iPhone 12 Pro Max wipes floors with the competition and has the best camera we have seen so far.

The fastest smartphone on the market, excellent camera with sublime image and video quality, bright mobile screen with true-to-life color reproduction, 5G, waterproof and robust, MagSafe integrated.

Screen with 60 Hz refresh rate. Supplied without charger. Pricey price.

Pictures don’t quite prepare you for the iPhone 12 Pro Max. Apple’s newest flagship sits at the top of a four phone family for 2020, and you could be forgiven for assuming that distinguishing between them would be tricky.

Incredible cameras; A14 Bionic processor is fast and future-proofed; More than all-day battery life; Beautifully designed and constructed

Potentially too big and too heavy for some; No 120Hz display; iOS could make better use of the massive screen

Yes, the iPhone 12 Pro Max is a great buy for those with professional workflows that involve a phone. These could be anything from the need for a stellar display to a top-end processing or professional-grade video recording.

Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max: The best iPhone you can buy is equipped with a superb set of cameras but it is very large

Incredible camera; Very powerful; Gorgeous but tough design

Very large; Battery life isn’t hugely impressive; Disappointing zoom

The iPhone 12 Pro Max, the largest model in Apple's iPhone 12 lineup, adds super-long battery life and a giant screen to the 12 Pro's excellent camera capabilities.

Long battery life; Big; bright screen; Excellent cameras

Exceedingly heavy and large; Expensive

The thing with the 2020 line-up of the Apple iPhones is that you have more options than ever to pick. You have four iPhone 12 choices, and the iPhone 12 Pro Max is the largest and the most imposing one of them all.

Announced last month as the top device in the iPhone 12 family, the iPhone 12 Pro Max features the largest screen and the most impressively specified main camera of Apple’s new batch of phones.

Fast and accurate autofocus, Accurate exposure, Pleasant warm white balance indoors and in low light, High detail in good light, Wide dynamic range in videos, Pleasant color rendering and skin tones in most videos, Noise is generally well controlled in videos; Video stabilization is effective.

Is the iPhone 12 Pro Max worth upgrading to? The best camera on an iPhone meets a 60Hz display refresh on a $1099 phone, what's the review verdict?

Largest; toughest display on an iPhone; The best camera set on an iPhone; Double the base storage of its predecessor; Futureproof 5G support with bands record; Best water-resistance on a general purpose phone

Static 60Hz display refresh on a $1099 phone; Blocky and heavy compared to its peers; Expensive $599 body repair if you crack the rear; No power adapter in the box; slow charging

“This is the iPhone with amazing battery life and an exceptional camera experience, but it comes at the price of being too big for most people to manage.”

Large and beautiful display; Excellent hardware quality; Top-notch camera experience; Long battery life

Incredibly large; Very heavy

Turn the screen on and it looks magnificent: spacious, rich and immersive