The iPhone 16 Pro Max has a huge screen, a great camera, useful camera control buttons, a powerful chipset, and promising AI. It’s a great flagship, but it comes at a high price.
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- huge screen
- Supports AI
- Camera control function
The iPhone 14 Pro Max is slightly smaller and less powerful than the iPhone 16 Pro Max, has worse camera and battery life, and is missing some features, but it still holds up well.
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- low price
- 16 Pro Max and similar screen
- still very powerful
The iPhone 16 Pro Max is Apple’s latest and greatest phone, and those who love the iPhone 14 Pro Max may be looking with envy at owners of Apple’s latest Max handset.
But is it worth upgrading to the iPhone 16 Pro Max from a two-year-old phone? Or if you don’t have either, does it still make sense to buy the iPhone 14 Pro Max? These questions To answer that, we have provided a complete comparison of these two phones below.
Also, if you want detailed hands-on impressions, check out our full review of the iPhone 16 Pro Max and our full review of the iPhone 14 Pro Max.
iPhone 16 Pro Max and iPhone 14 Pro Max: Comparison of specs
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Before we discuss the specifications and features of these two phones in detail, we will just give you an overview of the main specifications of these two phones. This allows you to compare at a glance.
| Header Cell – Column 0 | iPhone 16 Pro Max | iPhone 14 Pro Max |
|---|---|---|
| screen: | 6.9-inch Super Retina XDR OLED | 6.7 inch Super Retina XDR OLED |
| Solved: | 1320×2868 | 1290×2796 |
| Refresh rate: | Adaptation 1-120Hz | Adaptation 1-120hz |
| Chipset: | A18 pro | A16 Bionic |
| Rear camera: | 48MP (main), 48MP (ultra-wide), 12MP (telephoto, 5x optical zoom) | 48MP (main), 12MP (ultra-wide), 12MP (telephoto, 3x optical zoom) |
| Front camera: | 12MP | 12MP |
| Ram: | 8GB | 6GB |
| Storage: | 256GB, 512GB, 1TB | 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, 1TB |
| battery: | 4,685mAh (unofficial) | 4,323mAh (unofficial) |
iPhone 16 Pro Max and iPhone 14 Pro Max: Pricing and availability
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The iPhone 16 Pro Max was announced on September 9, 2024 and shipped on September 20, while the iPhone 14 Pro Max was released two years ago in September 2022. Although the iPhone 16 Pro Max is widely available, Apple has discontinued sales of the iPhone. 14 Pro Max, it’s getting harder and harder to find new units.
As for pricing, the iPhone 16 Pro Max starts at $1,199 / £1,199 / AU$2,149 and comes with 256GB of storage. The top-of-the-line 1TB storage model costs $1,599 / £1,599 / AU$2,849.
Officially, the iPhone 14 Pro Max has a starting price of $1,099 / £1,199 / AU$1,899, and you can get the 128GB model for that price. That’s $100/AU$250 cheaper than the iPhone 16 Pro Max price, but the same price in the UK.
But that’s to reduce storage. The comparable 256GB iPhone 14 Pro Max costs $1,199 / £1,309 / AU$2,099, the same price as the 256GB iPhone 16 Pro Max in the US, but £110 more in the UK and 50 AU$ cheaper in Australia.
At the top end, the 1TB iPhone 14 Pro Max was originally priced at $1,599 / £1,740 / AU$2,769. This is the same as the 1TB iPhone 16 Pro Max in the US, but costs £140 more in the UK and AU$80 less in Australia.
Of course, this is a two-year-old phone, so if you can find a new one, the actual price could be even lower. In reality, you won’t pay as much for the iPhone 14 Pro Max as you would for the iPhone 16 Pro Max.
iPhone 16 Pro Max and iPhone 14 Pro Max: Design and display
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The iPhone 16 Pro Max has a nearly identical design to the iPhone 14 Pro Max, with both featuring flat screens, dynamic islands, and similar triple-lens camera blocks. Both have glass backs and metal frames, but the iPhone 16 Pro Max uses titanium, while the iPhone 14 Pro Max uses a stainless steel frame.
The new phone has smaller bezels, an action button instead of a mute switch, and an additional camera control button.
The iPhone 16 Pro Max was available in Black Titanium, White Titanium, Natural Titanium, and Desert Titanium, while the iPhone 14 Pro Max was available in Space Black, Silver, Gold, and Deep Purple. And the dimensions and weight are also different, with the iPhone 16 Pro Max measuring 163 x 77.6 x 8.3mm and 227g, and the iPhone 14 Pro Max measuring 160.7 x 77.6 x 7.9mm and 240g. In other words, the iPhone 16 Pro Max is taller, thicker, and lighter than the iPhone 14 Pro Max.
