38 Macworld • February 2022iPHONE
than the brightly coloured aluminium
on the iPhone 13. I understand why
Apple would use a different material
for its higher-end phones, but I’m
hoping the rumours of titanium for this
year’s Pro models are true.iOS SHOULD CATER TO
LARGER SCREENS
Obviously, the iPhone 13 Pro Max is
substantially bigger than the iPhone
12 mini, but other than the physical
size of the screen, you’re not giving
up all that much between the two
phones. The usual Pro-to-non-Pro
differences apply – better camera,better display, better battery – but
for normal tasks, the Max doesn’t
really offer all that much over the
mini. Unlike the Apple Watch Series 7,
which offers enhanced UI elements to
take advantage of the larger screen,
the iPhone Max has the exact same
interface as the iPhone mini.
That means to say you’re getting
the same icon grid, widgets, dock, and
App Library. The iPhone 13 Pro Max
could easily fit an extra row of icons,
but Apple instead has a large swatch
of blank space at the bottom of the
Home Screen. The same goes for the
Dock, which could fit a fifth icon if
Apple wanted.
So the only
things you’re
giving up with
the mini are
larger photos
and a couple
of extra lines
of text. Apple
should take a
page from the
Apple Watch
Series 7 here
and retool
iOS to take
advantage
of the extra
The iPhone 13 Pro Max should take some cues from iPadOS. space.