Each handset sport iPhone 5-style flat sides and a ceramic shield glass on the front, while Pro models get a new Pacific Blue color option.
The iPhone 12 Pro Max is the largest iPhone Apple has ever created. It takes the 6.5-inch display of
the iPhone 11 Pro Max and stretches it just a touch to hit 6.7 inches on the diagonal. It doesn’t sound
like much, and even in use it doesn’t seem discernibly larger until you have it side-by-side with the
previous Pro Max model.
What we do love, though, are some of the other subtle design changes that Apple has made. Both the
side button and the volume buttons have been shifted down ever so slightly. This makes them more
easily accessible while holding the phone and is certainly a noticeable and welcomed change. The
phone is absolutely huge, but this change makes that size a bit more palatable.
Battery life
Being the largest iPhone, it is no surprise that iPhone 12 Pro Max also has the largest battery, although
the 11 Pro Max beats it out in terms of sheer capacity (14.13 Wh vs. 15.04 Wh). We will have to examine
battery life under stress, but we still have to point this out as one of our favorite new features because
of not only how long the battery appears to last, but how many ways you can charge.
Just today using the device, we started by connecting to Lightning right out of the box, then used
MagSafe for most of the day before finally tossing it on a Qi charging pad while we sat down to edit.