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iPhone 12 Pro vs. 15 Pro: New Features to Expect if You've Waited to Upgrade
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I was using my XS Max until August when I bought a 13 Pro Max. I only bought the 13 because I didn't think I would get approved on Verizon so I picked a 13 Pro Max and I got approved. I always hated the camera quality on the XS Max. Zooming in too much made the pictures grainy and really poor quality. That's fixed in the 13 Pro Max. I'll probably wait a few years before upgrading again. I like having a SIM card slot since I use Verizon and T-Mobile and I can swap sims.
It would work fairly similarly to how it does now, depending on how familiar you are with the button.
I personally can never remember which side is muted and which isn’t, so I just flick the switch, and if it does the little triple haptic pattern I know it wasn’t set and I just turned silent on. If not, I know it was already on silent and I turned it off, so I do it again to turn it back on.
Basically I just flick the switch until I feel the pattern, which is never more than two flicks.
With the new one, you would do the same thing. Just reach into your pocket, hit the button, feel the haptic feedback. If it’s just the single click, you just turned the ringer on, but if it does the little triple pattern that it does on current models, you turned it to silent.
Again, takes a maximum of two clicks.
It’s only really a step backwards if you just have the positions memorized already, which you may, but even then, you lose probably half a second each time, so it’s not a huge deal.
What if you’re still using an 8-plus? Or am I the only one left!
Me too… have saved up! Ready for a day one purchase!!
I have a 13 Pro… will not be tempted to upgrade… will not… be tempted… ooh shiny
I have a 12 pro, came from 8 plus (love that device, still miss it in some ways…).
So reason I didn’t go with 12 Max was because I read the specs and said that pro has even bigger screen than 8 plus so I was like, “great, makes sense because no more home button, sign me up beam me up, just hook it to the veins”… little did I know it had a slimmer screen SMH should’ve went to the store to hold one and try it. Huge mistake. I hate typing on this device and wish I had gotten pro max. On top of this, the other major reason I thought pro would be fine was battery. I mean, from 8-12 is what 3 generations of iPhone? I thought insane battery would extend to regular sized devices not just max’s. Really looking forward to that Max battery life 😞
Basically, I think it should’ve gone like this. Say XS max or whatever max was first… the next year’s pro device should have even just slightly better battery than previous year’s max and new max of course even better! But noooooooo this 12 pro had to have only slightly better battery than my 3 year old 8 plus. So sad…
I’d downgrade to 11 pro max if I didnT have to pay off this 12 pro first. Any suggestions??…
So reason I didn’t go with 12 Max was because I read the specs and said that pro has even bigger screen than 8 plus so I was like, “great, makes sense because no more home button, sign me up beam me up, just hook it to the veins”… little did I know it had a slimmer screen SMH should’ve went to the store to hold one and try it. Huge mistake. I hate typing on this device and wish I had gotten pro max. On top of this, the other major reason I thought pro would be fine was battery. I mean, from 8-12 is what 3 generations of iPhone? I thought insane battery would extend to regular sized devices not just max’s. Really looking forward to that Max battery life 😞
Basically, I think it should’ve gone like this. Say XS max or whatever max was first… the next year’s pro device should have even just slightly better battery than previous year’s max and new max of course even better! But noooooooo this 12 pro had to have only slightly better battery than my 3 year old 8 plus. So sad…
I’d downgrade to 11 pro max if I didnT have to pay off this 12 pro first. Any suggestions??…
I'll wait till my 12 P breaks or get unbearably slow which should be at least a few years away. New phones don't do anything that I'd miss feature wise.
You know no one is upgrading when they write an article comparing old iPhones to a new one.
Thats like Mercedes-Benz writing an article about someone with a 2019 C Class vs a 2023.
Thats like Mercedes-Benz writing an article about someone with a 2019 C Class vs a 2023.
Keep these 15 Pro articles coming... I need encouragement to hold fire from upgrading my 12 Mini before September...
And no, I won't be upgrading my iPhone 11 Pro Max. Apple, you have failed your customer base while pleasing wallstreet and the board. You won't get another iPhone from me until it's something very, very new.
