iPhone 15 Pro Max Review - 6 Months Later
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- Опубліковано 15 тра 2024
- Has the iPhone 15 Pro Max been worth it 6 Months Later? What are the standout features? How's the battery life been? What about the downsides? Were there any new features we didn’t end up using as much as we thought we would? We’ll answer all of these questions and give you our final verdict on whether you should go with this iPhone or not.
Specifically we’ll take you through what the iPhone 15 Pro Max’s battery life has been like over the past 6 months, the improved weight and comfort, whether or not you should go for the FineWoven case, whether or not going for the larger sized iPhone has been worth it. We’ll also take you through the camera system, new action button, USB-C port change, the standout features of iOS and Apple Ecosystem with this phone, what features we haven’t taken advantage of as much 6 months later. Then we’ll walk you through a few downsides like repairability, and our major one: Apple’s control over what you can download to your phone via the App Store.
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🕰️Timestamps:
0:00 - Battery Life
1:13 - Weight and Comfort
1:57 - FineWoven vs. Silicon case
2:15 - Large iPhones vs. Smaller size
2:35 - Camera System
4:07 - Action Button
5:21 - USB-C
5:52 - iOS and Apple Ecosystem
7:07 - Continuity and Continuity Camera
7:29 - AirDrop
7:38 - AirPods and Dolby Atmos
8:08 - What new features I haven’t used
10:19 - Repairability
10:48 - Major Downsides
14:15 - Recommendations
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Please raise your voice for the camera problem with iphone 15 promax. The photos change drastically after they are taken. Before a photo is taken,it seems very good through the view finder. Its saturation, vibrance and brightness are well on point. But when a photo is taken it automatically becomes dark and grainy. 😢… it also loses saturation and vibrance and becomes disgustingly dull🤮. The difference before and after clicking is so much and abrupt that i hate it😢. In indoors its good. But this problem happens in outdoor when its bright sunny day.Please raise your voice creaters😭😭😭😭😭😭😭.
Please the rest of you people, check your phones as well. Just test it in outdoors on a normal sunny day. Check the brightness , saturation and vibrance of the image before and after clicking. Then report back. We must raise our voice.
What about the chip over heat problem with the apps? The cpu is faster, but you have to limit the speed for the apps. Maybe 5nm is the end of the chip, anything lower 3nm is not an improvement.
Just upgraded 7 Plus to 15 pro max. I'm feeling fantastic
I might be getting an IPhone 15 Pro Max White Titanium 1TB for my for my first phone on my 13th birthday 😛
Im in the same boat thinking about getting this or waiting for the next one , or s24 ultra I’ve had the 8+ since it came out
@@Nightxday0sanaol
Planning to pick this up this week. Would wait for the 16 but I'm gonna be doing some travelling so may as well upgrade now, need a better battery
Dont buy new iphone on its release. Buy after like 4 mos after release to fix any bugs and problems. So buy the16 around January or Feb 2025
Hey great vid. U forgot to leave the shortcut link
Awesome video, very informative.
Finally pulled the trigger. Going from a 13pm. Do not disturb is the move for action button
Underrated channel!
ok what is bro doing on safari for 3h 41m 🤔
😂researching his next video
He probably works from home and needs safari to do so shoot i wfh and have to use safari often
What kind of stupid question is this?
@@RagingBad jesus man take a joke
More like what are the deleted apps. 5 hrs
I just got the 15 Pro Max maybe 2 weeks ago. I too have noticed the battery life is really good. I'm now considering the Apple Watch 9 and just watched your video on it
Iphone battery life shelves usually can maintain healthily for the first 2 years, too quick too judge now. Let’s update again after 2 years of usage and if you are heavy user.
@@veronnelim9451 Agree.
I upgraded from a 6s plus to a 15 pro max it is amazing better battery life and better camera I got mine in the black titanium 1tb
You would say that yess 😂😂😂😂 cause that’s a massive upgrade 😂😂 wtf 6s plus
1 TB is unncessary in most cases as most people use cloud these days. Mine is the same as yours but 256GB. Love it
@@bilalahmedwritesI am a heavy user and I store more than TB of data and even 1 TB isn’t enough most people go for basic option like 256 just cause there is an option for 1 TB doesn’t mean people buy it casually after all Apple charges a lot for it
@@osamamuzik9864I still have 6s plus 😢 and was thinking about getting 15 pro max 🙌
@@bilalahmedwritesiCloud is trash. It takes forever and also iCloud doesn’t save apps. You’re better off getting a 1TB. For my first phone on my 13th birthday im getting a iPhone 15 Pro Max White titanium 1TB.
