iPhone 12 vs iPhone 12 Pro Max - Which is Better? By Nick Ackerman

So, what is up guys nick here, helping you to master your technology, iPhone 12 versus iPhone 12 Pro max, which is the better choice. Now I've been using these phones off and on for the past several months since their launch dates- and you know sometimes people are just like you know- I either want 12 or even, or I want the max version. Some people want to go all out, or maybe they just want to save the money. The price difference is pretty substantial here with the iPhone 12 slotting in right around that 799 price point. Sometimes you can find it cheaper and then the 12 pro max coming in around that 1099 now not everybody is paying that out right. They are going to be using subsidies as well as agreements, and you can just pay on it monthly, but at the same time, you're going to be paying more on the 12 pro max, no matter which way you do obtain this device.

It is the more premium price device. Now we'll begin by talking about why. I think the iPhone 12 is a better design for most people, and we're going to start with the aluminum side. So over the past couple of months or a few months, actually, I've learned that the sides of the iPhone 12 they're all square, even on the iPhone 12 Pro max. They just have this tendency to stay cleaner than the stainless steel over here.

So it's just a clean look, and this is where your hands touch more often. So yes, the 12 pro max series and the 12 pro series has a cleaner back material on the glass with this frosted texture. But the sides is where your fingers touch the most it's where your hands are resting the most and I find that the iPhone 12 stays a lot cleaner in this area also around the camera. This part picks up quite a bit of smudge action here inside the camera of the 12 pro max, but other than that. The design just kind of looks cleaner to me on the iPhone 12, mostly because even the camera, just the two simple lenses are just very clean, the any 12 pro max.

Definitely the more high-end looking device not going to deny that whatsoever, but is it the practical choice for everyone? I probably would lean more towards recommending the 12 in that area when it comes to build quality. The 12 pro max is definitely the better choice for substantial feel. This definitely has more weight to it. The stainless steel, while it does pick up more smudge action, a little more scratch action, especially if you get the iPhone 12 Pro max and silver like I did right here, won't get this color again. This phone right here definitely has this durability.

Factor about it with the stainless steel just feels like a brick in your hand. Definitely not. Everybody wants a brick in their hand, but it's got weight. It's got substantial feel, and it's the one I feel like it might be a little more durable in the long haul. Both of them have ip68 ratings, so they're, both very good in water resistance and this phone right here, while it does have a more you know, it kind of feels like the glass on the back, might crack a little easier.

I don't think that's the case. The phone itself just feels nice and solid as well have no flex, nothing like that very strong overall body. So both of these are very good, but I would say that the 12 pro max gets the edge and feeling more durable. Now, one area where the iPhone 12 is actually a better upgrade from previous generations is the display. The display on this phone does come to an OLED display, and it's kind of like the iPhone 10s display the 10s display as well in terms of brightness.

It gets 625 nits bright. It's also, you know over 450 PPI, thinner bezels here than what we've seen on the 11 and 10r. These substantial upgrades to the display are definitely found more on the iPhone 12, but the 12 pro max is similar to the iPhone 11 Pro max. It's still a better display than the iPhone 12 and the reason why is it getting way brighter in sunlight and usable brightness of 800 nits? It's definitely noticeable, especially if you had experience with the 11 pro series, and then you go to the 12 you're going to notice that the brightness got a little less on that phone. In addition, you do have the bigger display here.

Yes, the PPI is slightly lower by like two PPI less, but it's not going to be anything to make or break the experience. The iPhone 12 Pro max is not also because it's such a big display it. Just it's not really a big deal. You don't even see it much. Your eye doesn't really go to it as much as on the smaller phone, so great overall display on both, but I do have to say the 12 pro max has the better display here for sure.

So one area where they're not really better than one another, is the software. The software is essentially the same exact thing, and you're going to get the same exact software support over the years, they're both running the a14 CPU. So essentially, if you can use this phone, you can use this phone in terms of knowing how to work it. It's the same exact experience. Io's is very polished, it's an iPhone.

It just works the same way and that's a really strong selling point so yeah software not a major difference. However, if you do go to the cameras on both phones, you'll notice that there's an extra lens support right here, 2.5 x, you won't find that on the iPhone 12 also, the 0.5 x is also shown immediately on the iPhone 12 Pro max and the 12 pro, but over here you have to click that one to get to that 0.5 x. So I think it'd be nice. If apple just put the 0.5 x there, some people might not even know they can go ahead and click that you know most people do, but some you still don't know what to do. There.

I've actually seen somebody with an iPhone 10 who doesn't know that they can go like a little further on that zoom right there. So if we go over here for the portrait you can see definitely have very similar portrait modes. If we go to panoramic it's got similar modes here and in video they can both do HDR video. However, the 12 pro max can do HDR video in every single video mode. This one can do it in the 4k 30 modes, so a couple differences in the camera setting the iPhone 12 Pro max apart here in software.

In addition, there are some modes within the iPhone 12 Pro max where, when you turn it sideways, it doesn't do it on the home screen, but in like messaging and stuff it will go ahead and split the screen and show you half view over here, whereas the iPhone 12 won't do that, because it's just a smaller display now discussing, which is better in a performance. This is going to be the 12 pro max again because of the six gigs of ram. However, that's only from a technical standpoint, because I kid you not I've been using both of these, and it's indistinguishable. The performance difference on the day-to-day I've seen it in my speed test, where the 12 pro max could hold more applications, but how many apps are you really using at once? Is the question because I feel like you'll probably be focusing on one app at a time and because the 12 does load those apps up so fast? When you do have a slight reload, we need to go back to the application on the iPhone 12. It pops it back open very quickly, so you won't have any major issues reloading the application.

