The iPhone 14 Pro Max is Apple's priciest and heaviest iPhone available today. But it also happens to be one of the very best smartphones money can buy.
Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max MSRP $1,099.00 Score Details DT Editors' Choice “The iPhone 14 Pro Max is the best iPhone — and one of the best overall smartphones — you can buy right now. From a stunning display, premium design, and great cameras, it has it all.” Pros Cons For the last few years, buying Apple’s top-tier iPhone has meant needing to get the Pro equivalent. If you want the nicest cameras, display, and battery life, it’s the Pro iPhone you require.
There is one design characteristic unique to the Pro Max equivalent of the iPhone 14, and that’s its size. Measuring 160.7mm tall and weighing a hefty 240 grams, the iPhone 14 Pro Max is one of the most substantial phones you can buy. As someone who generally prefers smaller phones and has spent the past year using an iPhone 13 Pro, making the jump to the iPhone 14 Pro Max initially seemed quite intimidating.
And, of course, the iPhone 14 Pro Max is one of the first iPhones with an always-on screen. Pressing the power button to turn off your iPhone’s display now shows a dimmed version of your lock screen, complete with notifications, lock screen widgets, and the full color of your wallpaper. I’ve never been the biggest fan of always-on screens, but I do have to admit that Apple’s implementation is one of the prettiest I’ve seen.
These are all notifications that have always existed on the iPhone, but the Dynamic Island now gives them a cohesive place to live. Along with simplifying iOS’s many alerts, it gives them a fun, playful characteristic that’s just so damn charming. The Dynamic Island isn’t always doing something, but when an app does take advantage of it, it’s a treat.
Previous Next 1 of 11 It all sounds very impressive, and looking at photos captured with the iPhone 14 Pro Max, it’s understandable why Apple’s hyping up the camera so much. Simply put, it’s excellent. Previous Next 1 of 4 But it’s not just ultrawide photos this 12MP camera is capable of. Get the iPhone 14 Pro Max close enough to something, and the camera app automatically switches to a macro mode enabled by the ultrawide camera. The results are phenomenal. Whether you want a close-up shot of a flower or want to find hidden details in a piece of fabric, there’s so much versatility with the macro mode.
I didn’t expect to go so in-depth on the cameras when I started writing this review, but I suppose that’s a testament to how good the iPhone 14 Pro Max is in this department. It’s one of those camera systems that makes me want to go out and take more photos, and that’s perhaps the best compliment I can give it.
And in typical Apple fashion, you can look forward to the iPhone 14 Pro Max to keep getting new iOS versions for years to come. While Apple doesn’t guarantee a specific number, we expect the iPhone 14 Pro Max to receive regular OS and security updates for five or six years past its release. My very first day with the iPhone 14 Pro Max started off on a not-so-great foot, going from 5:45 am to 11:15 pm with just 4 hours and 17 minutes of screen time and 15% battery remaining. That was with the always-on screen enabled. After a few more days of use to let the battery settle in, I started seeing much better endurance. With the always-on screen enabled, another day saw me go from 7:45 am to 11:40 pm with 37% battery still remaining after 4 hours and 20 minutes of screen time.
Everything that was great about the iPhone 14 Pro Max at launch is still just as good today. The display continues to be outstanding, I’ve yet to encounter any performance issues, the cameras are excellent, and I still don’t have any battery anxiety. The iPhone 14 Pro Max has since accompanied me on a transcontinental flight from Michigan to California, and even after a full day of travel with frequent music listening, Uber use, etc., I never once found myself worrying about battery life.
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