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Just two weeks for the announcement. Are you excited for this years iPhone?

I gotta say I’m more excited for this year than last year, although still not much. I mean, what really spikes my interest is the new 14 Max model for improved battery life for under 1000€ I hope, the new design (just to see some visual changes) and maybe AOD (but this feature I wouldn’t even use).

Not much else, I’d say. Would be cool to see a big camera upgrade, but we don’t see that from year to year. I have an iPhone 12 and don’t see much reason to upgrade. 120Hz is cool but on an iPad; not as much on a phone, where iPhone is already SUPER smooth.
 
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Sensamic said:
Just two weeks for the announcement. Are you excited for this years iPhone?

I gotta say I’m more excited for this year than last year, although still not much. I mean, what really spikes my interest is the new 14 Max model for improved battery life for under 1000€ I hope, the new design (just to see some visual changes) and maybe AOD (but this feature I wouldn’t even use).

Not much else, I’d say. Would be cool to see a big camera upgrade, but we don’t see that from year to year. I have an iPhone 12 and don’t see much reason to upgrade. 120Hz is cool but on an iPad; not as much on a phone, where iPhone is already SUPER smooth.
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I am excited for the next iPhone I get, which won't be the iPhone 14.

In March 2023 I will have the final payment on my iPhone 11 Pro Max. Probably after about another two or three years at that point I'll upgrade to a model that's a year behind what Apple is then offering. So…iPhone 17 maybe?
 
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This is actually the first year since the iPhone 7 where I have not been hyped up for a new model. 14 looks to be nothing special. Battery slightly improves every year, sure, but the same chip being used in the regular 14 as in the 13, and the even bigger camera bump in the 14 pro is such a turn-off. Will be keeping my 13 mini for another year.
 
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Yes, because it's a year of practical upgrades.

On the Pro side, 48MP sensor will significantly improve image quality and night mode shots. X65 baseband improves power efficiency due to 4nm.

On the non-Pro, the 6.7-inch display is what many mainstream consumers want. Some dismiss the A15, but the upgrade to 6GB memory is far more useful than A16. Most people aren't complaining of lack of speed, it's apps and tabs that close in the background due to insufficient memory.

On both models, you now get AF front camera and emergency SMS.
 
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Yes, because it's a year of practical upgrades.

On the Pro side, 48MP sensor will significantly improve image quality and night mode shots. X65 baseband improves power efficiency due to 4nm.

On the non-Pro, the 6.7-inch display is what many mainstream consumers want. Some dismiss the A15, but the upgrade to 6GB memory is far more useful than A16. Most people aren't complaining of lack of speed, it's apps and tabs that close in the background due to insufficient memory.

On both models, you now get AF front camera and emergency SMS.
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Absolutely agree with you on RAM.

The whole "iOS/iPhones are so efficient with RAM and don't need as much as most Android phones do" might be true by comparison.

But I know for a fact that in 2022 anything below 4GB almost gets unusable if you're switching between more than two apps. Sometimes two heavy apps is even enough to close one.

I wish it was an 8GB RAM year for iPhones Pro though. But maybe the faster RAM type over what they put in the regular 14s is enough of an upgrade.
 
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JPack said:
Yes, because it's a year of practical upgrades.

On the Pro side, 48MP sensor will significantly improve image quality and night mode shots. X65 baseband improves power efficiency due to 4nm.

On the non-Pro, the 6.7-inch display is what many mainstream consumers want. Some dismiss the A15, but the upgrade to 6GB memory is far more useful than A16. Most people aren't complaining of lack of speed, it's apps and tabs that close in the background due to insufficient memory.

On both models, you now get AF front camera and emergency SMS.
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That remains to be seen. Image quality is already pretty good for a phone. Increased mp may have opposite effect on such a small sensor.
 
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That remains to be seen. Image quality is already pretty good for a phone. Increased mp may have opposite effect on such a small sensor.
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Kuo expects the sensor to be larger. We’re seeing that with a significantly larger camera island this year.

“With 12MP output, the CIS pixel size of the new 2H22 iPhone increases to about 2.5um, which is significantly larger than the iPhone 12 and iPhone 13, and larger than existing Android phones, and close to the DSC level. We believe that the camera quality of the new 2H22 iPhone will elevate mobile phone camera photography to a new level.”
 
I am not THAT excited unless the next iPhone finally becomes the KING of Space Zoom, plus with USB-C.

Until then, my iPPM13 is for keeps.
 
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I have an iPhone 12 so the 14 based on the rumours isn’t exactly ‘exciting’ as such. It’ll be a slightly better version of what I have already and i’ll still be viewing the same iOS interface so the changes are subtle.

If there is a price hike, i’ll be getting a 13 Pro quite probably anyway. I just need a better battery than what I have had on the 12 which is the worst iPhone to date that I’ve owned for battery life.
 
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I am just interested to see iPhone 14 Pro vs. 13 Pro camera comparisons, especially if the AI handling photos makes people look more humans than cardboard cutouts.
 
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To be honest since the release of the latest "premium" hardware the future of hardware is looking less and less exciting:

iPhone 13 Pro - we got promotion and huge battery gains
MBP - miniLED w/promotion, regained ports & magsafe, new/old chassis design
IPP 12.9" - M series chip and miniLED

Everything else Apple makes is currently boring with no rumored innovation coming this year. iPads and Watch are looking awfully lackluster and are in dire need of battery improvements at a minimum. iPhones and MacBooks are probably just going to get cpu/camera updates which don't interest me thanks to the awesome job Apple has done with their SoC. For an average consumer like me unless innovation comes in the form of display, battery, or weight reduction I'm just not interested. If you have all three of the hardware I listed above you'll probably be good for many years to come.
 
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