Something went wrong with the new iPhones this year. Or with me.
There were two wow moments in the entire September presentation: when they made the release of the iPhone 14 very quickly through rubber meta bubbles and when the cutout of the iPhone 14 Pro literally came to life on the intro video and became density.
That’s where the joy ends, throughout the presentation, a series of questions to Apple grew, the answers to which will not be.
▸ Why a fat island, if it was possible to reduce just a bang?
▸ How to understand the characteristics of cameras that are written in completely different other metrics?
▸ When does the telephoto module improve and will it stop turning off?
▸ Why is the battery life of the regular iPhone 14 Pro kept miserable?
And with each new slide of buying a smartphone, it became less and less.
There was a wrinkled feeling that eventually took shape in a straight list of claims for yet another “best iPhone ever.”
There is no best iPhone right now.
After a year of owning a 6.1-inch iPhone 13 Pro, I never want to switch to smartphones of this tablet again.
It lies perfectly in the hand, but the operating time has degraded to the point that I need to charge my smartphone twice a day and we expect that it will not reach the third.
At the same time, I switched to it because the 6.7-inch iPhone 12 Pro Max pulled the hand, pockets and bags. I can’t use it, it’s too big. I don’t understand how this format covers others. It’s not designed to be used with one hand.
But the Pro Max models last a long time. “A day from morning to late evening without recharging” is what I hear from every iPhone 13 Pro Max owner.
If I had to choose between large and small, I would put the time of work in the first place.
But the reasons do not feel joy from the novelty.
Cameras are not pumped enough
I have no doubt that the cameras of the iPhone 14 Pro are better than last year. In the main and super steel wide-angle sensors, in telephoto, despite the old lens, the matrix has been replaced with a new one, which captures a little more detail.
But the tricks that Apple has gone for are once again the most mature smartphones in their own right.
In order not to fill up space on your smartphone in two weeks, you will need to shoot in normal mode 12 MP (3 MB in the photo), and not in the advertised 48 MP (80 MB in the photo). And in this standard algorithm, there is almost no difference between the new and the previous generation due to the fact that the optical power of the lens remains the same: ƒ/6.9 in iPhone 13 Pro vs. ƒ/6.7 in iPhone 14 Pro translated to full frame.
In the 48 MP protocol, the gap is obvious, but at 12 MP in poor Ireland, the iPhone 14 Pro may lose the panorama
On the ultra-wide-angle sensor, the sensor became noticeably darker, so the real visibility of trouble was not particularly noticed.
To claim a twofold and a threefold increase in the difference between cameras, the company renamed the Deep Fusion processing algorithm (which I really dislike) to Photon enginebecause now gluing several photos into one starts a little earlier than the process.
Otherwise, the detailing has become a little better, but on the scale of one generation it will be invisible. None of the three cameras sold themselves.
In addition, Apple does not allow you to firmly fix the optical zoom during the 3x zoom. In a smartphone, it will stand up for the user when lenses appear, and when a crop is substituted with the main camera. And this is in a model that calls itself Pro.
Always On does not need the cost of a battery
Battery drain due to screen on 12% in 12 hours
The first iPhone 14 Pro battery tests measure the same level as the iPhone 13 Pro. But we are talking about the constant operation of programs without taking into account the always-on display.
Apple tested the occurrence of the most frequent events when Always On will not work, because it is definitely not necessary.
But this won’t help. Increasing the frequency of sudden changes with a loss of 6 to 18% of the daily charge.
Therefore, you can safely take up to 4 hours of work during the day. it lots of.
Another test. All smartphones were with their Always On and in flight mode
For example, iPhone 14 Pro Max uses 6% more battery with Always On than without it. And this means that it actually goes to 94% of the usual charge from Pro Max. Whether it’s the health of your battery right out of the box is already at that level. Who needs this at all?
In addition, some people turn off the feature because it makes the phone look like it just got it.
They themselves provided: for 10 years of using the iPhone, it has ingrained into your subcortex that, since the screen is on, it means it has come. Due to the fact that the inactive mode is only slightly darker, out of the corner of your eye, you will notice it all the time. And rush to the phone.
There is a lot of loud husk in advertising
LED flash with range control, which, as before, will only be needed for a flashlight
For half of the presentation, I said “it already happened” and “nobody needs it”.
It is not supposed to advertise a camera with 48 MP, which for almost all users will produce 12 MP frames, there were many other dubious elements.
New flash with the exposure level, someone has little range, because there is a night mode, and even shots from are not all sure.
Satellite connection although free, flying to the hospital after calling a rescue helicopter can cost up to $40,000, and the feature itself only works in Canada and the US.
impact resistance I also put it under suspicion, because the glass that is harder for cracks has been thinner for the third year already, it is necessary from the first second out of the box and it is better not to breathe nearby. Glossy polished steel is a separate type of collection of scratches and chips.
Fault recognition looks like a useful feature that is really needed. According to the UN in 2018, about 3,000 people die in car accidents every day. And this is probably the only thing I did not resent against of the unusual and rare features of the iPhone 14 Pro.
Dynamic island remains a disadvantage
The idea of making the Face ID cutout voluminous is smart.
Turning a lack into a selling element is an art.
To make nice animations and beautifully design even third-party programs for the island at the system level can only be praised.
Injecting custom hardware into the A16 processor for even more impressive performance speaks to how dedicated Apple has been to its undertaking.
iPhone 14 Pro with this small “bangs” would interfere with watching videos less
How quickly does this feature dissolve into a daily collection? How badly did I miss her? Remove one interface on iPhones without a pill?
No matter how interesting the synthesis of software and hardware in the face Dynamic Island, the pill now sticks out even more and interferes with video viewing and, by and large, remains a problem, not an advantage. Visually for sure.
You also have to wipe the front end often.
Old colors and design are not interesting
Four years of the same: iPhone 11 Pro, 12 Pro, 13 Pro and 14 Pro
Here the corners are smoothed out, here the screen is lengthened by a couple, the rear camera unit is expanded again, but the effect is the same as that of the iPhone 12 Pro from 2020.
With flowers, the situation is even worse. Again black, white, gold and one new color. Which I also didn’t like because it’s too dark.
Choose out of nothing.
Apple is probably pursuing a six-jam strategy. Releases few models per year in the same design and in limited colors to make it easier for the buyer to decide.
So far it works because sales continue to break records. But specifically, I’m already bored with this approach to the release.
Certainly he is good. And boring
I like the slim selection Apple has to offer. Here are two phones in two sizes each, it’s simple.
But in fact, the most critical parts that increase in size are too far apart.
I like compact versions, and even the 6.1-inch screen of the iPhone 14 Pro seems too big. iPhone 12 mini.
I don’t like using huge phablets, so a thick and heavy iPhone 14 Pro Max with its 6.7-inch diagonal and square edges would pull my hand away. Went through this with the iPhone 12 Pro Max.
The ideal iPhone now would be the iPhone 14 Pro with the same accuracy, but a millimeter thick. The difference was not so terrible in size, the battery could fit a day ahead.
But Apple doesn’t do that.
First, you need to raise the iPhone rating and push everyone to the ceiling.
Secondly, next year we will have an iPhone 15 Ultra with two front cameras and a periscope at the back, which you will absolutely want to buy because of the new chips.
And the theoretical iPhone 15 Pro is being sold in the middle for at least $ 1000, which everyone will want even less.
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Source: Iphones RU
