is the iphone 14 pro max really worth 200 more than the iphone 14 plus or
should you just save that money or invest it into upgrading your storage
well there are some significant differences between these phones and i
think that some of you guys are going to regret the decision that you quickly
made so in this video i will cover not only all the differences but also the
similarities and in what ways the 14 plus is actually better than the pro max
and ultimately helping you make the right choice i'm going to start out with
some simple differences and then get into the heavy hitters now you guys
obviously know that we have color differences and you know your preference
so i'm going to skip to what really stands out now the size of the displays
are the same that's a major selling point but what isn't is the materials we
have aluminum on the plus and stainless steel on the pro max now stainless steel
does look nice but there's major downsides first off fingerprints you can
see them you have to wipe it all the time compared to aluminum where you
don't have that and i think that you notice scratches way more on the
stainless steel as well i definitely notice it on mine but with that said
if you do drop it the stainless steel is much more sturdy and protective with
that the back glass which is very expensive to replace does have some
differences the plus has this shiny finish that is glossy it shows a lot of
fingerprints but it gives you a nice grip to it
whereas the pro max i love the matte finish it feels great doesn't leave
fingerprints but it is a little bit more slippery now
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detection and spent a ton of time on satellite connectivity and thankfully
both of the phones have this both of them have the same exact waterproofing
and a lot of the other upgrades apply as well such as bluetooth 5.3 which they
could have saved for the pros but they didn't now the one thing that really
stands out is the difference in processors and i have to say that's
probably not going to be the deal breaker where people were getting upset
that the new iphones have an old chip now if you're comparing to the pro max
the latest benchmarks do show that there's a 17 difference in cpu and an
eight percent difference in graphics but of course even the a15 and the a14 were
so fast that it doesn't make a major difference now one area where i think
there is going to be a difference is battery life with the plus being better
now apple mentioned that has the best battery life in any iphone ever but that
was raiding audio playback whereas in video playback it is actually worse than
the 14 pro max and that's just because of the extra efficiency of the a16 chip
but personally i think that if you are a lighter user you will get better battery
life out of the 14 plus just because it has a larger battery in
general and it doesn't have some of these extra features that eat up extra
battery that doesn't show up on those spec sheets for example we have to talk
about the display because this is where we have a ton of differences what really
shocked everybody was the dynamic island which is the new version of the notch
and not only does it look different but they're using it as a part of the ui so
a lot of shortcuts and apps and controls and notifications are going to be shown
there and this does look super cool it is handy but personally it's not like
this is something that you have to have it makes a massive difference in actual
usability it is more of a luxury feature now where i do think it will matter is
upcoming years and i'll talk about that at the end now one thing that really
really matters to me is the always-on display now apple's able to do this
because the screen goes down to one hertz now which saves battery on the 14
pro max and of course if you enable always on display it's going to use
extra but it is so nice to have all your
notifications showing up there just dims down and if your phone is laying there
you see all that instead of having to tap it now promotion also taps into that
because that variable refresh rate goes up to 120 hertz which makes the phone so
so smooth if you've never experienced this on the iphone 13s man it is amazing
to have but there is a major downside if all of your other devices that you use
only have 60 hertz for example maybe your ipad
you know your different computer monitors all of that when you're used to
your iphone everything else just seems slow and glitchy so at that point you
want to upgrade your other devices or it gets annoying but personally if you can
afford it it is nice to have now where things get really different are the
cameras and i know not everybody cares about cameras but i still want to touch
on it where it really matters apple showed off the 48 megapixel camera and
it looks really good but the 14 plus gets the camera from the iphone 13 pro
max so it's still a very very good camera but there are some limitations
first off you're not going to get the prores raw you're not going to get
progress video does not matter i'm somebody so many photos and i will say
no it does not matter i've used both of those but they take up way more space
the results aren't that much better so even if you get the pro max i don't
think a lot of you guys will use that now with that the action mode still
works great on both as well as the cinematic mode it works in 4k hdr in
both which is great but the larger sensor of the 14 pro max will make it
more accurate along with that the front-facing cameras are identical they
are both new and much improved so if you love selfies there's no different but
the other difference really comes in with that three times telephoto lens and
with lidar having that three times telephoto allows you to zoom in 15 times
instead of five and it looks so much better on the iphone 13 series so the
same thing's gonna go with this setup if you like to zoom in you have kids or
animals further away it makes a dramatic difference it also allows you to take
portraits with that lens which does give you a whole different perspective more
like a realistic camera and with that the lidar sensor if you
take portrait shots at night it allows for night mode the 14 plus still doesn't
have that and there is a shocking difference
in terms of the quality the brightness the sharpness all of that so overall if
you care about cameras it is such a huge difference you have so much more options
with the 14 pro max now this is where we have to talk about resale value some
people don't care about that but other people do
now if you're going to be selling your 14 plus say in a year from now to
upgrade to the 15 well the 15s are going to get that dynamic island as well at
that point the 14s are going to get outdated much quicker than previous
iphones where we didn't have that difference so i would definitely think
about that and if you're somebody that doesn't resell their phone you keep it
for a long time say three four even five years you have to think well this is
actually 200 bucks but what difference is that price when you spread it over
five years and if you're going to be sticking for phone that long that's
where i would highly recommend to get the 14 pro max not only do you get that
new design that's going to stay fresh for a long time with a new notch always
on display much better cameras you have the lidar you just get so much more
value for that 200 price now who should buy the 14 plus i would say two people
one somebody that doesn't have great eyesight or you really like a big screen
but you know don't care about anything else you'd be happy with an iphone 6
iphone 7 and two if you need the best battery life because if you're not a
heavy user and your screen is going to be off for a long time and you're not
gonna be pushing your phone hard with games and other things the standby time
should be really good with this phone much better than what apple specs show
off so there you guys go please do not make the wrong choice look over all of
the differences that i talked about and think about how long you're going to
have this phone and what that price difference really breaks down to
over the long term a lot of people should be getting the pro max instead of
the plus and it looks like based on pre-orders a lot of people are
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