I have the xs max and can’t decided if I should go pro or pro max. Been offered the pro for £12 cheaper then current plan. Not sure the increase in cost for the pro max would be worth the extra screen size real estate
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iPhone 12 Pro iPhone 12 Pro is here! First impressions and photos thread
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Same here. In any case for a "new learner" it's incredibly fast. FaceID on the X wasn't as fast from the beginning.
Wow. Woke at 7am, it's now 1pm - battery at 92%. (Working from home, so only using wifi)
12 Pro. Feel like this is a good indoor example of Smart HDR 3 at work.
Took this directly into the sun with my Pro. Amazing how it came out. This is straight out the phone, no filters.
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i have the xs max and it is a struggle to have it in my pocket so I have ordered the 12pro this time hopefully it does not not poke me you know where when I am sat doI just picked up my iPhone 12 Pro Pacific Blue 128GB from the Apple Store in Sydney Australia.
First impressions:
Happy to take questions! Will try and answer when I’m on breaks from working from home
- Coming from an iPhone 11 Pro Max and I am already loving the lighter weight
- The pacific blue colour is beautiful. It's a cross between midnight green and space grey with a touch of teal. You get different colours in different lighting conditions
- The squared off edges make it really nice to hold and it's less slippery compared to the curved edges of the last few years
- Can’t tell the difference in the photos being taken compared to the 11PM. But then I’m no photographer
- Match made in heaven when paired with the plum silicone case, but it doesn’t magically attach easily like they showed in the event.
- MagSafe works as intended and the magnet attachment is quite strong I’ll watch out for the indent or ring on the back of the case shown in another thread
- Still setting up my eSIM with my provider so will report back with 5G speeds once that’s done
Some photos - Includes size comparison between the 11 Pro Max in a forest green leather case.
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I just picked up my iPhone 12 Pro Pacific Blue 128GB from the Apple Store in Sydney Australia.
First impressions:
Happy to take questions! Will try and answer when I’m on breaks from working from home
- Coming from an iPhone 11 Pro Max and I am already loving the lighter weight
- The pacific blue colour is beautiful. It's a cross between midnight green and space grey with a touch of teal. You get different colours in different lighting conditions
- The squared off edges make it really nice to hold and it's less slippery compared to the curved edges of the last few years
- Can’t tell the difference in the photos being taken compared to the 11PM. But then I’m no photographer
- Match made in heaven when paired with the plum silicone case, but it doesn’t magically attach easily like they showed in the event.
- MagSafe works as intended and the magnet attachment is quite strong I’ll watch out for the indent or ring on the back of the case shown in another thread
- Still setting up my eSIM with my provider so will report back with 5G speeds once that’s done
Some photos - Includes size comparison between the 11 Pro Max in a forest green leather case.
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Just realised a 12 with my current 11 pro case at 26gm which i would get again or similar, would weigh exactly the same as my 11 pro with no case lol. All this 5mins after ordering a 12 black.
So much for getting something lighter, might just run my 11 pro with no case seeing as it's 13 months old and as new 100% battery, and save the bucks, have house insurance if needed.
So much for getting something lighter, might just run my 11 pro with no case seeing as it's 13 months old and as new 100% battery, and save the bucks, have house insurance if needed.
Is the back plastic on that case the hard type, like Spigen Ultra Hybrid? Or is it the soft flexible type? It looks great, better than what Spigen is putting out this year.
I’d get the pro Max, it’s really not much bigger in the hand. I have my case for the 12 pro Max I’m waiting to order and it doesn’t seem to be to big in regards to size, comparing to my 11 pro Max.
It does feel thicker to me, but it is easier to hold onto. To be honest, at first I was unsure ... but now I’m a fan.
Overall I’m pleased with the camera performance, although there does seem to be a tendency to oversharpen the images by default.
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I called Verizon earlier today and found out there was an issue with my activation - somehow the 5GUW wasn’t active for my line. They fixed it and I found that I now have this from my porch
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IMEI miss match most likely. People experiencing these issues need to be familiar with this term. Seems most prevalent on Verizon, but also AT&T.
That was the case with my wife’s Watch. The watch details weren’t pre-populated into Vzw’s systems so they had to do it by manual process. On my phone it was a mix of activation issues during early hours and a system flag for my 5G account, which I changed days earlier from my previously discounted (but LTE only) XXL plan.
This may be a really stupid question, so forgive me, but do you think this type of thing could happen if you set up a new phone and just move a SIM from your previous phone? I’m just wondering because that’s how I set up my 12 - just moved my SIM from my SE2020, which I think I had moved from my 11, but don’t remember.
I wish Apple Hong Kong had such a relaxed return policy. Unfortunately, we aren’t able to return products unless they’re defective.Very nice review, and as others have said, what a beautiful cat and such well-taken pictures, too! Based on your description, I take it you literally turned on the camera and pushed the shutter button. Or did you apply any settings (Night Mode, exposure modification, etc.) before taking them?
I also received my iPhone 12 Pro 256Gb Pacific Blue yesterday, and I mostly agree with your sentiments. It’s a stunning color. I had the 11 Pro Midnight Green and grew a bit weary of it over time - it began to look “dingy“ to me at points. This color does not give me that sense, and only time will tell if the same thing happens here. But I’m not anticipating that. The OP is right about the handling and feel. I remember thinking the iPhone 5 felt a little uncomfortable to hold as a result of the flat sides, but this phone is a pure pleasure to manipulate. And superficially speaking, I LOVE that the design language is now more unified with the iPad Pro!
