**The Hype Was Justified: A Review of the New iPhone 15 Series**

I noticed that people have been reacting like crazy my video after the event, the early reviews that have been coming out, people are really into this year's new iPhones now they might not be showing up for the new colors in many cases but I do think that we're going in the right direction and that the hype was justified.

The regular iPhone 15 is actually a standout in my opinion. The rumors this year seemed lame as hell, but when you actually look at this thing, we get the new design - okay, new is probably a strong word, but the slightly more rounded edges definitely make it more comfortable. The Frosted back glass is more comfortable and more premium, we get the 48 megapixel camera, we get the Dynamic Island, and of course, all the phones get USB-C. Honestly, it's a pretty great phone. You can kind of think of this as an iPhone 14 Pro Max light, and I think that's a compliment because this thing is really good.

That camera upgrade, especially the fact that you can get 48 megapixels without spending a grand, is really nice. I took a couple of side-by-side photos with the 15 and the 15 Pro, and I have to say in a couple of scenarios, I think the 15 actually handles details better than the 15 Pro. I mean, look at the clarity in the surface of the brick and the wrought iron window. Great job in this photo and great job in this one - I'm noticing that the trees seem to have more definition around the leaves. What is that all about? This is the entry-level phone; it's not supposed to look better, do you agree that it looks better because, to my eye, it does? Now, granted, that's not in all lighting conditions. I did an indoor shot, and if we zoom in on the light switch, you can definitely see the 15 Pro Max capturing more detail in the imperfections in the wall.

So, yeah, I don't know what's going on; I'm definitely gonna have to dive into these cameras a lot more in-depth. But the 15 Pro and Pro Max are definitely the star of the show in terms of new technologies and new features. I'm absolutely in love with titanium - this is something that I've been excited about ever since the rumor mill started printing it out a while ago, and it does not disappoint.

I definitely recommend going to an Apple store and trying this out if you haven't because the weight of this phone, the weight distribution of this phone is absolutely excellent. And I really like some of the new features that we've got on here, like the action button that is phenomenal. The UI when you set it up looks simply gorgeous, and it has a ton of customization right now.

However, there is one thing that's not sitting well with me: because it's not a switch that you can visually see as set to mute; they've moved that to the status bar so when you turn on your lock screen, you'll see the mute icon over in the left-hand side, and when you unlock it's next to the time. I'm probably gonna get used to it eventually but I don't like it over there; I would just rather it doesn't exist.

But overall, my thoughts on the new iPhone 15 series are very positive. There's a lot more that I want to test, so definitely get subscribed because this is only the start. Thank you guys for watching. Let me know if you thought that this was a fun video idea - I know it was stupid flying to Australia to get these phones literally a couple of hours early but I've had a ton of fun. We went to New Zealand for a couple of days before here, and it was absolutely gorgeous.

But now, I'm in work mode; I'm reviewing all the phones and all the stuff so leave a like down below make sure to comment which of these phones and colors is your favorite, and I'll see you all in the next video.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwell it's a slightly drizzly morning here in Sydney Australia where uh we've decided to do okay baby so get a little a little different now turn left onto Stanley Street so it's a little bit rainy out today but a good day for a very interesting video basically in about January I had a realization every year when the iPhone comes out there's news about customers getting their orders in Australia and New Zealand because the time difference means that it's Friday about 14 hours earlier than it is in the US so if you're a YouTuber with a fair brand idea you could theoretically get on a flight come to Australia and get the iPhone a little bit before everyone else and so that's exactly what I did I don't want I want to wait until I'm holding them in my hand I don't want to touch it until I unbox it and go it's time to go so uh yeah I flew to Australia so that I could get these like 14 hours early and uh yeah and I know what you're thinking you're thinking wow what a dumb YouTuber gimmick yes that that's exactly right but you know what it was worth it even though I'm standing in the rain in front of the Sydney Opera House and the Harbor Bridge I got the iPhones early we've had a ton of fun so for your viewing pleasure today I've got a green 15 a blue 15 Pro and the natural titanium 15 Pro Max and I've intentionally not even touched one of these phones yet because I want my complete first experience to be on camera but uh but not here because it's kind of wet and gross out so uh let's go get to the people who paid to make this actually possible today's review is sponsored by betterhelp the accessible platform that aims to bring the benefits