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iPhone 15 Pro Expected Next Week With These 12 New Features
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I don't trust the rumors that we see a new periscope lens allready in 2026 iPhones. That would be totally untypical for Apple. Normaly, they introduce new sensors and than roll it to the lower models over 3-4 years time. Like e.g. iPhone 12 pro max main got iPhone 15 pro max ultrawide and so on. iPhone 16 pro will allready see a new main sensor and the rollout of the periscope to the normal pro. Don't expect it to include a new sensor a principal new arrangement- maybe an additional lens or image stabilisation but no general twist.
Innovation and the market gave us leaded gas, CFCs and asbestos.
Guess who decided to protect us against those rather harmful things?
Also, nothing abusive or wasteful on banning harmful substances. The goal of “the market” is profit, not to benefit humanity.
The environment is more critical than your Apple stock dividend. Sorry, not sorry.
Isn't this more of an exception rather than the rule, when has it happened except than on the 6/6 Plus? Once or twice more, something like that? You can cry all you want and say that it should be a Pro thing and not a Max thing but you might want to consider that it's actually a physical space thing. Give them a year to shrink the new feature so it fits into the smaller phone.
However, the pricipal assumption we get the IMX903 is not correct. The main sensor will still be der (Sony) IMX803 with 1/1.28" - which is an really larger sensor allready and nearly as large as the 1/1.2" sensor of the legendary Nokia pur view 808.
I am afraid this will be the case. It’s a pity apple is always bit slow on upgrading hardware. Currently 48 megapixel output raw is bit too compressed and slightly larger and modern sensor might give needed boost to image quality.
Would much rather take this upgrade than the titanium frame.
And truth to be told. Only titanium frame is a “new feature”. Rest of these, even it we got more RAM are incremental updates which happen when we have advances in technology.
You cannot make a profit without benefitting humanity. Unless you persuade people to buy your product or service - and they just won't do it if it doesn't benefit them - you won't make a cent. Try it!
The government will simply force you.
In fact, rent-seeking behaviour is exclusively possible through the government.
Anyway, off topic, I will not continue this.
Apple was probably going to switch to USB-C anyway, they did it with the laptops, iPads, even my Beats Fit Pro. There was no need for the EU bureaucracy to flex their muscles.
Except it actually doesn’t because Apple didn’t engineer two different phones to take advantage of that space. The phones without a SIM card just have useless filler taking up the place where the SIM would go on the SIM-less versions.
Maybe one day in the future it will benefit us, but at the moment it doesn’t.
I really want to be excited about this. Used to buy at least every other iPhone - but I’m still on an iPhone 12 Pro Max and aside from usb-c charging I don’t really care about any of the updates. Definitely none of them worth £1500 to me.
The zoom I bet will just take blurry camera shakey pictures like 2.5 zoom does now.
Action button - I would prob just set to the original function of silent mode.
Titanium inside? Who cares.
More repairable? That only really helps Apple.
Faster wifi? Don’t have a router that supports it and who needs faster wifi really, it’s already substantially faster than my fibre internet connection.
5g? Never needed anything faster than 4g tbh. Everything is pretty much instant already.
I love new technology but there just isn’t anything here giving me a reason to buy it.
Am I mad or rational?
The zoom I bet will just take blurry camera shakey pictures like 2.5 zoom does now.
Action button - I would prob just set to the original function of silent mode.
Titanium inside? Who cares.
More repairable? That only really helps Apple.
Faster wifi? Don’t have a router that supports it and who needs faster wifi really, it’s already substantially faster than my fibre internet connection.
5g? Never needed anything faster than 4g tbh. Everything is pretty much instant already.
I love new technology but there just isn’t anything here giving me a reason to buy it.
Am I mad or rational?
Surprisingly empty list. And they want to increase the price?
I totally agree with you. If I would want something bigger than the iPhone Pro model I could easily buy an "iPad mini."
I dislike smartphones that are too big. If it's too big it's not comfortable to use anymore even though there are certain features in iOS that lets you access the top of the iPhone screen with one hand. Like you, I will have to wait for the iPhone 16 Pro. I guess Apple thinks everyone likes big smartphones but they are so wrong. Bigger phones are not for everyone but it's a good thing they are around for the people that prefer them.
If this "Up, up, up we go!" trend doesn't stop I will be forced to say goodbye to the iPhone Pro models.
I agree. The zoom should be on both Pro’s, not just the larger Pro. Smaller Pro should have reduced price then if it is not really a full fledged Pro.
Er, they've been doing that for a very long time. That's why all the base voltage electrical outlets are the same in your country, and it's a good thing because you can plug anything you buy into them. It's called a standard and that is VERY consumer friendly. Heck the voltage being the same is another standard and a VERY good thing that it's regulated. Why shouldn't small electrical devices enjoy the same consumer friendly stance? In a very few years lightning will be gone and we wont miss it at all since whatever we buy will be covered by what we have.
I’m not saying that there will be no impact on the environment, just that it will not generate nearly as much more e-waste as OP pretends. I already own multiple USB-C cables, so I don’t need to buy more. Some will need to buy USB-C cables and chargers, but I’m sure that a decent proportion of the population already owns at least one.
We also have to keep in mind that outside of the Apple enthusiasts bubble, most people will stick with their Lightning iPhone for years. Lightning will not be thrown away by billion of users at once, it will take about a decade before it disappears entirely. The cables you own are still working just fine, and if you want to reduce the e waste, just give them to a friend or to a member of your family who still needs lightning for the foreseeable future.
Apple transitioned from lightning to USB-C with the iPad, and it went just fine. If you own a recent iPad, you most likely already have all the hardware you need to charge your iPhone. Many people also use wireless charging, and will not need to replace as many cables as they probably charge wireless at home
Also, with the number of lightning cables I had to replace over the years due to poor durability, this cable already generated a lot of e waste by itself. A braided USB-C cable will probably last longer.
Yes, the impact on the environment is real, but it’s a teardrop in the ocean. People changing their iPhone every year have a much bigger environmental footprint than people replacing a few cables every few years. I’m not judging, just saying that all of our decisions have an impact.
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Got a couple of questions about USBC that everyone is taking to be a no-brainer improvement...
1) Durability. My only long term experience was a 2016 15inch Macbook Pro. By the time I upgraded to a 16 inch M1max all of the USB ports were loose, some to the point where contact could be lost during regular usage. Was that just bad part selection for that model?
2) PITA factor in the darkness. Half of the time I'm plugging a lightning connector it's either dark or I'm not looking at what I'm doing. It seems to me that with a USBC connector the parts need to be more precisely aligned in order to mate. Is that annoying?
1) Durability. My only long term experience was a 2016 15inch Macbook Pro. By the time I upgraded to a 16 inch M1max all of the USB ports were loose, some to the point where contact could be lost during regular usage. Was that just bad part selection for that model?
2) PITA factor in the darkness. Half of the time I'm plugging a lightning connector it's either dark or I'm not looking at what I'm doing. It seems to me that with a USBC connector the parts need to be more precisely aligned in order to mate. Is that annoying?