Other iPhone 15 Pro crushes the 14 Pro

[dumastudetto]

iPhone 15 Pro crushes the 14 Pro in significant ways:

• Lighter: Yes. It's about time.
• Camera: Really introduces features that matter. Smart portrait mode. 120mm zoom mode. 24 mpix high-res standard photos. 48 is too big for many applications. Improved stabilization. This is a camera upgrade that matters, and it makes this new phone worth getting.
• Action button looks really useful. One-click access to the camera? Yeah.
• Rounded edges. So Apple listened to--or heard--the complaints about how uncomfortable these flat-edged, heavy phones are/were. About time.

There's more. But the 15 Pro is on my buy list. What were your takeaways?

I totally agree.

This is the most substantial upgrade we've had in a long time.

They've literally improved everything on the inside, and the outside has that incredible all-new titanium design, as well gorgeous color options.

I am thrilled with iPhone 15 Pro Max especially.

 

[dasjati]

I think this is the post-keynote rush speaking. It's a nice incremental update. But I don't see anything groundbreaking. The real-life differences between the 14 Pro and 15 Pro won't be that noticeable. Good for them to habe USB 3 on the Pro though.

 

[LeeW]

It's a nice incremental update. But I don't see anything groundbreaking.

Exactly this.

 

[3Rock]

I think this is the post-keynote rush speaking. It's a nice incremental update. But I don't see anything groundbreaking. The real-life differences between the 14 Pro and 15 Pro won't be that noticeable. Good for them to habe USB 3 on the Pro though.

I’ll keep my iPhones 12 Pro for another year since I wanted better battery life and not getting it. Everything else they announced is OK but nothing for me to upgrade.

 

[Woodcrest64]

I like the natural titanium color option. I'm hoping Apple manages to squeeze the 120mm telephoto in the regular size iPhone 16 Pro next year. I'm curious as to whether or not we will see an iPhone 16 Pro Ultra and if it will b which could flip or foldable style phone.

 

[bbbobbb]

It is “smaller” than the iPhone 14 Pro Max in all dimensions and weight BUT it is .01 inch chubbier!

 

[keeper]

I thought it was all rather boring just more of the same only slightly improved.
Nothing in any of it to warrant spending money.

 

[janeauburn]

might? These are iterative changes. Welcome, well-conceived, but iterative. And calling out "it now has rolled edges" like some kind of epic evolution of the form is high comedy.

Well, I agree that the soft rounded edges of, say, the iPhone 6 were the best, and Apple even touted comfort when it released that phone. But slightly rounded is better than square, and perhaps the squareness does make the phone less slippery.

 

[Torty]

Once you go USB you won’t go back. My M1 iPad Pro has USB-C and there is not a single day that I think ”I wish it had lightening”

My only device with usb-C is a neck fan. It feels very cheap when I plug in the cable.

 

[sevoneone]

Yeah, the telephoto in the 15 Pro Max is nice, but I don't want a phone that large.

Let's talk about this 24 megapixel photo mode... The standard iPhone 15 has it too. The standard iPhone 15 has the same 48mp camera and same A16 chip that the iPhone 14 Pro got last year... Why don't we have 24mp photos enables on the 14 Pro with iOS 17?

 

[AndrewR23]

anyone know if you need a min 256GB for 4K @ 30 FPS? 13/14pro required it

 

[Flynnsworth]

I think this is one of the worst upgrade years for a while. I will probably upgrade, but there is no stand out must have feature in the 15PM. In summary:

- USBC is nice but I have enough of each cable to last a while yet. It'll be a new expense for some users.
- USB3.2 1x2 is underwhelming at 10Gbps when there were rumours of Thunderbolt. Failing that it should've been 3.2 2x2 at 20Gbps.
- Classic Apple will make us buy a 'special' USBC cable, not the 1 included in the box, to get USB3 speeds. 👎
- The camera is mostly the same with a better zoom. How much does the average user really care?
- Improved CPU/GPU. Good but expected.
- Titanium. Don't care.

The main positive is that UK pricing is more reasonable after last years robbery.

 

[verymickey]

It's embarrassing that the PM is offered with 128GB storage...

 

[NervousFish2]

I’ll keep my iPhones 12 Pro for another year since I wanted better battery life and not getting it. Everything else they announced is OK but nothing for me to upgrade.

It might be hyperbole to say it crushes the 14 Pro, but it def crushes the 12 Pro. My 12 Pro battery is down below 80% health now, so it's either upgrade or new battery. But interestingly, I live in Texas, and it gets hot here! My 12 Pro slows down a LOT nowadays, due to heat load on the battery. So one thing that interests me about this is the 3nm architecture and titanium architecture, and how this combo will perhaps handle heat in a significantly better way! (And better heat management also means better battery longevity, critically).

 

[Torty]

anyone know if you need a min 256GB for 4K @ 30 FPS? 13/14pro required it

It starts at 256gb -> only PM.

 

[chrisdazzo]

- Classic Apple will make us buy a 'special' USBC cable, not the 1 included in the box, to get USB3 speeds. 👎

Where's this info from? From what I can tell, the iPhone 15 Pro page only states, "USB 3 cable with 10Gb/s speed required." That doesn't necessarily mean a capable cable won't be in the box.

 

[MyPhone99]

*Crushes* is bigger statement between models that were launched in subsequent years. May be 12 pro? But definitely not 13 pro or 14 pro

 

[iOS Geek]

Once you go USB you won’t go back. My M1 iPad Pro has USB-C and there is not a single day that I think ”I wish it had lightening”

Strange, because I wish my iPad had it back. I can't stand USB-C on my iPad. Charging is unreliable. Thanks a lot to the EU for mandating crap.

 

[blaugrana69]

It's embarrassing that the PM is offered with 128GB storage...

It isn't. Regular Pro only.

 

[AndrewR23]

It starts at 256gb -> only PM.

Oh im talking about the 15 Pro. With the 13/14 Pro, you needed 256gb to record 4K at 30 FPS. I was wondering if the 15 pro also required that. 15 pro starts at 128gb

 

[Samut]

Strange, because I wish my iPad had it back. I can't stand USB-C on my iPad. Charging is unreliable. Thanks a lot to the EU for mandating crap.

USB-C is one of the best updates this year. We can finally have one single type of cable to use all the devices regardless of manufacturer.

 

[Flynnsworth]

Where's this info from? From what I can tell, the iPhone 15 Pro page only states, "USB 3 cable with 10Gb/s speed required." That doesn't necessarily mean a capable cable won't be in the box.

It was in the keynote. That wording you've mentioned in the footer is further confirmation imo.

 

[Macalicious2011]

Strange, because I wish my iPad had it back. I can't stand USB-C on my iPad. Charging is unreliable. Thanks a lot to the EU for mandating crap.

which charger are you using?

 

[lindros2]

Significant? Not really. Crushes the 14 Pro, no, not at all.

agree.
Still upset about 14 Pro battery (life and degradation). And for that, I'm holding out. I buy my devices outright, and Apple screwed people on trade-in value, too.

 

[orionquest]

nothing to see here, not much of an improvement. They really tried selling these "new improved" phones by talking at lenght about all the tech, but it doesn't amount to much.

Mobile smart phones are long in the tooth these days.