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iPhone 14 Pro Camera Review: Scotland

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Re: iPhone 14 Pro Camera Review: Scotland

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Post by MBCook »

unstatusthequo wrote: post #85
JumpCrisscross wrote: post #70

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> forcing every new iPhone user to go all-in with eSim is ridiculous. That will work for many, yet it could be a painful issue for some Floppy disks. Java. Disk drives. Headphone jacks. This is Apple’s M.O.

You forgot power cable. Inductive for the win. I figure the cable is just a backup for real problems

The cable is still good for charging (if you need fast) and I like it a lot for CarPlay because in my experience wireless CarPlay has a ton of lag to it.

I do wonder what they do if they remove the port completely, how do they fix the phone if it gets truly messed up? Does it become like the watch where they just have to swap it out with a different one and send it back to Apple?

Re: iPhone 14 Pro Camera Review: Scotland

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Post by softfalcon »

n8cpdx wrote: post #9
yodsanklai wrote: post #7

I wonder if it's because I'm getting old and jaded, but I really fail to get excited by this continuous flow of new devices (and "stuff" in general). I could get a new iPhone from my company, but I don't even see the point.

Coming from a still enthusiastic tech person who loves iPhone, I don’t think it’s a you problem. This is clearly another S revision in all but name, for the second year in a row. I want to be excited but there’s nothing particularly compelling unless you’re coming from pre-2020 (or maybe pre-2019). I’m still loving my 12 mini and will probably use it for at least another year, maybe two. Compelling upgrades would be:…

On the note of will it be “noticeably slow in 2024” I have to say you might not even notice.

I’m using an iPhone X here in 2022 and honestly other than the battery life being a bit lower than usual, the phone is super snappy, even on these latest iOS releases.

It’s basically 5 years old and it’s still doing amazingly well.

Re: iPhone 14 Pro Camera Review: Scotland

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Post by softfalcon »

moneywoes wrote: post #32
n8cpdx wrote: post #9

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Coming from a still enthusiastic tech person who loves iPhone, I don’t think it’s a you problem. This is clearly another S revision in all but name, for the second year in a row. I want to be excited but there’s nothing particularly compelling unless you’re coming from pre-2020 (or maybe pre-2019). I’m still loving my 12 mini and will probably use it for at least another year, maybe two. Compelling upgrades would be:…

Using a 11 pro max, is there any legit reason to upgrade?

Not that I can really see. I’m still using an iPhone X and don’t really feel a need to upgrade yet.

Re: iPhone 14 Pro Camera Review: Scotland

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Post by girvo »

alistairSH wrote: post #90
ramraj07 wrote: post #84

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You just do it online. In the Wi-Fi the airport offers. I did just that with Ubigi. Far more convenient.

Just pick a random cellular provider, visit their website, and that’s it? Do they have the cheap pay as you go plans available? Honestly don’t know - we’ve always gone to the local Tesco and asked the sales clerk for a sim on whatever service works best in whatever town we’re in.

Pretty much.

For example, if you were coming to visit me in Australia, you could get an Optus eSim for the days you are here: https://www.optus.com.au/prepaid/esim

Annoyingly, its not yet perfect. Vodafone for example can do prepaid, but requires the prepaid physical SIM to be activated first then transferred: a Vodafone store can do it of course, but that's a pain.

https://www.vodafone.com.au/support/device/esim?accordion-id...

I imagine this will get better as time goes on, though.

Woolworths can do pure online eSim only prepaid: https://mobile.woolworths.com.au/mobile-phone/esim

Re: iPhone 14 Pro Camera Review: Scotland

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Post by MBCook »

shusaku wrote: post #94
n8cpdx wrote: post #9

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Coming from a still enthusiastic tech person who loves iPhone, I don’t think it’s a you problem. This is clearly another S revision in all but name, for the second year in a row. I want to be excited but there’s nothing particularly compelling unless you’re coming from pre-2020 (or maybe pre-2019). I’m still loving my 12 mini and will probably use it for at least another year, maybe two. Compelling upgrades would be:…

A reader mode that competes with e-ink would also be worth it

So the new Pro phones are capable of going down to 1 Hz refresh rate. I don’t know if the app has to opt into that but I don’t think so. My guess/hope would be that if you were not changing the image it would just slow down automatically, so perhaps things like the Kindle app would benefit without a change?

They didn’t have to manually opt into the 120 Hz smooth scrolling.

It’s still an emissive screen, but it’s better than an emissive screen that is refreshing 60 times a second.