I would want to know the honest answer if I should go to upgrade my iphone 13 pro max to iphone 15 pro max? How’s the battery and the quality of the camera? Thank you!
I've read a bunch of articles on the overheating issue. Feels strange that Josh didn't mention that issue at all. Curious.
Watching this on my IPhone 15 pro max. Definitely 10/10 phone. Camera is absolutely phenomenal
Edit: battery life is also significantly improved
just ordered the same, in blue
I have blue as well
awesome, I had the 12 pro max also in blue hihi
Bro I’m on it hahaha
Front camera?
My kids got the mid-year green 13 Pro, and I’ve always hated the weight of their phone, so was not expecting to go with a Pro when I needed to upgrade - until the Titanium was released. Not sure I’d go as large as a Pro Max, but the lighter frame has made a huge difference.
Thanks for the video!
iPhone 15 plus is good choice
Fantastic info about the one I’ve stuck in my head 😅❤TY
I would be interested to know how many people just set the action button to silent?
My guess is it’s gonna break down by age bracket. It’s antidotal, but the younger you are, the more likely you are to just leave your phone on silent 100% of the time in my experience. Like I haven’t taken my phone off silent in 6 months haha. - Josh
@@6MonthsLater I've heard of this and find it interesting, is it because it's never out of your hands ?!
Definitely used for silent for the older crowd 😁
@@6MonthsLater anecdotal, not antidotal
I have it set to open up my camera; I like taking a lot of pictures, and I’m 15 so I just mostly already always have it on silent bc of school
I got my 15 pro max in November and the battery is so disappointing. my battery capacity is already at 98% and it barely lasts me a full day at university. it is so so disappointing especially for the high price that I paid. :///
I’ve had my FineWoven case for 4 months. It’s held up great. Just clean it every once in a while and it’s fine.
I got my iphone 15 pro max 2 days ago , i upgraded from redmi 7 to this and that was the best choice i did 😌
Love the honestly. Great review.
I went from 6s to XS MAX and this 15 PM is on its way. I don’t upgrade often, actually I am not hard on phones so they last. Upgrades are huge for me. My plan allows for me to upgrade whenever I want so I went ahead and pulled the trigger on the 15 pro max and if the 16 pro max is worth the upgrade, I will upgrade with no penalty.
Awesome review …. ✌🏻
Thank you!
I have a 13 pro max and am wondering if I should trade it in for a 15 pro max or wait for the next iPhone.
Wondering the same.
Having watched S24U reviews, I think 16PM will be a big upgrade to keep up with Samsung.
I just got one for free from Verizon. My 13Pro Max is still going strong
yeah I got the 12 max and its running like a champ lol
I had the 11 Pro Max no issues still running like a champ, but I still wanted the 15 pro max yesterday lol yolo 😂😂
I was really tempted to get the 15pro max on my birthday. But now that the 16 models are just a few months away. I might just wait a bit more.
I have an android phone and still using iphone 11 lol. So upgrading to the 16 pro or max would be much worth it I guess.
I’ve been out the iPhone game for a while and it seems Apple releases a new iPhone each year like sony releasing all colors of rainbow ps4s and now soon ps5s lol
I got me a 15pro max and I had an 11 and new phones always have glitches with constant updates so I’m happy with this 15 pro max with 0 issues after it’s been out, how long ago? I don’t even know 😂😂😂
@@B_HarTzdid any of you get AppleCare+? I still have a few weeks to cancel and get a full refund. I’ve got contents insurance and a repair co that fixes the top glass without changing the whole screen out
You're gonna be BLOWN away!!!!!! I remember when I went from iPhone 11 to the 13PM omg I was so amazed by the beautiful display it was pure luxury.
I miss my note 20 I have 15 pro max speakers suck mirroring screens doesn’t work on all tvs
The last section was so timely with the DOJ suing Apple for anti-competitive actions.
I swear I wrote the script before I knew about the DOJ case this week 😂 - Josh
@@6MonthsLaterwell done our Legend JOSH😂🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I just ordered one!
Should i waiting for the Iphone 16 pro max or buy now for iphone 15 pro max in mid year ?
