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Leaker Details Last-Minute iPhone 13, Apple Watch Series 7, and AirPods 3 Rumors
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Well “truly benefit” is very subjective, but I mostly agree with Sorinut, personally. The last real game changer for me, and consequently the last feature that got me to upgrade my iPhone even though it was still otherwise very functional, was Apple Pay—mostly for its security (after having to deal with credit card fraud multiple times) but also for its convenience (hopefully will one day it will allow me to ditch my wallet completely). Before that was Touch ID (not having to enter in the passcode every time was huge for me). Since then no improvements have seemed nearly as beneficial to my life, but just nice to have.
The the "problem" with Apple. Unlike Android OEMs, Apple doesn't start with battery capacity. Apple basically has a set of battery life goal (which seemingly out of date for today's standard, seeing the paltry battery of the SE), and then they adjust the battery capacity of the iPhones to meet that goal. If you compare the battery life claims of iPhones by Apple, they are usually around the same ballpark year after year, no significant difference.
Problem is, not only people's usage are more and more battery intensive (eg. scrolling tiktok endlessly), we still have the battery aging and losing capacity over time. Apple's own battery life claim would not be achievable by the second or third year of the phone's life.
We'll have to wait and see what they really offer next week.... But I *think* the 13 will do a bit more than just give a better camera. I read a lot about the 5G chipset in the 12 really drawing a lot of battery power, while the 13 should have a more energy efficient 5G chip. So that, alone, is meaningful for people as 5G becomes more of a standard.
Will be paying close attention to whatever Apple says about the Back Wide & Telephoto Cameras, & in particular, their image sensors.
If that other Leaker is correct, I'm now more excited about next year's iPhone 14 with the Punch-Hole Front Camera !
I want that !!!
And, TouchID under Glass, too !
And, Wi-Fi 6E support, too !
Next year's model could be the one to get !
Apple needs to hit it out of the Park on Sept 14th to move the needle !
If that other Leaker is correct, I'm now more excited about next year's iPhone 14 with the Punch-Hole Front Camera !
I want that !!!
And, TouchID under Glass, too !
And, Wi-Fi 6E support, too !
Next year's model could be the one to get !
Apple needs to hit it out of the Park on Sept 14th to move the needle !
Waited 3 years, hopefully rumors are true. XS Max gets a decent successor. Too bad they ditched 3D Touch.
Hey I don’t think it matters. My iPhone 12 Pro - charge every night fully and take off in morning. 100% no issues.
I’m tired of my 11 Pro max - it’s too big. Annoying that I would miss out on top specs simply because I have small hands.
I charge overnight most nights. Launch day 12PM = 93% battery health
The thing i questioned is how is possible that the 12 Pro couldnt fit sensor shift stabilistation, bigger sensor and 2,5x telephoto but now the same sized 13 Pro, no one is saying that the size doesn’t matter for bigger battery etc. but this just showed that they could make camera features the same last year
Sure it’s always possible that Apple artificially withheld features from the smaller iPhone in order to either make the disparity between the smaller and larger iPhone even greater (I say “even greater” because as I’ve said, logic/science dictates that the larger iPhone should have more potential capability so naturally they would already be disparity of function) or to have something to add to the next year’s smaller iPhone. They could also be withholding features from the larger iPhone in order to add them to next year’s larger iPhone as well.
But for one thing, this withholding theory is very difficult to prove. It’s just based on motive but not actual good evidence. The iPhone 13 getting the sensor that wasn't offered in the iPhone 12 I don’t think is good evidence because that could simply mean Apple either found a way to shrink certain components to make room, and/or they made the phone more power-efficient in order to be able to keep the same battery life while adding the new feature (or they just lowered their battery life standards). After all, no matter what size, phones pretty much always continue to get better year after year, right? So whenever there is a new feature added, it doesn’t seem reasonable to assume it was artificially withheld from the previous phone, even if it was included in a previous larger phone, because (I hope) we’ve established that larger phones naturally lend themselves to more features.
Second, whether or not Apple is withholding from the smaller phone is a bit irrelevant in regards to why the two sized phones are not the same feature-wise. It doesn’t change the fact that the larger phone should always have more potential. In other words, if Apple was artificially withholding the bigger sensor from the iPhone 12, all that means is the larger iPhone had potential for an even bigger sensor. They cannot have the same potential ever.
All these people with the 12 that are saying “I’ll pass on this year‘s model“…
1. Who cares?
2. Why would you upgrade a phone that is only a year old?
1. Who cares?
2. Why would you upgrade a phone that is only a year old?
people have different upgrade habits, do what you do and don't worry about it
