This comparison between the iPhone 16 Pro Max and the iPhone 15 Pro Max will let you see how Apple’s most recent product stacks up against its predecessor.
Although the iPhone 16 Pro Max has Apple enormous display, a slick new ultrawide camera, and a fancy new Camera Control button, is it really that different from the iPhone 15 Pro Max? To discover out, let’s conduct a thorough comparative investigation.
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The iPhone 16 Pro Max retails for $1,199 on Apple’s official website and has the following features:
- Processor A18 Pro
- RAM of 8 GB
- A storage capacity of 256GB
- 6.9-inch screen
The following specifications were included in the $1,199 starting price of the iPhone 15 Pro Max when it was released last year.
- Processor A17 Pro
- RAM of 8 GB
- A storage capacity of 256GB
- 6.7-inch screen
If you want to bump up your storage, it’ll cost you extra for both models.
When you hold the iPhone 16 Pro Max, you won’t believe that the 6.7-inch iPhone 15 Pro Max was too large. This device is called a phablet, which combines the terms “phone” and “tablet.”
The 6.9-inch, 2,868 x 1,320 pixel panel on the new iPhone 16 Pro Max replaces the 6.7-inch, 2,796 x 1,290 pixel panel on the previous model.
It’s also important to note that the iPhone 16 Pro Max boasts incredibly small bezels, which increases the screen-to-body ratio of the latest model. Put another way, the Phone 16 Pro Max offers you more display real estate.
Apart from that, the iPhone 15 Pro Max and the iPhone 16 Pro Max are similar in the following ways:
- A panel with 1,000 dots
- peak brightness of 2,000 nits
- Ceramic Display Shield
- Constantly-on display
- ProMotion (up to 120 Hz of variable refresh rate)
- Island of Dynamism
Your best option is the iPhone 16 Pro Max if you want a huge display.
It’s also important to note that the right side of the chassis of the iPhone 16 Pro Max houses a brand-new “Camera Control” button.
The following colorways are available for both the iPhone 16 Pro Max and iPhone 15 Pro Max:
- Titanium White
- Titanium Black
- Titanium in its natural state
Still, Blue Titanium is another color available for the iPhone 15 Pro Max.
However, on the iPhone 16 Pro Max, Desert Titanium was substituted for that.
Camera comparison: iPhone 15 Pro Max vs. iPhone 16 Pro Max
Here are some areas where the iPhone 16 Pro Max and iPhone 15 Pro Max are similar in terms of cameras:
- 48 Megapixel wide-angle lens
- 5X optical zoom combined with a 12MP telephoto
- Selfie camera with 12MP resolution
But the ultrawide lens is where they diverge. The 12MP ultrawide lens on the iPhone 15 Pro Max has been replaced by a 48MP ultrawide lens on the iPhone 16 Pro Max. Your wide-angle and landscape photos should therefore appear even more detailed and function better in low light.
- capturing video with an iPhone 16 model Photograph by Kimberly Gedeon for Mashable
Moreover, the iPhone 16 Pro Max can record videos in 4K at 120Hz, which is an improvement above 4K at 60Hz on the iPhone 15 Pro Max.
iPhone 16 Pro Max vs. iPhone 15 Pro Max battery life
Apple claims that the iPhone 16 Pro Max has the longest battery life ever on an iPhone. I’m talking about 33 hours of video playback.
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- The iPhone 16 Pro Max is rated for 29 hours of video playback.
Nevertheless, to find out for sure how long the iPhone 16 Pro Max lasts on a charge, we’ll need to bring it in for internal testing. When we used the iPhone 15 Pro Max’s display at 50% brightness for a TikTok rundown, it lasted 14 hours and 53 minutes—nearly 15 hours—on a single charge.
We can’t help but wonder if the Google Pixel 9 Pro XL, which had an amazing 18 hours and 50 minutes of battery life, will be surpassed by the iPhone 16 Pro Max.
iPhone 16 Pro Max vs. iPhone 15 Pro Max: Audio
According to Apple, the iPhone 16 Pro Max has better “true to life” sound quality, thanks to its improved studio-quality mics.
And unlike the iPhone 15 Pro Max, the iPhone 16 Pro Max will let you layer audio on top of another in the Voice Memos app.
iPhone 16 Pro Max vs. iPhone 15 Pro Max: Winner
Let’s be honest. Battery life is important to a lot of us. If Apple’s 33-hour battery life claim is accurate, it’s definitely worth the upgrade.
Plus, I got a chance to play around with the new Camera Control button, and it’s definitely another big selling point. Add the bigger 6.9-inch display, and I’m sold.
