iphone 10s max right here this device
now can be had
for more than half less than when i
purchased this i purchased this at like
1200 bucks this thing now
costs like 400 something depending on
where you look might be used
but still you know that's a pretty good
deal right now on a device
like this so the first thing i want to
talk about and just be brutally honest
with you
is the body how has it held up and i
could state that it's held up
phenomenally
well now you're not going to see it
because i do have the gold model but in
the back
glass there are a couple nicks here and
there nothing nothing too
serious but this device right here has
overall on the sides held up very well
and i think that if you go with an
iphone you should go with a painted
color stainless steel so you should go
with one that's not
silver for example if you care a lot
about scratching if you
like the silver color just be aware that
is the bare stainless steel
you might actually see some scratching
on the silver model but mine is held up
well
i do have to say that all these iphones
with the stainless steel edges do get a
lot of smudging going on
i have had it in a screen protector on
the front of the device so
not much scratching on the front but i
can tell you if you do not put a screen
protector
this phone will have several scratches
on the front display
over its usage it still feels
comfortable to hold due to its curved
edges and it's a little bit lighter i
feel like
than the iphone 11 pro max and 12 pro
max
okay guys so let's talk about the design
of this device now
it looks to me like this phone has been
around for quite some time because i've
been reviewing devices and seeing the
changes
for people who haven't had one of these
devices it's going to feel
super new compared to like if you had an
iphone 8 7
or if you're coming from an older device
or nothing that was this premium this is
going to feel extremely nice
but in the iphone land it's kind of like
you know the cameras are what's making
this thing look a little bit dated if
you just swap the cameras and put triple
cameras there you know the stovetop
design
this definitely will look like a newer
iphone over here so it's really just
that i just think it's that camera bump
that's changing this making it look
a little bit dated at this point the
iphone 10 looks just like this so
people might confuse this device right
here if you pick it up
in an iphone 10. so let me know where
you think the iphone 10s
max has stand stands now in design like
how far has it come do you think it
just looks overly dated right now you
wouldn't even touch something that looks
like this
let us know down below okay guys so
let's talk about the display of the
iphone 10s max in 2021 so this is a 6.5
inch so the notch doesn't really bug too
much because this is a plenty
large display it's also very sharp over
450 ppi
on this panel so very good also it gets
bright at 625 nits you're not going to
have no problem
with the brightness this display also
has 3d touch
in addition to that it does have true
tone dark mode
and night shift so just like the other
phones you could schedule that stuff out
makes it easy on your eyes pretty much
every time you're using it
now the thing about this display also is
that because it's wrapped in a body
that's pretty comfortable even though
this is a large panel
for a bigger phone this one's actually
quite easy to hold one-handed especially
if you have decent sized hands
this thing is not that difficult to
operate with one hand so large display
and a comfortable format
and overall viewing angles just
absolutely beautiful
on this watching media content on this
phone is also
very good so i don't really have a major
issue with anything or any major
critiques
with this display overall except for the
fact that they improved the bezels on
the newer ones
and we just yeah we want to see
something more of an all screen in the
future but at this point
you know they've been doing this for the
next several years after the next couple
years after an eleven pro max and to pro
max
so yes very good display easily beats
out the iphone 7 plus and 8 plus that
came before this
so when it comes to software this phone
is running ios 14.4
now should you buy this in 2021 in terms
of software when it comes to the actual
user experience there's an adopted yes
here
definitely you should if you're looking
at this device and you're like am i
going to get the latest software you
definitely
are going to benefit from the same
benefits newer iphone users are
benefiting
from however you have to keep in mind
that this one because it has
slightly older age it definitely might
not last as long
as those newer phones in terms of
software support so this did come out in
2018
but keep in mind you do have maybe two
to three years
it might even push a little past that
considering how powerful
the iphone 10s max is so if you bought
it now
and you wanted to upgrade in two years
you should still be on the latest
software here
for the iphone 10s max and it has all
the latest privacy features as well as
the app library widgets plenty of space
to put those widgets on screen
and it's super smooth just like those
newer phones so
thumbs up on the software still pretty
amazing here for the iphone 10s
max so when it comes to performance this
thing does have the a12 bionic and when
apple came out with the a11
i thought that's when their processors
were going super beast mode
nah the the a12 is when it really
started getting
extremely fast like i still got the 2018
ipad pro the same year this
phone came out this thing does not break
a sweat no matter what you're doing and
this is the first phone when i was just
like after this i was like i don't even
care about the processor give me a
different camera give me better
battery life yeah they got faster but
who really cares i mean you can use a
10s max in 2021 you can use an 11 pro
max 12 pro max
and 2021 and you're not going to do a
task hardly any faster than the person
next to you
with this iphone 10s max so you're not
really flexing on anything with a newer
processor right now the a12 is still a
beast
now where you might see a performance
boost on the 12 pro max the newer
devices
is especially the 12 pro max not really
the 11 pro max
is the ram so when i reopen things that
have been held in memory
sometimes they will relaunch stuff like
that right there they will relaunch
things so
four gigs of ram definitely not the most
ram
for a phone like this anymore so you
you're not gonna be able to hold 25 apps
open at once but everything is slick
