To be honest, iphone 12 felt like a big jump in ergonomics due to big redesign and iphone 13 pros had biggest battery life and promotion coupled with high OS stability. In comparison our 14PM upgrade was kinda meh except 5g and 4g speeds.
Coming from an XR the iphone 14 is a spectacular upgrade. Compared to the iphone 13, while not as big a jump as an XR there still are worthwhile incremental improvements. (Battery life is important, but not always king) On verizon I have gotten 500 down in speedtests, but it's not about speed it's about the overall improvements since the XR. That's why we all have to realize the yearly iphone updates are all iterative -- but to acknowledge that Apple can deliver some really good functionality in an update.
Turning off aod is fine cause most don't mind and it helps battery, but why would someone buy 3rd series of iphone with 5G to run it on Lte? Maybe only if 4g reception is better in your area than lousy 1 bar of 5G.
I did it the other way around. Changed from 14 Pro to 14 Pro Max for better battery and bigger screen. I found the pro to be heavy anyway. Imho the max is not much worse.
I would definitely vouch for pro max though not 14. Colleague has 14 pro and it dense heavy brick, while wife’s 14 PM is heavy but weight evenly distributed and it feels right for my one handed use.
I honestly tried the 14 Pro but unfortunately I returned that immediately after unboxing it because I found it too small. the size of the 14 Pro max is a perfect size for me. It just boils down to personal preference. I had mainly used the pro max size. Just figured I wanted to give it a shot with the 14 pro but just couldn't do it. Pro max size FTW.
Not where I live no, I have no need for it at home and don't want 5G aerials all over my small town. Leave that to the bigger cities. 4G is patchy here still, so it will be many years before they attempt to introduce it anyway.
Until I can use 5G without my phone doubling up as a hand warmer I'll pass on it. Also in real world terms the difference between 4G and 5G is really not that big.
Makes sense. I have the 14 pro and it’s an unwieldy brick already… so why not get the Best Brick?!
14 PM is a well more balanced brick - just like a famous example of the pressure that woman on high heels puts on the ground is more than the elephant on his feet.
I kind of regret not getting the 13 pro last year. Probably wouldn’t have upgraded if I didn’t - but went from 13 mini to 13 then to 14 Pro this year.
