Omg Apple is such a SIZE QUEEN.. BIG phones only people. We're going to take a normal sized phone, call it a "mini" so that nobody buys it, then cite poor sales as reason to discontinue it. Now your phones will never fit in your pockets again! Bwahahahah!
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iPhone 14 Pro Tidbits: New White Box, Brighter True Tone Flash, No mmWave Expansion, and More
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I disagree...this feature was the highlight of the announcement. Many Android companies wanted the first to the whole screen phone. Now watch them follow Apple's lead on this smart, but innovative touch. This reminds of the rubber-band effect. It was so subtle, but genius...Pro and Pro Max will be selling like hotcakes this year and until next year.
I can't believe we are still having a conversation on phone size. You still have the option of buying the 13 mini before they discontinue. You are considered someone who is a small, small tiny fraction of what the people want (possibly less than 1% of the population). Generally, 6"-7" phones are the norm now. To be honest, 5.4" in the hand isn't that big of difference compared to 6.1". I held both and its not much of difference.
Stuck on USB2.0 speed. They gotta save things for the spring refresh "new" 14.
Unless Verizon offers an incredible upgrade deal like they did last year, I see zero reason to upgrade from a 13 Pro. Still 6GB RAM? No usb c? Still usb 2.0 transfer speeds? Yeah, no thank you.
Not sure what orders you cancelled, but good luck to you.
Different hardware. The front facing cameras in the 14 are much closer to the edge of display than camera island on the 14 Pro models. That might not be a good excuse but it's something that can't simply be replicated in software.
Yes, of course. Nobody uses mmWave to describe mid-band.
USA phones not supporting a physical SIM card is certainly a disadvantage for those traveling worldwide. In many countries it takes no time to buy a local SIM card, put it into your phone and have a local phone number to avoid high roaming charges especially for data.
Also having a physical SIM card makes switching phones possible in seconds. I have a spare phone at home and when my phone needed servicing, it was an easy job to put my SIM card in my spare phone and go back to being online in seconds. Good luck with an e-SIM, especially if the phone is completely dead.
Luckily, iPhones in many other countries still accept physical SIM cards so far. Maybe in the future, activating the second e-SIM locally will be equivalent to buying a prepaid physical card but until it is available worldwide, I think deleting the physical card is a disadvantage rather than an advantage at this point.
Also having a physical SIM card makes switching phones possible in seconds. I have a spare phone at home and when my phone needed servicing, it was an easy job to put my SIM card in my spare phone and go back to being online in seconds. Good luck with an e-SIM, especially if the phone is completely dead.
Luckily, iPhones in many other countries still accept physical SIM cards so far. Maybe in the future, activating the second e-SIM locally will be equivalent to buying a prepaid physical card but until it is available worldwide, I think deleting the physical card is a disadvantage rather than an advantage at this point.
Very cool that the Dynamic Island is also interactive.
Lightning for iPhone, base iPad, AirPods, Magic Mouse/Trackpad/Keyboard, AppleTV remote
USB-C for iPad/MacBooks
Doesn't seem ridiculous at all. There's probably 5 billion Lightning cables floating around out there, they're not hard to find, and none of the devices that use Lightning today needs the faster charging and/or faster data rates that USB-C can support.
MacBooks you can still charge with USB C thankfully so that’s cool with me. But the AirPods and iPhone are a pain. It should’ve been this year!
There are convenient apps like Airalo that offer prepaid eSim cards in seconds just like physical SIM cards. I’ve used eSim for years. I’ve never had a problem traveling. Switching phones is a bit of a pain though but with physical sims cards it’s been a pain for me as well lol
There's absolutely zero advantage to removing the SIM slot. The only benefit is for Apple, where it's a cost cutting measure. Fewer manufacturing steps and lower component costs. Consumers are also giving Apple authority to determine which carrier can and can't be used on iPhone. Apple can easily monetize this by extracting dollars from carriers. What's sad is some people buying this hook, line, and sinker.
They're saving that for next year. Every year they add 1-2 incremental updates to keep it going so you buy a new one constantly and the AAPL share price stays high
I've seen this alarming trend lately where companies charge more money for products with more features than those with fewer features.
It's better for Apple (saves space, tooling), better for carriers (easier to provision for different network cores - older SIMs may not support certain features like 5G) and it's something most consumers don't know/care about.
Apple doesn't "extract dollars from carriers". They sell iPhones to carriers, it's that straightforward.
Apple hasn't used the SIM tray space for anything, just like they haven't used the space for non-mmWave models for anything.
For the past 4 years, iPhone has offered the option of eSIM and physical SIM. There is zero benefit to carriers this year.
Like I said, the only benefit is for Apple in manufacturing cost savings.
Says who? Personal experience on the carrier side, dealing with tens of thousands of people sticking their 8 year old SIM into iPhone 12/13 and wondering why they can't get 5G. Less calls into customer care or trips to the store getting a new SIM = "benefit to carriers".
The notches are different from the 14 vs 14 Pro...I am glad that Apple made this an exclusive Pro feature. I wish that Apple released their rumored "vapor chamber process" as I am curious that one day M and A-series chips will join as one.