Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max hands-on: Lights, camera, action button

Apple's iPhone 15 event today saw the company spend a lot of time (and money) talking about its "Apple 2030" vision for carbon neutrality and environmental responsibility. The irony is, Apple wants you to buy more iPhones, and to do so, it's introducing new models with slightly different features so you'll spend your money. With the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro this year, Apple is also beginning to comply with EU regulations that mandate every new device made by the end of next year support USB-C charging. While that's good news for most people, it does mean that those who might not have already a compatible wire will have to, once again, get a new charger.

[brandon___styles]

This is the best preliminary review of iPhone 15 Pro so far.

[Vuhhin]

Love how clear and straightforward the explanation of features were

[ronnieevan]

Great review! Probably better than the popular tech reviewers. I like that she reviewed it on the spot and tried the features that people care about. Thanks Engadget, made up my mind!

[mikeealy]

love the faded 'dumfuk' on-arm messaging lol

[cmd]

What I don't like is if you set the action button to anything else but Silent mode then you're eliminating that instant feature that we've had forever. Imo it should be one press to toggle the mute switch and long hold to use the action feature for others

[ranrise]

Was set on Natural, but your vid gave the silver proper lighting and screentime and convinced me I should go back to the classic.

[plexipo]

Thanks for showing up the FineWoven case and the comparison between the edges of the 15 and 15 pro max! Only reviewer pointing those up that I’ve seen so far

[MarianoPerez]

The usb c seems to be the most exciting thing on this version 😂.

[lockhart]

Usb c support is all I was looking for will buy it in 2 years

[nicegle]

The only thing I'm interested in with this phone is USB-C.
I have a mixture of Android, Microsoft and Apple products. And, my iphone is the only thing I need to drag around a different charger for.

[POLAR_BAR]

My 14 Pro does everything that this phone does only difference is 5x camera, and action button. 🤷‍♂️ USB-C was just included because of the Europe USB-C law. If the law wasn’t implemented I am sure they would have used the lightning cable till this day.

[jemeljsh]

Hard to chose between Natural Titanium and Black Titanium. Both of them look nice.

Thing I never liked about non-black iPhone's is seeing that edge of the back panel color around the screen, therefore I always go-black no matter how much I like other colors. Black/dark color of the back panel just makes the screen look more edge-less so to say. Possibly fingerprints will be much less noticeable on Natural Titanium.

[craiggibbs]

I just preordered the iPhone 15 Pro Max off of Straight Talk today. Can’t wait to get my hands on it.

[MM-zwsm]

So it's the Iphone 14pro max with the USB-C

[El_Guapo]

i genuinely don't wanna sound like a hater but a lot of these software and hardware updates like usb-c and the better camera should have been implemented years ago. this isn't exactly new technology

[VantaVoid]

Still can't split screen apps on iPhone in 2023...😑

[banned_from_eating_cookies]

Interesting and well-presented video. Pro Max is tempting

[RSN-]

I like with you did there with the title, Lights Camera Action! 😂😂

[clearfullcantlose]

Yes thank u for this video! Was gonna get the 15 bc I did not know if the pro was worth it….But realize now it is bc of action button especially ❤️ Great video! Ive also always wanted the always on display and the natural titanium is great too! 🙏

[BotGamer-ncvf]

can we shoot portrait photos and record cinematic videos by using 5x optical zoom ?