hi everyone Aaron here for ZolloTech and the iPhone XS Max has only been out a
year or so and this was my main phone until the iPhone 11 pro and pro max came
out so this is a really great phone but I wanted to talk about my experience
over the past year and talk about what I like about it and what I didn't like
about it and also see how it held up the iPhone XS Max has been pretty reliable
over the past year or so durability wise it's held up pretty well with the
exception of the one time I dropped it in the lake right back there I dropped
it in a different spot and I had a separate video all about that but
unfortunately it didn't withstand the water and I had to get the phone
replaced under AppleCare warranty so it's okay the ip68 certification I don't
really trust that so if you're going to take this in the water I would actually
put it in a waterproof case just to be safe I know a lot of people take it in
the water all the time but Apple doesn't cover water damage and
if you have Apple care it's still 100 dollars and if you don't have Apple care
it's four to six hundred dollars so I would definitely put it in a case just
to be safe unless that amount of money is not a big deal to you now as far as
the overall durability since I don't use a case or screen protector it's held up
pretty well considering this was replaced due to that water damage both
held up well do as far as scratches so let me show you a little bit closer as
you can see I don't use a case and I haven't used a screen protector and some
of that is a test for durability and some of that is because I like the feel
of the phone without it and I'm very careful without it except for that one
story I just told you and that's the first time I've damaged an iPhone in ten
years now scratches along this edge it's pretty typical since it's most exposed
and if you have a silver iPhone it's pretty common to see light scratches on
the stainless steel but that can be polished out now the same is true of
scratches on the back and the front and you can see the scratches under certain
light as you may be able to see it right here and let me see if I can show you
those scratches even better I have some on the front as well and you can see the
scratches on the back there's not a ton of them but there is some there along
with scuffs on the metal now on the front I'm not sure if you can see it but
right under my finger there's a scratch all the way across the screen I'm not
sure what caused it but you can see it in certain light of course all of
those scratches could have been prevented if I just used a case or a
skin or a screen protector so I'm not really complaining but I just wanted to
show you how it holds up if you don't use those you will get unexpected light
scratches and deep gouges as well no battery life has been pretty good until
the new iPhones came out and we saw what you could really get but overall it's
been decent and if I go down to the battery and then I go to battery health
you'll see I have 100% battery health now this isn't really fair since this is
only a few months old compared to the one I traded in which had 99 percent
battery health so if we bring that out to what we have now even if we had 97 or
96 percent battery health that's normal for a year
in fact Apple says 80% after two years is normal battery health degradation so
that's okay and I'm fine with that and that is charging this phone every
single night and just using it and not paying attention when I charge it or how
I charge it I just enjoy using it and I've had no issues whatsoever now
depending on the day the battery life was pretty good 4 hours and 48 minutes
of screen on time with about 20% battery life left the next day I had 4 hours and
26 minutes I normally say 5 and a half to 6 hours or so on the iPhone XS Max
and I thought that was great until the 11pro max came out which can get above 5
or so more hours than this one so I'm actually seeing about 3 hours on the
11pro max but the XS Max has a fantastic battery until you compare it
with those new iPhones then it's not so great so it's fine it should get you
through a day but don't expect it to be 8 or 9 hours of screen on time like the
new phones can do now speed and stability are still fine I've never
really had any scrolling issues or speed issues here you'll see everything seems
nice and fast and the good thing is is Apple is no longer slowing down phones
unless the battery health drops to the point where you need to replace the
battery and that's just to keep your phone from rebooting they kind of got in
trouble for that and it just doesn't do that anymore so don't worry about it
slowing down unless you go into your battery settings and it actually tells
you that you need to replace your battery then you'll need to get a new
battery and then it will speed back up for you
now the camera on the phone is quite good in fact I highly recommend it
especially if you want to record video now it's nowhere near what the iPhone 11
pro and pro max can do but it is a very nice camera and it was still the best as
far as video until the new phones came out so if you want to use it for video
definitely get it for that photography it's pretty good but there are other
phones that beat it but the 11pro max definitely blows this phone away when it
comes to the camera now the overall experience has been great with the
exception of one thing and it's a pretty major thing and that's reception it
works fine with Wi-Fi for me but if I leave a Wi-Fi network and then go to a
cellular network or I just disconnect Wi-Fi it doesn't actually do anything I
have to turn on airplane mode turn it back off turn off Wi-Fi and then I'll
have reception so it's just a big pain and it seems to be consistent and it
hasn't improved with updates and I think that's due to those Intel modems or even
the antenna design on these phones it's just not that good
now the interesting thing is Apple no longer sells the iPhone Tenace max they
don't sell the XS and last year they discontinued the X so that you would
buy these phones so unless you can find them leftover or refurbished you're not
going to be able to buy them directly from Apple anymore so if you don't have
one already I would just go for the newest phone however if you still have
one I don't know that I would upgrade to the newest phone unless you're unhappy
with something like the reception or maybe you just want to keep what you
have as there's not huge updates with the new phone other than battery life
and that camera or maybe a little bit faster face ID I don't think you're
going to really appreciate those improvements unless you specifically
want better battery or that camera now the screen has no ghosting or anything
like that it's nice and vibrant and while it's not as bright as the latest
phones it's great overall but let me know what you think about the XS Max in
the comments below that's it for the iPhone XS Max now let me know your
thoughts about this in the comments below because I still think it's a good
phone it did have some antenna issues from time to time but overall I think
it's a decent device now if you'd like to get your hands on this wallpaper of
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