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Other Brightness nits 12 vs 12pro
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The fact that it has the same nits of brightness with HDR content makes me think that it’s software, which is crappy of Apple to do.
Personally I think it’s the display driver hardware, but we’ll have to wait for tear downs.
Honestly it's depends for some yes, but for plenty other people this is at best a very small difference.
For those with vision issues and old people, 800 nits vs 625 can be really useful. My dad for instance always need more and more light to stay focus and confortable in front of a screen. Same applies if you use often your iPhone in very sunny environment.
Except the above, most people should be perfectly fine with 625 screens and should even rarely max out the brightness. Once again, it's depends on your sensitivity to brightness. It's hard to make a general answer on that specific spec.
It means that the 12 will have better battery life outdoors than the 12 Pro.
True, although Pro users could always notch down their brightness to 80% when outdoors to roughly match the brightness and battery life of the regular 12. I think once you adjust brightness once, it learns what screen brightness you like for a particular ambient light? But realistically, very few will actually do that. Also, when taking photos in low light, the Pro might get worse battery life because it will turn on LiDAR.
It means that the 12 will have better battery life outdoors than the 12 Pro.
Or not, because Pro users will more easily be able to see the information and can put it away faster
I am not talking of subjective conjecture AKA whether you need it or not.
I am talking of objective hard facts.
Was the X much much much brighter than the 7? Oh yes. Despite both claiming roughly ~600 nits. Is the 7 bright enough for you? Up to you. I don’t care. That’s subjective.
This is not true.
X is around ~2% brighter than 7 (~665 cd/m² measured on 7 vs ~681 cd/m² on X). And you can see the difference only if you push brightess at the very maximum on both devices. Yea "much much much brighter"
It is kind to share your facts but the point here is about to figure out if those extra nits are useful IRL for the user or not. And this is very subjective.
Comparing only brightness figures to make a purchase decision is absurd for those who don't max out brightess.
The fact that some people might subjectively find the increased brightness more useful than others doesn’t change the fact it is objectively an upgrade. Just like one may find the a13 chip of the 11 adequate; doesn’t mean the a14 isn’t objectively better. This is a really obvious principle. The increased brightness will be very useful in daylight.
Sure it is an upgrade, don't get me wrong ! I'm just saying that some people really never push their screen to its max brightness and therefore they are not impacted by any upgrade in that matter.
For the chip it's slighlty different since it's directly linked to the lifespan and resale value of the iPhone.
I think it’ll make a difference in the summer months. During the summer my phones auto brightness was immediately setting itself to max when outside on sunny clear days; and even then visibility could be poor. So having 800 nits in such a situation could make a difference. In doors I agree it wont matter as much; I have my brightness set very low when I’m at home.
