iPhone 16 Pro Max

1 year later my 16 PM is still at 100% battery and only 141 cycle count.

[...] The ipHone 16 Pro Max is good for a year or two more yet, relegated to comms/social, munni, navigation and music. I've had a year of air-pod things - good but not vital. [...]

My 16 pro max still has 100%battery after 1 year great phone this is my 6th iPhone and I’m not upgrading anytime soon.

I bought my iPhone 15 Pro in July last year so far it’s good I don’t think I will upgrade this year

My 16PM has 160 cycle count and battery is still 100% since "first use" Sept 2024. I think I'm going to keep this phone and not trade it in for the latest and greatest, which I have done in the past. I don't see any feature on the 17 PM that is calling my name so with how good and reliable this phone has been, why spend the $$$$.

[...] I have the iPhone 16 Pro Max, so I won’t be getting the iPhone 17 Pro Max. I’ve been very happy with the 16 Pro Max this past year as well. My battery life is still great. I work as a solar installer, so I am up on very hot roofs during the Summer and it’s only overheated a few times when it was in direct sun for extended periods - which considering the extreme conditions isn’t too bad. I love the cameras. [...] It shoots really beautiful photos. [...] But the 24mp tele photos on my 16 Pro Max have been very good. [...] 🤔 Regardless, I know the 16 Pro Max will serve me well the next few years. [...]

I got the 16 Pro Max just as it came out, and I have no intention in upgrading this year. [...]

I have 148 cycles since 10/24 and I am still on 100%. Amazing!

[...] The ipHone 16 Pro Max is good for a year or two more yet, relegated to comms/social, munni, navigation and music. I've had a year of air-pod things - good but not vital. [...]

My 16 pm is soon to be 2 years with 88% battery health and 606 cycles. Charge limit set at 85% and upped to a 100 those times I know I will be off road off track for an extended period. With a protective case with a cover over the charge port i havent had to clean lint from the charge port. A very wise decision when i bought the phone. However I absolutely despise face id, like you already put a touch sensitive button on the side of the phone why not a fingerprint reader. [...]

[...] I am sure the camera is amazing, but the need to play photographer has faded after all this time in Smart phone years. The two new buttons are a drag, seem placed there for some future utility but, really, they clutter up the design. And given all the options built into iOS 18 for accessing and organizing functions and apps…who also needs a button? The photo button seems a long way to go to remove the awkwardness of using volume button…but it’s a big thing now on a previously sleek creation.

Or feature Thunderbolt rather than normie USB-C so you can record 4/8K ProRes to an SSD, My iphone 16 pro max can do 4K ProRes HDR or Log at 120 FPS when plugged into a SSD. If I had more builtin storage I could do it without the SSD. If you don't mind more dongling you can also have an external display along with the external SSD.

The experience of having to tell Siri to "Ask ChatGPT <about something" really sucks, though. [...] (edit: iPhone 16 Pro Max, if anyone is curious)

I have a pair (gen 1). Sound good with my MBP, but with my phone (16 Pro Max), I've had intermittent skipping of the audio signal, which just shouldn't happen at that premium level.

Okay you can already use a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse on an iPhone and the USB powered portable monitor I have can be used with my USB C iPhone. Because of power constraints, it can only drive the display up to 50% brightness. But you can plug power up to the other USB C port on my monitor to power the display at full brightness and charge the phone. This is my iPhone 16 Pro Max with my external portable monitor. The phone is connected with a standard USB C cord and the Anker battery is plugged in with another USB C cord into the monitor. I had my Apple Bluetooth keyboard and mouse with me. There is no reason I couldn’t pair them to my phone.

I have an iPhone 16 Pro Max and an older version of this battery I use and when I travel: It can charge my MacBook Aur M2 once or my iPhone 16 Pro Max 3-4x. The iPhone itself can easily last flying and layovers all day.

I have an iPhone 16 pro max, I’m five four with I assume smaller than average hands for a male and I have no problem using my iPhone one handed

I buy larger phones, and I don't drop them...so no money saved/lost there. I have big hands, and can use my 16 Pro Max one handed no problem with minimal shifting of the device in my hands. [...]

[...] I can plug it up to my iPhone 16 Pro Max using the same standard USB cord. With a phone, it can only power the display up to 50% brightness by itself. If I plug power into the second USB C port, it will show the display up to 100% and charge my phone. [...] Not to mention all of the other standard USB protocols like audio, mass storage, Ethernet, etc. [...]

[...] I can fit an iphone 16 pro max in my pocket pretty comfortably. [...] Well, one reason is that I'm getting older and don't find it as easy to read tiny text on tiny screens any more. [...] Also it's shiny and the battery lasts forever.

The 13 mini didn't solve any of these issues for me plus the worse battery life. I upgraded to 16 pro max. My laptop usage also went down from there. Total screen time probably stayed, but now i carry most of the time just a phone instead of phone and laptop. [...]

