@@olivergilpin13 mini 256gb main phone, 11 128gb for watching videos 😎 Battery is bad on the 13 but i got myself a slim magnet powerbank just in case i need it.
I guess not everybody has the same experiences. I went from 14PM to 16PM and considered a 15PM but I heard they had more issues at launch than anything. Also the battery difference wasn’t as big as the 16 series. Once I got the 16PM it solved all my battery issues and I never had any problems with display freezing or odd touches with the camera control. I love everything about it and while it doesn’t feel like a massive difference it does everything I want a phone to do very well and that’s all that matters to me. Battery is so so great wifi 7 works good the display is beautiful the titanium is fairly light and the camera is cool. No regrets and for my uses the upgrade was needed for me.
Honestly, I’m happy for your upgrade! I heard nothing but terrible experiences from the 14 lineup..especially as time went on. This actually sounds like a good upgrade for you!
I went 13 to 16 pro. Literally just tried the part in the beginning with the camera button and it worked lol Edit: I love my phone by the way. The speed is night and day from the 13. My phone doesn’t overheat on car play. Random crashes ( on and off beta os). Unresponsive when using teams at random times. Camera is better now. And best of all games run great.
Honestly, that sounds like a great upgrade! Yooo, you’re the first person to bring something up that I thought was only a “me” problem: Teams! I’ve had the same issues!
I went from a 15 pro max to a 16 pro max and yes that’s stupid but i know (I did get a hell of a trade in deal though Apple) but I will say this. It feels slightly bigger in the hand. Ok. The battery life is improved. The capture button is a bit of a gimmick though and the photos are slightly better. The biggest improvement to me though is it doesn’t overheat nearly as much as the 15 did. That to me is worth it.
So glad I decided not to upgrade this year at the very last second… hopefully 17 series will be better. According to the leaks and rumors, it looks legit!
I have an iPhone 15 Pro Max and regret it as well. Wish I had waited and gotten a Samsung S24 Ultra instead. I’m just glad I didn’t get suckered into the 16.
All I wanted was 2 TB of storage. If they’d given us that, I’d have been happy upgrading even if Apple intelligence and the camera button were half baked. I’ll stick with my iPhone 14 Pro Max 1TB
@ the desert titanium threw me off on my first purchase. So it was like no matter how good the phone is it just wasn’t happening lol. Fast forward to now… I have the black titanium and I love it
I’m heard a lot of people aren’t vibing with the desert titanium! Crazy! I always wanted either the black or white…then I went to the blue 16 instead 🤣😅
15 pro max is my main phone I’ve just been a wait and see approach because I don’t think there that much better anyway then what I have. Plus I hate the camera button I can use the screen or action button see no need for a button. Rather they brought back sim tray like the rest of the phones they sell to the world has. My mini I mainly use at work since it’s light small and I just need a phone and text or email. My 15 pro max is my driver phone for power scrolling and when I want better cameras. But the just had apple put a new battery on my mini and I carry that more during the day mostly unless I am on vacation or traveling.
The 15 Pro is really going to age as a fantastic phone. Even with year over year upgrades being pretty small, this is the first year it sounds like last years phone may just actually be a better phone than the new one. I’m holding onto my 15 pro for awhile
Even with the 15, if I'm using it without a case.... I have to be careful about how I hold it when watching RUclips...because I'll accidentally start fast forwarding.
Audiomix, is good for the "right" people and the "right" setting. Until there's a major update for it, do "NOT" use it while trying to make music sound better, unless it's live without so many people in the background.
I kept my iPhone 13 Pro & changed the battery on it. Will be upgrading to iPhone 17 Pro instead. This the longest I had phone 4 years coming up. I use to upgrade every year.
1. I have shrek hands and I haven’t had any more accidental inputs on my phone than with my 13 pro. 2. Not personally having thermal issues. 3. Camera Control is redundant, superfluous, and poorly implemented. 4. Coming from a 13 the camera is much better. 5. Apple intelligence not being there on launch is bullshit. They should have postponed launch a month if that’s when the software as they marketed it will be available. Not trying to say the video is incorrect or the opinion is invalid. Just offering a second opinion for people thinking about buying a 16 pro. IOS 18 will be on all currently supported so it deserves its own video but my 2cents is that it is the buggiest release of iOS ever released. So much of the changes feel half baked. iOS 18 is an alpha version of the software more than a final release. Almost all the bugs from the Beta made it into the release. To me the way they rolled out the hardware and software this year should be as big of a scandal as the bend-gate stuff on the iPhone 6. Literally the day I opened my iPhone 16 pro max. I opened it did the initial setup, it prompted me to update IOS, did the update and bricked my brand new phone. I had to reload it with iTunes and re-set it up.