However, it's not really going to be very distinguishable for the majority of the buyers of these phones. It's pretty much the same CPU performance here same daily performance for most users, and I was debating getting some camera samples between these two. But I said you know what's the point, these cameras are the same. Look at look. You can see it through the lens same exact results on both the only difference is like we say, look at this Lamb right here.

If we hold it there, and then we hold it there. It's the same exact result on both phones. Let me go ahead and show you same exact image on either phone right here, yeah, maybe the iPhone 12 Pro max. Looking a little yellower. I probably got true tone on yes, I do.

Let me take that off right, quick. Then you could see very similar right there now you'll notice that you do have that raw feature up there. That's a pro series feature right. There just included right there on the camera. You can do raw on the iPhone 12 as well.

You can use applications to do it as well. The video also basically the same exact performance on the video. What I love about these iPhone 12s is that no matter if you get the 12, the 12 mini the 12 pro the 12 pro max you're getting boss cameras on any of them. In addition, you have that same front facing camera on these as well, so you will match up with the 12 megapixel on both. You know.

They call this the iPhone 12, but essentially you do get pro like cameras on here as well. You just got to know you know what the parameters you're working within if you need that zoom from the iPhone 12, if you're going to be doing, zoom, video and photography you're, not gonna really want the 12, but I don't think the zoom is the best on the 12 pro max versus some other phones. So you know most of the time the pro stuff you're going to be doing is going to be coming from the main sensor anyway. So the iPhone 12 very strong here in the camera. You know the torpor max technically better, but it's not really going to change your life using this phone unless you really rely on the zoom.

But I will say, though, is editing. Photos and videos for the 12 pro max is a better experience, because you have more screen to go ahead and do that, especially within video editing like if you're going to be doing, video uploading YouTube from your iPhone you'll, probably want the bigger phone to get that job done a little more efficiently. Okay, now, let's see how the iPhone 12 does sound nick here very impressive, loud stereo speakers on here. What about the iPhone 12 Pro max? Let's crank the volume on here wow immediately when I hit play, I notice it's just a fuller, louder, sound! Yes, the iPhone 12 Pro max. It's immediately noticeable the better stereo sound between both of these.

So, if you want better audio, go with the iPhone 12 Pro max, it's just not better on the iPhone 12. Now the battery life has been an area where I haven't actually been too disappointed with either phone. You know during the pandemic, we're on our laptops a lot, so both these phones are getting through the day. The iPhone 12, though, is the one that you're gonna notice falling off much quicker. This actually falls off fast from the iPhone 11 and the iPhone 10r.

In my experience, especially with the 5g ticked on, if you have that offer on low power mode, the iPhone 12 is pretty similar. But what's really impressive is how these phones can get this kind of battery life with their smaller batteries, like phones in this size range. Have much larger batteries that compete with this? This is like 3600 over here, and it's like 2800, so I don't know how they're getting this battery life, probably because of the efficiency, but the 12 pro max is a far superior performer here in the battery life. It's just common sense. You have the bigger phone.

Of course, you have the bigger battery the longer life. So a lot of people will just choose this for the battery life, and you wouldn't be making a mistake. This one easily gets through the day this one, you got a monitor, uses a little if you're going heavy on it. But still you know charge is pretty quick if you got a fast charger, the iPhone 12, definitely not better here in the battery life and mobile performance. This has been one of my favorite areas of all the iPhone 12 series just having Qualcomm in here again, you know great reception.

Great mobile performance.5G is good. It's strong love. It is here on both phones haven't noticed a major difference between either here phone calls have sounded great, especially if you're, using like the phone to your ear like. Sometimes, if you have those cheap headphones, you might go ahead and have people say I can't hear you, but that's not related to the phone, just put it back on the iPhone mode, and you're good to go so strong mobile connectivity on both and the last thing I want to talk about before we end this video is, if you buy one of these, one of them is going to net you more money on the resale and, of course, that's the 12 pro max. The max series phones seem to hold their value longer in terms of how much money you can get back and that's just because they're just a more sought after phone in terms of you know the premium tier.

This phone is definitely the more purchased phone, but this is the phone that when you go to sell it, it's just going to net. You are a lot more money back, like I'm talking like two hundred dollars back, go one bay right now and look for an iPhone 10s and look at the 10s max that max is almost nine times out of ten gonna, be 150 more or 200 more, so definitely this one will get you more money back if you decide to buy it and sell it later on. So in conclusion, it's actually really hard to pick a clear winner between the iPhone 12 and the 12 pro max, but I would say that it this one kind of varies. It just depends on the user. You are, if your person, who mostly is going to be doing camera stuff, like really serious camera stuff you're, going to be doing raw photos, you're going to be video editing on your phone.

Maybe if it's your backup camera, and you need every lens possible, you don't want to take your camera bag stuff like that. This phone is for you most definitely and if you just need the bigger size of the iPhone 12 Pro max, you don't like smaller phones, you, like the large phones, you're just gonna, get the added benefits of having the pro camera with the better battery life. Here. I've also noticed that the iPhone 12 has been more than adequate for me, even as somebody who uses the iPhone 12 Pro max when I'm using the 12, I don't really miss the 12 pro max and that's mostly because I think the main camera on the 12 is so good and that's the one you really want to use when you want the best quality the best result. The main camera is always the best camera, but right now during the pandemic, you got to ask yourself: do I really need the extra battery life? Do I want to pay that 350 more over the 12, or are you okay, with the 12 being like 90 percent of what this phone is and going with a slightly smaller size over the 12 pro max? That's the real question.

I think the iPhone 12 Pro max is better for people again who want the battery life. They want the better camera, but I think the majority of users will be better suited, just saving yourself, the money and getting the 5g iPhone 12 and whatever the multiple colors you like. This comes in because this one is really it's. It's not adding so much more over. The 12 is what I've noticed over the past few months.

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