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iPhone 14 Pro Max vs. iPhone 13 Pro Max – Is it worth upgrading?

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Apple launched its flagship grade iPhone 14 Pro Max in its recent event, which means Apple lovers currently using iPhone 13 Pro Max will consider buying the new iPhone 14 Pro Max. Don’t worry; we got your back in this article; we will highlight all the significant upgrades and specifications between iPhone 14 Pro Max vs. iPhone 13 Pro Max to help you decide whether you should upgrade.

The new iPhone 14 Pro Max is one of the top flagship iPhones. On the other hand, iPhone 13 Pro Max was the top flagship last year, and Apple has made significant changes in its Pro & Pro Max variants this year. Compared to the last iPhone 13 Pro Max, the new iPhone 14 Pro Max offers the new A16 chip over the A15 Bionic chip. Say bye to that clunky notch; the iPhone 14 Pro Max comes with the punch hole pill shape notch, also known as Dynamic island. And it’s a game changer compared to the last-gen iPhone 13 Pro Max.

Our Pick
 
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$1,077.02

The iPhone 14 Pro Max was introduced on September 16, 2022, and is a well-rounded, sleek, and costly smartphone that can handle any job thrown at it. The iPhone 14 Pro Max features the same design as previous models. It now has a 48mp primary camera, significantly improved over the original 12-megapixel wide lens. The sensor is physically more significant to catch high-quality light in a single shutter. It also boasts Dynamic Island, an expressive notch that contains the iPhone's FaceID sensor and front camera. On average, the battery lasts 14 hours, and 42 minutes on a full charge.

The iPhone 13 Pro Max has a 120Hz refresh rate display, the fastest performance of any handset, and epic battery life. Camera features include Cinematic mode videos with a compelling bokeh effect and a macro mode that leverages the ultra-wide camera. From $1,099, you can shoot close-up photos with a new macro mode. The iPhone 13 Pro Max is the closest thing to perfect you can get in a phone. You get superior cameras and video recording capabilities. The battery life is even better this time around and among the best. There are no functional differences between the two handsets.

  • Always On Display is more useful than Android versions
  • Superb 48MP camera
  • Dynamic Island is clever and innovative
  • A16 Bionic chip is blazing fast
  • Best cameras in a phone
  • Superior performance
  • Cinematic video mode
  • Brighter display
  • Excellent battery life
  • No USB-C
  • Lack of SIM Card slot will annoy some
  • Still just 20W charging
  • Expensive
  • Telephoto camera is only good in bright light
  • Battery life drops dramatically if you push the screen brightness
  • Could use faster charging
  • Cinematic mode capped at 1080p
Our Pick
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The iPhone 14 Pro Max was introduced on September 16, 2022, and is a well-rounded, sleek, and costly smartphone that can handle any job thrown at it. The iPhone 14 Pro Max features the same design as previous models. It now has a 48mp primary camera, significantly improved over the original 12-megapixel wide lens. The sensor is physically more significant to catch high-quality light in a single shutter. It also boasts Dynamic Island, an expressive notch that contains the iPhone's FaceID sensor and front camera. On average, the battery lasts 14 hours, and 42 minutes on a full charge.

  • Always On Display is more useful than Android versions
  • Superb 48MP camera
  • Dynamic Island is clever and innovative
  • A16 Bionic chip is blazing fast
  • No USB-C
  • Lack of SIM Card slot will annoy some
  • Still just 20W charging
  • Expensive
  • Telephoto camera is only good in bright light
  • Battery life drops dramatically if you push the screen brightness
$1,077.02

The iPhone 13 Pro Max has a 120Hz refresh rate display, the fastest performance of any handset, and epic battery life. Camera features include Cinematic mode videos with a compelling bokeh effect and a macro mode that leverages the ultra-wide camera. From $1,099, you can shoot close-up photos with a new macro mode. The iPhone 13 Pro Max is the closest thing to perfect you can get in a phone. You get superior cameras and video recording capabilities. The battery life is even better this time around and among the best. There are no functional differences between the two handsets.

  • Best cameras in a phone
  • Superior performance
  • Cinematic video mode
  • Brighter display
  • Excellent battery life
  • Could use faster charging
  • Cinematic mode capped at 1080p
02/23/2024 10:14 am GMT

Price & Availability

iPhone 14 Pro Max vs iPhone 13 Pro Max

Starting with the price, there were rumors that the iPhone 14 Pro Max will more than the iPhone 14 Pro Max. However, Apple launched the iPhone 14 Pro Max with the same price tag as the 13 Pro Max, with a starting price of $1,099. As we all know, with the launch of 14 Pro Max at the same price, the price of 13 Pro Max will go down significantly. Therefore, if you are thinking of buying an iPhone Pro Max variant and are a bit low on budget, then you should consider iPhone 13 Pro Max.

