will the 15 still take awful pics in low light because of HDR? if so, they can keep it where the sun doesn't shine
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iPhone 13 Pro vs. 15 Pro: What to Expect if You've Waited to Upgrade
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Maybe a question for those Apple Watch Ultra people but how does the Titanium fare when it comes to scratching/dings/nicks/etc?
I have to say, I'm unimpressed with the dull look of the Ultra's body compared to the SS of my AW7 so I'm wondering if the 15 Pro might visually look "cheaper" when it comes out? Unless it will be polished?
I have to say, I'm unimpressed with the dull look of the Ultra's body compared to the SS of my AW7 so I'm wondering if the 15 Pro might visually look "cheaper" when it comes out? Unless it will be polished?
Until they put a periscope true optical zoom in there, there’s nothing new.
Also, make a pro mini!!
Also, make a pro mini!!
Very good article. I now know I can keep my iPhone 13 Pro at least another year.
I'm planning to upgrade (I upgrade every three years), and I'll be coming from a 12 Pro.
I don't find upgrading to the new model to be nearly as expensive as so many people seem to think. My 13PM is still worth $800-1000, so I'll find a halfway decent deal a few months after the 15PM is released and the net cost will be a couple hundred dollars. Every year or two I just do the same thing.
Oh, and the 15 upgrade is actually way more important to me than previous upgrades just because of the USB-C change. I will be so happy to dump all these Lightning cables and just use the USB-C cables that I already have for my other devices. Finally!
same ... we should send them to the European Union and demand a free trade to USB-C cables... and they need to take care of all the recycling of them since it was done with the argument of being more environmentally friendly.
I mean, the one thing the iPhone STILL can't do properly is take a decent picture of the moon. WTF Apple?
your 13pm assuming its a 512gb model or higher, is worth 800-1k Right Now. after the 15 release, expect what the 12 pro max is selling for right now, which is 500 range lol.
Love it! I also want to be compensated, as I treasured these cables almost as much as Apple paper clips, now that we're fully esim — I added one to my necklace.
If I were to upgrade every year since 2017, purchasing an unlocked iPhone Pro Max, I would have spent 7593 dollars.
Realistically, not everyone does that, but say I did purchase an unlocked iPhone every three years (2017, 2020, 2023), that would come out 3197. Again, not something everyone does, and the two previous phones if sold every three year to fund the upgrades, would be 440 dollars, which means, if you do trade ins and upgrade every three years, you spend about $660 to $700 every three years on a new iPhone Pro Max. In contrast, I am spending 125 dollars every 8 years on a new iPhone.
Realistically, not everyone does that, but say I did purchase an unlocked iPhone every three years (2017, 2020, 2023), that would come out 3197. Again, not something everyone does, and the two previous phones if sold every three year to fund the upgrades, would be 440 dollars, which means, if you do trade ins and upgrade every three years, you spend about $660 to $700 every three years on a new iPhone Pro Max. In contrast, I am spending 125 dollars every 8 years on a new iPhone.
Titanium frame rumor that refuses to die. Can we change it up a little this year? Adamantium frame?
If there's a constant of this world, it's that nothing of this world pleases the people on MR. Not even a device that doesn't exist yet and is just a bunch of rumors.
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You are doing something most of us seem to have forgotten: making the most of your money. I call that SMART. And that's even an enemy to inflation by illustrating you view your newly-earned dollars as worth more than than the modest feature upgrades vs. the iPhone you already have. In the most tangible way possible short of doing without completely, you are fighting consumer inflation. Prices would come down if most people would demonstrate more value for their money than paying any price because 'I must have the new one.'
I do a perhaps crazier thing: no iPhone at all. Instead I make a cellular iPad mini double as phone (voip app + buds). iPad mini costs a lot less than iPhone. iPad 5G cellular service costs a lot less than iPhone service (mine works out to $25 PER YEAR). iPad OS seems to reasonably "keep up" over a longer timetable than iOS, so my last jump was from the "2" to the "6" after about 8 years. I presume my next upgrade will probably be Mini 10 or so, 3 more generations from now. IMO, all apps are better on a bigger screen. I'm already USB-C and have been for years (and FYI: no port damage, no jiggly, no lint magnet, etc). Mini is also notch-less and screen hole-less.
Like your examples, the money savings is substantial over time. Mini rings when I get calls. Texting works the same. Nobody on the other end can tell I'm not using a true phone.
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Not worth upgrading from my 12 Pro Max. Maybe next year...
As long Usb-c is one of the main new features then it's clearly not worth upgrading (like, why would I care about usb-c, lightning or whatsoever). The main reason for upgrading would be a fresh battery 
Don’t “upgrade”, it is not an upgrade. The camera is still mediocre in the 14PM. Really no advance, in some situations it is even worse than in the 13Pro. Deep dissapointment. The dynamic island is actually worse than the notch. It is super intrusive. The tech. In iPhones, except the CPU, is quite lagging compared to what Chinese and Korean vendors offer in their phones. Buy a foldable phone and try it for a year, then decide if Apple is worth it. For me, I upgrade just for the battery and screen size of the PM. I recently got a Huawei and the weight, form factor, the battery, on screen finger print sensor, and the camera blew me away. Just the OS is not my cup of tea so much, but compared to that, my 14PM is quite mediocre, like a “middle range” device. But very expensive ($1700usd for the 256gb version in my country!!!).
I am not looking forward to the switch to usb c. I have so many lightning cables across my home. only my vape has usb c 😅
I'll keep my 13 Pro one more year. I'm tired of paying $1k+ every year or even every other year.