The reason the iPhone 16 Pro Max is taller is because its screen is also larger at 6.9 inches. It’s a 1320 x 2868 OLED screen with a 120Hz refresh rate, 460 pixels per inch, and 2,000 nits peak brightness.
iPhone 14 Pro Max features a 6.7-inch 1290 x 2796 OLED screen with a 120 Hz refresh rate, 460 pixels per inch, and 2,000 nits peak brightness. Therefore, in most cases, the only thing that differs is the size.
Either way, they’re both great screens. In our review of the iPhone 16 Pro Max, we described the display as “one of the best in smartphone gaming,” and we were equally impressed with the iPhone 14 Pro Max’s screen.
iPhone 16 Pro Max and iPhone 14 Pro Max: Camera
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The iPhone 16 Pro Max has a better camera than the iPhone 14 Pro Max in many ways. The new phone has a 48MP f/1.8 main camera, a 48MP f/2.2 ultra-wide camera (which also functions as a macro camera), a 12MP f/2.8 telephoto camera with 5x optical zoom, and a 12MP f/1.9 front-facing camera. It is installed. . You can also shoot videos at up to 4K quality and 120fps.
iPhone 14 Pro Max has a 48MP f/1.8 main camera, a 12MP f/2.2 ultra-wide camera, a 12MP f/2.8 telephoto camera with 3x optical zoom, and a 12MP f/1.9 front-facing camera. Masu. The ability to shoot in up to 4K quality at up to 60fps.
As a result, the ultra-wide camera has fewer megapixels, the telephoto snapper has a shorter range, and it can’t match the frames per second that the iPhone 16 Pro Max can shoot 4K video. There is an option to take 24MP photos with the iPhone 16 Pro Max’s main camera, but this is not possible on the iPhone 14 Pro Max.
The iPhone 16 Pro Max also has a camera control button. This is a physical key that you can use to start the camera, take a photo, change the lens and zoom distance, and fine-tune settings. With the iPhone 14 Pro Max, all of this has to be handled through the touchscreen.
We said about the new phones’ cameras that “camera controls could be a game-changer,” and in our review of the iPhone 14 Pro Max, we said the phone could take “beautiful images.” Ta. So both phones are great for photography, but the iPhone 16 Pro Max is definitely the better of the two.
iPhone 16 Pro Max and iPhone 14 Pro Max: Performance
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Neither of these phones is slow, as even the iPhone 14 Pro Max with its A16 Bionic chipset and 6GB of RAM feels faster. But the iPhone 16 Pro Max is two generations ahead, with a faster A18 Pro chipset and 8GB of RAM.
The A18 Pro features up to 30% faster CPU and 40% faster GPU than the A16 Bionic, so this is a significant upgrade and will help ensure this phone lasts long into the future. Masu.
Along with additional RAM, this is also an upgrade that allows the iPhone 16 Pro Max to take advantage of Apple Intelligence, while the iPhone 14 Pro Max doesn’t get any of Apple’s AI features.
iPhone 16 Pro Max and iPhone 14 Pro Max: Battery
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The iPhone 16 Pro Max’s battery is 4,685mAh, which is slightly larger than the iPhone 14 Pro Max’s 4,323mAh battery.
In fact, Apple claims that the iPhone 16 Pro Max can last up to 33 hours of video playback and up to 105 hours of audio playback, while the iPhone 14 Pro Max can last up to 29 hours of video playback, or up to 95 hours. . of audio. So you should see some improvement with the newer phones, but we were impressed with the battery life of both phones in our review.
According to reports, the iPhone 16 Pro Max also charges faster, although Apple’s official claim is that both phones can reach 50% charge in 30 minutes with a 20W or higher adapter.
Oh, and while the iPhone 16 Pro Max has a USB-C port, the iPhone 14 Pro Max charges via the Lightning port.
iPhone 16 Pro Max vs iPhone 14 Pro Max: Verdict
Two years is still a long time in the smartphone world, as you can see from the differences between these two devices.
iPhone 16 Pro Max features a larger screen, new material for the frame, two new buttons, a much more powerful chipset, more RAM, upgrades to both ultra-wide and telephoto cameras, improved battery life, and USB -Equipped with a C port. , Apple Intelligence support – not available on iPhone 14 Pro Max.
That said, the actual screen quality is similar, as is the main and front-facing camera, as well as its design. Newer phones are more powerful, but aside from the AI, you might have a hard time telling the difference.
Still, unless the iPhone 14 Pro Max is heavily discounted, there’s probably little reason to buy it now. If you already have one, the iPhone 16 Pro Max should be a meaningful, if not essential, upgrade.
