I love most of the iPhone 16 series, but there's one model I just don't understand: the iPhone 16 Pro Max.
I love the iPhone 16 series. I should clarify: I love most of the iPhone 16 series. The iPhone 16 is probably the best small phone ever made — although the Google Pixel 9 Pro makes it a close fight — while the iPhone 16 Pro is my personal iPhone of choice this year. Even the iPhone 16 Plus feels special. That leaves the iPhone 16 Pro Max as the one that’s disappointed me the most.
Related The iPhone 16 Pro Max lacks a certain pizzazz How do you improve an already great phone? That was the challenge facing Apple, and its answer was to make it a bit bigger. That would have worked at one point, but the 6.7-inch display on the iPhone 15 Pro Max already pushes the limits, and the iPhone 16 Pro Max is too big to use comfortably with one hand.
Then there’s iOS; Apple still hasn’t figured out a true use case for a big screen. Even with all the new iOS 18 features, there’s still no reason to have a big screen other than if you have bad eyesight. Even then, I’d argue that using something like a Clicks keyboard with the smaller Pro is a far better combination.
The iPhone 16 Pro is too good Last year, the difference between the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max was stark: the latter had a bigger battery, better camera, and larger display. This year, the camera is the same, and Apple has returned to its previous form of parity in the experience between the two devices. It’s a very welcome move, but also a surprising one. Samsung has proven that having a premium-tier smartphone is good business, and it’s a model that Apple could have emulated.
The regular iPhone 16 is equally impressive This is a bold statement, but the iPhone 16 is the most enjoyable iPhone I’ve used in many years. In a world where most smartphone screens are 6.6 inches or bigger, the 6.1-inch screen on the iPhone 16 is fabulous. I can hear someone whisper something out 60Hz right now, but perhaps you’re wrong.
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