[Music] apple is back with the new top iPhone this is the iPhone 16 Pro Max what Cutting Edge features do we get with Apple's best phone I'm will for GSM Marina and let's find out in our iPhone 16 Pro max [Music] review the iPhone pro model and especially the pro Max are the place for Apple to debut their new smartphone features so what does this year's model bring to the table the iPhone 16 Pro Max brings a larger screen a new chipset a new Ultra wide Cam and even a dedicated button for the camera shutter
the looks have hardly changed though you get the same design and Camera Arrangement as before just like last year's model the iPhone 16 Pro Max has a flat back of corn and glass and a flat titanium frame all with a matte finish the phone is slightly taller and heavier but the difference is Tiny you get the same great Ingress Protection here too it's ip68 rated against dust and water submersion to a depth of 6 M the display of the phone is a 6.9 in ltpo OLED protected by Third Generation ceramic shield glass and it has
a 120 HZ refresh rate this is 0.2 in more than the previous model making it the largest display ever on an iPhone being bigger means it's that that much more immersive when you're watching your content like before you get true tone for consistent looking colors in different situations and there's support for hdr10 and Dolby Vision 2 the screen is just as bright as last year's even a little bit more we maxed out at around 900 nits with a manual slider and with the auto mode boosting the brightness we saw it go up to nearly 1,800
nits plenty for comfy use outdoors and the screen's High refresh rate is something Apple calls promotion it's this Dynamic meant to dial down automatically from a smooth 120 HZ to as low as 1 HZ when idling to save power the large pill-shaped cutout behaves the same as before with its Dynamic Island functionality a black bar extends beyond the cutout to display relevant info and it provides shortcuts too this cutout houses the selfie cam in a 3D tof sensor which enables Apple's secure face ID it's used for Biometrics and unlocking the phone as there's no fingerprint
reader for audio the iPhone 16 Pro Max has what seems like the same speaker setup as last year the speakers have very good loudness and again impressive sound output across the [Music] board and the phone can come with 256 or 512 gigs or a terab of storage on board in case you're wondering that's not expanding aable through micro SD card the iPhone 16 series comes with Apple's new iOS 18 it's quite familiar but brings a handful of new features and personalization options we'll be doing an in-depth video about iOS 18 and we'll add a link
to that here when it's ready and like previous iPhones you'll get at least 5 years of software support with the iPhone 16 Pro Max besides that the action key is back you can have it launch one of a few predefined actions or you can set up some custom shortcuts of your own and then there's Apple intelligence AI based features are the hot new trend and apple is looking to provide its own these include writing tools summarization generating your own emojis and advanced search through the Galler and Siri is more powerful too however these features will
be released later on Via a software update and because of legal complications concerning privacy the fate of Apple intelligence in the EU was up in the air under the hood of the iPhone 16 Pro Max is the latest and greatest smartphone chip from Apple the a18 pro it's meant to be both more powerful and power efficient than the A7 Pro found within last year's iPhone Pro Models in benchmarks the iPhone 16 Pro Max scored around 15% higher than the previous model in CPU tests and when it comes to Graphics tests this difference was up to
20% all in all it's not a night and day difference but it's an improvement and this is one of the most powerful phones out there out there able to handle your heavy tasks and gaming with ease Apple has delivered good thermal management too the iPhone 16 Pro Max displayed minimal thermal throttling and maintained a high level of performance throughout our prolonged stress tests the iPhone 16 Pro Max's battery capacity is larger than last year's at 4,685 mahs with an outstanding active use score of 17 hours and 18 minutes this year's Pro Max has some of
the best battery life around last year's model isn't too far behind though with the main differences being in the call and web browsing tests when it comes to charging this phone maxed out at around 30 WS of charging power in our testing and we were able to charge the phone from 0 to 46% in half an hour and a full charge took almost 2 hours that's essentially the same as on the previous Pro Max there's also support for wireless charging and reverse wireless charging here and now the cameras the setup is largely the same as
before with a 4 48 map main camera and 12 map 5 times telephoto Zoom but now the ultra wide cam has a 48 megap sensor another fresh new feature is the camera control key it's a hardware shutter key for the cameras that not only has actual travel when you press it but also recognizes light presses and even swipes you can use the camera control to start the camera and then when you lightly press on the key the onscreen UI buttons disappear and you can control the camera only with the key a double Light press on
on the key opens a menu for various options which you navigate by sliding then the selected option like exposure can be manipulated by sliding on the key clicking the key down takes a photo and press and hold it to take a video with the control key it seems like apple is trying to solve a problem we didn't even know we had sliding to go through your options actually feels less precise than just using the touch screen let's get into the camera quality as expected photos from the main cam look quite the same as they did
last year the photos have plenty of sharpness and detail though we have seen some more natural looking detail rendition from other high-end camera phones Apple's color rendition may not be the most enthusiastic or vibrant but it's true to life and a signature look by now shots of people do have a reasonably Lively presentation of skin tones too two times digital Zoom from the main cam provides plenty of detail the results are nicer than what you get from the non-pro iPhones at this zoom level at night the main camera captures excellent photos with good exposure well-developed
shadows and generally well preserved highlights there's plenty of detail and colors are Pleasant moving on to the telephoto camera it five times Zoom shots have a great level of detail and they're well matched to the main camera's output Apple hasn't made any strides towards offering close focus on this telephoto though so close-ups are nogo at 10 times you get additional digital zoom on top the detail is still decent but the result is more noisy and blotchy than what competitors can do at this zoom level at night the telephoto camera produces photos that are good but
not class leading there's plenty of detail and the dynamic range and colors are hard TOA there is a fair bit of noise though the ultra wide camera matches the output and color rendition of the main cam but detail is a bit more gritty here skies are nicely clean looking though thanks to his autofocus the ultra wide be used to take macro close-up shots they're solid coming out plenty sharp at night the ultra wide isn't the best sharpness leaves some more to be desired and exposures can be on the dim side in more difficult scenes highlights
are generally well preserved though the selfie camera is the same as last year and the results are again excellent detail is very good exposures are well tuned for your face and the autofocus allows for some wackier angles at close range the iPhone 16 Pro Max can record video in 4k with all of its cameras this year you get upgraded microphones plus the ability to shoot in 4k slow-mo at 120 FPS with the main cam video footage taken during the day is excellent from all of the rear cameras there's very good detail rendered in a reasonably
conservative fashion and noise is nowhere to be seen white balance is good and relatively consistent between the three cameras color saturation is nicely judged and the dynamic range is topnotch too video stabilization is excellent as always on all cameras in all modes in low light the main camera's Clips are among the best in the business our one complaint is that internal Reflections from light sources pointing into the phone show up in videos as bright dots and that's most noticeable at night so there you have it guys the iPhone 16 Pro Max compared to last year
you get a bigger screen and the camera shutter key the battery life and the chipset are a bit better and you can record slow-mo video in 4k now if you already have the 15 Pro Max then it might not be worth it to upgrade to this one but otherwise the new Pro Max is a great all-around Flagship that's worth considering if you're after the absolute latest and greatest iPhone thanks for watching guys if you're looking for Alternatives you can check out our reviews of the iPhone 15 Pro Max and the Samsung Galaxy s24 Ultra let
us know what you think and I'll see see you on the next one