3:41You actually can do a sort-of photographic styles for video (on 15 pro too). If you use the Kino app, you can record in Log *HEVC* and in-app apply a Lut. HEVC files are so so much smaller than ProRes HQ but using the Kino app, you get the benefit of reducing the over sharpening, straight-to-video luts, are file sizes that means you don’t have to use an external SSD. Would highly recommend giving that app a shot.
I don’t think I buy into the “don’t buy something on the promise of what you’ll get later” argument. I think there are situations where that’s okay. For instance, under that logic, shouldn’t we never preorder anything?
Gimme a break. Apple Intelligence is coming. YOutubers are acting so dramatic for clicks. 😆 Relax. This isnt the first time software features were delayed on a new iphone! It happens all the time. Features like Night Mode etc weren't available at launch.
yeah this is the equivalent of buying a videogame console and being mad that you saw a trailer for a game thats not out yet. its not like theyre selling you a brick, its a fully capable device that then gets additional features later once theyre ready.
The last thing I'm interested in is AI. I need a solid phone with good call quality, decent battery live and a good point and shoot camera without all the AI bullshit.
What about this fake ai program doesn't exist, for me this ai program has no value and I don't care about the half working of the camera button, although apple fixes it and I have heard from others that it doesn't affect them and they are not interested in ai, because a person is much more capable than this fake ai. It would be even better if there was a way to avoid this fake AI program so that it wouldn't come with the updates, but unfortunately it probably won't be possible, because the updates will probably come with the kit. There is always some nonsense complaining that there is no AI and the camera button does not work properly, etc., all this does not reduce the complex value of the iPhone 16 series.
On my tech channel I’m releasing my review later this week… and I agree with everything you said! I’m going to be VERY harsh on the camera control though…
I’m literally part of the Apple Intelligence beta program and it works better than regular Siri at times, sometimes worse. So you legit can use the AI Siri. Also the camera control button literally starts recording if you have the video mode selected. So honestly your gripes are incorrect in the first 2 minutes of this video. I’m running on the latest iOS beta and I can select photographic styles no issue, even with just the camera control slider. Do some research man.
So you buy a new phone and have to get beta with flaws just to use features which this phone was “build from ground up”? It’s ridiculous. That was his point and you didn’t get it. Hell you might be thinking “I don’t care about AI”. That’s fair but you paid full price for that AI. Remember that this phone was specially made for AI and you can’t use it. Imagine that you buy a new car which is advertised as a car with autopilot. You buy it but your autopilot doesn’t work and will not work for quite some time. Are you happy? I mean it drives right?
@@Ozymandiusz “Paid full price for AI” you do realize the Pro models have kept the same price for the last 5 years in a row? You aren’t paying anything more for the AI features.
@@FinnishArmythe fact stands still, you are buying something which is not finished. It’s dumb. $1000 for a phone which should have been with ai but it’s not. Like I said. Some people don’t care but because of those people apple will keep doing this. They will release unfinished product. I mean you can get beta with flaws, right? So ai is here 😂
I love my iPhone 16 pro max! It’s a better updated version of my last iPhone
its better then your last iphone.... lol
I still rock my green iPhone mini 13 as a secondary phone
How about 11 as main phone? Why not… I am
@@olivergilpin13 mini 256gb main phone, 11 128gb for watching videos 😎
Battery is bad on the 13 but i got myself a slim magnet powerbank just in case i need it.
@@olivergilpin , iphone 13 as better battery life ... other then that l be happy with 11
I guess not everybody has the same experiences. I went from 14PM to 16PM and considered a 15PM but I heard they had more issues at launch than anything. Also the battery difference wasn’t as big as the 16 series. Once I got the 16PM it solved all my battery issues and I never had any problems with display freezing or odd touches with the camera control. I love everything about it and while it doesn’t feel like a massive difference it does everything I want a phone to do very well and that’s all that matters to me. Battery is so so great wifi 7 works good the display is beautiful the titanium is fairly light and the camera is cool. No regrets and for my uses the upgrade was needed for me.
Honestly, I’m happy for your upgrade! I heard nothing but terrible experiences from the 14 lineup..especially as time went on. This actually sounds like a good upgrade for you!
I went 13 to 16 pro. Literally just tried the part in the beginning with the camera button and it worked lol
Edit: I love my phone by the way. The speed is night and day from the 13. My phone doesn’t overheat on car play. Random crashes ( on and off beta os). Unresponsive when using teams at random times. Camera is better now. And best of all games run great.
Honestly, that sounds like a great upgrade! Yooo, you’re the first person to bring something up that I thought was only a “me” problem: Teams! I’ve had the same issues!
Thanks for your honesty and thoughts and input
I'm waiting for the next phone to see
Thanks for the feedback!
