I decided to cave and pre-order the iPhone 16 Pro Max, mainly due to the trade-in value I was given for my iPhone 14 Pro Max. I was able to cross paths with the UPS truck before they got to my house and get the delivery sooner than expected, which was a plus, I guess it pays to track your shipments when driving home from work.
The overall upgrade from my current iPhone 14 Pro Max on Visible to this one was more or less flawless. I performed a backup, and went through the restore to the new phone, which asked to upgrade to the beta. After that, it was as simple as firing up the Visible app and activating this phone with the eSim. That process took about 5 minutes to complete and maybe around 10 minutes for SMS to fully start working to the new phone.
So far, I have not had a chance to play with many of the new features. Still, the USB-C is very welcome, the Camera seems better, the action and camera buttons are excellent additions, and the beta iOS 18.1 has some cool features that seem to improve each beta.
