Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max review

01 October 2024


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Anonymous, 02 Oct 2024I believe there are engineers at Apple who measured how lon... moreif a lot of people are happy with apple products, then they are doing something right. just someone without a real job who is playing games like Pokemon on his/her phone whole day is judging apple because it doesnt come with 100w charging speed. if this isnt funny, what is?

    Luke, 01 Oct 2024True, but I've never seen an iPhone, which operates fa... moreif you play so much games, why not buy a ROG ally or steam Deck?

      Goodthings, 02 Oct 2024I don't particularly entertain your language. I am not... moreYou don’t entertain making sense either it seems…………

        DaFink, 02 Oct 2024Oh you are welcome to believe whatever you like pal, and yo... moreI don't particularly entertain your language. I am not your pal.

        And, no, I don't sell these phones. And, yes, I am so utterly taken by my Sony Xperia 1 VI. It is such an amazing phone.

        I also believe that the new iPhone 16 Max Pro is so much better than your dreams.

        You must be young.

          Anonymous, 02 Oct 2024First SL mercedes was a beatiful and still is after decades... moredesign has a special language. look at all those hideous cars, trying to look like futuristic but eventually look bland.
          the new BMWs are like that. they change the design to make it look worse and ugly. we need nice looking smartphones, changing for the sake of changing shouldnt happen.

            Anonymous, 02 Oct 2024"Charge while you're asleep and then charging spe... morehaving a faster charging is good to have, not important when we all know that it degrades battery. please dont tell that Chinese manufacturers do it well cause no one beats physics. but for sure, you are free to choose if you need it or not.

              Goodthings, 02 Oct 2024Sorry if I've mislead you. The facts are: 1. It&... moreOh you are welcome to believe whatever you like pal, and you are also right in that those points (some of which are just your opinion) are entirely irrelevant. Again why are we discussing a Sony phone on an iPhone review article, you selling these things or something?

                DaFink, 02 Oct 2024Send a link to a consensus of the reviews 🤔……..really dude?... moreSorry if I've mislead you.

                The facts are:

                1. It's a feat that Apple has managed to score so well with this phone given the resolution, the refresh rate, and the 4.6 battery. This is excellent in itself.
                2. It's a fact that Sony has a better battery life (in both scenarios: from one charge to another and in the long run!), as already proven.
                3. Neither 1 VI nor 16 Pro Max charge fast. Most of the Chinese flagship phones today are in a different league. If you've witnessed a phone being charged in 10 minutes you know what I mean. But it doesn't actually matter: we too charge 6-8 hours every night. That's plenty of time for charging our phones too.
                4. The review mentions no competition whatsoever because the review is biased in that respect. Mentioning only other iPhones is proof in itself.
                5. Had you read my notes on the Xperia 1 VI page, you would have noticed an entire list of cons.
                6. The storage. It cost me 110 euros a 1TB SDXC card. So my Sony Xperia now has 1.5 TB :). At a fraction of the price you get to pay for a 1TB iPhone. Imagine that. Smithravi's comment is very relevant for storage prices. Kudos.
                7. The Xperia camera is in a different league and I believe the review is biased in this respect too. By the way, did you know that iPhone image sensors are Sony sensors?

                But all these are irrelevant. I believe you must buy a new iPhone.

                  Anonymous, 02 Oct 2024"1TB costed me around 1950€" Yikes!Welcome to international prices (ridiculously overpriced by Apple, Samsung, Google and chinese phones). One must stay in US for cheap prices and taxes.

                  I will quote my own comment:
                  "Samsung (1590€ 1TB), Apple (1950€ 1TB), Sony (1400€ 256GB; can add 1TB SD card which costs again over 100€), Pixel (1690€ 1TB) or even Chinese smartphones (like Huawei costs almost 1500€ for 512GB and Oneplus 1200€).
                  Even laptops now a days costing around 2K with decent OLED screen and chip. Gone are the days 1000€ barrier, now companies became greed (inflations is smaller) and approaching 2000€ slowly"

                    Goodthings, 02 Oct 2024Can you send a link to that consensus? Because what I said ... moreSend a link to a consensus of the reviews 🤔……..really dude?

                    And I didn’t say the battery life of the Xperia 1 VI was bad, if fact I don’t really know why we are discussing it at all here. Oh wait, it’s because you chimed in to mention how it scores higher on GSMarena’s battery test. Why, who knows, nobody was asking how they compared, the review itself doesn’t mention the Sony, and this isn’t a comparison article between the two.

                    No, ‘having written extensively’ over on the Xperia 1 VI page, seems you just weren’t done waffling on about how taken your are with it eh 🤷

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                      • Anonymous
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                      • 02 Oct 2024

                      Anonymous, 02 Oct 2024You're definitely seeing stuff... If you want to se... moreWrong again, apple and google fell off together with samsung in late 2010's to 2020's.

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                        • Mobileman
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                        • 02 Oct 2024

                        Again... i cant belive it!

                        No better battery life evev mah rise..
                        Well nothing teally new fron 15 model..
                        Hmm,i think i pass...
                        Looks still thst i stay android. ..lets say ,apple have one and last change more,i mean incoming 17 series..then bye.
                        But..its have inside selfie cam and might also only e-sim choice..i dont like it..just only spy meaning.
                        ....bye apple

                        Im very dissapointed a

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                          • 02 Oct 2024

                          R0b, 02 Oct 2024I was shocked by the picture quality, it's really terr... moreYou're definitely seeing stuff...

                          If you want to see horror that a look at what xiaomi produces.

                          Apple and Google are the most subdued when it comes to processing. Remember: you can always add more but you can't take it back once it's baked in.

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                            • Anonymous
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                            • 02 Oct 2024

                            Anonymous, 02 Oct 2024Charge while you're asleep and then charging speed sho... more"Charge while you're asleep and then charging speed should never matter."

                            What if you forget to plug it in before going to bed or if you had to use the phone during the night?

                            I get up in the morning, plug my phone into the 67w charger and it is fully charged by the time I finished making breakfast.

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                              • nion
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                              • 02 Oct 2024

                              Don't know man... 4.6 may be a little much. I still think S24 Ultra is a slightly better phone. And after an update beats the iPhone in battery life for 2 hours or so. It also has a better screen and camera.

                              I like the chip, but everything else is nothing special, comparing to the last years 15 Pro Max.

                              If it can't beat the S24 Ultra now... then the S25 Ultra will beat it easily (not on this page of course lol) if they implement everything Samsung said.

                                GSMArena unnecessarily gives high ratings to iPhones and Xiaomi.

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                                  • 02 Oct 2024

                                  I was shocked by the picture quality, it's really terrible. Apple is clearly doing something with AI upscaling on every object edge. especially horizontal lines. Take a look at photo 9 with the 2 building and trees in front. Just look at the top line of the buildings and the tree protectors.
                                  I also don't know why iPhone 16 got beef with leafs and grass? leafs in particular are just weird at 100%.
                                  Not gonna comment on grain and noise

                                    Having looked at these images on my computer screen they look awful. The pixel level detail is so bad it looks over sharpened and mushed

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                                      • Anonymous
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                                      • 02 Oct 2024

                                      Anonymous, 02 Oct 2024GSMArena is biased, those selfies look soft. Yeah, one of smallest front cam sensors in flagships, if not even the smallest

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                                        • Anonymous
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                                        • 02 Oct 2024

                                        GSMArena is biased, those selfies look soft.

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