So i got my iPhone 11 Pro Max on Tuesday this week. I've had it for 2 full days now and just wanted to give my input on a few things and see if maybe other people have any comments/thoughts about things.
I'll start off firstly with all the good stuff. I love it. I'm a little mad I didn't switch sooner.
Now for a few VERY minor issues that i'm not sure if it's just an iOS thing or i'm doing something wrong.
I'll start off firstly with all the good stuff. I love it. I'm a little mad I didn't switch sooner.
- I kept thinking something was so off the first whole day then i realized quickly what it was. NO STUTTERING EVER! I have yet to see this phone even give a slight hiccup. Buttery smooth, apps load fast, stay open when i need them to.
- Camera is amazing.
- iMessage and FaceTime are great. Finally i can talk with my kids during the day and see them while they're at grandmas house! Being able to have the read receipts and see when someone is typing is very nice
- The battery life, holy ****. I mean I bought a new charger for work since i needed the lightning charger, and I didn't touch the thing all day. I woke up, i plugged it in my car for car play navigation to work (so it basically kept it topped off at 100%) by the time i left work i think it was basically around like 56%. Plugged it into my car again for navigation on my way home and went to bed with it right around 45%. My previous phone (Pixel 3XL) could have been at 45% by around 10:30am.... I'm completely blown away. So far today i'm right on trend to have basically the same exact battery life. And i haven't changed my habits at all with how i use the phone. If anything i'm using it MORE.
- I'm already ok with the grid of apps, just trying to figure out placement (would happen with any new phone)
- Face ID - WOWZA that is some cool technology right there. Having the setting to make sure i actually have to look at the phone in order for it to work. And i use it for a lot of app logins so that's awesome. Again another feature that is just so fast and convenient
- I've been able to really integrate my google account stuff when and where i want within iOS which has made it really easy
- The widget area is actually pretty useful as some of the apps i had widgets for on android were able to be used in this area for iPhone as well
Now for a few VERY minor issues that i'm not sure if it's just an iOS thing or i'm doing something wrong.
- Been having issues with badges not going away after i open an app. Mostly on some games i have. I just turned off the badges for those apps
- My notifications on my lock screen are seemingly split into two different areas. The very top and then there's a labeled "notification center" below that No idea whats with the separation. I even get notifications from the same app split up like messages from Discord.
- It sucks that for certain apps, clicking one of the notifications in the notification center won't get rid of the rest. So for texts, if i get a bunch of messages and click on ONE of them they all go away. But Discord i have to go manually clear them one by one (or by groups if they've grouped up)
- Kind of sucks there's very limited options for the base alarm in the clock app. That **** was loud the first time it woke me up yesterday. Would be nice for a gradual ramp up of sound. I may just need to find a different app for an alarm. - Thanks Barbu! setup an alarm using Bedtime and those alarms sound much more like what need!
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