I don't use 3x on my 15Pro Max, and I felt the 3x camera on the previous generation phone was sub-par. 12MP from the 5x looks better to me than 3x did on my iPhone 14Pro – whether this is due to better optics, better stabilization, the new lens coating, or software, I don't know. Whenever the first ultrawide came out those pictures were terrible and they are really great out of this phone, too.
The 5x is a much more useful zoom range for me, I never felt the 3x was that useful but I also take a lot of Nature photos so things are further from me vs someone who does primarily city photography which I mostly do when traveling and when I do, especially for international trips, I shoot in RAW with a 50mm lens on a DSLR and use the iPhone as a supplement. I never change lenses on my DSLR I use my feet to frame shots.
On the 15PM (and the 14P) 2x as it is is pretty good and the new 1x focal lengths are really great. Raw captures very quickly now and it was annoyingly slow on the 14Pro. This is by far my favorite iPhone since the X or possibly the 7 Plus, I liked both of those a lot.
Apple knocked it out of the park with this phone and just need to fix some annoying OS bugs.
Hopefully every camera gets a 48MP sensor next year, I'd consider an upgrade if there are overall sensor improvements but I really don't want any dimensions to change. The in-hand feel of the 15PM is awesome and I do not want a larger phone than this, and don't want a smaller screen size now that they've reduced the weight. This might be the first iPhone since the 6+ that I keep for multiple years.
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