Poor quality photos on iPhone 14 pro max

My bf has an iPhone 13 Pro Max & the photos are better than mine! It’s really frustrating considering how expensive the phone is & how it was raved on that it was better camera quality whens it’s worse than my old iPhone 11. Really is a shame all my photos are washed out & some blurry or grainy. I’ve tried everything in the settings & I don’t know how to fix this. Does anyone know? :)

iPhone 14 Pro Max, iOS 16

Posted on Jan 19, 2023 3:39 AM

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Sep 27, 2023 8:55 AM in response to brindafromcolumbus

The problem seems fixed 90% in the iphone 15. I have the Plus one and the camera is ok, still below S23 Ultra , but not that bad like it was with the 13 and 14 series. I'll keep this one for now, hopefully Apple won't mess up the AI processing... even now I can't understand how come their "camera expert lead engineer" can say the 13 and 14 series take decent photos. The only possible explanation is that they know very well, but didn't bother to fix it for these models but instead did it for the new 15 series...quite pathetic tbh

Oct 1, 2023 9:27 AM in response to Ashleyjade44

Very disappointed with the camera. It is very bad at focusing on close up detail. Going through the hastle and cost of upgrading for lesser quality performance is unacceptable and causes customers to have to down grade or upgrade. I found that using 4k and starting with .5 zoom helps a lot but customers shouldn't have to go through such pains to have a decent quality photo that's supposed to be an upgrade

Oct 2, 2023 8:01 PM in response to Ashleyjade44

Very disappointed with iPhone 14 Pro Max! The picture quality lacks crispness, and it even appears to be somewhat distorted. I recall when the iPhone 11 came out I realized very soon after purchasing it that the picture quality was bad, and I quickly returned it. I then went back to my iPhone X. Apple was well aware of all of the issues with iPhone 11 so I assumed that they would never put out an inferior product again which led me to be more relaxed when I purchased it. Now, I have had it too long to return it, and I am disappointed to be stuck with a camera with poor picture quality.

Oct 26, 2023 3:09 PM in response to Ashleyjade44

I bought thinking it would be a great benefit as I try to shoot professional nailfie pics for instagram. I tried for months to get a better pic, tutorials etc... I would of returned it but had a auto accident and could not drive, so I am stuck, had to resort to buying a Samsung phone just for pictures. this is only for text and phone now.... what a waste of $1K plus.


I was thinking of trying the new 15, (trading in) but not interested in paying again for a useless camera on phone. Anyone find a resolution to this 14 pro-max disappointment yet?

Nov 23, 2023 1:12 PM in response to Windu Sahara

I’ve had this iPhone 14 Pro Max for just over a year and Apple denies there’s a problem and refuses to fix it. Says the camera is good. What good is a terrific zooming, high resolution low light camera if you can’t depend on it to focus 1/2 the time!!?!?! How can we get this resolved?


same everything … just wouldn’t focus half the time:


Simply refused to focus at all:


great when it does focus:

Poor quality photos on iPhone 14 pro max

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