will have to pardon me, you have not made a single point on your original statement.
You alleged a 400$ phone running equal to the iPhone/top android phones and with better battery life. Sorry but it has worse battery life than the 2024 phones which it competes with, and even lost to some androids and iPhones of the 2023.
Also you cannot seriously compare the hardware between both as if they were the same… but the rest I give you it to you, but its personal preference mainly and I’m not knocking it, just like I don’t prefer dealing with android cause I don’t care for the benefits it has over iOS.
So, just to clarify the nothing phone is really a breath of fresh air, a great phone at a great price in a market of expensive phones and I am not saying iPhone is all and be all.
I agree there are androids out there on par, and although I am not the target demographic for the 2a, I acknowledge there are great androids out there.
I’m not American but I prefer iPhone over the rest. People will complain it’s boring, reused design or whatever, I like iPhones since are reliable devices and trust to be if not an improvement at least not worse than the previous model.
I buy it because I can afford it, and why not have the best even if inflated prices? I would be on the equivalent android if not (s24u or GP9 or other).
But taking your statement about sub 800$ phone trap. I guess Apple is so good that they brainwashed the competition, since now some Samsung and google models are over iPhone prices… (not counting foldables)
I agree with you though, iPhone is not all be all and people, specially those that can’t really afford the iPhone should try the other options.
There are great sub800 phones like the nothing phone 2a, example given by a commenter earlier.
BTW, companies don’t rip you off by buying their products, that’s on you, and normally subject to finances… you don’t say Ferrari rips of their customers when Porsche has cars with comparable specs for cheaper or in some cases better…
That's also in the regular 16s and probably worth half the price, but I, personally, find it extremely confusing. I mean, Apple is not exactly known for providing two separate ways to do the same thing, and the touch thingy just feels wrong to me, but I'm not really a photographer, so I might not be the target audience here anyway.