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Five days with the @apple iPhone 18 Pro Max.

While the surface design looks familiar, what sits under the hood shifts the Pro lineup firmly back toward genuine power users and visual creators.

The headline feature is the 48MP Main camera’s physical variable aperture. Utilizing six laser-cut blades that adjust dynamically from f/1.48 down to f/4.0, it gathers 50 per cent more light in dark scenes while producing true optical depth of field and natural stardust lens flares. Complementing the op
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00:00Here are five things that I learned about the iPhone 18 Pro Max in the last five days of using
00:05it. And number one, the first thing that I want to do is explore that new mechanical variable
00:08aperture. I don't think it's going to be a game changer for the casual user, but content creators
00:13and professionals will absolutely fall in love with it. I love the fact that I can dial it all
00:17the way down to f1.48 to get better background blur than the iPhone 17 Pro, but then dial it
00:23back up to f4 to get better low light. Speaking of camera upgrades, something that I've used a
00:27whole lot are the new photographic styles three. So it kind of works a little bit like a Fujifilm
00:31camera and they've added grain and texture control now. And using the camera control button, when you
00:36half press it, I've dialed this thing in so I can switch between all of the different photographic
00:40styles. It's basically an iPhone recipe. And number three, it's the battery life. I know it's become a
00:44total cliche to mention the camera and then the battery life, but you're getting up to 43 hours
00:48of video playback here with the new iPhone 18 Pro Max. That's up 18 hours on the iPhone 16 Pro.
00:54And
00:54then piggybacking off the battery upgrades, it brings me on to number four, because this thing
00:58charges faster than any other iPhone before it. You can get 50% battery in just a 15 minute charge.
01:03I can just chuck this thing on charge in the morning, take a shower. And by the time I get
01:06out,
01:07it's all ready for the day. And then at number five, it is the new colors. I do sorely miss
01:11the
01:11carrot phone, but this glacier is a bit of a sleeper. Sure, the burgundy is going to steal all the
01:15headlines, but glacier with the case, I think it just looks so good. But they're just the five things
01:21that I've learned in the last five days of using this phone. Feels like I haven't even touched the
01:25surface yet.
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