I went from a 15 pro max to a 16 pro max and yes that’s stupid but i know (I did get a hell of a trade in deal though Apple) but I will say this. It feels slightly bigger in the hand. Ok. The battery life is improved. The capture button is a bit of a gimmick though and the photos are slightly better. The biggest improvement to me though is it doesn’t overheat nearly as much as the 15 did. That to me is worth it.
How much did you get for yours? I only got 650
easy now
You didn't know it was incomplete when you bought it?
He said the phone will be returned right away 😉
No ai features? I’ll take two!
Camera control? Nvm, I’ll just take one
To be clear: base 16. F*** the pros
🤣🤣🤣💀💀💀
Agreed about the base and Pros
Still have my 13 pro and I still have no desire to upgrade.
13 is a classic iphone
Agreed!
So glad I decided not to upgrade this year at the very last second… hopefully 17 series will be better. According to the leaks and rumors, it looks legit!
Agreed!
The battery is amazing. All i care about
Fair enough 🫡 it is the best battery out there for iOS
thank you!!! sticking to 13 for now
my battery health is 75% on 13 but its still going
@@robhingston lasts full day?
Comments like this make me smile!
Phone cooling coming in a later software update
😱
😂
I have an iPhone 15 Pro Max and regret it as well. Wish I had waited and gotten a Samsung S24 Ultra instead. I’m just glad I didn’t get suckered into the 16.
I love my iPhone 16 Pro! You’re using it wrong! /s
I probably am tho fr 💀💀💀
Apple is literally lagging these days
Hopefully they get their act together soon. They have literal unlimited power and potential!
Wow, that's a crazy good quality content right here. You deserve hundreds thousands of subscribers, mate. Keep it up.
Wow!! Thank you!! 🙏🏼🙇🏻♂️
The shine has gone off the Apple. You on the other hand deserve a follow!
Well thank you kindly 🙏🏼🙇🏻♂️
All I wanted was 2 TB of storage.
If they’d given us that, I’d have been happy upgrading even if Apple intelligence and the camera button were half baked.
I’ll stick with my iPhone 14 Pro Max 1TB
Thanks Randy. Just a question: any regret on not having pro-motion on the base 15? (Or don't miss it at all?)
Fair question: I’ve gone so long without it, it’s a nonissue for me. I wouldn’t mind having it, but I won’t pay extra for it either
I took mine back on release day and bought it again last week. Now I like it
Whoa! What’s the story behind that?? Wasn’t expecting that twist 🤣
@ the desert titanium threw me off on my first purchase. So it was like no matter how good the phone is it just wasn’t happening lol. Fast forward to now… I have the black titanium and I love it
I’m heard a lot of people aren’t vibing with the desert titanium! Crazy! I always wanted either the black or white…then I went to the blue 16 instead 🤣😅
@ that blue is 🔥🔥🔥
I’m glad I kept my 15 pro 👍🏻 I have the blue titanium one and it’s my fav color of any pro version 😍
How's the battery and what's your screen on time?
🔥🔥🔥
15 pro max is my main phone I’ve just been a wait and see approach because I don’t think there that much better anyway then what I have. Plus I hate the camera button I can use the screen or action button see no need for a button. Rather they brought back sim tray like the rest of the phones they sell to the world has. My mini I mainly use at work since it’s light small and I just need a phone and text or email. My 15
pro max is my driver phone for power scrolling and when I want better cameras. But the just had apple put a new battery on my mini and I carry that more during the day mostly unless I am on vacation or traveling.
The 15 Pro is really going to age as a fantastic phone. Even with year over year upgrades being pretty small, this is the first year it sounds like last years phone may just actually be a better phone than the new one. I’m holding onto my 15 pro for awhile
Even with the 15, if I'm using it without a case.... I have to be careful about how I hold it when watching RUclips...because I'll accidentally start fast forwarding.
Audiomix, is good for the "right" people and the "right" setting.
Until there's a major update for it, do "NOT" use it while trying to make music sound better, unless it's live without so many people in the background.
I’m scared to even try THAT
have an iphone 16 pro 128gb white feels worse than my old 15 pro
Can you plz elaborate?
I’ve done many an accidental tap while using RUclips with my 15 pro. I too believe that bezels can be too thin.
I agree
I kept my iPhone 13 Pro & changed the battery on it. Will be upgrading to iPhone 17 Pro instead. This the longest I had phone 4 years coming up. I use to upgrade every year.
Just gonna replace my 14PM battery and run it for another two years
You’re just copying what Drew said in his video…Jeez. Just joking I saw the podcast 😊
Not a creator, I don't care about AI, I always put case on my phones. I like it, it is good for me then 🤷 😅
Fair enough! I think the case makes all the difference tbh
1. I have shrek hands and I haven’t had any more accidental inputs on my phone than with my 13 pro.
2. Not personally having thermal issues.
3. Camera Control is redundant, superfluous, and poorly implemented.
4. Coming from a 13 the camera is much better.
5. Apple intelligence not being there on launch is bullshit. They should have postponed launch a month if that’s when the software as they marketed it will be available.