So you don’t buy cheap trade ins and get a new phone each year? I buy the lowest priced phone to get the pro for free each year then sell my current, soon the be year old pro. I haven’t paid a monthly phone bill in years due to device credits. I pay about $300/year to buy the oldest “free with bill credits on trade” deal. So phone and service for $25/month on T-Mobile magenta max. And that’s with Netflix included so reall about $12/month for newest pro with service.
I'm sure I'll get used to it, but currently there is no vibration when taking it out of silence , but with haptic it'll have to vibrate with both turning it on and off, so there will be a hesitation, I'll have to stop and think "ok...which vibrate was that" and I do currently have the position memorized.
Also there is the consideration of, if it's already in silent mode, and I push the switch in that direction, should it make the silent vibration? Because then I would feel like "oops I thought it was already silenced" or "Its not working".
I'm not against the haptic switch, I actually prefer a completely water proof phone with no ingress points, I'm just saying I'm curious to see how Apple solves the problem.
I would think that when taking it out of silent mode, it will just issue a single click, similar to the iPhone 7 home button or Force Touch Trackpad. So in reality it’ll feel just like a physical click and not as “haptic feedback” or a specific pattern, I think. That would probably make it easier.
So in the grand scheme of things not much.
Im on an iPhone 11 Pro 256, I really dislike the square harsh shape of the 12-14 and my 11s battery is still amazing I have 25+% at the end of every day with 3-4 hours screen on time and after nearly 4 years is still 91%.
Just can't justify spending £1209 on the 256 14 pro when the quality of life updates are minimal. The 14 pros battery also sucks if the macrumors podcast is to be believed. With the rumoured price increases and the general silly increases here in the UK the 15 in 256 is probably going to be closer to £1400. Really hard to justify.
Im on an iPhone 11 Pro 256, I really dislike the square harsh shape of the 12-14 and my 11s battery is still amazing I have 25+% at the end of every day with 3-4 hours screen on time and after nearly 4 years is still 91%.
Just can't justify spending £1209 on the 256 14 pro when the quality of life updates are minimal. The 14 pros battery also sucks if the macrumors podcast is to be believed. With the rumoured price increases and the general silly increases here in the UK the 15 in 256 is probably going to be closer to £1400. Really hard to justify.
The A14 chip is fast enough for anything I do with my phone
Not sure why this is an improvement in and of itself. We have a mix of phones and right now every phone can charge using lightning. Until all phones are iPhone 15+ (will take a couple of years) this is not an improvement for me.
Not worth the upgrade for me.
How is this an improvement worth upgrading for?
Dynamic Island is a gimmick. I have an iPhone 14 Pro. In 4 months I have only once found use for the Dynamic Island.
I'm not the target audience for this feature. I didn't miss it before the iPhone 14 Pro and have turned it off on my iPhone 14 Pro. Battery life is more important.
The brightness of the 12 Pro was already great. I have not yet noticed that it got better with the 14 Pro.
Apparently this is a really important thing. I have ProMotion on my 14 Pro and on my MacBook Pro. I don't have it on my Lenovo laptop. According to some, once you have seen it, you will always miss it when you don't have it. Well, I must be different. I have never been able to notice that my sons 12 Pro doesn't have ProMotion, nor that my Lenovo doesn't. So, not important for me.
Not worth upgrading for, at least for me.
My 2 year old 12 Pro had longer battery life than my brand new 14 Pro. Battery life on my 14 Pro got better with iOS updates but still is not as good as on my 12 Pro. People around me with the 14 Pro have similar experience. Very nice that the 14 Pro works better in tests, but it doesn't hold up in my real usage.
This is the only thing worth something to me. It's not worth the enormous price though.
How is this an improvement worth upgrading for?
I see the value of this for some.
In a few years, this may become important.
This is finally something really new. If you live in one of the supported countries, and spend some time out of range of cellular networks, this may be a reason to upgrade.
I see some value for this.
I can see some value for this for some.
If you are running out of space on your 12 Pro with 512 GB, this is worth a lot. I'm curious how many people need more than 512 GB on a 12 Pro. Having said this, I did run out of the 256 GB on my 12 Pro because I want to keep all pictures on my iPhone.
Still on the 7+ and hanging on for a few more years, only 3 months after that for there to be an article than my new phone will soon be outdated
When I read "solid state buttons" my mind says "won't work with wet fingers."
Am I wrong?
Am I wrong?
The 7+ solid state home button works with wet fingers but sometimes touch ID won't work with wet fingers