of course iphone 11 pro max. "Go big or go home". 

During the days of iPhone 6, the base was 16GB and everyone went for the next level up, 64GB. So I guess you’re right, Apple wants everyone to psychologically pick the 256GB option by worrying that 64GB might not be sufficient.
I tend to leave my phones in their boxes unless I get screen protection for them first!
If you prefer a smaller form factor, the Pro would do. The only advantages of the Max would be a bigger screen which is great if you like gaming or do a lot of media consumption on your phone and a slightly larger battery.
Yeah, I’m leaning towards that as well.

Yeah, I'd probably go iPhone 11 too if I was buying outright, but since I'm renewing my maxis contract, better go for maximum rebates from them since I'm paying them close to 400 bucks a month including my supplementary lines and home fibre!

With dual sim on iphone, I paid RM58(RM80 plan on Kedah offer for data usage)+ Hotlink Flex RM40(5GB+unlimited call mainly for better call coverage and data when Digi not available), thus still RM98.

You can still get 5GB + unlimited on Hotlink Flex at RM40 as replacement to your subline if 5GB is sufficient.

That's the beauty of dual sim on new iphone, we are lucky both Digi and Maxis has esim support