of therapy to more people whether you have diagnosed depression or anxiety or if you want help achieving a goal in your life better help is here for you their mission is to make therapy more affordable and more accessible a duly important Mission because finding a therapist can be really hard especially when you're limited to the options in your area or Insurance network betterhelp is a platform that makes finding a therapist easier because it's online it's remote and with just a few questions it can help you find a therapist in as little as a few days and because finding a therapist is a little like dating it's easy to switch to a new therapist at no additional cost and without having to worry about insurance travel times or anything like that it's easy to sign up check out the link in the description below or head to betterhelp.com Luke miani to learn more and save ten dollars off your first month of betterhelp so you can connect with a therapist and see if it helps you big thanks to betterhelp for sponsoring this review and now let's get back into it guys I am so excited I think I picked a good year to do this wacky hair brain trip and come all the way to Australia to get a couple of iPhones this year I think the hype is definitely real and I cannot wait to get my hands on these and I think we gotta start with the regular iPhone 15. this one I have a feeling people are sleeping on you know I I think the iPhone 15 Pro and the pro Max are great but I was actually pleasantly surprised with the updates that apple had this time around for the regular phone look at that I got it in green uh which might have been a mistake I will say that colors are not my favorite does this even look green on camera look here it is on a white desk what what were they thinking but man I have to say that frosted back glass I'm so glad that that has made it to the normal phone it really does feel more premium oh that looks really really good also that uh the edges being more rounded that's something that doesn't really show up all that well in pictures but you can really feel the difference it feels a lot more comfortable and a little less sharp still though very disappointed that we only get a white braided USBC cable do I at least get a green apple sticker no what or is this I feel like I need to take this to a Home Depot and get them to paint scan it so I can tell what the color is that's how faint they are but I think this is white and what the heck is a Sim tool doing in the Box you probably didn't see that in any of your other iPhone 15 unboxings but because I'm outside of the US this thing still has a SIM tray and it also doesn't have millimeter waves so there's no antenna cut out on the other side so it does look a little bit different internationally which is interesting but let's move on to the iPhone 15 Pro I I got this in blue I'm not really sold on the color to be quite honest now it does look pretty good at least fresh out of the box oh the titanium feels so good I don't know man maybe it's just having a new phone but this feels so expensive I mean it is it's a thousand dollar phone it's not cheap but it feels like a big upgrade I'm still quite pleasantly surprised that we did not have a price increase this year at least on the regular 15 Pro but then we've got the pro Max now this boy is pricey I got the 512 gigabyte because I couldn't get a earlier pickup time for the 256 but that's the new base model so 11.99 us is what you're paying and here in Australia with tax this thing is pricey oh my goodness but this is also natural titanium oh no I messed up the peely strips I've been on the pro Max gang for a long time I absolutely love the phones of this size I honestly as people have complained about battery life this whole entire cycle and last year and with the iPhone 12 the pro Max will still get me through a day and I'm hoping this is going to be even better but of course we're going to test and find out oh wow that's a beautiful color look at that it matches the Apple watch so well oh and the side rails aren't shiny anymore that is the thing that has been I I love the I love the look of the pro I always have but the the side rails being shiny just they always get dirty they always get smudgy the natural Titanium with these titanium side rails oh that looks really good now it does get some fingerprints I can already see that I have smudged it up a little bit so I'm definitely not going to be ditching the 150 microfiber cloths that I stash around to clean phones but man this looks good for the first time we have three iPhones and they all have frosted back glass and they all have smooth but not glossy side rails I honestly couldn't be happier and I know I keep talking about that like it's it's a little bit much Luke is what you're probably thinking because I keep talking about the the fact that the side rails aren't smudgy and that the back isn't smudgy I haven't even talked about the cameras or the a17 pro or the battery life or anything but that's because honestly I interact with my phone case list because I'm insane and having these smooth smooth sides and the frosted glass together is something I've wanted for a really long time look at that we got the triple iOS 17 setup going on here I've definitely got a little bit of setting up to do so let's go ahead and get these up and running and test out some of the key features that Apple showed off all right so