I got 15 pro max yesterday you should lol 😅
Do i buy it now
Just about to upgrade from my 12 pro … lol let’s hope it’s worth it 🤪
I’m thinking of updating too… the price tho 😅😅😅
Always bring power bank
I couldn’t afford the pro max, so I settled for the pro and I enjoy it. No battery issues and the 3 x camera is great.
I’ve just sold my iPhone 15 pro it’s got heat problems and gets very hot
I just upgraded from 13 Pro Max to 15 Pro Max today after watching your videos😂😂😂😂
I have iPhone 13 Pro Max can make videos about it
I have a 12 pro max and I still enjoy life, do I get the 15 pro max? or wait for the 16 pro max? just want to make some family memories capturing travels and weddings coming up!
I would recommend getting the 15 pro max.
At least that's what I did and I am so happy & no regrets
@@Denortion you're absolutely right, be happy now and use it now, no need to wait for life to happen.
what did you end up getting the color and the size and what did you upgrade from? thank you so much
wait for the 16 pro max.. by that time the 15pm price will go down.. then buy the 15 😂
Wait till the 16 pro max. It will be a updated version of the 15 pro max. Same as it was for the 13 pro max. It fixed all the issues the 12 pro max had, and it did have issues
@@LouisLuzuka Yeah that's what I was thinking when I bought it.
I bought the dark blue color, the phone is 6'7 inches. I upgraded from the 11 and I bought the phone itself from an apple store in qatar
I have a iPhone 15 pro max and it’s incredible but the cases Apple made are hot garbage lmfao
Way no 1 talk about heat the phone is gheting so hot when is charge way
I have a Samsung Galaxy S 24 Ultra and I'm getting the iPhone Pro Max tomorrow on my 2nd device
me too!! 🎊 🎉
I'm going to do the same. I thought that I will never want one.
I just got mine. Most beautiful phone❤❤❤ever coming from android .
Unlucky
Got this 15pm 2 week ago..my main pone arr Xiaomi 13lite.. selfie use 13lite
you only use Ip for Card banking ?
@@kiddomeme3730 what u mean..I do it on both.. deco home WiFi n CCTV home both
AS USUAL 6
I just brought it off of my carrier website and upgrade to 15 pro max from iPhone 11
I have an 11 pro max and am wondering if it’s worth it now, or hold out to the next one
@@matthewharkins5300 I’ll let you know tomorrow my 15 pro max arriving tomorrow
@matthewharkins5300 YES WORTH UPGRADING FOR SURE LOVE IT
I literally just bought the 15 pro. And I had no idea about the action button until I was setting it up. I was like “oh hell yeah I can just put my flash light on this” because I use the flashlight all the time. I had no idea you could program it to do different things depending on different conditions
good
Thumbs up for calling out Apple's unethical practices
So you want Apple to open up to massive unsecured downloads on the iPhone? No thank you! If you want to roll around in the gutter like a dog and pickup viruses and malware then get an Android phone. The rest of us like having safe downloads and top security from hackers and our prying government. DO NOT bring us down to Android level, I left that crappy OS and the bloatware, popups, malware, the spying from Google, and other crap in my rear view mirror. This is not about just YOU, you have a choice!
No one:
This guy: 🤨
how much the battery lost her capacity after 6 months?
Battery health is showing normal with a maximum capacity of 98% with a 119 cycle count.
@@6MonthsLater , thank you!
mine is 98% which is really disappointing due to the high price :/
The phone is overall a pretty good phone, but the voice dictation is absolute garbage, and it needs to be improved a lot. It’s holding back pretty hard in my opinion.
That should be addressed with ios18 and some help from Google or someone with way more AI capabilities…so I’ve heard.
Don’t like the sound of the 16, so I’m going to wait for the 17 coming out in 4 months time.
Are you referring to 15 and 16?
Just ordered a 512GB for w family member who has an 11 Pro Max. Curious to see how different they find it. I expect them to say 'same' like they always do 😂
I have the 11 pro max. The battery is still good but could do better.
My battery 🔋 life sucks on this phone. 📱 by 1pm I’m at 30%
Nah lost me at the end
I don’t particularly like that my new 15 pro max heats up a lot when I charge it.
I did notice that too lol
Apple treat their customers like a cash cow!😢
I whan am 59 years old
Doubt you daily run the phone for 6 months straight. Doesn't make sense with your other 6 months review and reviews.