Re: iPhone 14 Pro Camera Review: Scotland

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Post by MBCook »

sedivy94 wrote: post #51
n8cpdx wrote: post #9

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Coming from a still enthusiastic tech person who loves iPhone, I don’t think it’s a you problem. This is clearly another S revision in all but name, for the second year in a row. I want to be excited but there’s nothing particularly compelling unless you’re coming from pre-2020 (or maybe pre-2019). I’m still loving my 12 mini and will probably use it for at least another year, maybe two. Compelling upgrades would be:…

I’ve leveled with myself that this is the pace of future mobile device hardware releases. “Peak phone” has been a topic of discussion for a while now. Are we there yet? I think so. Apple has gotten a lot of flack for releasing “new” hardware and software features that aren’t really new or groundbreaking. I’m starting to see the genius in their planning. The slow trickle of improvements (I like how you call them “S re…

Not many people upgrade every year. Apple sells a ton of phones but most people keep them for 2 to 3 years, so it’s just a lot of people on a cycle.

If they only introduced a new phone every 2 to 3 years people might be tempted by the new stuff on other phones. Or you could buy a new phone (to you) that is actually a two year old design.

This way you always get the newest thing, even if it’s not significantly better than what you could’ve bought last year. But it’s a nice upgrade if you’ve waited two years, and for people who wait like 5+ years it’s incredible.

Re: iPhone 14 Pro Camera Review: Scotland

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Post by selectodude »

slaw wrote: post #98
selectodude wrote: post #89

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Batteries are a consumable. If you're happy with the iPhone 12, just get a new battery for $80 and then you're good to go for a few more years.

iPhone 12 battery is $15 if you install it yourself.

That's true, but all the waterproofing makes it such a pain in the ass that I'd rather just pay Apple to do it correctly and warranty the work.

Re: iPhone 14 Pro Camera Review: Scotland

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Post by MBCook »

Gigachad wrote: post #42
n8cpdx wrote: post #9

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Coming from a still enthusiastic tech person who loves iPhone, I don’t think it’s a you problem. This is clearly another S revision in all but name, for the second year in a row. I want to be excited but there’s nothing particularly compelling unless you’re coming from pre-2020 (or maybe pre-2019). I’m still loving my 12 mini and will probably use it for at least another year, maybe two. Compelling upgrades would be:…

You probably wouldn't want to use an iphone for a bike computer anyway. The vibrations of being mounted to handle bars can apparently damage the cameras. Much better to just spend a small amount on an actual bike computer, these days they all connect to apps on your phone can can make use of real maps navigation and show notifications from your phone.

See that would be an interesting feature to add. They have sensor-shift image stabilization and some sort of focusing, perhaps they could add a feature to lock all of that so it couldn’t be damaged by vibration while riding a bike.

Re: iPhone 14 Pro Camera Review: Scotland

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Post by MBCook »

moneywoes wrote: post #32
n8cpdx wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Coming from a still enthusiastic tech person who loves iPhone, I don’t think it’s a you problem. This is clearly another S revision in all but name, for the second year in a row. I want to be excited but there’s nothing particularly compelling unless you’re coming from pre-2020 (or maybe pre-2019). I’m still loving my 12 mini and will probably use it for at least another year, maybe two. Compelling upgrades would be:…

Using a 11 pro max, is there any legit reason to upgrade?

The usual. Faster, better camera, the various new features like the satellite and emergency communications. The high refresh rate display might be a really good improvement.

The small upgrades build over the years, so you would notice a difference. But it’s nothing massive like when they went from LCD to OLED or added the plus size.

There’s nothing wrong with an 11 Pro. If it’s still working for you it’s perfectly reasonable.

Re: iPhone 14 Pro Camera Review: Scotland

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Post by musictubes »

warning26 wrote: post #93
stanislavb wrote: post #57

It's good that he's highlighting the potential issues with the eSim. To me, forcing every new iPhone user to go all-in with eSim is ridiculous. That will work for many, yet it could be a painful issue for some. Given that they still sell iPhone 14 with regular SIM cards, why wouldn't they allow that option in the US ¯\_(ツ)_/¯!?

The thing that strikes me as ridiculous is that in the US on CDMA carriers, there was the exact same thing as "eSIMs" for years. You had to beg and plead with your carrier to set up and provision your phone, since there was no physical SIM. So for Apple to pitch this as "wow, it's a new system where instead of just putting in a sim card you have to grovel to your carrier to set up your phone", it hardly strikes me as…

Carriers have been fighting sims for years because it makes it too easy to switch carriers. I think TMobile is the first one out of the gate to do this. You can download their app, try the service for a month or two by activating the esaim. If you like it, you can transfer your service right from the app.

Not having to talk to sales reps or go to stores is a big win for customers. Granted, this is mostly hypothetical at this point but it is coming.

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