Ten times is as far as the iPhone Duo zooms, and at 10x Max Tech's shots of a tower
Well before Max Tech's 10x zoom test, portrait mode that can't find depth and a lamp blown out to white show where the iPhone Duo falls short.
Speakers are where the iPhone Duo gives up the most to the iPhone 18 Pro Max, and Max Tech, which
The iPhone Duo beats the Pro Max on heat in Max Tech's 20-minute 3DMark run, and its speakers fall short in a way the channel likens to an iPhone 12.
19 hours and 6 minutes. That's the battery figure Matt Talks Tech measured on the iPhone 18 Pro Max
Matt Talks Tech got 19 hours and 6 minutes of battery from the A20 Pro flagship and still tells anyone on a 17 Pro Max to sit this one out.
ESR again. Matt Talks Tech calls the brand its go-to for iPhone accessories, and most of its nine-minute
A car charger with two retractable USB-C cables leads the additions in Matt Talks Tech's ESR tour, with every speed figure credited to ESR itself.
A bigger screen is the iPhone Duo's whole case, and 9to5Mac's comparison treats almost everything else as a
The 18 Pro Max wins for photographers in 9to5Mac's comparison, while the Duo, with the same A20 Pro inside, suits anyone who mostly watches.
Great phones make weak upgrades when last year's model was this close. 9to5Mac spent a few weeks with the
9to5Mac calls the 18 Pro the best iPhone Apple has made after weeks as a daily phone, though its upgrade advice stops at the 15 Pro.
The 15 Pro Max was the lightest Pro Max yet at 221 grams. Three years later the 18 Pro Max
The 18 Pro Max adds 16 hours of rated video playback over the 15 Pro Max, but daily speed barely changes unless the older phone is running hot.
Of the five iPhone 18 Pro Max problems Matt Talks Tech rounds up, Apple has confirmed the one that matters:
Even with iOS 27.0.1 out, an AT&T Pro Max that already lost service needs a replacement, while the other four reports stay cosmetic or unexplained.
A sponsored tour still has its uses. Read every number in AppleInsider's ESR video as the maker's: ESR
Even as a sponsored tour, AppleInsider's ESR video turns up a 45W charger with a 95 cm retractable cable and a MagSafe wallet sized for the iPhone Duo.
A good camera upgrade can still lose the argument. The AppleInsider Podcast spends much of an hour and a half
Even with an f/1.48 to f/4 variable aperture on the 18 Pro's main camera, the AppleInsider hosts expect most shots to match the Duo's.
One mode in the Camera app, and the iPhone 18 Pro's main sensor signs the pixels before any software
Apple's new camera mode wins on timing over C2PA by moving the signature ahead of processing, per the video, whose own host is AI-generated.
A day and a half between charges, sometimes two on a light day: that's what MKBHD got from the
The smaller 18 Pro held out a day and a half per charge for MKBHD, and a 2nm chip earns the credit, since Apple's EU label shows the battery barely grew.