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Chinese Smartphone Brands Rush to Copy iPhone 16 With Camera Button, 'Origin Island,' Live Photos, and More
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Not that spectacular, 1" and much larger sensors have existed for ages. But guess what, larger sensors also need larger lenses, and larger lenses are heavier than smaller lenses. With a phone, it is a game of compromises. But better the camera you have with you.
The delta between useful features is minuscule when comparing a 13 pro max and the new 16pm. It’s not a pretty big upgrade Apple is trying to condition people to accept less and pay more. I’d wait another year and see what’s up. Replace the 13 battery and go forth. Nothing groundbreaking has been announced since the 11/12
Cut the conspiracy theories. Apple isn’t conditioning anyone.
I upgrade every year. I’m not being told I should upgrade. I want to. I like having the best and new.
I do not care about how apple uses the same design or apple intelligence has a slower roll out.
If you got tricked into believing those Chinese phones were running iOS, that is on you.
Samsung had an extra side button on the s8, 7 years ago. And you could customize the function. I'm surprised Samsung has a time machine.
A few Sony phones come to mind. My dad had one with the exact same functionality.
Don’t you think that is like the action button in functionality opposed to what has been introduced now? I had those as well, this is very different.
The one my dad had functioned the exact same, so yeah, it is the same functionality.
But if you want to live in a dream bubble where Apple never copies and invents everything, that's fine by me. I will stop bursting your bubble then.
Because I forgot the model name. He passed away relatively recently, so my mind isn't like “oh, the name of his phone is more important than himself”. I'll look at it next time I visit my mum.
Sure, sorry to hear. I'd be curious as I've never seen or heard about it; camera button yes, but a physical button that controls the camera settings as well like the now introduced camera control button/slider which is like a wheel you get on a Nikon or Fuji camera I've never seen before on a phone. Unless it was an add-on.
Your point is valid, however Apple can't physically fit a bigger battery in the Pro, nor a proper vapour chamber, mainly due to magsafe, they had to increase the phone slightly, just to get the 5 x tetra prism lens in.....so it's not as straight forward as you may think
I don't think it's as bad as the YouTubers make out, however, the position of the button isn't in the right position, it's a compromise between using it vertically and horizontally....however, as you've pointed out, it's great to snap a quick photo.
I had a 13 Pro, before upgrading to a 15 Pro, the upgrades were substantial, especially in materials used, weight and Camera capability, not to mention always on display, Dynamic Island, action button and screen brightness doubling!
The 16 pro is slightly better than the 15 Pro, so the difference will be even bigger