iPhone 12 Pro Max VS OnePlus 9 Pro: Wait, What?? By Pocketnow

I have done this comparison for years and every single time I walked into it kind of knowing the outcome. There was just no way the iPhone could win, because, regardless of how much better it could be, the law of diminishing returns would prove that the added price would not compensate the differences. It's as, if OnePlus had this perfect formula, where no matter how it fell short, you just couldn't argue with its value proposition. It became this no-brainer recommendation almost making the idea of spending more to be kind of dumb, if you think of it, and that maybe explains why my soft spot for the company has been eroding since the 8 series. I mean we get this dramatic turn from value prices to premium prices and the implementation wasn't really ready for that. It almost leaves you with this weird middle ground of expectations, where we've always known that apple products are great but expensive, but what happens when OnePlus products get expensive? You start asking yourself if they can really live up to it on one corner we have the OnePlus 9 pro the company's latest flagship and yes, a pretty penny.

If you're trying to buy it in the United States at least and then on the other, we have the iPhone 12 Pro max the best phone. That apple makes, which is now priced so close that you can only help but wonder how this comparison is going to end I'm Jaime Rivera with pocket. Now and well. Let's see how it goes. I have a serious problem with the word pro being used to define a phone pro means professional, which in turn is defined as being competent or skilled, and I mean it's not like if phones that aren't a pro are incompetent.

Yes, there are phones that over-promise and under-deliver, and while that will be a major theme of this video, let's just be clear that these phones do a bit more than others, but aren't necessarily better visually. They follow pretty different philosophies as to what consumers want where OnePlus favors, curves, everywhere and Apple is gone as flat as it gets. Similarities are scarce, at least except the obvious inspiration in the 3-way mute slider on the 9 pro, which the iPhone did first, with its two-way switch, which palm actually did first now. One reason to go pro is because you get better materials on both, but then this is that first area, where the iPhone wins, we've got a stronger stainless steel border on the iPhone versus aluminum and then the front glass ceramic shield, which is more modern as a solution than gorilla glass 5 on the 9 pro, I'm also more inclined to apple's matte finish, as it looks, clean and elegant. While this morning mist on the OnePlus half matte half mirror just waiting for your fingerprints they're, both pretty durable but not indestructible.

Also, the glass is expensive to repair and the borders on the iPhone get very scratched up. Given the shiny finish of the material I'd recommend you spare yourself the drama with channel sponsor subcase, it's UV style, clear, provides 15 foot drop resistance certified by Matlab lets. You see the back and doesn't add much bulk regardless, if you want it for the iPhone or for the OnePlus, where the tables turn is when you flip them around, I mean the fluid. AMOLED is at least two years ahead of apple's super retina, Dr, OLED and sure they're diagonally the same size, but the 9 pro offers no notch to interrupt your content is brighter in certain scenarios and provides more pixel density. Given the added resolution, you might not be able to tell a difference between them since they're, both great at color accuracy and share most certifications, but then the 9 pro continues to swing with its variable refresh rate at 120 hertz, with this LPO panel being another pro feature, it offers always-on capabilities and even an on-display fingerprint scanner.

That's become more handy in today's world. That said speaker. Quality on both is pretty much just as good. I mean unless you've been living under a rock, or this is your first smartwatches unless you've made a hefty purchase. Now, comparing specifications is kind of pointless given their different approaches, but it's interesting to note that the chip powering both phones can also be found on each of the company's more affordable offerings.

You go pro because you want a bit more ram on both, but then only more starting storage and battery on the iPhone. Now. The reason why it makes sense on the 9 pros, because this is their only phone with both flavors of 5g and an IP rating on the unlock variant where, on the iPhone, that's just the standard here as it is on the non-pro variants, where OnePlus wins is in what you get in the box, with its fast 65w wired, adapter being included and which, by the way, is powerful enough to even serve most laptops, while apple offers nothing but a wire on its environmental excuse. They both offer very different approaches to optional wireless accessories, where mac safe on the iPhone is probably the most portable way to get 15 watts and the magnets also serve some cool uses later. But let's be real.

It's no match for the 9 pro's 50 watt capability through warp charge.50. now the funny part is that you might not be using the charger on either phone that much I've tested both extensively around New York city, and I can't say that I can kill either of them. In a day, though, I feel the 9 pro finishes each day with a tad more juice, both devices were tested on T-Mobile's network, where 5g is a bit more ubiquitous in the city and data speeds were pretty consistent and even callers say they couldn't tell much of a difference on both, though the iPhone did sound a tad more crisp. Now. One of the major reasons for the added endurance is because both companies take software seriously.

