iPhone 15 Pro Max Photos Blurry

I’ve gone from a 13 pro max to a 15 pro max. Used my 13 for taking photos at gigs / concerts. Fast moving low light. Always used live mode and used to get some pretty good, in focus shots. Was excited to start using my 15, but the photos are appallingly bad. So blurry, even in good light with the subject relatively still. When zoomed in the resolution is so bad all of the detail is lost and it looks worse than some photos I used to get from my old Nokia 95 decades ago. Also the sound quality on videos is nowhere near as good. Sounds very dull and tinny compared to 13 pro max. So disappointed. Considering returning it and going back to 13.


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iPhone 15 Pro Max, iOS 17

Posted on Sep 30, 2023 8:12 PM

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Posted on Oct 10, 2023 12:24 PM

Update: The only thing that fully fixed it is doing an express exchange and getting a new device. Something was definitely wrong with the first device. Photos on new device look great

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Oct 10, 2023 12:49 PM in response to zelixir

So do you guys recommend having apple look at the phone regardless, I mean my back camera is good but the selfie camera is where it’s letting me down, unless I just swipe left and then it takes a decent photo, but my question would also be that before the photo is taken, the pic looks great and normal on live camera but it’s after the photo is taken it darkens a little and therefore it can suggest being software rather than hardware issue

Oct 11, 2023 7:37 AM in response to Kjai

This is my exact issue as well! The back camera still doesn’t compare to my old phone, but I’ve been even more disappointed in the front camera. I’ve suspected the same around a software issue, and pray it is resolved soon as I’d hate to return and get an older model again. My photos appear great, then once viewing them, look as though they’ve been edited or a bad filter has been out on them, it darkens and looks grainy even in great light, it still isn’t captured the same way it appears. Please let me know if you find my solutions.

Oct 25, 2023 11:29 AM in response to lobsterghost1

did you buy yours in the states?


read an article today that popped up on google, so don't know if it is reputable.


Title "iPhone 15 Pro ratings drop below iPhone 14 and 13 Pro, according to 700k reviews"

(Portion taken from it) After the iPhone 14 Pro saw an 8% drop in the number of 5-star reviews compared to the 13 Pro, the iPhone 15 Pro dropped to a new low of 72% being 5-star reviews just over a month since its launch.

Oct 28, 2023 12:08 PM in response to TimToolman2000

Update: apple switched to random serial few years back. So we can’t find date anymore. Bummer.


Settings/general/about.


”The serial number has a total of 10 characters. Spot the third, fourth, and fifth characters; these will tell you the year and week your phone was manufactured. The third character shows the year. For instance, 4 = 2014, 6 = 2016, and the following two shows the week, 07 stands for the 7th week of the year. “


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