How is the iPhone 15 Pro Max regarding performance and battery?

Apple released iOS 17.03, weeks ago to address heating issue. But honestly, we have iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max and we never had any heating issues to begin with. They're great phones.

Battery life and health is great. Both are at 100% Battery Health and we've had them since the official first day of launch. And battery life has been great as it was on our 14 Pro's.

Not one person I know personally who owns iPhone 15 Pro or 15 Pro Max is having or has had any issues with their phone. Don't buy all the hysteria you read here and elsewhere. People usually aren't on forums, when they have nothing to complain about.

Hopefully, the issues have been resolved with updates for you. I just got a Pro Max and my wife just got a Pro. We’ve had no issues whatsoever. If you want to have a seamless experience waiting a bit after a launch is better for you. But if you go into it expecting perfection you’ll be disappointed no matter what platform you use. When you buy something new right away you have to expect growing pains.

But Apple is pretty quick to resolve them. I’ve had Android phones in the past where they take a substantial amount of time to resolve ANY issue. Even Apple isn’t perfect, but they respond quicker than Android has in the past, in my experience. That being said I also have a Samsung S23 Ultra that I’ve enjoyed as well.

Hi, I am 5 weeks in owning my IPhone 15 pro max and I am ready to throw it out on the road so I can have the satisfaction of watching someone run over it. It’s horrible, I have had iPhones since the beginning this is the worst phone I have ever owned. I have been on to apple and they suggested a reset a week ago which I did, but still having issues. They are.

1. phone freezing all the time in apps (have to restart phone each time)
2. phone is overheating mainly when I am talking on it (so hot I have to put down)
3. connection issues, so much so my mail is coming in 2 and 3 days later. (Have reinstalled mail apps)
4. photos are a huge problem and when I am in my go pro app or snap bridge app, sometimes just in photos as well, they freeze
5. A new one today every time I open Facebook there is the Sam song on, my music is not on, no songs are playing, close Facebook the music stops, then open it again it starts again, the song is not in my phone
6. photos won’t send in my message app. Says count send.

I have reset the phone to factory settings. I have updated the apps over and over. I absolutely am at my wits end. Ringing apple again tomorrow

I got an Apple 15 Pro Max. I haven’t had any issues with the phone. I think it is a great choice. Any problems I have had is the conversion from Galaxy to Apple. Takes a little getting used to. 4.5 stars

I have the 15 pro (not the max) and I am having so many problems that I have decided to return the phone for a refund. Where do I start? Just signing onto this forum crashed my phone requiring me to shut down and restart. So here is a list of some of the problems I am experiencing. I know some aren’t that significant but they do bug me. So here goes.

1) My home screen and main screen wallpaper keeps changing. There is a work around but when it happens several times a day it just gets exhausting. Intermittent issue.

2) I keep having to verify I am not a robot when searching sites on safari. Most of the time I have to go through the haste of identifying traffic lights, motorcycles or staircases etc. My Apple verification is enabled. Probably occurs around 70% of the time.

3) Screen mirror just does not work. The connection is made, but within 30 seconds or so I get an Air Play message which interrupts the video. The issue is repetitive.

4) Bluetooth issues across multiple devices. Some connect and others do not. Constant issue.

5) No volume when the phone rings. Intermittent issue.

6) Rear camera video has barely any colour in natural light. However indoors the colour is really good. Outside it’s almost grey. Constant issue. Also I get strange flickering in some situations. I also have an iPhone XS and this does not happen.

7) Poor mobile service compared to my XS. Permanent issue.

Before purchasing this phone, I used an iPhone 7 for work and an XS for personal use . I thought I would upgrade to the 15 pro for personal use and benefit from (what I thought would be)..a better camera. The plan was to use the XS for work. However the XS is way superior so I am returning this phone and getting a new battery for my 7. In all fairness to Apple they have accepted the problems I am experiencing and offered a replacement or refund. But with so many issues, I’m taking the refund. Just a word of warning though. If you purchase the phone through credit and then return it for a refund you get a black mark against your credit score because you have broken your contract. This was explained to me by Apple so be warned. Sorry for the long post, and this is the short version!!!

YES! Dropping calls, apps not responding, when texting there pauses before the text box appears, then cannot send the text, have to completely close text and start over again, cant hear phone ring, turn volume up and some how it goes down, just a whole hosts of problems that I’ve never experienced before. I have to often perform hard resets just so all the aforementioned glitches will go away only to start again. Ugh! I’ve only purchased iPhones starting with iPhone 3 and this one by far has been the worst one. Very disappointing. Oh and not to mention the WiFi keeps skipping between off and on.

I'm having the freezing issue with mine. I had hoped that iOS 17.3 would fix it, but it didn't.

I'm also finding that the screen is incredibly sensitive, I've adjusted the haptic touch to slow and the

hold duration to 2 seconds, but it's still too sensitive. I'm a bit disappointed. . . . . . .

ps: years ago, I had an iPhone 6 (not a plus) there was an update that made the screen so sensitive that you didn't even have to touch it, just pass your finger close to the screen, when trying to compose a text or

email the phone would add random letters, and even whole words, the phone was almost unusable, however another update a few days later fixed the problem. I'm hoping that Apple will be able to correct both the freezing and sensitive screen soon.

I am still having issues with my iPhone 15 Pro Max. I don’t

have the heating issue, but it still freezes, the screen often scrolls without

touching it and the Wi-Fi doesn’t seem to be a strong as it was on my XR. The

17.3.1 update did help a little, but not enough.

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I got my Phone for Christmas, and I was a little worried because it just so happened to be an iPhone 15, but everything’s been A-ok with my iPhone. It doesn’t overheat, no greening over the screen, Face ID works, etc. I mean everything works as intended. Maybe I’m just lucky and got a good working phone or but am I the only one who hasn’t had a complaint?

as for the people saying the phone “snaps easily and scratches easily”… I mean yeah that’s true but first; who is walking around with no case? And also who is willingly dropping their phone from high heights?

Splanky wrote:

I have the same question. It’s now 2/25/24. Please let me know, have the iPhone 15 Pro problems been fixed, or should I buy an earlier model?

We've owned iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max since launch day in September and we have had absolutely NO, ZERO, issues with either iPhone from the day we received them. Seeing people on a public forum say they have issues is like walking into a hospital, seeing sick people and assuming that means everyone is sick. There are now millions upon millions of people with iPhone 15 models who are happily using them not posting on any public forums about their phones at all.

I Haven’t had any issues with the battery either. Battery life is very good, however I am having other issues. The phone regularly freezes, it spontaneously scrolls and swipe and it has very poor connectivity to public WiFi. My previous phone, an iPhone XR preformed much better. I think I’ll go as far as to say my 15 Pro Max stinks. I was hoping that iOS 17.4 would fix my issues, but it didn’t. ps: I’m not hysterical.

I have a 15 pro max. It’s probably the worst iPhone I have had so far. Network is spotty had to reset it multiple times, because the robotic voice calls, the music apps stop playing for any notification, volume buttons decide just to stop working.

How about both battery health?

Bought two I phone 15…. Both heating up severely and discharging within 7-8 hours of full charge. Last 7 days have had to recharge at office ….

what to do ???