Not trying to say the video is incorrect or the opinion is invalid. Just offering a second opinion for people thinking about buying a 16 pro.
IOS 18 will be on all currently supported so it deserves its own video but my 2cents is that it is the buggiest release of iOS ever released. So much of the changes feel half baked. iOS 18 is an alpha version of the software more than a final release. Almost all the bugs from the Beta made it into the release.
To me the way they rolled out the hardware and software this year should be as big of a scandal as the bend-gate stuff on the iPhone 6. Literally the day I opened my iPhone 16 pro max. I opened it did the initial setup, it prompted me to update IOS, did the update and bricked my brand new phone. I had to reload it with iTunes and re-set it up.
3:41You actually can do a sort-of photographic styles for video (on 15 pro too). If you use the Kino app, you can record in Log *HEVC* and in-app apply a Lut. HEVC files are so so much smaller than ProRes HQ but using the Kino app, you get the benefit of reducing the over sharpening, straight-to-video luts, are file sizes that means you don’t have to use an external SSD. Would highly recommend giving that app a shot.
I don’t think I buy into the “don’t buy something on the promise of what you’ll get later” argument. I think there are situations where that’s okay.
For instance, under that logic, shouldn’t we never preorder anything?
I don't think we ever should pre-order anything frankly. Never been useful in gaming.
@@michaelcorcoran8768 sometimes you get bonuses for preordering games.
Not valuable to everyone obviously, but it’s definitely a perk for many.
This is a good philosophical split. I don’t agree with preorders either. So yeah. Same logic for me
Look at all the good little corporate loving zombies in this comment section. Sickening. You people are the definition of status quo, barely.
Gimme a break. Apple Intelligence is coming. YOutubers are acting so dramatic for clicks. 😆 Relax. This isnt the first time software features were delayed on a new iphone! It happens all the time. Features like Night Mode etc weren't available at launch.
yeah this is the equivalent of buying a videogame console and being mad that you saw a trailer for a game thats not out yet. its not like theyre selling you a brick, its a fully capable device that then gets additional features later once theyre ready.
The last thing I'm interested in is AI. I need a solid phone with good call quality, decent battery live and a good point and shoot camera without all the AI bullshit.
If you’re running beta software, that could cause the heat issues you’re talking about…
You’re not wrong! Since making that video, I’ve gotten off the beta. Haven’t noticed a difference yet tho
Nah I have 2 samsungs so I want to try out the 16 pro
sammy
What about this fake ai program doesn't exist, for me this ai program has no value and I don't care about the half working of the camera button, although apple fixes it and I have heard from others that it doesn't affect them and they are not interested in ai, because a person is much more capable than this fake ai. It would be even better if there was a way to avoid this fake AI program so that it wouldn't come with the updates, but unfortunately it probably won't be possible, because the updates will probably come with the kit. There is always some nonsense complaining that there is no AI and the camera button does not work properly, etc., all this does not reduce the complex value of the iPhone 16 series.
On my tech channel I’m releasing my review later this week… and I agree with everything you said! I’m going to be VERY harsh on the camera control though…
Just hold in the camera button and it records video.
Not ideal for filming my style of YT content
I’m literally part of the Apple Intelligence beta program and it works better than regular Siri at times, sometimes worse.
So you legit can use the AI Siri.
Also the camera control button literally starts recording if you have the video mode selected.
So honestly your gripes are incorrect in the first 2 minutes of this video.
I’m running on the latest iOS beta and I can select photographic styles no issue, even with just the camera control slider.
Do some research man.
So you buy a new phone and have to get beta with flaws just to use features which this phone was “build from ground up”? It’s ridiculous. That was his point and you didn’t get it. Hell you might be thinking “I don’t care about AI”. That’s fair but you paid full price for that AI. Remember that this phone was specially made for AI and you can’t use it.
Imagine that you buy a new car which is advertised as a car with autopilot. You buy it but your autopilot doesn’t work and will not work for quite some time. Are you happy? I mean it drives right?
@@Ozymandiusz “Paid full price for AI” you do realize the Pro models have kept the same price for the last 5 years in a row? You aren’t paying anything more for the AI features.
@@FinnishArmythe fact stands still, you are buying something which is not finished. It’s dumb. $1000 for a phone which should have been with ai but it’s not. Like I said. Some people don’t care but because of those people apple will keep doing this. They will release unfinished product. I mean you can get beta with flaws, right? So ai is here 😂