 So remember last year when I said I switched to the iPhone 12 Pro Max? Yes guys, you're really tired properly. I did switch to the iPhone 12 Pro Max for two months. Well, I'm now using the iPhone 13 Pro Max and welcome to my long-term use of this device. It's about six months or so and don't worry guys, I still use my Android devices. I use both of them on a day-to-day basis but this video is not just a standard long-term review. I'm basically going to be giving you how I use this device on a day-to-day basis. So thank you for watching, definitely hit subscribe channel and this is Ikechuku Iguenu from Board at Work. So the iPhone 13 Pro Max, right? I have both colors of the devices and I have to tell you it's a device that actually is very comfortable to use. I'm not a traditional iOS user and it's something I've come to learn over the last, you know, couple of years and how easy it is to use an iOS device and that is some of the things that actually plays along the way. So I'll start off with one of the best benefits of having the iPhone 13 Pro Max which you all know is the battery. Now the reason why I like the battery is because when I, you know, start my day, I go see grab coffee in the morning or grab a quick lunch. I can use my battery from place to place and I still have some really good battery life on there. That is actually one of the best things is that you can wake up in the morning and go from say 9 a.m. to maybe about 11 at night and probably still have about 20% left on your device which is a great and quite impressive compared to even my Galaxy S22 Ultra. I can't last that long using it on a daily basis. So for me, that is very important and that is very key. So this allows me to do a lot of things. It allows me to go out and take photos and take videos especially when I'm going to this awesome barbecue spot. By the way, if you ever in Clifton, New Jersey, I just have to shout them out because they make some really great barbecues called all the smoke. Definitely check it out though. The barbecue is really, really good. Oh man, it's impressive. Daniel was salivating. He was so hungry. He ate like, you know, two pounds of barbecue. Actually, I'm just joking. He did it that much. But anyway, you know, being able to use my device there and capture content is great. Now, this is the second part, the iPhone I really like are the cameras. I would say in terms of photos and images, the cameras from last year and the cameras from this year are very similar in most respects. They do a really good job in photos. They do a really good job in capturing. HDR is really nice. The one part I'll say that hasn't really improved as much for me is the portrait photos. They're great. But I think for me in my skin tone, there are certain things he doesn't capture as well. So I'll just put it that way. I do like them, but I think there are better cameras out there for that. Now, when it comes to video, this is where the iPhone basically holds the mantle. I can't deny it because video quality on the iPhone is impeccable. Now, Daniel will tell you that when it comes to recording me holding the camera, my hands can be a little bit shaky sometimes. He calls it little earthquake motion and having the kind of stability the iPhone brings is truly impressive because I can usually capture content anywhere I go. And also, the cinematic video really comes out really well, even though it's a 1080p, but the front facing camera as well as the rear look really nice. So it's something the iPhone does well that no other phone at this point in time that can compete at that level. So cameras are really good. Because I use the cameras quite a bit on the iPhone. There's something that I also use a lot. And that, of course, is... I was going to say final cut. And that, of course, is iMovie. I know, right? You guys are like, seriously, man? iMovie? Yes. I use iMovie a lot to edit my TikToks and my reels. Yeah, you can see I have about 260 different edits on here. And it's really impressive how simple and easy to use. This is probably my most used app on my iPhone because it allows me to jump in, scroll through, scrub, cut, pin, edit, and just have something going and ready to move. I can also do voice recordings on there. I can also add soundtracks if I want to. But again, it's an easy tool that allows me to quickly make my TikToks and my reels. I don't have to use my Sony camera, which is in front of me. I can literally just use my iPhone, either one of them, to capture content. And it is absolutely fantastic. Now, this allows me to use my other app, my social apps, like TikTok as well, as well as also IG, because that's where I drop that kind of content. And that kind of productivity for me is great. Now, I can do the same thing on my Galaxy, but I have to use a third-party app, right? I have to go and download something like Capcom, which does a really good job for all the things I would like to do. But being able to do it directly from the device and not needing a third-party app goes a long way to kind of setting the iPhone in a very peculiar position in terms of true functionality. Now, the next part about the iPhone 30 Pro Max that I do like and something that I actually have to admit is the Apple ecosystem, right? Being able to use things like my iPhone 13 Pro Max, my Apple Watch Series 7, as well as also something called the Tempo Move to do my