Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “Apple iPhone 14 Pro – 2 Months Later Review!”.
Yo Jonathan here it’s been a little over two months since the iPhone 14 pro dropped. In fact, it is rapidly approaching three, so I thought it’d be a good chance to talk about things that have changed things that haven’t, and ultimately my thoughts after the dust has settled. So, to recap: I opted to go with a 14 pro in space, black 512 gigs of storage, because I do shoot a lot of video with it and truthfully The more I’ve used it, the more I’ve enjoyed it. It is an incredibly well-rounded phone.
Now I asked you guys on Twitter and Instagram. If there were things you wanted to showcased or featured in this article and in a very similar fashion to when the 14 pro launched, a majority of the focus. Curiosity and questions were centered around two things: the always on display and dynamic Island I’ll go to start out with always on display, just because that was probably the single most heated topic when it came to the 14 pro either they didn’t mind it or you absolutely Despised it with a burning hatred and turned it off all together for myself, I am someone who lives in Do Not Disturb mode, so I usually never see notifications on my lock screen. I much prefer going to seek them out than them coming to me, which helps me not be so attached to my phone. So I think that was a huge reason why I didn’t mind always on display and left it on. But, conversely, if you had tons of notifications coming in, I could see that being annoying. Fortunately, though, speaking of things that have changed since launch in the next iOS update 16.2 there’ll be an update. That’Ll give you more control over always on display, which should hopefully fix most of the complaints. What this is going to do is give you control over both the wallpaper and notifications separately, so you can toggle either on or off so when wallpaper is toggled off.
That’S going to do is give you a pure black screen when you’re in the always on display state, but at the same time it’s not going to affect your lock screen when it’s awake with notifications. That’Ll give you the ability, of course, to turn those off without having to go into a focus mode or do not disturb and, more importantly, your notifications will be there on your lock screen when it’s awake and while I think these features absolutely should have been there From day one I’m just glad they’re coming because it should also help out with battery life. I don’t think always on display completely obliterates battery life, but I think it does contribute to it feeling mediocre, especially if you’re coming from something like an iPhone 13 Pro now before I continue, you want to give a quick shout out to today’s sponsor Rhino Shield, who Are having their biggest sale of the year right now for Black Friday, where you can save up to 60 off-site wide and an additional 10 off at checkout.
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I would say there hasn’t been a huge jump in terms of applications or new things that take advantage of dynamic Island. But again those things that I do find useful are alarms, timers airdrop face ID, and then I use it as a media control. A ton in this use case I wish it was actually reversed, because if you long press the island that then expands the widget and gives you control right then and there, and if you single tap, that takes you directly to the file or the application. For whatever reason my brain wants to process it, the other way around for me personally, I would say Apollo, which is my go-to Reddit app, is probably one of my favorite implementations of using Dynamic Island, but I’m curious if you picked up a 14 pro pro Max.
What are your favorite use cases or apps that take advantage of it? The other interesting topic to talk about with the 14 pro and pro Max is availability because as good as the phone is, if you can’t get one it kind of doesn’t matter for the first time, maybe ever Apple just openly said: hey, we are having supply chain Issues so, if you’re looking to grab one of these, you might have to wait as of right now it looks like there’s about a month’s lead time. If you place the order today so depending on the model, you were looking at there’s a good chance that you wouldn’t get it before the year’s end. There’S always going to be something new around the corner, and I would say at this point for those who are still interested in upgrading again, if you’re coming from something earlier than a 13 Pro something like a 12 Pro 11 Pro or even 10.. Even if you got it next month, it’s still going to be a phenomenal upgrade.
If you are on a 13 Pro or Pro Max and you’re still on the fence. However, I would say given the wait times and if it is something that you’re not going to get until 2023, that might not be a bad idea to wait until next year’s iPhone. So now that we’ve addressed that and moved beyond, always on display and dynamic Island, I wanted to Rattle off some other questions you guys had shot by dop asks what is the most underrated feature for me.
I would say it is definitely cinematic mode, because that was something that’s surprised me the most again going back to the iPhone 13 Pro when they introduced cinematic mode. It was very cool, but it was still very much a oh. I could see this being more useful in the future and again I just didn’t realize it would be that quickly into the future. Having that jump to 4K having multiple frame rates and really, I think it combined with just the sensor on the camera itself, which, even without cinematic mode gives some pretty wild depth, has resulted in some pretty incredible video.
Even looking at the feedback from the video that I shot with flyby midnight, it is a pretty substantial jump from the 13 Pro, not only resolution in terms of 1080 to 4K, but really Edge detection and now the fact that it again can detect foreground depth is Pretty nuts manolo’s World asks if I have a TracFone from the drugstore, would this be a good upgrade? Yes, Musa Alonzi asks. Does 48 megapixels make a difference? To my surprise, yes and again, that’s something that you do have to turn pro Raw photos on to take. Take advantage of because, if you’re not using Pro raw you’re not going to get to use those 48 megapixels, but when you are, it does make a pretty substantial difference, not only in terms of sharpness but just dynamic range and overall image.
Quality. Now, in terms of file size with Pro raw, I am someone who openly has complained about USB 2.0 speeds on the iPhones for the last couple years, and I think in this specific use case, it’s not something that stops me from using Pro raw, because I’m usually Working on the image itself directly on the phone with prores video, though I still find myself not using or taking advantage of, because that’s an instance where I’m going to want to transfer it and use it on my laptop. So in terms of pro raw 48 megapixels.
It is absolutely more useful for me at this point than prores video Kyle de Malik asks. Does the keyboard vibrations take a hit on the battery funny enough? I actually just turned that on a little over a week ago and I’m still up in the air from going to keep it on or not, but in terms of battery life. Like anything, the more you use something the more it’s going to sip away at the battery, and ultimately it does depend on how you use the phone if you’re, constantly typing typing typing and you’re, using your phone consistently throughout the day, it’s going to sip more, but I don’t think it’s anything that’s going to just obliterate battery life as far as battery life as a whole compared to last year, again, I would say it’s a little underwhelming and definitely not better than the 13 Pro, hopefully with 16.2 and the extra control over the Always on display that brings some of it back, but again, battery life by itself is not a reason why you would upgrade to the 14 pro or Pro Max. Finding Trixie asks thoughts on action mode. Surprisingly, that’s one of the features I haven’t really used or found myself needing to use in general. I think the stabilization, especially on the 14 pro by itself without action mode, is phenomenal. So I really haven’t found myself needing to go beyond that from the things I’ve seen on it. It does seem to work tremendously well, but again, I’ve just never found myself needing to go beyond. What’S already there curious guy 1981 ass asks. When do I get mine LOL, hopefully soon, although I do think we need some sort of curious guy updater in the comments.
So, if you’re watching, let us know if you’ve got it or how long you’re waiting Twitch TV, streamer BTW asks. What’S your favorite feature of the 14 pro in terms of things I haven’t talked about again, I still don’t know if this is Placebo in my head or it does have something to do with Bluetooth, 5.3 and airpods Pro 2 and the iPhone 14 pro, but continuously Even months later, spatial audio with airpods Pro 2 and the 14 pro has been insane. I will also note that I have implemented personalized spatial audio, but the combination specifically of the iPhone 14 pro and airpods pro 2 has been one of my favorite combos. In a tremendously long time, so to recap: it is an incredibly well-rounded phone that I’ve enjoyed tremendously so far again, if you’re coming from a 13 Pro or Pro Max, I don’t think you need to upgrade anything before that. I think you will love it aside from that.
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