after taking a bit of time to get to know the iPhone 15 pro and pro Max and the regular 15 as well I think the hype was justified I noticed that people have been reacting like crazy my video after the event the early reviews that have been coming out people are really into this year's new iPhones now they might not be showing up for the new colors in many cases but I do think that we're going in the right direction and that the hype was justified and honestly the big standout so far for me has been the regular iPhone 15. this thing is actually really good the rumors this year seemed lame as hell but when you actually look at this thing we get the new design okay new is probably a strong word but the slightly more rounded edges definitely make it more comfortable the Frosted back glass is more comfortable and more premium we get the 48 megapixel camera we get the dynamic Island and of course all the phones get USBC honestly it's a pretty great phone you can kind of think of this as an iPhone 14 18 pro light and I think that's a compliment because this thing is really good that camera upgrade especially the fact that you can get 48 megapixels without spending a grand that is really nice I took a couple of side-by-side photos with the 15 and the 15 Pro and I have to say in a couple of scenarios I think the 15 actually handles details better than the 15 Pro I mean look at the clarity in the surface of the brick and the wrought iron window great in this photo and in this one I'm noticing that the trees seem to have more definition around the leaves what is that all about this is the entry level phone it's not supposed to look better do you agree that it looks better because to my eye it does now granted that's not in all lighting conditions I did an indoor shot and if we zoom in on the light switch you can definitely see the 15 Pro Max capturing more detail in the imperfections in the wall so yeah I don't know what's going going on I'm definitely gonna have to dive into these cameras a lot more in depth but the 15 pro and pro Max are definitely the star of the show in terms of new technologies new features I'm absolutely in love with titanium this is something that I've been excited for ever since the rumor mill started printing it out a while ago and it does not disappoint I definitely recommend going to an Apple store and trying this out if you haven't because the the weight of this phone the weight distribution of this phone is absolutely excellent and I really like some of the new features that we've got on here like the action button that is phenomenal the UI when you set that up looks simply gorgeous and it has a ton of customization right now I have it set up to just take a photo that on its own is extremely useful more useful than the mute switch was to me because I would always just set it to mute and leave it forever the only thing that I'm not really liking about it though is because it's not a switch that you can visually C is set to mute they've moved that to the status bar so when you turn on your lock screen you'll see the mute icon over in the left hand side and when you unlock it's next to the time and I'm probably going to get used to it eventually but I don't like it over there I would just rather it doesn't exist but I am happy that that 5x telephoto lens exists because man am I looking forward to having more than 3x Zoom that focal length gives you a lot better range compared to the 14 pro Max and the 15 Pro it really does look good but I'm a little disappointed that it's not on the regular iPhone 15 Pro as well the 15 Pro zoom lens looks identical to the 14 pro and the 14 pro Max so it's a little unfortunate that you have to pay that extra price to get those extra features oh God all the phones are airdropping something to each other Jesus Christ God I'm trying to hold all the phones next to each other but they keep air dropping so I'm just going to to do this overall my thoughts on the new iPhone 15 series are very very positive there's a lot more that I want to test so definitely get subscribed because this is only the start thank you guys for watching let me know if you thought that this was a fun video idea I know it was stupid flying to Australia to get these phones literally a couple hours early but I've had a ton of fun we went to New Zealand for a couple days before here and it was absolutely gorgeous but now I'm in work mode I'm reviewing all the phones and all the stuff so leave a like down below make sure to comment which of these phones and colors is your favorite and I'll see you all in the next video thank youwell it's a slightly drizzly morning here in Sydney Australia where uh we've decided to do okay baby so get a little a little different now turn left onto Stanley Street so it's a little bit rainy out today but a good day for a very interesting video basically in about January I had a realization every year when the iPhone comes out there's news about customers getting their orders in Australia and New Zealand because the time difference means that it's Friday about 14 hours earlier than it is in the US so if you're a YouTuber with a fair brand idea you could theoretically get on a flight come to Australia and get the iPhone a little bit before everyone else and so that's exactly what I did I don't want I want to wait until I'm holding them in my hand I don't want to touch it until I unbox it and go it's time to go so