I was out in the hottest time of the afternoon in the Middle East recently and couldn’t see ANYTHING on my 13 Pro’s screen because the sun was so insanely bright. Will be interesting to see if these 14s can get bright enough.
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iPhone 14 Pro Display Gets Two Times Brighter When Outdoors in Sunlight
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i would hope the cooling system is improved where it can handle it in the sun so it doesn't dim. so many times i wish my screen was brighter outside. 2000 nits will be so ideal.
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That seems a very reductive statement.
I choose iPhone for the overall iPhone, iPad, AirPods, Watch, and Mac integration experience.
But I don't delude myself into thinking that it is perfect.
In your specific use case scenario, it seems you picked the right device by going Samsung (I love their devices too BTW, and used them exclusively for almost a decade).
This is pretty huge, but I wonder if it will offset my iPhone massively dimming the screen when it's in sunlight supposedly overheating in 80 degree weather...
I doubt it’s 2 minutes but we’ll see
I hope 4nm thermals and new screen type all help
I’ll believe it when i see it, especially when the tech sheet says operating temperatures says less than 95F under the sun so we will see!!!
If you can crash your drone by not being able to see the screen you have a lot more problems and should learn more before you fly. Line of sight is required, and the screen is for looking at it when you have a spotter and you have it under control. Stop acting like apple's choice makes your hobby dangerous.
Yea it's counterproductive. What they are doing to try to solve it will just make it throttle sooner
Can't keep the screen running at max brightness for more than a few minutes on the 13PM in the summer months without it dimming to an unusable level.
I’ve had my iPhone overheat quickly in the sun as well and dim the display. It gets so dim you can’t see anything. It’s really bad. I hope they’ve done something for this outdoors setting to throttle the cores down and that it does indeed have the new vapor chamber heat exchanger that was rumored or this doesn’t mean anything to me. I have to use a shade with my iPhone when I fly my drone in the sun (it mounts to the controller as the display) or it will overheat very fast, within minutes in the summer.
The iPhone 13 Pro is 1000nits (typical) and 1200nits (HDR). This one has a specific boost setting for the outdoors, apparently.
iPhone 13 Pro HDR is 1200nits max. So this is even more improvement over that.
I’ll never forget I had just got the iPhone 3g and went on a vacation to Vegas, staying at the Mandalay Bay. Of course the plan was to spend the whole time out by the wave pool, drinking, playing and using my new phone to browse the internet any time I wanted.
boy was I in for a reality check. About 15 seconds after popping my 3g out, the phone would shut down due to overheating. Absolutely useless the whole time outside.
Then I made my final mistake, entered the wave pool briefly with my phone in my pocket. Completely dead forever. Had to buy another brand new phone when I got back.
I’ll tell you, new Apple phones are on another level compared to the old phones. So much better built!
boy was I in for a reality check. About 15 seconds after popping my 3g out, the phone would shut down due to overheating. Absolutely useless the whole time outside.
Then I made my final mistake, entered the wave pool briefly with my phone in my pocket. Completely dead forever. Had to buy another brand new phone when I got back.
I’ll tell you, new Apple phones are on another level compared to the old phones. So much better built!
The article could have made it more clear, but it mentions previous model”s”, not just the 13 pro. The 12 pro for example could only do 800 peak.
I have a 12 that I can barely see in sunlight. Phone gets hot then dims making it really difficult to see anything.
Same exact problem. I wasn't sure (I guess I'm still not) if my particular unit gets hotter than others. I suppose I'm not alone. (iPhone 12 Pro Max)
I’m sorry, but parroting the 2000-nit claim completely ignores the fact the display brightness will absolutely crash very quickly when exposed to the heat of direct sunlight.
I’d be more impressed if it could sustain the previous brightness claims for longer, rather than an incredibly limited-time bump.
I’d be more impressed if it could sustain the previous brightness claims for longer, rather than an incredibly limited-time bump.
There is zero chance this won’t occur on the 14 Pro models. It will dim quickly just like every iPhone that has come before.