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iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus Reportedly Feature Enhanced Version of A15 Chip
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Because Apple makes a lot of money doing it this way and is a publicly traded company
That argument is only valid if 100% of iphone users are using iphone 12 or newer. Reality is not the case. Plenty of people on iphone 11, XR, 8, 7, or even older. There will always be people looking to upgrade their phone at any given time.
Chinese Android OEMs are releasing new models on their mid to low end every 6 months. The market is huge, and there will always be people looking to buy a new smartphone.
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So let's see. Same chip, same RAM and (rumoured) same rear cameras (minus telephoto) as 13 Pro & 13PM. The 14 will have the same display as 13, and I'm guessing the Plus will have the same 6.7" OLED non-LTPO panel as 12PM. They're pretty much reusing almost all of the components, but sure let's call it a huge upgrade.
I think the more important factor is the 6GB of RAM, vs 4GB on the regular 13's A15. Apple has used RAM as a cutoff of iOS upgrades (iphone 6 vs 6s). There will be time when 6GB of RAM will be the minimum, I'd say.
If that's how you roll in a public internet rumor forum, be my guest. Ciao. You can continue asking the same question to every poster here. 😂
In my memory, the "S" versions historically had brand new chips with much higher performance gains. The iPhone 4 had essentially the same line of Samsung CPU and PowerVR GPU as the 3GS, but put everything on the same "package" and increased the clock speed. The 4S had a whole different class of chips with the A5.
Same big jumps between 5 and 5S (64-bit...) and between iPhone 6 and 6S (2GB RAM, mush faster A9 processor).
If the iPhone 14 get an "upgraded" version of the 13, it won't be as good a gain as for an "S" year.
It won't even be as good as an "R" year (well, there was only one and it was essentially an "S" year).
Indeed. That’s just it. Huge upgrade because you’re getting essentially a Pro Max level device for non-Pro pricing. This is huge for the non-Pro line. Biggest non-Pro upgrade in years.
Yes, but people looking to complain will always find something to complain about.
Brand new 13 Pros will probably still be more expensive than regular 14, although it might be a good value for the rest of the Pro features. But with the way Apple controlled its inventories, finding specific model with the color and storage option you want might be challenging.
With the impending keynote of the 14, even in my country, I'm seeing the authorized resellers thinning out their inventory. And it's not like we will be getting the new phones ASAP, we will probably only get them in December or so. But I can already see Apple tightening the inventories so demand will be at the highest peak upon release date.
The regular iphone 14 is essentially an iphone 13.1 (like you said, it's not even worth the S badge}.
The 11 Pro seems like one of the finest iphone Apple ever made, highly refined version of the X/Xs design.
“Enhanced version” - a term invented by the Wall Street crowd thats been planted in Apple’s executive suites and then given to their Marketing/PR firms to recite over and over to mask the fact they have made little if any changes other than cosmetic, and an increase in pricing.
in short - nothing more than a marketing gimmick.
in short - nothing more than a marketing gimmick.
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This A15 “enhanced version” is probably an identical A15 with software update to boost its performance.
The rumours of the 14 model remind me of this…
Better power management, 1x extra GPU core from 13 Pro and maybe higher clock speed with 6GB RAM.
with software update you mean only the clock speed increase which the rumours clearly show it's not only limited to.
Sure, but there are plenty of others that upgrade or feel the need to upgrade much more frequently than that.
I don't think a less rigid update schedule has to have that much impact. Apple already sells 2-3 year old+ phones on their store. Plus it sounds like you're making the opposite point, the devices are good for years and don't need to be updated so often. It just seems a bit wasteful. More time to work on software without constant annual pressure could be good too.
Of course, realistically nothing's changing anytime soon, so it is what it is I suppose.
my point was at any given time, there are people who are looking for an upgrade, and thus having a yearly new releases still makes sense.
What I'm seeing, compared to what I own currently (iPhone 12) is likely going to prompt me to get an iPhone 14 Pro. The *only* reason I hesitate is the supposed switch to USB C next year...but considering the rest of the family has devices that use the Lightning port, and the fact that I'm not any sort of amateur photographer, I don't see any real benefit to needing to wait for the USB-C ready iPhone.
With that said, if I'm mistaken on this, let me know; I'd also have no issue getting an iPhone 14 and waiting a year if there ARE benefits beyond what I've listed.
With that said, if I'm mistaken on this, let me know; I'd also have no issue getting an iPhone 14 and waiting a year if there ARE benefits beyond what I've listed.