The iPhone 15 Pro Max has been my daily carry for 6 Months. I use Android phones as my work device, but my personal carry device for the past few years (since the iPhone 13) has been an iPhone. - Josh
Shut up
@@6MonthsLaterApparently people can't accept the fact that we use our devices for more than 3 months. Shocking.
Yeah totally just left his phone around for days on end. Youre special kid
I upgraded from a 6s plus and a 14 pro max to a 15 pro max I’m satisfied with Apple feels more professional and smoother and has a sexy look to it
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Please raise your voice for the camera problem with iphone 15 promax. The photos change drastically after they are taken. Before a photo is taken,it seems very good through the view finder. Its saturation, vibrance and brightness are well on point. But when a photo is taken it automatically becomes dark and grainy. 😢… it also loses saturation and vibrance and becomes disgustingly dull🤮. The difference before and after clicking is so much and abrupt that i hate it😢. In indoors its good. But this problem happens in outdoor when its bright sunny day.Please raise your voice creaters😭😭😭😭😭😭😭.
Please the rest of you people, check your phones as well. Just test it in outdoors on a normal sunny day. Check the brightness , saturation and vibrance of the image before and after clicking. Then report back. We must raise our voice.
Bro if you aren’t strong enough to lift a phone what are you doing I’d much rather have a heavier phone even if it’s a kg
Silicone cases suck!!! Do not get them either. Ive gone through 2 in 1 year & they start chipping easily.
Just upgrade from iPhone 13 to iPhone 15 pro max
This whole DOJ fiasco…. makes me want to stick to using iPhones even more!!
Wait so this doesn’t even use a dam iPhone charger????
How does it charge?
@@matthewread79 a dam android USBC charging port !
No !
I'm pretty sure u are a android user let's be serious 😂
I wish they upgrade their design. it looks cheap.
Huawei mate P60 Pro is the most high-end phone at the moment, air gestures control on social media Apps & satellites texting & calls. Top notch photo & video recording. Unlike low end iPhone!😂😂😂
Those phones aren’t available in the United States though
There would be no real life scenario I would use air gestures. Samsung had it first and they don’t anymore because nobody used them.
Gimmicks stop being interesting after one use lol
@KayKashi Their Eco system much better than iOS, lots of iPhone user ditch iPhone to go for Samsung or other brands too in these day, cos APPLE have stop innovative. Not even have folded or flip phones!
@@cwd5736 look at the sales data. Those are gimmicks that don’t get sales. I switch back and forth every few years, for the casual consumer iOS is still a better experience. Both are good, don’t get me wrong
"Upgraded" from a couple of Android phones - Pixel 5a and a Moto g Stylus 5g (2022) to a 15 Pro Max. I am not an Apple hater - and I absolutely don't trust Google so not a fan of Android - but... I can't stand this 15 Pro. I mean, it does not have basic functions that cheap Androids have. And this charge port issue of it connecting and reconnecting and BEEPING EVER DAMN TIME - is a pain. I have to turn my phone off to charge it because it is so annoying. As a Mac and iPad user, I love how all of my Apple devices work together - but other than that... Whew... no, this phone just is not worth the price. The phone just has not evolved over the past 10 years.
Charge port issue?
@@shreyass2447right. I’m like beeping issues?
Baay'ee gaariidha
Not worth it. Honor magic 5 pro is better.
😮😊
13:31
It’s because you joined the close-minded tech company.
If only Android can offer as premium hardware as iPhone does, I’ll never buy iPhone again.
But until now, no company can build a premium hardware for android at all
Bashing Apple for the App Store fee is extremely short sighted. Running a server farm for millions of apps for billions of phones isn’t free. Also exposing the app developers to those billions of users has a value. eBay for example charged ~15% just to sell on their platform vs selling your your neighbor. Why? Exposure value. 30% may be too high overall but with inflation, maybe not vs when it launched. I don’t want an open App Store. I’ve had android and it’s a hot mess! There’s also cost to have human intervention to keep the store clean. Why would I want to worry what my elders download and have to go down the spiral of android/windows to fix and maintain it. I’ll gladly pay the 30% for a groomed garden of bliss.
The DOJ lawsuit is gov overreach, but that’s a whole other topic opened by the EU USBC stupidity.
