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Thursday, November 23, 2023

iPhone 15 -- Which One To Buy -- Pro Vs Pro Max -- November 23, 2023

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Apple recently unveiled the iPhone 15 Pro and ‌iPhone 15 Pro‌ Max as the successors to the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max, featuring a new titanium design, an Action button, a USB-C port, the A17 Pro chip, and more. As Apple's premium flagship offerings, the ‌iPhone 15 Pro‌ and ‌iPhone 15 Pro‌ Max are the most fully-featured iPhones available.

The ‌iPhone 15 Pro‌ starts at $999 and the ‌iPhone 15 Pro‌ Max starts at $1,199. For the Pro Max model, this is a $100 price increase over last year's model, but there is also no longer a 128GB storage configuration available for this device, meaning that it is effectively only a price hike if you normally buy this model.

Both phones have the same OLED Super Retina XDR always-on display with ProMotion and the Dynamic Island, the A17 Pro chip, 5G connectivity, a "Pro" rear camera setup, and are available in the same color options. Although the two phones share the vast majority of features, there are ten important differences between the devices. Our guide highlights the crucial differences between the ‌iPhone 15 Pro‌ and ‌iPhone 15 Pro‌ Max, and helps to answer the question of how to decide which of these two iPhone models is best for you.

Another review, scroll down to the camera comments.

Where this year’s iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max diverge the most is in the camera systems, as Apple has once again bolstered the optical zoom only on its larger model, giving the iPhone 15 Pro Max more range than the iPhone 15 Pro.

The only other time this happened was in 2020 with the iPhone 12 lineup, when the iPhone 12 Pro retained the 2x telephoto lens from its predecessor, while the iPhone 12 Pro Max got a bump to 2.5x along with a larger sensor.

That year, the iPhone 12 Pro Max had a clear photography advantage over the 6.1-inch model, and this year, Apple is repeating that by giving the iPhone 15 Pro Max a 5x optical zoom for its telephoto lens. By comparison, the iPhone 15 Pro retains the same 3x lens that’s been standard since the iPhone 13 Pro.

The reason for the difference — both in 2020 and now — seems to be a matter of physics. The smaller 6.1-inch iPhone 12 Pro didn’t have the room for the larger sensor Apple wanted to put in three years ago, and Apple’s unique new 5x tetra-prism lens won’t fit into the 6.1-inch iPhone 15 Pro.

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Dolly

I hear Dolly Parton performed at halftime at today's Dallas Cowboys football game. I saw some of the game but missed the halftime show.

But this gives me a chance to show you what hangs on our common room (dining room, living room, entertainment room, and personal office) wall:

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