IPhone 14 Pro Max is a product of the iPhone 14 series that Apple has just launched with a series of new changes and improvements. The device has a square, elegant and sophisticated design. The device is equipped with a Super Retina XDR panel that delivers clear image quality to every detail and the screen switches to a horizontal pill-hole punch design to replace the notch.
Design
iPhone 14 Pro Max has a luxurious and sophisticated design, owns a stainless steel frame and a luxurious glass back that adds durability over time to the device. In addition, the device owns a cluster of 3 cameras set into a modern triangle like its predecessor design.
The first point that the author impressed with the iPhone 14 Pro Max is that the screen cutout has been converted into a pill form and the rear camera lenses are made more convex than its predecessor. The first point that the author impressed with the iPhone 14 Pro Max is that the screen cutout has been converted into a pill form and the rear camera lenses are made more convex than its predecessor.
Screen
iPhone 14 Pro Max has an LTPO screen capable of changing the screen refresh rate up to 120Hz for all movements that are extremely smooth and enjoyable. Equipped with a 6.7-inch screen with Super Retina XDR resolution, making every screen detail extremely vivid and sharp.
iPhone 14 Pro Max always-on screen with many deep customizations
Apple has caught up with Android phones when it comes to Alway-on displays with the iPhone 14 Pro Max. Even the author evaluates this screen of Apple has the ability to intervene deeply and a more impressive experience if you take the time to set them up.
Because the refresh rate of the iPhone 14 Pro Max can be reduced to 1 Hz, Apple has also customized it so that the Alway-on screen can display the lock screen with a much lower brightness than previous generations. Therefore, you can still easily view wallpapers, notifications and information easily and quickly.
The iPhone 14 Pro Max's Alway-on screen is also smart enough to turn itself off if you put it in your pocket or when you put it face down on a table. The author appreciates the Alway-on screen of the iPhone 14 Pro Max because it can see the time or information quickly without having to turn on the device. Especially this screen part of the iPhone 14 Pro Max is even more customizable with iOS 16.
Besides, the Super Retina XDR screen of the iPhone 14 Pro Max is also surprisingly bright and vivid. In actual experience, the author found the screen of the machine for brightness up to 1,600 nits with HDR content and 2,000 nits when outdoors in the sun.
The screen of the iPhone 14 Pro Max is also very detailed, the content displayed is clear and true. The ProMotion 120 Hz display also offers an impressive gaming experience with smooth frame movements, responsive and precise swipes and touches.
Coming to the more in-depth test of Tom's Guide, the iPhone 14 Pro Max's screen has a brightness of 1,565 nits when displaying HDR content, quite similar to Apple's statement. The screen of the machine also achieves 117.5 % sRGB color gamut and 83.2 % DCI-P3. Delta-E results for color accuracy of 0.26 with results as close to zero as possible.
Meanwhile, the iPhone 13 Pro Max has a maximum brightness of 1,040 nits in the Tom's Guide test and scores 109.3% and 77.4% in the sRGB and DCI-P3 tests. So the iPhone 14 Pro Max has a better screen, although its Delta-E is slightly lower than the iPhone 13 Pro Max's 0.21.
The Galaxy S22 Ultra hit 1,359 nits with HDR content, hitting 137.5% and 97.4% on sRGB and DCI-P3. The machine's Delta-E result is 0.25. That makes Samsung's panel more vivid but will be slightly more chromatic.
Camera
iPhone 14 Pro Max is upgraded to the main camera from 12 MP to 48 MP along with Apple's excellent camera optimization that promises to bring an extremely impressive experience of photography capabilities on the new iPhone. A series of photography features to support users are equipped such as: night shooting, zoom shooting or panoramic shooting,.
All three rear camera lenses of the iPhone 14 Pro Max are larger in size even the flash, so the camera cluster of the device is also increased in area. The author also finds that the iPhone 14 Pro Max is a bit heavier and thicker than its predecessor, specifically the iPhone 14 Pro Max is 0.79 cm thick, weighs 240.12 grams while the iPhone 13 Pro Max is 0.76 cm thick and weighs 239.84 grams.