I have an iPhone 16 Pro Max and had to turn off all Apple Intelligence. It bricked my phone multiple times and made things significantly worse all around.

Apple has had a Bluetooth software issues in ios 17 and 18 that makes both 15 Pro Max and 16 Pro Max randomly disconnect Bluetooth and all sorts of weird issues. My iPhone 16 Pro Max Bluetooth has been rock solid with everything I've used it with. [...] I recommend reporting it if you haven't — I had glitchy audio with an earlier phone and an older Honda Odyssey's Bluetooth connection, and a few months after my report a subsequent OS update fixed it. [...]

Just tried it on a 16 Pro Max and it’s insanely good. I really expected it to be a lot more random and buggy, but had no problem navigating the phone and “clicking” buttons etc. [...]

Bought an iPhone 16 pro max on launch day. [...] It was so bad, I may skip future refresh cycles - and the reason Apple may thing about actually fixing the experience.

I still have my 16 pro max and it is still sitting at 94% battery life. It’s paid off and I’m happy with it.

This is the first time am using iphone n it is 16 pm, the thing i dont like is it easily got heated if i use my own mobile data for internet usage😢

Agreed. I intended to continue using my present iPhone 16 pro max. Everything works well as it is the first day I lay my hands on it since 12 Jan 25.

I have insurance on my phone watch MacBook Air and I’m not upgrading until it doesn’t get updates. Love this this phone. 🤷‍♂️😎

I bought the 17 Pro Max as I was due an upgrade. [...] The 16 Pro Max is perfectly fine. [...]

[...] With that being said I’ve never considered switching to Android until I got my iPhone 16 Pro Max. [...] Battery life on iOS 18 was almost two days. [...] And everything is soooo buggy. I 1000000% don’t recommend the iPhone 16 Pro Max.

Had my 16 Pro Max in black delivered yesterday. [...] It’s like a brand new device, battery 100% new and new chassis, literally new device, boxed like a new one. Comes with Apple warranty like any other new iPhone and you can also get Apple care. [...] Looks a lot cheaper than the expensive looking 16 Pros. [...]

I have just paid mine off. 96% battery health not sure I will upgrade to the 18 pro max given the cost and the fact 16 pro max is still so good.

Still got my 16 pro max had it since November 2024 and it’s still a beast still have 91% battery health as well

I only use the camera control to open the camera but I am glad its there

Changed phone carriers again since T-Mobile’s service blows and got to switch from the fucking brick that was the iPhone 16 Pro Max to the Air and I’m already pleased as punch now that I don’t feel like my phone’s valet. Plus look at this weird indent and callous that chonker left on my poor pinky!

one reason i got the iPhone 16 Pro Max was the big screen and reading on that is pretty good but it's my phone so is loaded with distractions and i find i forget there's books on it. i'd love an iPad Pro but those are wayyyyyy outside my price range, and it sounds like you like this better anyways

I had the 15 plus and no joke the camera was just as good to the 16 promax I like the bigger screen I like it runs way better for games it gets better internet connection with the 16promax I got a real good deal on it also

I have the 16 Pro Max and this is the latest comment and I still have 100% battery health. I wonder what I’m doing right lol

200 cycles and battery capacity/health is 100%. No issues with scratches but have had that with prior iPhones. Scratches got worse/easier to do when they switched to ceramic glass. [...]

My wife & I both bought 16 pro max’s around release, had 13 PM’s, loved the 13 PM’ & these 16 PM’s even more, no issues, all day battery, have iPads , Apple Watch , Air pods so it’s even better of an experience, idk, but for us it’s amazing, we are both happy

I bought it for the display and battery capacity. Currently at 100% health, 156 cycles, put on Qi2 charger overnight every night and has to be plugged into my car for CarPlay.

I use the camera control to open the camera and zoom. That’s it. It’s really cool and feels futuristic to swipe to zoom on it 😂

I got the 16 pro max bc it happened to fall within by budget so I figured why not? [...]

Upgraded from my iphone 14 pro max, no difference between the phones save your money and dont fall for the scam wait until a new model comes out.

I had an absolutely horrendous time setting the phone up from a 12 pro max. I’m still struggling to log back into everything 😭😭😭😭

[...] Love the Dynamic Island and as you said, the camera control as a quick launch for the camera but that’s about it for my use of camera control lol. [...] Plus I got a way better deal lol 😂 Overall GREAT phone. [...] And the battery on the pro is miles better than my 13 PM which is great. But obviously I had some battery degradation ATP.

When is apple going to offer a keyboard that doesn't require loading a new screen for ?,!,all the numbers, such a pain in the ass. [...] Maybe someone knows of an alternative keyboard to upgrade to...???

[...] I just recently switched to an iPhone 16 Pro Max from an S24 Ultra and really feel like I missed out on a lot. [...]

I still have the iPhone XR (the Red AIDS one) and it still works really well and the back glass is completely shattered. My phone looks like it was tortured on an episode of Game of Thrones lmao Apple is supreme.