iPhone 12 Pro Max wins DisplayMate's 'Best Smartphone Display' award
What's the story
DisplayMate, a company that tests screens on phones, tablets and other consumer products, has given iPhone 12 Pro Max the 'Best Smartphone Display' award.
The test results show impressive performance across the board with the iPhone 12 Pro Max breaking 10 performance records to grab the highest-ever Display Performance Grade of A+.
Here are more details.
Records broken
'iPhone 12 Pro Max's display is visually indistinguishable from perfect'
According to DisplayMate, the iPhone 12 Pro Max's display has the highest absolute color accuracy of 0.9 JNCD, making it "visually indistinguishable from perfect."
It has the highest screen brightness for OLED smartphones, highest contrast ratio, as well as highest image contrast accuracy and intensity scale accuracy.
It also has the lowest screen reflectance and smallest brightness variation with viewing angle.
Design and display
Recalling the iPhone 12 Pro Max
The iPhone 12 Pro Max features a premium metal-glass body with flat-edges, 'Ceramic Shield' protection on the front, and an IP68 build quality. On the rear, it has a triple camera unit.
The phone bears a 6.7-inch Full-HD+ (1284x2778 pixels) OLED screen, with the wide notch housing the Face ID biometric system.
It is available in Silver, Graphite, Gold, and Pacific Blue color options.
Information
For the shutterbugs and selfie lovers
The iPhone 12 Pro Max is equipped with a triple rear camera setup, comprising a 12MP (f/1.6) main sensor, a 12MP (f/2.2) telephoto lens, a 12MP (f/2.4) ultra-wide camera, and a LiDAR scanner. On the front, it offers a 12MP (f/2.2) selfie shooter.
Internals
Under the hood
The iPhone 12 Pro Max draws power from a hexa-core Apple A14 Bionic chipset, paired with 6GB of RAM and up to 512GB of non-expandable storage.
It runs on iOS 14 and packs a 3,687mAh battery with 20W wired and 15W MagSafe wireless charging support.
For connectivity, the device offers support for Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS, 5G, and a Lightning port.