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Will the iPhone 14 Be a Disappointment?
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This discussion can only be speculative and pointless until we have benchmarks. Then you can do a benchmark comparison to try and get a sense of how your daily experience might improve with the latest thing. Massive improvements are long gone, it's all inching now.
For example, if the data showed the iPhone 14 being twice as fast as 11, then you could ask yourself "Would I notice/appreciate twice the speed?"
A better question might be "how much of an improvement is worth buying into?" (relative to the device you currently have) I feel like a rule of thumb for this is possible.
For example, if the data showed the iPhone 14 being twice as fast as 11, then you could ask yourself "Would I notice/appreciate twice the speed?"
A better question might be "how much of an improvement is worth buying into?" (relative to the device you currently have) I feel like a rule of thumb for this is possible.
If it was just only that….. It’s not. Stupid and irrelevant analogies are thrown out every single day by the same people.
The non Pro will not be a disappointment. The 6.7” non Pro should sell really well. Don’t think anyone having iPhone 13 need to upgrade to 14 (non Pro).
Well no usb-c is not a speed spec per se it's just a connection, you can have a quite slow usb 3.0 (which is the speed-spec) usb-c and you can have a very fast lightning connection (which Apple doesn't do, but the connector can theoretically handle it). The connectors themselves don't say anything about their speed.
I skipped the 13 since it was not much of an upgrade. Will move on the 14 for sure. USB-C vs Lightning, meh. got too many lightning cables/accessories to change right away. Hope they never get rid of the magsafe charging as I use this in the card to hold/charge the phone.
Skipping all models until there's a mini w/ USB-C.
That camera upgrade sounds too good to be true. I just hope you can shoot in true raw without the Apple post processing stuff getting in the way.
That camera upgrade sounds too good to be true. I just hope you can shoot in true raw without the Apple post processing stuff getting in the way.
As always, some will love it, some will find it a disappointment.
Safe to say it will be better than the iPhone 9.
Safe to say it will be better than the iPhone 9.
We should all wait for iPhone 20.
- charges wirelessly only
- comes with implants so no more messing with headphones or earbuds.
- once paired can be controlled by thought.
- 30 hour battery life and charges fully in 25 minutes.
- telephoto lens can focus on nose hairs at 200 ft.
- can levitate for effortless selphies.
- enhanced security delivers increasing electric shocks after third failed access attempt, and on sixth attempt device explodes.
Until then anything less will be a disappointment.
- charges wirelessly only
- comes with implants so no more messing with headphones or earbuds.
- once paired can be controlled by thought.
- 30 hour battery life and charges fully in 25 minutes.
- telephoto lens can focus on nose hairs at 200 ft.
- can levitate for effortless selphies.
- enhanced security delivers increasing electric shocks after third failed access attempt, and on sixth attempt device explodes.
Until then anything less will be a disappointment.
Not a disappointment at all if you are someone that upgrades every two or more years -- which I assume is the majority of repeat iPhone buyers.
Depends on what one’s expectations are. If upgrading from 13? Of course, there’s only so much you can add year to year when the hardware and software are so tightly integrated. Coming from an older device 2-3 years old? Then you can expect some improvements. I realize this is all to create conversation (hey it got me) but I don’t know the obsession with expecting all new things to blow us away every year. This isn’t the iPod where as a dedicated device could afford design changes year to year. I just hope iOS 15 fixes the bugs and upgrades some of apples first party apps. Anything else is icing on the cake.
Huge success in hindsight. You don't seem to remember how people reacted, particularly to the 6. And iOS user don't have much of a choice to upgrade anyway.
For all those wondering what the deal is with the sideloading being mentioned: This is referring to the following:
www.theverge.com
To me, that seems more like a software issue though. I doubt that is going to be iPhone 15~ specific. If we ever get to the point of Apple even allowing this.
Apple would be forced to allow sideloading and third-party app stores under new EU law
Apple has long warned about the dangers of sideloading.
www.theverge.com
To me, that seems more like a software issue though. I doubt that is going to be iPhone 15~ specific. If we ever get to the point of Apple even allowing this.
Can't let that get to you, mate... otherwise you'll spend your entire life fighting them. You can't fix stupid - or at least we've never found someone smart enough who could
I will do what i used to do with Samsung phones always upgrade in odds since that’s usually when the big jump in tech happens , right now i went iphone x to 13 pro max so maybe 15 or will wait for 17 or maybe ww3 who knows
I guess I knew what sideloading meant, I just didn't know what was going to be different with the next iPhone, specifically. Since the person I quoted mentions waiting for usb c and sideloading, I figured there was some development/rumor I had missed.