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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 musictubes »

criddell wrote: post #91
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)_/¯!?

I switched to T-Mobile last year and they basically insisted on a physical SIM card. They told me I wouldn’t get 5G with an eSIM. That sounded like BS, but I was never able to figure out why they would care what time of SIM I used.

Bet there was some sort of commission thing involved.

Re: iPhone 14 Pro Camera Review: Scotland

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Post by vladgur »

alistairSH wrote: post #82
trevor-e wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It will be painful for an incredibly tiny number of people, and vastly superior for basically everyone else. Plus, it frees up valuable physical space inside the phone. another counterpoint: I just got back from a trip in Europe and had to swap my sim card back when we landed. I forgot to ask for the small (and easily losable) tool they give you to pop open the tray, but luckily my SO had an earring that was able to…

How do you buy/activate a temp e-sim when traveling? And as most shops capable of doing so? My family goes to the UK often and usually get a local sim.

I used Airalo App to buy and refill multiple eSims while travelling through Europe this summer. I had an American Physical sim on my iPhone 11 and 2 eSims at some point with both physical and 1 eSIM being on at one time while the 2nd eSIM was off. When i would arrive in a ne country, I would switch one ESIM off and switch another one on. Note: you do need internet access to load an eSIM onto your phone, but you can preload it prior to arriving in its region

Re: iPhone 14 Pro Camera Review: Scotland

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Post by MBCook »

taf2 wrote: post #10
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.

I agree… but I also think it’s a great sign of slow but steady progress. The kind that will really standout in a few years. Comparing todays phone camera to a 2010 phone, makes me feel pretty good

I helped someone upgrade from an iPhone 7 to a 13 Mini. They’re both basically the same physical size. But it’s night and day.

The 13 is DRASTICALLY faster. The OLED screen looks far far better than the old LCD, and because the chin and forehead are gone it’s significantly bigger despite the similar case size. The 13‘s battery life is supposed to be significantly better despite more demanding software than the 7’s battery life was when it was brand new. The cameras are barely comparable quality wise.

That’s a top end 2016 phone compared to a medium+ end 2021 phone. And the difference is incredible.

If you go back to 2010 that would’ve been the first retina phone, the iPhone 4. With it’s little 3.5” display. At this point it almost looks like a different device.

Re: iPhone 14 Pro Camera Review: Scotland

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Post by petercooper »

leejoramo wrote: post #64

Regarding the desire for a Red Screen Mode to save night vision I have long used the Accessibility feature of a red Color Filter

I came here to comment this too. It works surprisingly well. Perfect for using your iPad in bed (someone's got to get the Sudokus done..) while someone else is sleeping or something as you can go extremely dark and extremely red, hurting no-one's eyes at all.

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Post by cmelbye »

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…

Have you tried eSIM? It’s dependent on carrier, of course, but it’s actually an incredible UX.

My partner lost his phone (and SIM) recently and I was able to transfer his T-Mobile line to a different iPhone in a few minutes using eSIM. It was totally automated using the T-Mobile website — enter the IMEI then scan a QR code with iPhone camera.

I saved a trip to the store to get a new SIM card and didn’t have to talk to a human.

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Post by denkmoon »

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)_/¯!?

Why is an esim a problem?

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Post by llbeansandrice »

bredren wrote: post #22
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.

I like to use and have my close friends and family use the newest possible iPhones. The reason is that they collect photos and video of each other and in some cases these will be looked at or treasured for years to come. I have a pal who has a baby coming and I reminded him to make sure he gets his iPhone upgrade program replacement done in time. My mom's partner, I ask him to keep his updated because these are photo…

What? My Xs is able to capture 4K 60fps video just fine and has a perfectly good camera and runs the new iOSs just fine. Having THE newest iPhone is hardly a requirement. My phone gets the same patches and security updates as any other iPhone

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Post by llbeansandrice »

micromacrofoot wrote: post #86
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.

Yep, you're old and jaded. I can relate. iPhones and almost all of their features are old news and they're mostly pushing iterative updates or advanced features most people don't have a use for yet (satellite connectivity). Still fantastic technology no doubt, but certainly not the wow of 10 years ago.

Then don’t upgrade? I don’t understand the outrage. So the new iPhone isn’t that exciting to you, so what?

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Post by drexlspivey »

flutas wrote: post #81
evan_ wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No. https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/take-apple-proraw-pho...

ProRAW doesn't disable image processing, in fact it even says as much in the link you provided. > Apple ProRAW combines the information of a standard RAW format along with iPhone image processing to offer additional creative control when you make adjustments to exposure, color, and white balance.

ProRAW is regular DNG raw files. In the DNG format you can store metadata like tonemapping masks etc but those are non destructive adjustments, it’s like a layer on top of the raw data. You can open the ProRAW files on any app that reads RAW files and undo any processing without loss of information and do your own processing.

Re: iPhone 14 Pro Camera Review: Scotland

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Post by AceJohnny2 »

I continue to find the iPhone's "night" photos underwhelming compared to Google Pixel's (haven't tested other Android devices). Google seems to be doing a much better job at stacking or other Computational Photography tricks.

Considering Apple's marketing focuses so much on the camera, and they have so much experience in the domain, I'm kind of shocked they continue to be so disappointing.

Perhaps it's a style decision.

(I certainly haven't tried playing with RAW, that's beyond my level of care.)

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