Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max review
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- jiyen235
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- 9 hours ago
Anonymous, 9 hours agoLatest Pro max always outsell previous when both are sold s... moreyeah i know, people who buy iPhones usually aren't people to look upto about proper spending habits, but still, this year more than any other is just awful. A 15 Pro Max is such a cool device compared to this, especially if it can be had for far lower.
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- jiyen235
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- 9 hours ago
Dometalican, 9 hours agoWith that battery, Google ought to be ashamed of themselves... morenearly everyone else loses to Apple in battery life, im not defending Google I'm just saying they didn't do a bad job in terms of battery this year. However considering the power of the Apple/other android phones, Google did a barely acceptable job and a subpar job if price is considered as well.
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- iOS Enjoyer
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- 9 hours ago
Can't wait until 2028 when Snapdragon 8 Gen 7 finally matches the A18 Pro's performance in 1T. Instead of rebranding to """Elite""" Qualcomm should work on their uarchs because as it stands it's light years behind Apple. Even Intel made a short work of X Elite with Lunar Lake. Qualcomm is becoming the AMD of mobile devices, last year's performance for next year's price.
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- Allka
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- 9 hours ago
That's sad that you don't make any more effort to describe the speakers quality since some test, just "theyre loud and sound good". For exemple on the 16 pro max the kind of "surround" sound that it provide is one of the main point that make them that good
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- Anonymous
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- 9 hours ago
Dometalican, 9 hours agoWith that battery, Google ought to be ashamed of themselves... moreProblem is recent android versions.
More evident if phone has mediatek.
Even ultra simple tasks make bigger cores frequently stay at max frequency when there is no need.
Cores A78 @ 2.2-2.4GHz while you read an article? Extreme waste of power. Should not pass 20% of base frequency.
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- 9 hours ago
Dometalican, 9 hours agoWith that battery, Google ought to be ashamed of themselves... moreI don't buy those tests from Gsmarena. no matter how they present them, all phones out there rarely jump over 9h screen on time with mixed usage. Iphone has always been more battery hungry when under load so.. I'd take that with grain of salt.
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- Anonymous
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- 9 hours ago
jiyen235, 10 hours agowhat's the point of having a high res 1/2.55" UW ... moreLatest Pro max always outsell previous when both are sold simultaneously.
Even if lastest is not worth over previous and price difference is 150-200.
Start may be slower, but then they buy more when previous is out of stock.
Be sure 16 or 16PM.will be most sold phone of 2025 among all brands.
The " 17 Slim / 17 Air" is tipped to cost $200,00 more than 17PM with worse hardware.
Media will be drooling on it because of its design and tell people it is worth having.
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- Dometalican
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- 9 hours ago
With that battery, Google ought to be ashamed of themselves; losing to Apple on battery life.
The Pixel 10 better fix this considering their processors are almost never meant for gaming...
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- jiyen235
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- 10 hours ago
what's the point of having a high res 1/2.55" UW cam? It just seems like a scam to make people think there's an improvement where there isn't any. The photos don't seem all that great, they're ok or maybe even good at times but it ain't anything special. I like the filmic, soft look of the night time shots but the X100 Ultra/Pro and the Find X7 Ultra destroy this, the 14 Ultra's UW cam seems to be its closest competitor. Another "Apple innovation" that's just only in name.
Same can be said of the charging, 45W charging is available but it's slower than or the same speed as the older one, with the exception of the first 15 mins. The battery is larger but ig the higher res screen and the slightly larger screen cancel it out and that's why the numbers are so similar.
The chip performs marvelously in CPU tests and the CPU stability is cool although I wonder why the test was only 30 mins long compared to android's 60 min long tests. The chip was throttling already and it seemed like it'd have throttled further if it went on.
The GPU sustained performance is superb. Apple seems to have dialed up the cooling but if you look closely you'll see that the lowest scores are basically the same as the X100 Pro/IQOO 12 whereas the highest scores are 60% higher on those phones. Context matters and so I think even though on paper Apple is more stable, the X100 Pro/IQOO 12 still are better because they can be pushed harder and their worst is no worse than Apple's, rather it's actually better.
So basically, a no good UW cam, icky camera control, same battery life, overall the same charging speed, icky GPU performance compared to android but strong CPU performance and thinner bezels with a larger and sharper screen. What's the point in buying this if the old one exists? There's literally nothing new and the older Pros are getting Apple Intelligence too so this is just textbook mediocrity.
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- Eno2
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- 10 hours ago
The first Iphone series that takes good natural photos, without a massive over sharpening.
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- Anonymous
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- 10 hours ago
"At 10x, the 16 Pro Max captures decent detail - it's roughly on par with the likes of the Galaxy S24 Ultra or the Pixel 9 Pro XL, it's just that the iPhone has a noisier, more blotchy presentation than those other two."
The iPhone is full of fake details just like previous iPhones at 10x. This can be seen in the image of the clock or in comparisons from other reviewers.
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- Anonymous
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- 10 hours ago
Forgot to mention some video modes require external storage.
Which is failure.
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- Darth Caesium
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- 10 hours ago
Jeez, those signs in the low-light pictures, with both the main camera and the telephoto. They're beyond horrendous and look like they came out of a mid-ranger from 2015. I think it's both a lens issue and a processing issue here.
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- FarFan
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- 10 hours ago
Remember, Sony's design is outdated. Apple copying the flatscreen and camera button is innovative.