To be fair though these are the midtier phones. The flagship pro isn’t out or reviewed til Nov.
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
iPhone 12 Pro Reviews: New Design and Camera Improvements More Compelling During Early Days of 5G
- Thread starter MacRumors
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
To be fair though these are the midtier phones. The flagship pro isn’t out or reviewed til Nov.
I wish they'd come up with something other than "Pro Max"
It sounds like a condom
It sounds like a condom
Gots to gets 'da clickz - hah
That said, I agree with her about the design. I've been wanting them to go flat sides again since basically my first day with an iPhone 6. I hated the slippery bar of soap rounded river rock routine they went into. It made iPhones feel like generic Android phones to me.
The iP4 design language is, to this day, still the best out there IMO.
I'm very happy to see they returned to it with an updated take on it.
Last edited:
Let us know when you get a few million clicks with each article/video posted?
My thoughts exactly.
Easy to be critical from the cheap seats
Nilay does a great job if you ask me. I always enjoy his perspective.
I understand your point. The XS Max is the best of the best, top of the line. However, the 12 Pro still is a “Pro” model and $1000. Personally, I was only interested in downsizing (to the Mini or 6.1 Pro) this year if I did upgrade, so these reviews are important for my own upgrade prospects, regardless of the Pro Max.
To me even if 5g is limited, it’s a killer feature...much more do than 120mhz. But to each their own.
Please elaborate on how it's a "killer feature"? What's so "killer" about it? What's it going to change for users that they don't already have right now?
5G does not offer much to the users for now. It is valuable though as a future proofing feature. People who are hesitating whether to upgrade their phones this year or not (for reasons other than 5G) would hesitate way more if 5G was not there.
Maybe depending on how good is your drawing on the mask to resemble how you look? (I kid...)
The 12 pro is hardly pro if the camera isn’t the same as the flagship. Sorry. It’s just pro in name only.
The max has a 47% larger sensor for wide which is what most use. 87% better low light. Sensor shift OIS. 5x optical zoom vs 4x for the midtier.
Biggest Improvement is the Camera Seems like Apple has done some cost cutting. Hopefully the battery is not smaller as there is no mention of the size anywhere for any model.
Reviews on the 5G are mixed and 5G is in its infancy so what can you really expect
All in All I would have been happier to see both Touch and Face ID In the iPhone
Reviews on the 5G are mixed and 5G is in its infancy so what can you really expect
All in All I would have been happier to see both Touch and Face ID In the iPhone
It will not detect and scan your face properly while wearing a mask sadly.
That issue will be sorted by a software update reported to arrive later this year, si it's at worst a teporary issue.
This is a case by case basis and is location dependent, but as the 5G deployment firms up speed, latency, bandwidth to name a few benefits over 4G/LTE.
So your comment about it being a "killer" feature is heavily subjective based on the end user and their location? So it's not a "killer" feature if it's location dependent. Such a feature would change how users work and interact with the device. Much like Touch ID/Face ID was a killer feature.
This. I have a Fuji XT2 myself (probs will update when the 5 comes out.).
The most interesting thing about many Apple fans (and name brand loyalists) is that they don't care about anything until Apple puts it in? Like, you went 10 years without caring about widgets and now care.
Like I understand getting the best device available, but I just find it weird things become a must just because Apple says its new.
I might be an isiut, but with most videos being <60fps why does the screen need to be refreshed more often, we are not talking about an old crt were the phosphor only gives off light for Nms after the beam hits it, the pixel stays lit as long as it receives power, for other things like fast scrolling or fast paced gaming I can see the use of high refresh rates, but for mos video, not so much) what am I missing?
As much as 120mhz is subjective as being "killer" or "necessary".
Cell service has never been anything but subjective and location dependent. And as much as where I live, I won't see much of the benefits of 5G (or so I believe), when I travel into those areas that support mmwave or even plain old 5g, I would expect to see a better overall performance than 4G. To me, in my subjective opinion, that is worth more than 120mhz screens. (And yeah, hope Apple includes 120mhz screens in the future as well as touch id in the power button and other features)
Common sense in looking at past release history shows the same thing without Prosser. Many of the regs here already knew it would happen.