Sunday, February 21, 2021

Review: Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max

For Inna's birthday, I surprised her with an iPhone 12 Pro Max. She used her iPhone 8 Plus a lot and wanted a larger screen and a better camera with more zoom options.

Since my intended cellular provider was Google Fi, I ordered a sim-unlocked version directly from Apple, as Costco and Amazon only sold carrier-locked versions.

I scheduled a Enjoy delivery from 8:00 - 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, February 21, 2021. I was surprised that the expected delivery would take much longer.

After trying out the iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPhone 12 Pro Max at Costco, Inna preferred the larger screen size and the multiple cameras of the iPhone 12 Pro Max.

 The iPhone 12 Pro Max has the following features:

  • Super Retina XDR display
  • 6.7‑inch (diagonal) all‑screen OLED display
  • 2778‑by‑1284-pixel resolution at 458 ppi
  • HDR display
  • True Tone
  • Wide color (P3)
  • Haptic Touch
  • 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio (typical)
  • 800 nits max brightness (typical); 1200 nits max brightness (HDR)
  • Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
  • Support for the display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously

I really liked Judd - the delivery person from Enjoy. Judd showed up at 8:30 a.m. Sunday morning and explained all the new iPhone 12 Pro Max settings. I wasn't aware of being able to use the Apple Watch to take photos and some of the cool features of IOS 14.

Getting Google Fi transferred from Inna's iPhone 8 Plus to iPhone 12 Pro Max took some work.

First, I needed to extract the micro-sim card from the iPhone 8 Plus and insert it into the iPhone 12 Pro Max. Although Google Fi supports sims, it only does so for new subscribers. Switching from one phone to another requires swapping out the sims.



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