The iPhone 14 Pro Max ?might not be the most searched-for, but it?s certainly the one that impresses the most. While very similar to the iPhone 13 Pro Max launched last year (and the 12 Pro Max the year before that), there are some significant upgrades in the camera, screen tech, notch and functionality that make this the phone most people should be checking out this year if they can afford it, that is.

The iPhone 14 Pro Max isn't going to differ significantly in design over the 13 Pro Max, as mentioned above. However, if you're looking for something that's going to fit that expensive case you bought for the 13 Pro Max, you're out of luck; while the dimensions are pretty much the same, the camera bump at the rear is much longer.

Holding the new Pro Max is a really familiar feeling if you've used the 12 or 13 Pro Max before. The sharper, squared-off edges are just where your fingers are used to them being and most people's thumbs will need to perform the normal gymnastics to reach across the screen.

The stainless steel band around the outside is still the fingerprint magnet that it always has been, as you can see in our hands on photos, and look - there?s no SIM tray on the side below the volume buttons.?The iPhone 14 Pro Max display has got one huge change: the notch is gone, to be replaced by one long pill. Or is it really one long pill??Nope, that's just software doing the hard work for your eyes - by filling it in for you, Apple's iOS 16 is creating this pill, and can use the screen in between to show small notification lights, which is a nifty touch.

It?s called the Dynamic Island, which got a laugh when it was announced but will probably quickly go into standard Apple vernacular in no time at all. What?s nice with this is that it morphs and moves depending on what you?re doing - when we played with it, you could start music and have the album art in the top, have the timer sit next to the notch or just tap it to get to your playing music. It?s a genuinely cool feature, and Apple has sprung something of a surprise, turning an eyesore into something really helpful when navigating around the phone.

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