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Kuo: iPhone 13 Now More Likely to Get Upgraded Ultra Wide Camera With Improved Low-Light Performance
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Because camera is the only thing companies can truly try and improve on each year. not much can be improved.
least this year we should see 120hz and Touch ID.
“People” care because you can take footage(pictures or video) in tighter spaces while still getting the part you want of the subject in frame. For daily use I grab a LOT of footage(especially video) of my daughter running around. We don’t live in a castle so us peasants need a wide angle lens for indoor shooting in many situations
.Almost daily I use it to take beautiful wide-angle pictures
.Just because YOU think it‘s pointless. But I and many many other people use it to take great images: https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=ultra+wide&cm=apple/iphone_11_pro
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This is for the ultra-wide, which usually has inferior sensor/lens than the main camera in the first place.
There are still a lot of possible improvements in low light with the advancement of ML. I mean look what the Pixel can do with 2 year-old camera sensor. The race is now in the ML/ISP side as the main SoC is already fast enough for years to come.
My iPhoneX has been a good investment, the longest I have ever held onto an iPhone. Looks like it will be at least another year. Better low light performance is good but not enough to sway me. Give me a 120Hz screen and no notch and I'm sold.
I wholeheartedly agree with your statement! If it wasn't for a water damaged FaceID on my iPhone X, I would have held on to it for dear life, but as repair is unreasonable, since it boils down to exchanging for a refurb unit, I use it as a backup and got an 11 Pro Max instead and I couldn't be happier as well. I've really been missing the ability to take pictures in the dark and it delivers. Unless there's a dramatic change in the camera array and further substantial upgrades I won't be updating anytime soon because of common sense and ecological reasons. Also forking over in excess of $1k for a phone every year seems just silly.It's because Apple is not targeting the previous year's iPhone users anymore, nor the two previous iPhone generations. The upgrade cycle of consumers on smartphones are getting longer since, well, even the iPhone 6s is still being supported in iOS14, and performs well for its age.
Apple doesn't force us to buy iPhones on a yearly basis. That's on us, it's our own money afterall.
Right now, my iPhone 7+ that I bought last year performs really fast and well. I have zero needs to upgrade to a newer iPhone (added on the ridiculous markup Apple put in my country). I'll be waiting for the 3rd gen SE for my upgrade.
The 12 is the first annual upgrade I skipped EVER, and my 11PM will be my longest-serving iPhone ever as well. Just couldn't justify the upgrade for what I use the iPhone for, and the main reason for that fell to the camera. Just wasn't enough of an update all around to warrant the upgrade. My 11PM takes awesome photos and videos for my work.
My girlfriend feels the same way about her XS Max as well, but we will both upgrade this fall for sure.
Like others have said, it's getting harder and harder to justify upgrading every year for just cameras.
My girlfriend feels the same way about her XS Max as well, but we will both upgrade this fall for sure.
Like others have said, it's getting harder and harder to justify upgrading every year for just cameras.
Man he's putting himself on the line with this outlandish predictions? Is he 100% sure they will improve the camera in the next gen iPhone?
It’s basically been iteration since the iPhone X. Put a iPhone 12 next to X and you could hardly tell the difference unless you turn them around. I’m still using my 6s as a backup. The phones have gotten good enough to the point where every year upgrades are unnecessary. There are some who swear by it, but with so many staying home, mask fatigue. Camera upgrades are feeling like redundant especially minor bucket list improvements that seem to be targeting YouTubers who review them.
I personally will eventually upgrade but I am going stretch it out. I see each iOS upgrade as my ‘new’ iPhone every year.
also using the role out of 5G (more mature) and the pandemic as a barometer. So, 2023 or even 2024 is likely to be my upgrade path.
I personally will eventually upgrade but I am going stretch it out. I see each iOS upgrade as my ‘new’ iPhone every year.
also using the role out of 5G (more mature) and the pandemic as a barometer. So, 2023 or even 2024 is likely to be my upgrade path.
I’ll be honest, that’s the weakest link in the 11 Pro cameras. Otherwise, I’m quite happy with the cameras still. Really hoping the 2021 iPhone Pros have Touch ID integrated into power button like the iPad Air on top of FaceID. That alone would get me to upgrade because I already love the design of 12 Pro and supposedly we get a smaller notch this year as wel.
for sure, i'm happily still on my xs. i thought about upgrading to the 12 before i saw the actual launch presentation, which didn't wow me once. let's see if 13 will.
Yeah I look forward to what’s new in iOS rather than what’s new in hardware because phones just can’t do anything different and really hardly any do anything better year over year. We are well past being wowed by hardware every year. The last major iPhone break through in cameras was the iPhone 11 Pro, and before that, the 7 Plus. The last major design change was the iPhone X. We are essentially still there, although the 12 design is really nice with the flat sides. Makes the bezels looks a bit smaller.
You don't. Simply purchase a phone from another manufacturer that offers the innovations you're looking for.
Can you list a half dozen innovations that would interest you?
As long as consumers don't pay attention to detail and aesthetic appeal but simply buy whatever iteration Tim sells, as evidenced by mammoth earnings quarters, we'd better get used to it.
Not sure about the flat sides without any chamfering at all. I liked the idea but found the execution lazy. Ergonomically it works OK with a smaller phone like the mini but with the Max it's not and it feels larger in hand than its curved predecessor. The black 12 looks REALLY good but when it comes to stainless steel Pro's, the previous curved design felt more premium. The flat bright sides feel like a kitchen appliance with a ton of fingerprints.
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Todays consumers are uneducated, technologically unsavvy morons which is why Timmy’s able to get away with this crap.