OnePlus has been nurturing oxygen OS since its second smartphone and has evolved it to satisfy user demand. By giving you stock android looks with improved performance and also features. It doesn't really matter what you do with this phone. I mean it feels snappy all around and is probably the most customizable skin on top of android 11. , the added perks, help you use this phone to read, books, play games with more power or even take a break from it.

Periodically now, the way this comparison usually played is that it's far better than apple's dated approach, but that changed iOS 14 has evolved dramatically, not just to support widgets but to show them in a more cohesive structure, and even let you stack them on top of each other. Even its approach to the app tray is smarter than the old alphabetical order. We get from pretty much most android phones, then there's the topic of ecosystems I mean OnePlus has slowly been building its own with its headphone offerings and a smartwatch, but I think we can all agree that these are early attempts that are no match for the maturity that apple has achieved. Cupertino is perfect about locking its consumers with how its products, services and accessories talk to each other. That said, given how bad the first Apple Watch was, it's a sort of proof that OnePlus has potential.

The problem is that, if we're real, I mean that could take years, and you're spending money now, so I'll. Give that one to apple most definitely maybe the most evident way where companies differentiate pro phones is in the camera, but again think more cameras and capabilities than anything else. Any pro photographer, who claims to have switched away from a mirrorless camera for a phone is probably just marketing BS. What makes these cameras special, though, is that the 9 pro has some of the best sensors in the industry, along with hundreds of millions of dollars in a partnership that now involves tuning and a Hasselblad brand on the hump apple, on the other hand, has never needed co-branding and offers the unique in-body civilization that can only be found in some of those pro mirrorless cameras. Now, during the day, I'd say, results are comparable with the iPhone being a tad warmer, less saturated and less sharpened than the 9 pro.

That Hasselblad effect is good if you're looking for a bit more contrast and darker tones in the looks, but then that gives apple more headroom for improved dynamic range when trying to capture sunsets or scenarios where light hits the lens directly. The 9 pro has the versatility of giving you macrophotography from the ultra-wide, with the iPhone only offering different zoom capabilities, which the 9 pro matches. My biggest problem is mostly that OnePlus isn't as good at its shutter speed, so moving subjects are handled better by the iPhone and also the detail, which is more evident as you're switching cameras, you'll notice. This problem a lot more in low light, where the Hasselblad tuning leaves us with some weird results at times and where the 9 pro becomes so slow in its need to pull in more light that, even if you took a shot, it might not be useful. After, if anything I'd say the 9 pro handles portraits better but not selfies, given how its fixed focus will affect the detail, it can pull from shots, something the iPhone does not struggle with at all in video recording sure the 9 pro has 8k and even 4k at 120 frames per second, which the iPhone can't do.

But if we were to measure quality of the results at any resolution or frame rate, the iPhone provides results that I can trust with. Better dynamic range less over sharpening and better color reproduction. Even if stabilization is a close call, the iPhone is clearly a better tool in most scenarios, but then there's the fact that the nine pro shoots selfie video at like 16 times less resolution than its primary camera like seriously OnePlus. What year is this, where the iPhone matches the 4k at 60 from the primary just fine and then beats the pants off the 9 pro in dynamic range and crop? I would definitely trust my memories or even my b camera footage to the 12 pro max versus the 9 pro in every way. To conclude, I think you understand why I'm scratching my head here.

Yes, I realize we've pressured one plus into giving us a real flagship which they have since the eight pro, at least from a numbers' perspective, but the problem is that this is a clear example of why specs aren't everything. You've got all this power with the 9 pro plus a price to match, and yet the implementation of that very feature used to call this phone. A pro is just not there to go back to my original premise. Yes, even the iPhone lacks anything deserving of the pro title, but if there's one thing we can all praise apple for is that in the few things that it can do, it'll do really well or better than most. This is one of those weird cases where the iPhone is actually giving you less for your money and yet achieving so much more than the 9 pro and sure you technically spend a bit less for the 9 pro, but that depends on where you are.

As in the United States. It seems that you're stuck to the variant that gives you double the starting storage of the iPhone, but with all the caveats at nearly the same price. I don't know about you, but if this were my money, I would pick the iPhone for the first time ever in a comparison against the OnePlus phone, I mean once you add the element of perception: let's be real at apple prices, it's rare for anyone to pass out on an apple product over an alternative. I can't call the OnePlus 9 pro a bad phone, but I seriously think that if OnePlus can't launch products that live up to these prices, then the best is for them to go back to their roots and focus on what they're good at, which is seriously value. That being said, that's my opinion.

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