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The iPhone 15 Plus and iPhone 15 Pro Max are among Apple's newest iPhone models and follow 2022's iPhone 14 Plus and iPhone 14 Pro Max. Now that Apple offers two iPhones with 6.7-inch displays, how different are the two larger models, and what exactly does upgrading to a "Pro" device offer?

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Last year, the biggest new differences between the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro were an always-on display, the Dynamic Island, the A16 Bionic chip, and a 48-megapixel main camera, but they shared Emergency SOS via satellite, Crash Detection, Action mode, 6GB of memory, Photonic Engine, and an upgraded 12-megapixel TrueDepth front camera with autofocus for the first time. With iPhone 15 Plus and iPhone 15 Pro Max, both devices share features like the Dynamic Island, a 48-megapixel main camera, and a USB-C port. Even so, Apple's "Pro" and non-Pro iPhone models remain highly differentiated, with over 30 key differences that prospective buyers should be aware of.

Our guide helps to answer the question of how to decide which of these two iPhone models is best for you, and serves as a way to clearly see what additional features and upgrades the iPhone 15 Pro Max brings to the table.

iPhone 15 PlusiPhone 15 Pro Max
Aluminum and glass designTitanium and glass design
Slightly smaller due to slimmer borders around the display
Weighs 201gWeighs 221g
Ring/Silent switchAction button
ProMotion with adaptive refresh rates up to 120Hz
Always-on display
A16 Bionic chip (5nm)A17 Pro chip (3nm)
6-core CPU6-core CPU (up to 10% faster)
5-core GPU6-core GPU with with hardware-accelerated ray tracing (up to 20% faster)
16-core Neural Engine16-core Neural Engine (up to 2x faster)
Dedicated AV1 decoder
6GB memory8GB memory
"Advanced" dual-camera system"Pro" triple camera system
48-megapixel Main camera with ƒ/1.6 aperture48-megapixel Main camera with ƒ/1.78 aperture and larger sensor
12-megapixel Telephoto camera with ƒ/2.8 aperture, folded tetraprism design, and autofocus 3D sensor-shift module
0.5x, 1x, and 2x optical zoom0.5x, 1x, 2x, and 5x optical zoom
Sensor-shift optical image stabilizationSecond-generation sensor-shift optical image stabilization
True Tone flashAdaptive True Tone flash
LiDAR scanner
Night mode portraits
Macro photography
Apple ProRAW
Shoot and instantly transfer 48-megapixel ProRAW images to Mac via USB 3
Record video directly to an external drive
ProRes video recording up to 4K at 30 fps (60 fps with external recording)
Macro video recording, including slo‑mo and time‑lapse
Log video recording
Academy Color Encoding System
Record spatial video for Apple Vision Pro
USB 2 transfer speeds (up to 480Mb/s)USB 3 transfer speeds (up to 10Gb/s, 20x faster)
DisplayPort support for up to 4K HDR video output
Wi‑Fi 6 connectivityWi‑Fi 6E connectivity
Thread networking technology
26-hour battery life29-hour battery life
128GB, 256GB, and 512GB storage options256GB, 512GB, and 1TB storage options
Yellow, Blue, Pink, Green, and Black color optionsNatural Titanium, Blue Titanium, White Titanium, and Black Titanium color options
Starts at $899Starts at $1,199


The ‌iPhone 15 Pro‌ Max offers a large number of upgrades over the ‌iPhone 15 Plus‌. With $300 difference to obtain a display with ProMotion and always-on functionality, the Action Button, and longer battery life, some customers will be able to justify getting the ‌iPhone 15 Pro Max‌ over the ‌iPhone 15 Plus‌. Other differences, such as the A17 Pro chip and 2GB additional memory are notable, but most significant are perhaps the devices' fundamentally different rear camera setups. The ‌iPhone 15 Pro‌ Max unlocks 10 additional camera features and offers four additional or different pieces of camera hardware. Due to the sc... Click here to read rest of article

Article Link: iPhone 15 Plus vs. 15 Pro Max Buyer's Guide: 35+ Differences Compared
 
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