uh yeah I flew to Australia so that I could get these like 14 hours early and uh yeah and I know what you're thinking you're thinking wow what a dumb YouTuber gimmick yes that that's exactly right but you know what it was worth it even though I'm standing in the rain in front of the Sydney Opera House and the Harbor Bridge I got the iPhones early we've had a ton of fun so for your viewing pleasure today I've got a green 15 a blue 15 Pro and the natural titanium 15 Pro Max and I've intentionally not even touched one of these phones yet because I want my complete first experience to be on camera but uh but not here because it's kind of wet and gross out so uh let's go get to the people who paid to make this actually possible today's review is sponsored by betterhelp the accessible platform that aims to bring the benefits of therapy to more people whether you have diagnosed depression or anxiety or if you want help achieving a goal in your life better help is here for you their mission is to make therapy more affordable and more accessible a duly important Mission because finding a therapist can be really hard especially when you're limited to the options in your area or Insurance network betterhelp is a platform that makes finding a therapist easier because it's online it's remote and with just a few questions it can help you find a therapist in as little as a few days and because finding a therapist is a little like dating it's easy to switch to a new therapist at no additional cost and without having to worry about insurance travel times or anything like that it's easy to sign up check out the link in the description below or head to betterhelp.com Luke miani to learn more and save ten dollars off your first month of betterhelp so you can connect with a therapist and see if it helps you big thanks to betterhelp for sponsoring this review and now let's get back into it guys I am so excited I think I picked a good year to do this wacky hair brain trip and come all the way to Australia to get a couple of iPhones this year I think the hype is definitely real and I cannot wait to get my hands on these and I think we gotta start with the regular iPhone 15. this one I have a feeling people are sleeping on you know I I think the iPhone 15 Pro and the pro Max are great but I was actually pleasantly surprised with the updates that apple had this time around for the regular phone look at that I got it in green uh which might have been a mistake I will say that colors are not my favorite does this even look green on camera look here it is on a white desk what what were they thinking but man I have to say that frosted back glass I'm so glad that that has made it to the normal phone it really does feel more premium oh that looks really really good also that uh the edges being more rounded that's something that doesn't really show up all that well in pictures but you can really feel the difference it feels a lot more comfortable and a little less sharp still though very disappointed that we only get a white braided USBC cable do I at least get a green apple sticker no what or is this I feel like I need to take this to a Home Depot and get them to paint scan it so I can tell what the color is that's how faint they are but I think this is white and what the heck is a Sim tool doing in the Box you probably didn't see that in any of your other iPhone 15 unboxings but because I'm outside of the US this thing still has a SIM tray and it also doesn't have millimeter waves so there's no antenna cut out on the other side so it does look a little bit different internationally which is interesting but let's move on to the iPhone 15 Pro I I got this in blue I'm not really sold on the color to be quite honest now it does look pretty good at least fresh out of the box oh the titanium feels so good I don't know man maybe it's just having a new phone but this feels so expensive I mean it is it's a thousand dollar phone it's not cheap but it feels like a big upgrade I'm still quite pleasantly surprised that we did not have a price increase this year at least on the regular 15 Pro but then we've got the pro Max now this boy is pricey I got the 512 gigabyte because I couldn't get a earlier pickup time for the 256 but that's the new base model so 11.99 us is what you're paying and here in Australia with tax this thing is pricey oh my goodness but this is also natural titanium oh no I messed up the peely strips I've been on the pro Max gang for a long time I absolutely love the phones of this size I honestly as people have complained about battery life this whole entire cycle and last year and with the iPhone 12 the pro Max will still get me through a day and I'm hoping this is going to be even better but of course we're going to test and find out oh wow that's a beautiful color look at that it matches the Apple watch so well oh and the side rails aren't shiny anymore that is the thing that has been I I love the I love the look of the pro I always have but the the side rails being shiny just they always get dirty they always get smudgy the natural Titanium with these titanium side rails oh that looks really good now it does get some fingerprints I can already see that I have smudged it up a little bit so I'm definitely not going to be ditching the 150 microfiber cloths that I stash around to clean phones but man this looks good for the first time we have three iPhones and they all have