workouts at home. You're going really mad? Yeah, yeah. I mean, that's something that Apple does really well. The ecosystem using all the devices together makes a whole lot of difference. So for a while now, I've been using the Tempo Move, which is a great kind of personal home gym, if you will. Now, you've got this cabinet that has all the weights there that go from 1.25 pounds all the way to 10 pounds in terms of weights, which you can actually stack up and use. And it works with your iPhone. So you dock your iPhone into the move and it basically does 3D body scanning, allowing you to watch your movements while you're working out. So it counts your reps. It sees how low you're going down for squats. So you're actually doing your squats, your exercises properly. And it's a fun way to actually get that exercise. Plus, pairing that with my Apple Watch, where I can actually add time, of course, on my fitness tracking as well. So my daily fitness tracking, which I do on the Apple Watch, plus what I do on the Tempo Move itself, actually helps for a very great workout at home. Now this is something that, yes, you can do with other devices, but if you think about it, it's very disconnected and it's very hard for you to get all that information together. So in this case, my iPhone is capturing me and seeing what I'm doing and it's counting my reps and seeing my movements. It's making sure I'm working out well. Now I can use any third-party smartwatch to actually do my tracking, but then is it giving me accurate reading? Is it fitting it properly? As say the Apple Watch will do, that is something to do well. I can't deny that and it was actually great to use that together with Tempo and I found it to be a very great experience being able to wake up if I didn't have to go to the office or go to the gym or had to stay at home for whatever reason. Also, we've had COVID for the last couple of years now, so it was easier to do workouts with this and I think this is something that Apple really does well, that a lot of people just can't do. So now that you know that I use my iPhone, my Apple Watch to workout with a personal trainer called Tempo that's available anytime I want, do I really love the iPhone? Can I do everything I imagine or are they some issues I have with the device? And yes they are. Now this goes back to something I've always had an issue with is the fact that I cannot move my icons on my home screen anywhere I want. So I can't customize my home screen. I have to follow Apple's grid pattern and that's something I just personally don't like. It means I can't show my wallpaper to this fullest. I have to make folders and do all these things that just to me make no sense. So that's one. The other thing that I found quite interestingly with the iPhone 13 Pro Max is the fact that when I leave my Wi-Fi on and I leave my house or my office and I go outside, there are certain times where I would not have signal just because I have to turn off Wi-Fi. It's something that's constantly happening. I'm not exactly sure if it just doesn't switch from Wi-Fi easily. That's something that happens with the iPhone. So I always have to go in and turn off Wi-Fi for a little bit and then I get my 5G signal and I can continue using the device. So again there are some issues here and finally for me the biggest one is actually gaming. Now the iPhone 13 Pro Max is a great gaming mobile device and there are a lot of games in the Apple App Store especially with Apple Arcade. A lot of fun games to play. There are a lot of games to play in total. But if you're going to be playing a lot of graphically intensive games and I'm talking about you guys who are Genshin Impact fans, you're going to find that the iPhone is a hot beast. Yes, this thing rises in temperatures up to almost like 117 degrees and if you're just holding the phones in your hand, it is super hot. I will not recommend it. So you'd have to use a case, you know like this leather case here or the speaking one. Although I do hope speaking make that gaming case for the iPhone because it's definitely needed. The Apple doesn't have any special cooling for their devices. So what you're going to have is you're going to see throttling with your gameplay experiences which is why Genshin has some really bad benchmarks on the iPhone are much lower than what you'll find even on the Galaxy. So for me it's not something I would use to game constantly because of those issues. That being said though it's been almost two years with me using the iPhone as a day-to-day device with my of course my Android device. And I have to say though Apple has really impressed me with a lot of things. As I mentioned in this video the things they do really well that I think a lot of people like and the ecosystem is something that is hard to beat. So would I recommend the iPhone 30 Pro Max to anyone who wants to pick it up? Yeah if you like the iPhones I mean there's nothing wrong with you. I claim this to be the best iPhone to pick up simply because bigger is better. I mean I'm sorry the mini is just as small for me. This works and I think this is pretty solid. So if you guys have any questions or any comments about the iPhone 13 Pro Max and what it's like to use you know in the last six months or my total usage for a year and a half let me know. Otherwise guys don't forget to like share subscribe and always enjoy your pork chops.