Lets just accept what Apple says because thats what we do here everything will be ok and dont forget the ads too
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iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus Reportedly Feature Enhanced Version of A15 Chip
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Based on your use case, sounds like going with the 14 Pro would be fine. I think most people who are excited about USB-C coming to iPhone are more from a cable management standpoint (and the faster data transfer speeds).
Same specs at a lower price you call an "upgrade"? I call it just lower prices. Apple never has sales. They just do this.
Well, yeah. I mean, as an IT guy, the cable management part of me will *ALWAYS* want to 'simplify my life' but I already own several Lightning cables; USB-C devices are definitely in the minority in our household, so if anything, right now it'd make it a bit more of a PITA. Better to wait for that until the rest of the fam is ready to move to USB-C.
Aside from that, the only tangible advantage I was given was by a friend of mine who also uses his phone for photography in an area known for not the best cell coverage *and* usually buys his iPhone with as much storage as he can for the same reason.
From that POV, I can see him wanting to upgrade to USB-C soon as it's available. For me, though? I've usually been happy with 128Gb of storage; and with the small amount of photos I take, I think I'd be just fine with this year's Pro.
S means "same design as previous year, but big CPU bump." So, not that?
I'm guessing that the new camera sensors must be a much bigger deal than anyone is letting on (dat ba-donk-a-donk bump), I can't think of any other reason why someone would upgrade from a stock 13 to 14.
S release for NON Pros, the Pros...a NON S release?!?!
Upgrading from regular 13 to 14 doesn't make much sense to me (But older phones 11, X to 14, yes...go for it, upgrade)
But 13 Pros to 14 Pros will have some tempting larger benefits. Especially photography lovers like me ...if you want that - what appears - a big camera upgrade, better Super Wide night shots, LiDAR, better DoF, etc.
I don't know..the line up, roll out this year is a bit mind boggling.
Upgrading from regular 13 to 14 doesn't make much sense to me (But older phones 11, X to 14, yes...go for it, upgrade)
But 13 Pros to 14 Pros will have some tempting larger benefits. Especially photography lovers like me ...if you want that - what appears - a big camera upgrade, better Super Wide night shots, LiDAR, better DoF, etc.
I don't know..the line up, roll out this year is a bit mind boggling.
They will update the 14 chip with the 13 Pro chip, and even if it's from the last year, it's still a faster chip for the regular iPhone. The year is irrelevant. You are getting an upgrade.
Do you guys think there is a chance Apple might give the regular 14's a 90 hz screen (or some kind of higher refresh). At this point only Apple can get away with charging £700-800 for their phones with 60 hz. I just brought my dad a One Plus NORD CE 2 Lite for £179, and it has a 120 hz screen which is just unbelievable TBH.
That would be cool, I admit. However, I'd probably need to buy a new computer to edit 8k footage.
No, because every previous "s" year's models received the latest processor that was the same as in the most expensive models.
It may be more than just using five GPU cores. One possibility is tweaks to the clock speed to bump up performance 5-7%.
Upgrading from the previous year’s model almost never makes sense.
Ironically though, the most compelling upgrade in this context may be from the iPhone 13 non-Pro to the iPhone 14 Plus. It’s a whole new much larger form factor for (hopefully) not much more.
More importantly though is that the iPhone 14 Plus going to be a great upgrade from the iPhone 11 and iPhone XR, for those wanting to go bigger and get better cameras, without the Pro tax.
If auto manufacturers can find a reason to release new models every year, you better believe phones are going to be too.
I’m pretty sure Jobs foresaw this and tried to push the naming convention as just “iPhone” and you’d differentiate by model year, just like cars. Apologies, don’t have time to provide a source.
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Why wouldn’t Apple hold this event at the same time? These are the models that will appeal to the most amount of their customers due to the fact they are slightly more affordable and appealing to the mainstream market. Not everybody out there is bothered about processor benchmarks and the 14 Pro/14 Pro Max you know.
said:Why wouldn’t Apple hold this event at the same time? These are the models that will appeal to the most amount of their customers due to the fact they are slightly more affordable and appealing to the mainstream market. Not everybody out there is bothered about processor benchmarks and the 14 Pro/14 Pro Max you know.
Apple as a company may be tightening inventories but they are not the only outlet for getting an iPhone. If people are buying them through carriers or upgrade retailers (most common forms in my country) then there will still be stock available for many months. You can still get a 12 Pro or 12 Pro Max on contract despite it being discontinued a year ago by Apple. I can’t imagine the 13 Pro’s will suddenly be hard to get hold of all of a sudden.
One persons incremental upgrade is another persons full feature update.Yes sir! I agree but going from S6>S7 was not a big upgrade. It was very incremental.
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A16 and A16 Pro.
Spoiler: they're both modified versions of the A15 (no matter how you spin it), and a very long in the tooth 5nm process, so it hardly matters.
Spoiler: they're both modified versions of the A15 (no matter how you spin it), and a very long in the tooth 5nm process, so it hardly matters.