What could be better than an iPhone 12 for my birthday? That would be an iPhone 12 Pro Max of course. Thanks to my gorgeous wife I was fortunate enough to be on the receiving end of this amazing gift! Thanks needs to be given where thanks is due and now that I have given thanks to my goddess great gift giving wife I can move along to my early thoughts on the iPhone 12 Pro Max.

For perspective purposes I believe that should firstly mention that the phone I was utilising previously was the iPhone XS Max. I had been a user of the iPhone XS Max for over three years and it was, to put it mildly, quite simply an amazing device. If it wasn’t for the gift of the iPhone 12 Pro Max I would have probably held onto the XS Max for another couple of years. Although, it should be said that the XS Max was beginning to wear a little thin. For further perspective it should also be noted that I am an extremely heavy user of the iPhone. Now, when I say I’m a heavy user, I mean to say that I use my device continuously all day, even while at work. Over the years the iPhone has become a vital research tool that I find I cannot live without.

The overall initial transfer experience from the XS Max to the 12 Pro Max took several hours to complete (account logins etc took up the majority of the time). But the initial set up of the iPhone 12 Pro Max was quick and easy. For example, the majority of the data accidentally transferred from my iPhone iCloud backup as I passed through a 5G hotspot on my way to work. My mobile data clearly showed this, a warning flashed up as I parked, “you have used 80% of your available data with 23 days left in your billing cycle”. I was surprised by both the excessive consumption rate and the speed at which the transfer had happened. Gone are the days of setting up each iPhone as a fresh device. This was the old way. Now I can safely say that transferring a 512 GB device from one to another can happen without hiccups using the 5G network to get the job done quickly. Happy days indeed.

After having set up the device I began to play around with the newly improved camera features. The wide and ultra wide angle lens options was something I was looking forward to using in particular. After all, having the ability to get more image in your image is never a bad thing. Finally I could capture moments of action against grand back drops without having to sacrifice perspective. The wide and ultra wide lens are fantastic but the 12 Pro Max’s camera really shines in low light settings. This is a feature that most users will not even have to consider while operating the device as it happens automatically and when it does occur the difference between previous iPhone models is simply outstanding. This low light feature utilises lidar technology to better enhance areas of darkness as well has help to improve the auto focus in low light settings. The results of a low light photograph on an iPhone 12 Pro compared to the iPhone XS is extremely obvious. The iPhone 12 Pro camera is without a doubt one of the biggest advancements of the device yet. But I say yet because there is a development that is bigger still. The step up from 4 gigabytes of ram to 6 gigabytes of ram makes for a massive improvement in the phones ability to handle multiple tasks at any given moment. It has also improved many other aspects of the device such as giving the users the freedom to do just about anything web based any where you can get a decent cell phone connection. For example, I am a self confessed smart phone zombie walker, also known as a smombie, who likes to write and walk at the same time. Better yet you could say that I am a smombie developer as I enjoy walking, writing, developing and publishing all on the go. There is simply no better experience that the iPhone 12 Pro has to offer other than the ability to utilise web publishing apps on foot.