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The iPhone 15 Pro Max seamlessly integrates impressive refinements and performance improvements into a familiar, well-rounded package, making it a worthwhile upgrade for users with older models, while those with more recent devices may see it as a minor, albeit polished, evolution.
...A significant leap for iPhone enthusiasts....
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...USB-C transition is a game-changer....
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...Remarkable camera stabilization at 5X zoom....
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...Battery life lives up to its promise....
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...Dynamic Island adaptation is impressive....
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...Main camera still leads the pack....
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...Perfectly slotted into my workflow....
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...Feels amazing in hand with titanium....
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...Minor design tweaks make a big difference....
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...But generally speaking, the reason why I switched to the larger device is because it is lighter. It is about 10% lighter than before, the 15 Pro Max weighs in at about 221 grams, and the phone itself feels amazing in the hand...
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🌟 Rounded edges for better feel
...The bezels are also about 30% thinner, and that's something that I don't really notice as much as I notice how nicely rounded the phone is...
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🔋 Good battery life
...So the battery life does live up to its claim. It is what I need, and if you're someone who uses your phone a lot, the larger iPhone is going to be the one that you're going to want to go with...
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📸 Impressive 5X optical zoom
...This year on the iPhone 15 Pro Max, you finally have a zoom lens that is a 5X optical zoom, and it looks really good...
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🎥 High video quality with stabilization
...The stabilization that you get at 5X really does utilize the intelligence and the processing to really lock in on the subject...
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🌅 Improved low-light performance
...Both the main camera and the 0.5 camera are able to do better in low light by quite a significant amount...
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🔌 USB Type-C with faster transfer speeds
...The USB Type-C not only allows for, I mean, a more mainstream charging experience… it also gives you faster transfer speeds, and this iPhone has a USB-C transfer speed of 10 gigabits per second...
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🏗️ Well-rounded software and iOS 17 improvements
...Different from an iPhone before, I found that everything was very familiar as expected, but the refinements when it comes to the iOS 17 experience have been noticeable in some aspects...
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📇 Action button for customizable functionality
...The other one is the action buttons. It's a customizable button on the side that replaces the mute switch, and it allows you to toggle quick functions such as do not disturb, the camera, or you can even set certain commands...
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🙌 Refined user experience
...And that's not because Apple didn't make any big changes, it's just that I do switch phones every single year, and coming from last year's model, it was already a pretty well-rounded phone with some refinements that had to be made, which were mostly addressed in this year's device...
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😓 Minor upgrades over previous generation
...Coming from last year's iPhone, you're not going to notice a major, major change there...
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📉 Underwhelming battery life improvements
...The battery life does live up to its claim... but it isn't really an improvement or a big improvement from what we've seen in the previous generations...
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🔋 Just all-day battery life, no standout improvement
...The battery life does live up to its claim. It is what I need, and if you're someone who uses your phone a lot, the larger iPhone is going to be the one that you're going to want to go with, but it isn't really an improvement or a big improvement from what we've seen in the previous generations...
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Justin Tse
Justin Tse is a popular technology, lifestyle, and home content creator with 848,000 subscribers, known for his high-quality product reviews and showcasing travel destinations in a cinematic form.