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Apple iphone 12 pro max review11/18/2023 ![]() ![]() Captured video can now be in 10-bit HDR, branded here with Dolby Vision.Plus a new 65mm (2.5x) telephoto, up from 2x on the older series. The cameras are beefed up with a larger (1/1.86”) main sensor, stabilised with the new (to phones) ‘sensor shift stabilisation’, in theory allowing for longer exposures for stills and smoother video.Although the difference is small in day to day use, future applications and – especially – ProRAW imaging and Dolby Vision video encoding will all make good use of the extra memory and prevent slowdowns. There’s 2GB more RAM (at 6GB now) in the 12 Pro range – more RAM means more can be done at once, more powerful operations can be attempted, and so on.For interest, my review 12 Pro Max is 256GB, chosen by me to apportion a full 128GB of this for video capturing and editing over the next year or so. 128GB is considered the sweet spot for smartphone flagships in 2020 (also true in the Android world), for storing apps, games, media, and (most of all) captured video and photos. The 12 Pro series starts at 128GB (and goes up to 512GB), fixing the main criticism in 2019 of a starting capacity of 64GB and then stepping up to 256GB.I keep my smartphones in a PDair belt holster and larger phones are just fine with these, but it’s fair to say that the 12 Pro Max won’t suit trouser pocket storage! Though it has also been shown that it’s just as vulnerable to scratches from hard objects in pockets (for example), so you’ll still need to be careful. ![]() The screen is covered with ‘Ceramic Shield’ glass from Corning, claimed to be (and tests have proved accurate) up to four times less prone to cracking and shattering when impacted (during a drop).Support for 5G worldwide (including mmWave in the USA).The improvements over last year’s iPhone 11 Pro Max break down as follows, in order of significance: You can’t accuse Apple of not giving users options – even if all those options involve handing over significant sums of cash! Mind you, it’s notable that the iPhone 12 mini is also now available, and that’s utterly tiny. But does the extra screen real estate and, in this case, the possible extra imaging finesse make up for the inconvenience of size and weight? I think so. As with previous years’ Plus or Max models, it’s large and heavy, of course. Following from our review of the smaller and more mainstream iPhone 12, the larger and ‘Max’ed out (in every way) iPhone 12 Pro Max is now available as well. ![]()
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