Why is The iPhone 14 Pro Max a Better Deal?

  • Upgraded Bluetooth v5.3 – This upgrade will be really helpful for iPhone users who already have AirPods Or an Apple Watch. Bluetooth 5.3 makes the connection with Bluetooth more stable and long-range compared to the last gen.
  • Faster LPDDR5 RAM – The multitasking will be fluid and without a than of the last gen, with the upgrade of LPDDR5 RAM over LPDDR4 iPhone 13 Pro Max RAM.
  • Bionic A16 Chip – iPhone 14 Pro Max comes with the new A16 chip, which boosts the performance by 22% compared to the last-gen iPhone 13 Pro Max.
  • Faster Core Clock Speed – The new Bionic A15 chip in iPhone 14 Pro Max also offers higher clock speeds in the CPU Core, which significantly lowers the phone heating and boosts its single core performance by 8%.

These are significant upgrades in specs, making the iPhone 14 Pro Max a better deal than the iPhone 13 Pro Max.

Design

iPhone 14 Pro Max vs iPhone 13 Pro Max

At first glance from the back, iPhone 14 Pro Max looks the same as the last-gen iPhone 13 Pro Max. The same flat edge sides with a display size of 6.7 inches. Both iPhones have a similar dimension. However, iPhone 14 Pro Max is a bit narrower than iPhone 13 Pro Max; in real life, you won’t notice any difference. However, there’s a tiny difference on paper as the 14 Pro Max dimensions are 160.7 x 77.6 x 7.85 mm compared to 13 Pro Max, which is 160.8 x 78.1 x 7.65 mm. Also, both iPhones have the same weight of 240g.

The new notch – There’s a noticeable difference when you look at the phone from the display side as it packs a new pill-shaped notch that stores the front camera and other sensors. The new notch looks much different and clean compared to the last-gen iPhone 13 Pro Max’s big notch. This new notch is called Dynamic Island by Apple, which highlights the necessary notifications and data with a fluid animation, which, to be honest, looks a lot better.

Colors – Talking about colors, iPhone 14 Pro Max offers four different colors: gold, silver, deep purple, and space black. On the other hand, iPhone 13 Pro Max offers five colors: silver, gold, graphite, alpine green, and sierra blue. Also, both phones have the same contents in the box without the charger.

Display

Resolution and brightness– Regarding the display, both iPhones have the exact 6.7 inches OLED display with similar resolutions. iPhone 13 Pro Max has a resolution of 1284 x 2778 pixels with 458 PPI density which has a peak brightness of 1200 nits.

On the other hand, iPhone 14 Pro Max has a better resolution of 1290 x 2796 pixels with 460 PPI density and a peak brightness of 2000 nits, which is the brightest phone display.

Refresh rate – The iPhone 14 Pro Max also offers a variable refresh rate feature like iPhone 13 Pro Max. However, where the iPhone 13 Pro Max could only go from 120Hz to 10Hz, the new iPhone 14 Pro Max can go from 120Hz to as low as 1Hz. This new adaptable refresh rate helps to save the battery more efficiently in iPhone 14 Pro Max.

Other features: Both phones’ display supports Dolby Vision and has ceramic shield screen protection.The most significant in terms of the display is the Always On Display, which is only available in the new iPhone 14 Pro Max. With the Always On Display, you can show off your lock screen, which is very customizable with the iOS 16 update.

Cameras

  • 1X camera: 48MP on iPhone 14 Pro Max vs 12MP on iPhone 13 Pro Max
  • 0.5X camera: 12MP, f/2.2 on iPhone 14 Pro Max, 12MP, f/1.8 on iPhone 13 Pro Max
  • 3X camera: 12MP, f/2.8 on both iPhones

Sensors – The iPhone 14 Pro Max offers the same sensors in terms of ultra-wide and telephoto. However, it becomes the game changer phone for the primary camera. iPhone 14 Pro Max offers a 48MP sensor compared to the 12MP sensor on iPhone 13 Pro Max. This new sensor helps the iPhone 14 Pro Max take better images. Both iPhones offer the same 12MP ultra-wide and 12 MP telephoto sensor. However, the iPhone 14 Pro Max has a better aperture in ultra-wide sensors than iPhone 13 Pro Max.

Also, Apple promises its new Photonic Engine technology will boost the quality of photos taken in low light with the iPhone 14 Pro Max even more. Sadly, you don’t get the Photogenic Engine Tech in iPhone 13 Pro Max.

New video and capture modes – iPhone 14 Pro Max has a plus point in video recording than iPhone 13 Pro Max. Because it can now capture films in cinematic mode at up to 30 frames per second in 4K HDR, whereas iPhone 13 Pro Max could only do so in 1080p without HDR. The iPhone 14 Pro Max has access to a new Action Mode for filming fast-paced action films.