This year Apple has really created a big buzz for the iPhone 14 Pro Max when it first brought to its iPhones a 48 MP wide-angle main camera. According to the setup, the sensor will group every 4 pixels into 1 and optimize for better light capture when producing a final 12MP photo. You can still convert the image quality to 48 MP in Pro RAW mode if you are focused on detail, which is especially useful when cropping images.
The iPhone 14 Pro Max's 48 MP main camera also supports 2x zoom combined with a 12 MP telephoto lens with 3x zoom that is quite good, but the device will not be able to achieve the impressive 10x zoom like on the Galaxy S22 Ultra.
iPhone 14 Pro Max also has a new generation 12MP ultra-wide-angle lens that is almost twice the size of its predecessor, and a 12MP TrueDepth camera that provides autofocus with f/1.9 aperture allowing you to take photos. better low light. Besides, the low-light photography performance is also a highlight of the iPhone 14 Pro Max when it has a tool called Photonic, powered by the A16 Bionic chip to help brighten photos. and more alive.
You can still take photos with 48MP resolution, but first you need to enable Apple ProRaw mode and set ProRaw resolution to 48MP in Settings. It's a bit complicated to set up at first, but once it's enabled, you can quickly switch between RAW and regular photos right in the camera app.
In daylight conditions, the photos taken from the iPhone 14 Pro Max have good quality with detail and the ability to reproduce true and clear colors. Portrait photos are also blurred by the machine to help the subject look more prominent, the details of the subject are also specifically depicted by the machine.
When switching to low-light conditions, the iPhone 14 Pro Max has shown its superiority over rivals with night mode. The image taken has high brightness, details are retained very well, the colors are true and the image is also very clear, not being colored by other light sources.
iPhone 14 Pro Max is considered to be very good, the details are clearly depicted, the transition effect between zoom levels is also much smoother than before.
Performance
iOS 16 version is equipped on iPhone 14 Pro Max combined with Apple A16 Bionic chip to bring an extremely powerful performance. According to the announcement, the A16 chip equipped on the iPhone 14 Pro Max has 40% stronger performance than the previous version.
iPhone 14 Pro Max powerful performance with A16 Bionic chip
The iPhone 14 Pro Max's A16 Bionic is Apple's first chip built using the 4 nm process, and it's once again one of the fastest on a phone at the moment. Specifically, the CPU of this processor is rated to be only 10% faster than the A15 but provides 50% more memory bandwidth, which will better support when playing games.
The A16 Bionic of the iPhone 14 Pro Max is Apple's first chip built using the 4 nm process
In Tom's Guide's test, the iPhone 14 Pro Max responded very well even when running many applications and playing heavy games like Asphalt 9 Legends. Experience when playing games on iPhone 14 Pro Max is very smooth, even in fights that need powerful graphics processing.
iPhone 14 Pro Max responds very well even when running many applications and playing heavy games like Asphalt 9
In the Geekbench 5 test, the iPhone 14 Pro Max scored 1,882 single-core points, 5,333 points multi-core. This result is significantly better than iPhone 13 Pro Max (1,720 / 4,549), Galaxy Z Fold 4 with Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 chip (1,328 / 3,831). Especially the S22 Ultra is even lagging behind with its Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor (1,249 / 3,392)
Moving on to graphics, the iPhone 14 Pro Max scored 12,363 points or 74 FPS on the 3DMark Wild Life Unlimited test. The Galaxy S22 Ultra has a score of 9,499 and 56.87 FPS. Last year's iPhone 13 Pro Max reached 11,418 and 68.37 FPS, so it can be said that the iPhone 14 Pro Max and the A16 Bionic chip have had a growth in graphics performance.
However, it is quite unusual for the iPhone 14 Pro Max to give a slower speed in the video editing test of Tom's Guide. Specifically, the machine was tested to transcode 4K video to 1,080p in the Adobe Premiere Rush application. The latest iPhone took 30 seconds to get the job done while the iPhone 13 Pro Max took just 25 seconds. The Galaxy S22 Ultra took 47 seconds and the Galaxy Z Fold 4 took 45 seconds.
