I'm tired of trying to acquire the latest iPhone. I've got 5G, 256G storage, a speedy phone, a camera that does it all, and a large colorful brilliant screen. I'm staying with my 12 Pro Max until it dies!
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iPhone 13 Models Will Be Slightly Thicker and Will Have Larger Camera Bumps
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Absolutely no issues with a slightly thicker phone if it brings real world benefits. I do think weight might be more of a factor though, as someone else mentioned. I think the weight of the 12 Pro Max is at close to the limit of comfort, so I might downgrade to a regular phone. I'd just really hope that if they make the phones thicker and with a bigger bump, they give the 13 Pro the same camera quality as the Pro Max, so we don't have to pick the heavier Max for a better camera.
I got vertigo trying to read that article, what with spelling out the full product name at every mention. Couldn’t you just say “13” or “13 Pro” after the first mention... you know, like good writers do.
Yawn, another minor iteration change from apple. If you're ever held a Galaxy device, especially the Z Fold 2, you know what a real smartphone looks & feels like in 2021. The iPhone looks like a little toy. Ugly with that notch too.
All I wish is that they make the back flush with the bump. That extra thickness will probably be used for a beefier battery, a win-win.
My guess is that this setup allows for optical portrait mode with the standard lens. On my 8+, portrait mode is in zoom, which can limit it’s use, make the flash less effective due to distance, etc.I'm with you on this. I love a telephoto lens, and rarely use the wide angle... and when I do, I'm never happy with how it ends up looking - I'm sure I don't have enough of an artistic eye to get it right. But the telephoto lens has pragmatic use that I miss when I don't have it.
That said, I think we're in the minority.
But I love the 2x zoom in general use and my wife’s 12 has the ultra wide and it’s almost fisheye.
Then again, there was a whole episode of Home Movies where Brendan was begging for a fisheye lens for his camera. So 8 year olds need them…
Actually I would take an improved camera anytime over the battery life that many people are obsessed with for some strange reason. I can charge my phone every evening when I go to sleep but I can not make the camera any better. These are not just phones now, these are pocket computers and photography/videography gear. Camera bump? I don't care, as long as it gives me improved photography/videography.
I just hope there'll always be an iPhone for those who want a small phone and are light users. I have a 12 mini and can use it for two days between charges. I get that the internet meme is "whatever, make it larger and thicker for more battery" but that isn't everyone.
I find the wide angle really useful on several small room and tight space photos. I thought I would want long lens, but I I'm appreciated wide angle many times more than I though.
The cost is weight. If you use the Max, you might already be feeling like the combination of it's weight and how wide it is makes it really uncomfortable to hold when answering a call for instance, or in one-handed use. Adding 50-100g of weight to make it flush with extra battery will make it simply too heavy for many more people who already feel the phones are at the limit of comfort.
On the Max, it's easily a 1.5 day battery life now, so we're approaching diminishing returns on extra battery life, and starting to see exponential 'cost' in comfort from weight.
A few grams more isn’t going to break your arms. Engineering is always a compromise.
Better cameras are important for a lot of people in this prosumer everyone sharing content world, and also the 120hz refresh screen that it is something noticeable for everyone. But for me the deal braker would be Touch ID under the screen, mores than two days battery and not breakable glass to use it without a cover.
No it doesn't. What is your scientific basis for this comment?
Physics. There’s a reason that DSLR Cameras are so deep. Stacking sensors and lenses takes a lot of space. Additionally, if Apple could achieve the same quality with no camera bump for a solid slate, they would have.