Thus, on paper, iPhone 14 Pro Max offers the best camera experience compared to iPhone 13 Pro Max.

Specifications & Performance

The new chip

iPhone 14 Pro Max comes with the new A16 Bionic chip compared to last year’s iPhone 13 Pro Max’s A15 Bionic chip. A16 Bionic chip offers the 4nm technology, an upgrade from last year’s 5nm. This enables the A16 to have roughly 16 billion transistors, and it now has more efficient CPU cores. Both iPhones come with 6GB of RAM. However, 14 Pro Max has a plus point as its RAM is LPDDR5 which is faster than 13 Pro Max’s LPDDR4 RAM.

Power, battery

Battery Life is efficient as the A16 Bionic Chip controls the Always On Display very well. Its 1-120Hz refresh rate intelligently preserves power. Also, Apple claims that the A16 consumes 20% less power than the A15 and has 50% greater memory bandwidth than iPhone 13 Pro Max.

Storage

Talking about storage, both iPhones offer the same Storage options, which are 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB.

CPU and GPU

Both iPhones’ performances are identical when it comes to gaming and multitasking. However, iPhone 14 Pro Max is more efficient because it also offers faster CPU & GPU clock speeds compared to the iPhone 13 Pro Max.

Software & Features

In terms of software, both iPhones run on iOS 16 latest. However, iPhone 14 Pro Max comes with the Dynamic Island notch, which looks clean and can show various activity statuses like music, timer, and notifications. Dynamic isn’t present in iPhone 13 Pro Max.

iPhone 14 Pro Max also offers the new Car Crash Detection feature and SOS emergency services feature, which are absent in iPhone 13 Pro Max. Rather than these handfuls of changes, both phones offer the same software experience.

Battery Life

iPhone 14 Pro Max vs iPhone 13 Pro Max
  • iPhone 14 Pro Max battery size: 4,323 mAh (less than 1% smaller)
  • iPhone 13 Pro Max battery size: 4,352 mAh

Considering battery life, iPhone 13 Pro Max was one of the best battery life iPhones last year. With a 4,352 mAH battery which gives 28 hours of battery life claimed by Apple. This year Apple broke its battery record, making the iPhone 14 Pro Max slightly better than its last-gen iPhone 13 Pro Max.

iPhone 14 Pro Max offers a 4323 mAH battery, which is smaller than the iPhone 13 Pro Max. However, iPhone 14 Pro Max comes with the new A16 Bionic Chip, which efficiently manages battery life. With the variable 1hz-120hz refresh and OLED panel, the iPhone 14 Pro Max offers more battery life compared to iPhone 13 Pro Max. iPhone claims 29 hours of video playback on a single charge in iPhone 14 Pro Max, which is one hour more than 13 Pro Max.

Charging system

There have been no modifications to the charging system. The 14 Pro Max and 13 Pro Max have a maximum charging speed of 27W, which implies a full charge with a suitable charger takes about 2 hours. MagSafe, the magnetic wireless charging technology that provides rates of up to 15W, is supported by both iPhones’ 14 and 13 series.

Can you disable dynamic island?

When using your iPhone 14 Pro Max at launch, there is no option to turn off Dynamic Island. There is no Dynamic Island option in Settings for applications it works with, such as Apple Music or Instagram. Yes, Dynamic Island is constantly active.

Is the iPhone 13 Pro Max waterproof?

The iPhone 13 Pro Max is waterproof. It has an “IP68” classification, which means it is completely dust-proof and can withstand submerging for up to 30 minutes at a depth of 6 meters. It will be alright if you drop your phone in a puddle or a shallow pool or get it wet from the rain.

Conclusion(Should You Buy it Or not)

In conclusion, in the battle of iPhone 14 Pro Max vs. iPhone 13 Pro Max, the 14 Pro max is the winner in terms of specs, performance, and display. The new Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max has become the top flagship iPhone in the market. It offers better features like car crash detection and SOS emergency services for users’ safety. It adds a unique look to the display with the dynamic island notch, which, to be honest, looks quite remarkable compared to last gen iPhone 14 Pro Max. Till last year all Pro Max variants of iPhones were quite the same; the only difference was the size and battery life. However, this time, Apple has set the new bar by including a dynamic island in the display, making the iPhone 14 Pro Max a must phone to experience.

Therefore, in our opinion, if you’re currently using iPhone 13 Pro Max & thinking of upgrading, then you should consider iPhone 14 Pro Max. However, suppose you are just looking for a Pro Model iPhone with a more prominent display and better battery life. In that case, you should consider iPhone 13 Pro Max, as its available for a more reasonable price now.

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