iPhone 14 Pro Max review: The phone that introduced Dynamic Island and the 48 MP Apple sensor.
A landmark iPhone — but a Lightning-era one now best bought used.
The 14 Pro Max introduced Dynamic Island, the always-on display and Apple’s first 48 MP sensor. It remains a capable phone, but Lightning, the 240 g weight and the lack of Apple Intelligence mark it as a previous era.
01Display
91/10091/100 puts it above the 86-point average for flagship phones of 2022.
02Camera
87/100At 87/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among flagship phones of 2022 — 8 points above the cohort average.
03Performance
84/10084/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2022.
04Battery
84/10084/100 puts it above the 81-point average for flagship phones of 2022.
05Build
90/100At 90/100 this is one of the strongest build showings among flagship phones of 2022 — 8 points above the cohort average.
06Value
80/10080/100 puts it above the 76-point average for flagship phones of 2022.
- Introduced Dynamic Island and the always-on display.
- First Apple 48 MP main sensor — a big camera leap.
- Excellent 120 Hz LTPO display.
- Strong battery life from the large 4,323 mAh cell.
- Still uses Lightning, not USB-C.
- Very heavy at 240 g with the stainless-steel frame.
- A16 chip misses Apple Intelligence.
- Discontinued — sold only through third parties now.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 210-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .