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Ericdjensen

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Wow, this thang is great! My favorite feature, which isn’t even exclusive to the 15 pros, is the screen. ProMotion is very noticeable. The quality overall is so much better. Everything looks so crisp and high quality. The whole thing just feels premium. Even the buttons are more satisfying to press. That could just be because they haven’t been pressed 80,000 times, but still. I haven’t gone anywhere yet, so I don’t know how much better the cameras are. It’s so light and good looking. The natural titanium looks a lot different from apple’s pics, but I love it. I can’t remember the last time I dropped my phone, so I’m considering going caseless. Idk tho since I never get Apple care. I feel like a case is just a cheaper version of it. I switch from vibrate and ringer daily, so action button won’t be changed. I was worried about having screen above the DI, but it’s fine. And I like the little animations it does. I doubt I’m really going to use it, but it’s neat seeing it do its thing. The speakers are so much louder. Haven’t had a call yet, I’m sure that’ll sound ridiculously good. The only thing I don’t like is swiping down from the top of the phone for notifications. I’m used to swiping down from the bottom of the notch, so I keep swiping down from the bottom of the DI. Very minor tho obviously. Overall this already feels like a huge upgrade. But yeah, highlight for me is the screen. I guess I should’ve upgraded a while ago
 

Soybomb

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Sep 14, 2019
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Yeah it's a lot louder, I used to max out speaker phone volume easily all the time. It's too loud now.

I didn't think the old display was bad either but side by side the 11 looks worse.
 

rulymammoth

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Jun 8, 2015
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Yeah, when you wait four generations, there will definitely be big enhancements to take in. Yearly upgraders like me on the other hand, haha.
 

Ericdjensen

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Yeah, when you wait four generations, there will definitely be big enhancements to take in. Yearly upgraders like me on the other hand, haha.
Yeah it’s kind of odd. Whenever I’m out, it seems like every iPhone I see is newer than an 11. I’m on here daily and that’s why I just now upgraded. Didn’t seem worth it. But non nerds upgrade a lot. Ironic considering we get the most software updates
 

Davidnguyen_89

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Jul 9, 2021
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have an 11 pro, still debating on color, will make a decision next week to see which color i want. natural titnium looks so sleek and fine. blue was great too. black imo too overplayed especially in the previous generations of iphones.
 

Spheres

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This was a gift for my wife -- she has an 11 now. Any specific features that you recommend I should tell her to look for or to enable or whatever when she first opens it (outside of the obvious like camera, screen display, action button)?
 
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jsmith1

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Jun 6, 2010
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that is a great bang for your buck upgrade...I have the 12PM and should be upgrading myself next year as my phone is still going strong at this time.
 
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James_C

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Upgraded from 13 Pro to 15 Pro, mainly for the camera improvements, and being able to save videos directly to an external SSD. However I have noticed that apps launch a little quicker and smoother. Enjoying it so far.
 
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Kurt871

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11 Pro Max here, planning to go 15 Pro Max. Played with them in the store yesterday and yeah, 4 years definitely feels like a very solid upgrade in terms of new features. The screen alone is wildly improved.
 
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Gshox

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Upgraded from 13 Pro to 15 Pro, mainly for the camera improvements, and being able to save videos directly to an external SSD. However I have noticed that apps launch a little quicker and smoother. Enjoying it so far.
What do you mean by directly to a SSD? Like via a wire?
 

Ericdjensen

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This was a gift for my wife -- she has an 11 now. Any specific features that you recommend I should tell her to look for or to enable or whatever when she first opens it (outside of the obvious like camera, screen display, action button)?
Only thing I’ve done so far is turn off always on. I’ll let ya know if I think of anything else
 
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