It seems that thanks to the more efficient power-saving capabilities of the Apple A16 chip, the iPhone 14 Pro Max was able to last quite a long time in the battery test of Tom's Guide. Specifically, blood can reach about 14 hours 42 minutes in this web surfing test. The above results help iPhone 14 Pro Max rise to become one of the phones with the best battery life today.
iPhone 14 Pro Max was able to last 14 hours 42 minutes in the battery test of Tom's Guide
When used in practice, the iPhone 14 Pro Max gives a very good time after being charged for nearly 90% of the device used to download applications, play music, record movies, take photos from 13 to 18 hours, which only takes about 30 hours. % battery (reduced from 90% to 60%).
In actual use, the iPhone 14 Pro Max for the duration is also very good.
Unfortunately, the iPhone 14 Pro Max still only uses 20 W charging, so the device is still inferior to many competitors in the market. The author tried to charge the iPhone 14 Pro Max since the device ran out of battery, in the first 30 minutes the device got 42% while Apple claims you can charge 50% in this time, the number is not too much difference but Overall this is still not a fast speed when compared to other high-end phones.
iPhone 14 Pro Max connects to satellites and detects accidents
Around the end of this year, Apple will officially launch two new safety features for the iPhone 14 Pro Max. The first is Emergency SOS via satellite, thanks to a combination of antennas and new software on the device, you can connect to satellites when there is no cellular signal or Wi-Fi network. From there you will get help from emergency services to your specific location.
iPhone 14 Pro Max is supported to broadcast emergency SOS signal via satellite.
The second safety feature is collision detection, which uses the iPhone 14 Pro Max's improved accelerometer and gyroscope to detect if you're in a car accident. If something goes wrong, your iPhone can automatically call emergency services as well as notify the emergency contacts you've specified.
The second safety feature on the iPhone 14 Pro Max is collision detection
IPhone 14 Pro Max has four color options: Dark Purple, Silver, Gold and Space Black. Dark purple makes the most impression and is also the version chosen for this article. The author also appreciates the finishing of the matte glass back and the polished steel frame of the machine because it looks very harmonious with the color versions of the product. The iPhone 14 Pro Max has a somewhat familiar overall look, but it still looks very elegant and elegant with handy IP68 water resistance.
IPhone 14 Pro Max will have one more cut in design, which is the SIM slot. Similar to the previous headphone jack, Apple has removed this slot for iPhone models sold in the US market and replaced it with eSIM technology. You can use 2 eSIMs for your device, but there will be some limitations if the carrier you are using does not support this technology
iPhone 14 Pro Max unique and handy Dynamic Island screen
Next, let's come to the most creative point on this year's iPhone 14 Pro Max! Not only did Apple shrink and move the notch of the iPhone, but it also found a way to make this area useful and even very interesting, attracting users. In addition to housing the TrueDepth camera, Dynamic Island acts like a small dashboard, providing access to the information you need no matter what app you're using.
In addition to housing the TrueDepth camera, Dynamic Island acts like a small control panel
For example, if you open Apple Music or Spotify, then swipe back to the home screen, you'll see the album art displayed on the left side and there's a little waveform animation on the right. If you long-press on Dynamic Island, a larger window will pop up, showing the music player and playback controls. You can also tap this to launch the app.
If you long press on Dynamic Island, a larger window will pop up
There are many applications that you can use with Dynamic Island. You can view timer information, navigation from the Maps application, incoming call status, and more. You can also enable two apps to display the status at the same time in Dynamic Island!
Later this year Apple will make the Live Activities API available to developers to give Dynamic Island even more functionality. Such as workout results, food delivery status display, trip information and more.
There are many applications that you can use with Dynamic Island.
The use of Dynamic Island will also extend to other activities, such as Face ID and customizable animations. It can be said that Dynamic Island is a key feature and can become the main reason for users to choose iPhone 14 Pro Max over other products.
In addition, iPhone 14 Pro Max is also running iOS 16 with many new and interesting features, you can refer here for details!How much does iPhone 14 Pro Max cost? Is it worth buying?
iPhone 14 Pro Max is rated by Tom's Guide as one of the best phones at the moment, this is not just a version with a larger screen or longer battery life, but it also has a score. Click with Dynamic Island, a camera system with many capabilities and powerful performance.
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