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iPhone 15 Pro What features sold you on the iPhone 15 / 15 Plus / 15 Pro / 15 Pro Max ?
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What sold me is that my current phone is 4 years old, and I need a new one - and the 15 line is now available. lol
The 14 launched starting at €1099, while the 15 launched at €949. At my carrier, 15 is a full €100 cheaper. I know it sounds weird but European pricing last year was a complete mess.
Thanks for explaining this, and yes it sounds hilarious 🙃
It's the last model to be available with a Lightning port. Collectors will go CRAZY for these! 🤪
I'm coming from an SE (3rd gen) so technically everything is a huge upgrade, though for me personally the larger size/weight and lack of TouchID are significant negatives. But there are a few factors that pushed me over the edge, so to speak:
- I'm frustrated with the lack of any zoom (even decent digital zoom) on my SE, as my phone = my camera.
- Night mode and Raw options will be handy too.
- USB C (incl. potential to save photos to an external drive) is a big improvement (= a totally USB C environment for me).
- The new action button + onscreen camera/torch shortcuts cover most of what I like about the Home button.
- It's clear Apple won't be bringing out a smaller phone with a fancy camera, at least not in the forseeable future.
- Mask-wearing is less of a factor now (for better or worse).
Nonetheless, I feel disloyal to my dear SE which is still very convenient and hasn't put a foot wrong - except when trying to take zoomed photos of birds, or dogs at night
p.s. The improved chip is irrelevant for me, as I don't do anything high-powered. Ditto the fancy screen. But I hope I will be able to keep the phone for quite a few years, given how powerful it is for my basic uses.
- I'm frustrated with the lack of any zoom (even decent digital zoom) on my SE, as my phone = my camera.
- Night mode and Raw options will be handy too.
- USB C (incl. potential to save photos to an external drive) is a big improvement (= a totally USB C environment for me).
- The new action button + onscreen camera/torch shortcuts cover most of what I like about the Home button.
- It's clear Apple won't be bringing out a smaller phone with a fancy camera, at least not in the forseeable future.
- Mask-wearing is less of a factor now (for better or worse).
Nonetheless, I feel disloyal to my dear SE which is still very convenient and hasn't put a foot wrong - except when trying to take zoomed photos of birds, or dogs at night
p.s. The improved chip is irrelevant for me, as I don't do anything high-powered. Ditto the fancy screen. But I hope I will be able to keep the phone for quite a few years, given how powerful it is for my basic uses.
I upgraded my partner to a pink 15 because she’s coming from a 13 mini. She’s hinted at wanting a bigger phone and I wanted her to have a better camera and bigger screen for her games (tappy app and card games, not like AAA). She’s not as excited as I am for my PM but she’s staunchly anti-capitalist so she is as happy about it as she can be 😂 I am excited for her but I know she will secretly love the upgrade. And it’s pink! Her favorite color.
Replying to myself... I have the Pro (the standard size, not Max), and I love many aspects of it. The SE looks quite dated next to it, both the design & screen. On the other hand, the SE3 - which felt really bulky and heavy coming from an original SE - now feels feather-light!
I've adjusted really fast to swipe-up for 'Home' and I'm sure it won't take long to stop pressing the place where the home button used to be to unlock the phone! (which often works anyway as tap + faceID)
The thing I miss most is swipe-up for control centre when using the phone one-handed (in my left hand), for ready access to the camera in particular. Even with reasonable-sized hands and a popsocket grip, it's a stretch to reach the top right corner - very hit-or-miss! I wish we could customise gestures to access control centre from the *left* top corner or one of the bottom corners. Also, I thought using the access button as a shortcut might be a way of getting to control centre, but no, it doesn't seem to be possible as a shortcut, plus I find the action button very hard to press through the case (basic clear TPU), so it will probably stay as a mute switch after all. Nor can I get backtap to register unless I use my other hand, which defeats the purpose. I do wonder why the phone is so 'right-handed' in this regard (and I am right-handed; I just tend to hold my phone in my left hand).
I need to wait for daylight tomorrow to get a proper idea of the camera performance, but I think I will like the 3x lens and find it more useful than 5x. I didn't realise until this week that they are fixed lenses, not an actual 'sliding' zoom like on a DSLR. In my case, 5x would be excessive for many applications and, if it's either-or, I'm happy to have landed on 3x (coming from the SE world of digital zoom only
).
honestly $220 for a iPhone 15 when I traded in my iPhone 13 Pro that was a little scratched up. No longer putting my phone and anything else in the same pocket.
I also have to upgrade 7 phones periodically. Next year will get the 16 pro regardless since I need to cycle out 2 iPhone 12s. Everything else is a 14 or better now.
I also have to upgrade 7 phones periodically. Next year will get the 16 pro regardless since I need to cycle out 2 iPhone 12s. Everything else is a 14 or better now.