I'm not arguing Apple needs to haven an open App Store, if they want to keep the app store and fees, that's fine by me. But the iOS Operating System itself needs to allow for downloading apps directly from the Internet, exactly the way Apple allows this on the Mac today. -Josh
Bob, you're a consumer not an apple executive (or are you?), so you should be celebrating anything that keeps money in your wallet, especially given how overpriced these devices already are.
I cannot wait for the DOJ to force Google to bundle UA-cam premium, UA-cam music, etc under a single Google one subscription.
This isn't an app store problem...it's an Apple thinking they are better than the government problem. Apple won't open its files...so the government sues...plain and simple....it's the American way. Government sues behind crap so they can look at your books. Problem is Apple doesn't have more resources than the government and eventually they will give in because legal fees get passed down to the consumer.
@@6MonthsLater there surely is a debate to be had about a mind shift away from the term “phone” to pocket computer. What that looks like and how it’s handled could be similar to how they approached the Mac but the fact it isn’t that is also a bit of the beauty of simplicity. It’s a careful what you wish for moment, but fun to contemplate.
I’d really like to see what could happen if the phone could be leveraged for even more on the go horsepower (cpu/gpu) with Vision Pro.
The others commenting, successful company = bad are just plain ignorant and have no idea how a business operates.
@@6MonthsLateryou can’t treat the iPhone like the Mac because they are 2 very different devices with different uses, and importantly, different size user bases. With the popularity of iPhones and the number of users, the risk of allowing open access as on the Mac is problematic. Also, the Mac App Store of purely Mac apps (i.e., excluding iPhone/iPad apps that can run on M series Macs) is extremely limited. In short, there likely aren’t a ton of apps that aren’t available in Apple’s App Store that users are clamoring for.
iPhone 15 use usb c , so all the old version of adapter don’t work, you need to buy new one from apple , feel like fucking ripoff , can’t believe I spend £1300 then realised I can’t fucking even charge my phone. Greedy af,
Idk how you didn’t know that before you bought it tbh
Idk how you didn’t know that tbh
The pain will go away 😂
I am 10 I have a iPhone 12 Pro Max 😂
Oh yeah? Well I’m 11 and I have iPhone 15 Pro Max 😂
The iPhone 15 Pro Max is just the 12 Pro Max version 4. Same design and user interface.
I was 30 when I bought my first mobile phone. The battery lasted all week. 😎
Firstt
I’m
Overated for most people, whatever the brand is
congratulations, I live in Ukraine, my dream is a phone. Would you be able to give it to me?🙏
it sucks
Anyone saying IPHONE 15 pro max is worth the money spent is either indoctrinated, has never used a Samsung longer than a month or finds value in over spending for a phone that lacks customizations, and lacks so many other options and the ability to play your own music for free.
Personally, I find the connection between iPhone and Apple Carplay much better than the connection between my S24U and Android carplay. Also, the connection from an Apple watch to the iPhone is super fast and very accurate. That's not always the case with Android. Apple Music is working great in the car, very reliable, while running music on Android carplay by VLC is very unresponsive and laggy.The health applications with Apple is much better, bigger, and more accurate than on an Android device. Fingerprints are still unresponsive on the S24U don't work all the time, while faceID always works. When i transfer money from the bank to Google playstore, it happens regularly that the money isn't there. With Apple, it never acurt that. Google payments are laggy, while Apple Pay is not showing these issues. I'm an Android user, and yes, Android has more abilities, but Apple is more reliable.
I'm a Samsung user and just got my S24 ultra... Great phone. But dude... Are you like 12 or something? Let people decide what phones they wanna get. That's why tech reviewers are here to help consumers decide what phones they wanna get.
Damn..you sound like you’re still breastfed. 😂 smh
Any flagship phone isn’t worth the price. But here we are.
Apple music is a direct connection without delay with Apple carplay, on Android with a 3th party app like VLC the music gets laggy, not loading, stuck etc etc... Even Google is regulary not responding on my calls, freezing or nothing working.. Yes, then i prefer Apple were this never happens!!!
I'm using many different models of Samsung phones, I don't have any complaints, but I don't know why must buy iPhone 15 pro max and stuck with very slow performance, and bad service from even iPhone care
I don't think so , from the first day, my iPhone 15 pro max , performance slow, Comair to my galaxy A54 , I tried to make complaint to Apple care, I get there bad service, now I can iPhone 15 pro max very bad , that very very wrong decision to buy IPhone 15 pro max and ipods pro , waist my time and my money