The best display on the market is offered by the iPhone 14 Pro Max. Last year's winner, the iPhone 13 Pro Max, was replaced by the new iPhone 14 Pro Max.

The resolution of the iPhone 14 Pro Max is the same as that of the iPhone 13 Pro Max, but Apple has made a number of improvements to the device. There's more available display area with the Dynamic Island, as well as a low-power always-on display option, because the display range is from 1hertz to 120hertz.

The peak brightness of the iPhone 14 Pro Max is more than double that of the 13 Pro Max. Testing exceeded Apple's guidelines because the company advertised 2,000 nits peak brightness. The iPhone 13 Pro Max's brightness maxed out at 1,590 nits, which is 33 percent better than the previous year.

The iPhone 14 Pro Max received a number of awards.

  • Highest color accuracy of white
  • Highest absolute color accuracy
  • Smallest shift in color accuracy with APL
  • Smallest maximum color shift with APL
  • Highest image contrast accuracy and intensity scale accuracy
  • Smallest shift in image contrast and intensity scale with APL
  • Smallest change in peak luminance with APL
  • Highest full screen brightness for OLED smartphones
  • Highest peak display brightness
  • Highest contrast ratio
  • Lowest screen reflectance
  • Highest contrast rating in ambient light
  • Smallest brightness variation with viewing angle
  • Smallest color variation of white with viewing angle
  • Highest visible screen resolution

The 14 Pro Max won more awards than the 13 Pro Max. The site says that Apple has focused on improving the absolute picture quality and absolute color accuracy of the display, which is "visually indistinguishable from perfect."

Apple's latest flagship iPhone is very good to excellent ratings because of its consistent top tier display performance.

Based on our extensive Lab Tests and Measurements the iPhone 14 Pro Max has a Very Impressive Excellent Top Tier World Class Smartphone Display with close to Text Book Perfect Calibration Accuracy and Performance that is Visually Indistinguishable From Perfect. Based on our objective Lab Tests and Measurements the iPhone 14 Pro Max receives a DisplayMate Best Smartphone Display Award earning DisplayMate's highest ever Display Performance Grade of A+ and setting or matching 15 Smartphone Display Performance Records including 7 that are Visually Indistinguishable From Perfect that are listed above.

The full Shoot-out from DisplayMate takes a deeper look at the high scores earned by the iPhone 14 Pro Max and what makes it the best display on a phone.