Apple Announces iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus With New Satellite Connectivity, Better Cameras, and More

[lugworm]

It's not the Pro, right?

So ?

 

[JPack]

Satellite SOS is another reason to upgrade.

 

[Mr. Dee]

The great thing about eSIM, if its stolen, it will be useless to the bastard. They could probably steal it for parts.

 

[menist]

Nice upgrade to people who did not upgrade the 13 line up.

 

[OriginalBaki]

Why are they selling no sim tray as a feature? Wtf

 

[asdex]

Emergency Satcom actually is a nice touch to an otherwise boring "upgrade" 😌

 

[ChrisMoBro]

Why are they using the Plus name? I thought it was used the additional features on the bigger models?

 

[Love-hate 🍏 relationship]

Why are they selling no sim tray as a feature? Wtf

Because apple is pushing esim adoption ,and forcing the carriers to use it more

 

[trife]

eSIM is cool and all, but having the option for a physical SIM would be great for international travel.

 

[q64ceo]

Honestly, like, not even kidding : remember 2007, 2008, 2009 when new iPhones really were better?

It's a mature product now. When stuff is more new, innovation tends to come at a much quicker pace.

 

[BugeyeSTI]

I really hope the Pro's come with a SIM tray. If not, Apple just basically made it impossible to not pay for carrier activation fees. Funny how they said only U.S. models will lose the SIM tray. Definitely an unwelcome change

 

[RevTEG]

It seems like corona work from home had a big delay on hardware - only now are we suffering from this „barely anything changed“ when nobody worked on this stuff

This isn’t a work from home issue… if anything it’s a NO WORK lockdown issue across Chinese R&D and manufacturing plants. That will not change anytime soon.

 

[Born2Run]

Now to wait for Samsung to release some adverts making fun of Apple for doing this, but then they will copy the idea and make all their phones SIM card free!

 

[FreedomPenguin]

Why are they selling no sim tray as a feature? Wtf

Who uses those now a days?

 

[WannaGoMac]

No slot for Sim card….pass

 

[ppj845]

No physical SIM is a deal breaker

 

[infinitedreams]

Who uses those now a days?

Not all countries fully rolled out eSIM yet.

 

[trip1ex]

I swear we know more than ever about the launch events before they happen but the events are getting longer and longer.

 

[B4U]

No SIM tray for US model?
That is garbage.
It means we cannot simply pop a SIM card when traveling abroad and we are getting robbed from our carriers here.

 

[RevTEG]

I really hope the Pro's come with a SIM tray. If not, Apple just basically made it impossible to not pay for carrier activation fees. Funny how they said only U.S. models will lose the SIM tray

Agreed. This is a no go for me. The country I work in, outside the US, doesn’t have esim options. I still require a phone with a SIM card tray.

 

[q64ceo]

No physical SIM is a deal breaker

A lot of folks said the same thing about the lack of a headphone jack.

You'll get over it and buy an iPhone eventually that lacks the sim-card tray.

 

[lugworm]

Who uses those now a days?

Everybody outside of the US

 

[bbasra]

I’ll be upgrading my battery on my 12 Pro Max!

 

[menist]

eSim, carriers have control when you switch phones. Imei# have to be swap on their end everytime, not for me.

 

[v0lume4]

It seems like corona work from home had a big delay on hardware - only now are we suffering from this „barely anything changed“ when nobody worked on this stuff

To be fair it’s been this way for years. Apples the only company that can get away with this stuff. I do think one of the biggest offenders was the iPhone 6s when the big change was… Live Photos. I software feature hardware locked to the newest phones. I believe 3D touch was lumped in there too, and you know what happened to that feature.