frosted back glass and they all have smooth but not glossy side rails I honestly couldn't be happier and I know I keep talking about that like it's it's a little bit much Luke is what you're probably thinking because I keep talking about the the fact that the side rails aren't smudgy and that the back isn't smudgy I haven't even talked about the cameras or the a17 pro or the battery life or anything but that's because honestly I interact with my phone case list because I'm insane and having these smooth smooth sides and the frosted glass together is something I've wanted for a really long time look at that we got the triple iOS 17 setup going on here I've definitely got a little bit of setting up to do so let's go ahead and get these up and running and test out some of the key features that Apple showed off all right so after taking a bit of time to get to know the iPhone 15 pro and pro Max and the regular 15 as well I think the hype was justified I noticed that people have been reacting like crazy my video after the event the early reviews that have been coming out people are really into this year's new iPhones now they might not be showing up for the new colors in many cases but I do think that we're going in the right direction and that the hype was justified and honestly the big standout so far for me has been the regular iPhone 15. this thing is actually really good the rumors this year seemed lame as hell but when you actually look at this thing we get the new design okay new is probably a strong word but the slightly more rounded edges definitely make it more comfortable the Frosted back glass is more comfortable and more premium we get the 48 megapixel camera we get the dynamic Island and of course all the phones get USBC honestly it's a pretty great phone you can kind of think of this as an iPhone 14 18 pro light and I think that's a compliment because this thing is really good that camera upgrade especially the fact that you can get 48 megapixels without spending a grand that is really nice I took a couple of side-by-side photos with the 15 and the 15 Pro and I have to say in a couple of scenarios I think the 15 actually handles details better than the 15 Pro I mean look at the clarity in the surface of the brick and the wrought iron window great in this photo and in this one I'm noticing that the trees seem to have more definition around the leaves what is that all about this is the entry level phone it's not supposed to look better do you agree that it looks better because to my eye it does now granted that's not in all lighting conditions I did an indoor shot and if we zoom in on the light switch you can definitely see the 15 Pro Max capturing more detail in the imperfections in the wall so yeah I don't know what's going going on I'm definitely gonna have to dive into these cameras a lot more in depth but the 15 pro and pro Max are definitely the star of the show in terms of new technologies new features I'm absolutely in love with titanium this is something that I've been excited for ever since the rumor mill started printing it out a while ago and it does not disappoint I definitely recommend going to an Apple store and trying this out if you haven't because the the weight of this phone the weight distribution of this phone is absolutely excellent and I really like some of the new features that we've got on here like the action button that is phenomenal the UI when you set that up looks simply gorgeous and it has a ton of customization right now I have it set up to just take a photo that on its own is extremely useful more useful than the mute switch was to me because I would always just set it to mute and leave it forever the only thing that I'm not really liking about it though is because it's not a switch that you can visually C is set to mute they've moved that to the status bar so when you turn on your lock screen you'll see the mute icon over in the left hand side and when you unlock it's next to the time and I'm probably going to get used to it eventually but I don't like it over there I would just rather it doesn't exist but I am happy that that 5x telephoto lens exists because man am I looking forward to having more than 3x Zoom that focal length gives you a lot better range compared to the 14 pro Max and the 15 Pro it really does look good but I'm a little disappointed that it's not on the regular iPhone 15 Pro as well the 15 Pro zoom lens looks identical to the 14 pro and the 14 pro Max so it's a little unfortunate that you have to pay that extra price to get those extra features oh God all the phones are airdropping something to each other Jesus Christ God I'm trying to hold all the phones next to each other but they keep air dropping so I'm just going to to do this overall my thoughts on the new iPhone 15 series are very very positive there's a lot more that I want to test so definitely get subscribed because this is only the start thank you guys for watching let me know if you thought that this was a fun video idea I know it was stupid flying to Australia to get these phones literally a couple hours early but I've had a ton of fun we went to New Zealand for a couple days before here and it was absolutely gorgeous but now I'm in work mode I'm reviewing all the phones and all the stuff so leave a like down below make sure to comment which of these phones and colors is your favorite and I'll see you all in the next video thank you\n"