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iPhone 15 Pro Max What exactly is better about the 16pm??
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There were times that I thought the remotes were actually on a stage using the wrap around screen like Mandalorian.
Apparently I am not alone. I looked this issue up and tons of people has the same battery health from the 15 Pro Max.
Could it be some are using MagSafe and some hardwired charging?
I have a 14 Pro that I charge almost exclusively via MagSafe and it is still at 96% battery health.
I always find these kind of arguments funny. It’s not ridiculous to finance something that’s 0% interest like carriers typically are, on top of the fact that you can often get the phone cheaper through them. If you’re someone who uses the top tier plans anyways it is sometimes better to finance that buy it outright.
I like having the newest phone, yes it’s superficial and completely not needed, but it’s what I like and at 35 I don’t care if other people don’t get it, it’s a hobby.
Just checked my 15 pro that charges nightly with MagSafe and on the weekends I use a cable. 91%, 367 cycles.
ive only upgraded to the 16PM from the 15PM because my carrier gives crazy good trade in deals. I wouldn't have upgraded without it
Things I appreciate about the upgrade:
* Better battery life. It really is a good chunk better. Kinda reminds me of the beast 13PM battery
* better thermal management. It runs really cool
* photographic styles. Gold with -50 tone and +20 color is such a great look. Love how my photos come out. Kinda feel it could be an update to older phones but what do I know. Maybe there something special on the new ISP that can do these new photographic styles that older phones dont have.
Things I either dont mind or dislike
* Camera control is useless. Position sucks in either orientation. Will probably change it to that Apple intelligence Look Up feature coming out in a few months
* 6.9in screen size. Really preferred my 6.7in 15PM. the 15 was really the perfect size for me and find the 16PM a bit hard to reach the control center. Still not enough of a size jump that has me thinking about downsizing to a 6.3in. 6.3in too small
* 48MP Ultrawide is my biggest disappointment. When Apple came out with the 48MP Main camera in the 14PM they increased the size of the sensor by like 70%. This 48MP ultrawide on the 16PM? ZERO increase in sensor size. I was really hoping for better pictures and videos in low light smh. Seems like it's actually a downgrade in low light due to the increase in pixels (even with pixel binning) plus has a weird vignetting effect.
* Desert Titanium is really not what I excepted. I have warmed up to the color after my first impression but it's fine. If Sierra Blue was a 10/10, Natural Titanium 8.5/10, Desert is a 7/10. Hopefully next year they bring a blue as stunning as 13PM Sierra Blue.
Overall im happy with the upgrade
Things I appreciate about the upgrade:
* Better battery life. It really is a good chunk better. Kinda reminds me of the beast 13PM battery
* better thermal management. It runs really cool
* photographic styles. Gold with -50 tone and +20 color is such a great look. Love how my photos come out. Kinda feel it could be an update to older phones but what do I know. Maybe there something special on the new ISP that can do these new photographic styles that older phones dont have.
Things I either dont mind or dislike
* Camera control is useless. Position sucks in either orientation. Will probably change it to that Apple intelligence Look Up feature coming out in a few months
* 6.9in screen size. Really preferred my 6.7in 15PM. the 15 was really the perfect size for me and find the 16PM a bit hard to reach the control center. Still not enough of a size jump that has me thinking about downsizing to a 6.3in. 6.3in too small
* 48MP Ultrawide is my biggest disappointment. When Apple came out with the 48MP Main camera in the 14PM they increased the size of the sensor by like 70%. This 48MP ultrawide on the 16PM? ZERO increase in sensor size. I was really hoping for better pictures and videos in low light smh. Seems like it's actually a downgrade in low light due to the increase in pixels (even with pixel binning) plus has a weird vignetting effect.
* Desert Titanium is really not what I excepted. I have warmed up to the color after my first impression but it's fine. If Sierra Blue was a 10/10, Natural Titanium 8.5/10, Desert is a 7/10. Hopefully next year they bring a blue as stunning as 13PM Sierra Blue.
Overall im happy with the upgrade
I was at Best Buy today and I’ve been looking at the google pixel 9 fold. I’m super super impressed. Well polished thin. With rcs on iPhone I’m really tempted to upgrade once prices fall in a few months. That way I can massage family and what not without decrease in picture quality
Good little write up. I still cannot get over the camera button. It is seriously the most useless unintuitive thing Apple has added to an iPhone.
It sucks.
I took my 16 Pro on vacation last week and ended up just disabling the touch sensitive/sliding stuff and made it just a shutter button. Works much better, but still kinda pointless; it's not faster than taking a photo the previous way(s).
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