Time will tell as far as performance goes. I can’t make any big assumptions yet because I think the phone is probably still setting up stuff / indexing in the background, and like every new iPhone I get, it’s a bit more sluggish in the first couple days. That always goes away in a day or two, and at that point, my experience is that there is a significant speed jump.
My biggest frustrations this year may have nothing to do with the phone. First, I always set up my iPhones as “new” and for the life of me, I can not understand why every time I do, certain apps like Apple’s Notes do not update themselves in the background. The only way I can get my notes to populate is by keeping the Notes app open, and the moment the phone goes into Standby mode or I change to another app, it stops updating. I’ve checked every relevant setting and they all appear to be correctly set. This is only a problem when bringing in the notes the first time; after they finally do all show up, it seems to push updates as expected (if I create a new note on my iPad, it is immediately synced to the iPhone, etc.). It’s bizarre to me that this seems to happen every year/every new iPhone, and I have to assume it has something to do with the fact that millions of people are simultaneously hitting Apple’s iCloud servers, and it’s causing an intended or unintended limitation on automatic “push” of data to individual users. The frustration is that it takes a day or two to get all the notes and requires me to constantly initiate it by opening the Notes app. A first-world problem, for sure, and it’s not the end of the world (just frustrating, is all).
Second, I have had a very mixed experience with this year’s crop of accessories. So far, the MagSafe charger is just abysmal for me. Using an Anker 30W per port USB-C Power Delivery charger, it charges so slowly that I have to believe there is something wrong with it. I would estimate about a one percentage-point increase every 10-15 minutes. It also seems to generate an inordinate amount of heat. I’ll give it a few more days to see if Apple provides more news about what’s going on here, but if nothing changes, the two I purchased will be going back.
I also disliked Apple’s clear case; I found it very hard to attach and detach from the iPhone and immediately began worrying about scratches while doing so (I tend to use the iPhone caseless, but always buy one case for times when I want a little extra protection).
The Apple silicone cases, on the other hand, seem really nice this year. They are easy to take on/off, feel really nice in the hand, have responsive and tactile buttons, and come in attractive colors. I bought the Product (RED), Kumquat, and Plum with the intention of keeping the Kumquat (or the clear one) and probably returning the others. However, the Plum is just gorgeous and it’s the one I’ll probably keep. And that’s with me having an inherent bias towards Kumquat because orange is my favorite color. All of them are great; but in the case of the Kumquat color, I couldn’t remove the image of “Circus Peanuts” (Google it if you don’t know what these are) from my head when this case was on my phone!
I don’t think I have the photographic skills of the OP, but here are a few pictures of our little guy, taken with the 12 Pro. I made no edits at all; I snapped the photos and uploaded them here. The first two are “Photo” mode; the third was shot in “Portrait” mode.
I’m also including a shot of the Graphite 12 Pro and Pacific Blue 12 Pro side-by-side. I couldn’t decide which one I would like, so I purchased both. Both are beautiful, and I struggled with the decision. The Graphite is gorgeous and is a perfect aesthetic match for my Graphite Series 6 and would have fulfilled my neurotic tendency to match stuff, but in the end, I couldn’t pass up the beauty of the blue.
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All in all, I’m excited about this year’s iPhone, but am extremely disappointed in the MagSafe charger. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that this is a correctable issue, however.
I received my Pacific Blue on Friday and went to check out the other colours on Saturday. The Graphite is absolutely stunning and it almost made me regret getting Pacific Blue. I’ve always gone for the Black/Grey option so perhaps I was just not used to having something different. Fast forward a few days, now I’m very happy with the Pacific Blue. I just wish I could appreciate the colour a bit more while out and about. I’m using the Caudabe Veil case which arrived today. I’ve used this case for my past two iPhones and love the super slim dimensions. I was using the Apple silicone case for a couple days but find them too thick, although they’re very well made. I’ve tried several clear cases in the past and just find them too thick, too slippery, too prone to fingerprints, or just cheap feeling/looking. We can’t have everything I guess.
My thoughts after using for a few days. I am coming from a X. I loved my X. The battery life has recently become a problem as well as just general lag, slow etc.
The 12Pro is wonderful. Snappy, nice screen, bigger but doesn't feel too much bigger. Battery life is wonderful. I mean it's a great phone. Am I blown away like wow? Put it this way if my X had a wonderful battery I may not even keep this 12Pro... I know I know, shame, shame, shame.... lol
The 12Pro is wonderful. Snappy, nice screen, bigger but doesn't feel too much bigger. Battery life is wonderful. I mean it's a great phone. Am I blown away like wow? Put it this way if my X had a wonderful battery I may not even keep this 12Pro... I know I know, shame, shame, shame.... lol
Doesn't feel cheap and brittle. Quite pleased with it so far. Haven't dropped the phone to test the protection yet! ;-)
Took a walk in the park tonight and took some pictures with my 12 Pro. Given it was wet and dark I think the camera produced som excellent pictures.
Ps. I'm no photo wiz, but when I used the windows 10 built in photo transfer the pictures looked more lighter/grey.
Since I use HEIC i tried CopyTrans and then the results where much better. 95% of HEIC, but the HEIC version still looks like it has a better contrast ratio.
Ps. I'm no photo wiz, but when I used the windows 10 built in photo transfer the pictures looked more lighter/grey.
Since I use HEIC i tried CopyTrans and then the results where much better. 95% of HEIC, but the HEIC version still looks like it has a better contrast ratio.
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