smooth it's like butter on this phone no
120 hertz display but still the
performance here is
very impressive on the iphone 10s mac so
i briefly want to cover the storage
should you buy this in terms
of the storage now you can get this in
64 256 512 and the answer is yes there's
plenty of storage
available but try to stay away from the
64 if you know you're going to be using
this thing
a lot because this thing is cable up to
4k 60 and it will chew through your
storage
if you're doing a lot of high-end video
on this phone okay so let's talk about
the cameras i'm going to use this camera
as a camera example here but we're going
to take a couple
photos here now if you've watched any of
my previous iphone 10s max
content prior to 2021 you will know that
i ra
rant and raved about this camera and
about how good it was
the focus on this thing is absolutely
incredible
you basically will never miss focus on
this bringing smart hdr
it gave these photos a level of pop a
level of vibrancy
that i haven't seen before on iphones
really good stuff there
portrait mode also improved over prior
portrait modes yet panoramic
you also had a 4k60 video that improved
on
the iphone 8 pluses video definitely it
just looks so smooth
and crispy and really this can
definitely
definitely suffice at being a really
good option
to start a youtube channel in 2021 or if
you're like just using it for social
media building your brand up
definitely over here got plenty of
quality
where you do miss out though is the
ultra wide angle
pretty much every phone even cheaper
phones you know galaxy a51s for 200 300
bucks have
ultra wide angle cameras so this thing
is a little bit behind there but i would
trade
the much better results of these main
sensors for some of those cheaper phones
that are giving you like six cameras but
they kind of suck
you know what i mean at this price point
so so these are very good overall
cameras on the front does suffer a
little bit like the 10r from not
matching a perfect the 11 series brought
the perfect matching you know 12
megapixel to the 12 megapixel on the
rear
so i will say if you want the best
selfie quality you might want to get
something newer
but this is not a bad overall option
either still it's going to be
plenty suffice for most people and let
me give you a quick peek of some of the
samples i got on this phone i mean look
at these results
absolutely stunning here i mean looking
at this and looking at a newer phone
i don't really see major differences
extremely good results especially in
good lighting this doesn't have
night modes so you'll have to download a
third-party application but i mean the
overall dynamic range
the you know colors very natural the
sharpness plenty of vivid details
you got to stay i mean i got to state
this is just phenomenal results here
for a smartphone camera so you're not
going to be disappointed with 10s max so
in 2021 when it comes to the audio
but it probably won't really matter in
the future
stereo sound sounds fantastic now we
don't have you know
headphone jack we will be using air pods
with this one
but the audio is fine on this device it
truly is
and that brings us on to the battery
life section of this phone how does the
10s max perform
and to me this phone is not overly
impressive
in the battery life but it's not under
performer either this phone gets through
the day
just fine it actually beats out the
smaller 10s
and a lot of people would have bought
this phone in 2018 to get better battery
life than the smaller 10s to be quite
fair
and it definitely does hold up very well
over the day
now does this beat out the 11 pro max no
way that phone gets an hour to two
better so if you want to pay a little
bit more get a little bit longer battery
life consider the 11 pro max but
on regular usage you will easily get
through the day on this phone it does
support wireless charging and fast
charging provided that you do have those
accessories
to do that with this phone and finally
let's touch up on phone call quality and
4g lte
now i've said this multiple times with
not having qualcomm modems in this phone
if you get in areas that are not you
know the best you know for
coverage you're going to struggle a
little bit with the tennis max i also
found this phone to never really hold on
to my mobile data as strong as competing
samsung phones
at the time so i don't think this is the
best
option for those of you who are
constantly relying on 4g lte
or you know this doesn't have 5g so
mobile performance this is not
the overall best but if you're in a good
coverage area you know your carrier is
in a good
you know x section of the city or you
know town that you're in you know you're
going to get good coverage anyway
this phone will be really good but phone
call quality when you do have great
reception
does sound fantastic the speakers are
definitely loud enough
and this is not a deal breaker but i
would say they're better phones if you
want faster mobile performance
and keep in mind you are on 4g lte here
it depends on your area and how
consistent the 5g speeds are
right now i couldn't recommend it if you
wanted 5g
but if you can live it 4g lte for maybe
2 more years by then
the you know 5g will probably be a lot
more widespread a lot more
consistent you could probably hold on to
this for a couple years and be just fine
so in conclusion
this one's a pretty simple one which who
should upgrade to this well
first of all i think you should be
coming from an older iphone if you're
upgrading to this you've been waiting
for the price to come down on this phone
you love the design of it
but you said it was too much when it
first came out at this point you can
snag one of these much cheaper
if you don't need the ultra wide because
cheap android phones have ultra wide
four cameras
this one definitely doesn't give you
that versatility but it will give you
better results than like 99 of those
phones
in the main shooters and the telephoto
if you don't need
5g at this time you don't care but you
want a big iphone that feels something
like the 12 pro max
but that one's just too out of your
price range right now consider
the 10s max it will be a fantastic
option for a couple of years for those
of you who have already moved past this
thank you for watching if you watch
through anyway just because you love
tech
thumbs up to you but if you have an
android phone that's kind of the same
year and you want to sidestep to apple
here
this definitely would be a great option
as well so let me know your thoughts on
the 10s max are you picking it up
in 2021 
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