At the launch of the new iPhone, I upgraded my phone (iPhone xs max) to the iPhone 15 pro.
I assumed that it would be a bigger upgrade for me, since a few years has passed, but oh man this is a huge let down. Sadly don’t have a return policy where I live in Europe.
The camera somehow seems worse. I’m not saying the camera is bad, but it does not seem better photos than my previous phone. I don’t feel like I can just take out my phone and take a picture of something quickly anymore. Now I gotta focus and take more time with it.
The battery is not good. I’m a very light user, yet the battery drains just as fast as my xs max and that phone has 85% battery health.
The only real upgrade for is the 120hz screen. Charing with a usb-c cable or lightning really does not effect me at all.
Anyone else experiencing the same?
The camera somehow seems worse. I’m not saying the camera is bad, but it does not seem better photos than my previous phone. I don’t feel like I can just take out my phone and take a picture of something quickly anymore. Now I gotta focus and take more time with it.
The battery is not good. I’m a very light user, yet the battery drains just as fast as my xs max and that phone has 85% battery health.
Maybe your phone is defective? You can take it to an Apple Store and they can run some tests on it.
I mean the battery life was pretty much out in public, and the form factor is what is going on for the pro.
It’s not the best, but I would prefer to maybe plug in one more time a day (only on days with heavy usage in my case personal) rather than be uncomfortable for years to come.
I get that the smaller phone has worse battery, but it still has a bigger battery than my old one. I would at least expect it to be better at first.
It also has a higher refresh rate and brighter display so maybe that’s what’s causing extra battery drain compared to xs max.
Nope.
15PM from iPhone XS. Light years difference in every aspect (camera, battery life, screen, speed, EVERYthing).
Maybe you need to fine tune and adjust your settings (update iOS, background app refresh, etc, etc…)
Someone else here suggested the 15 PM if I wanted better battery, but I spent years regretting getting the xs max, due to it’s size.
Did you tweak the camera settings? If you’re not shooting in RAW, you’re not gonna full results.
Why did you get the max then? 💀 someone’s gonna told you to jump off a bridge and you gonna do it? 😭 spending years to regret and getting the same thing is wild
Did you get a fake Android phone pretending to be an iPhone?
You should have upgraded to the 15 Plus.
You went from a Max to a Pro not gonna be too crazy of an upgrade…
Not true at all. The specs differ a lot between two iPhone gens. That is, except for the camera (not this gen) and sometimes RAM.
I wasn’t expecting crazy. I mainly upgraded for battery and a better screen. The screen is 10/10, but battery already feels like a reason to upgrade to a better phone.
If you wanted the best battery, I would’ve gotten the 15 pro max or 15 plus. The smaller pro has always only had like average battery life.
Battery life being worse on the smaller phone is no surprise, at all.
If the camera is also bad, then maybe yours is defective. I’ve got an X that I was playing around this morning because I’m about to sell it, and the camera is worse on the X, and I’d assume it’s the same on the Xs lineups.
To be fair, the iPhone 15 pro has a bigger battery than the XS Max (3274mAh vs 3174mAh)
I had the xs before to and upgraded to the 15PM and the camera is way way better
I had an iPhone 7 but my dad gave me the 15 pro for Christmas (which was very nice of him) but man, it does exactly the same thing as the 7 just takes better photos. For 1100 bucks I don’t get why people even upgrade from whatever they were using prior.
I’ve had some strange problems with the main x1 camera. I use it to photograph documents, which my old 12PM did well. Some of the pictures are very soft and blurry except in the centre, even with a tripod.
I was disappointed too but as the days pass I realise how much better the upgrade is
Not experiencing your issues. Also, if you live in a EU country, you have customer’s protection law covering you to return the product. If you live in a 3rd world country, I’m sorry for you, you should have spent your money more wisely on something else.
Also please note that the technological innovation graph pretty much flattened over the years, don’t expect any new changes even for the next 5 years too! Right now the biggest bottlenecks are batteries, but since they work via chemical reaction, material researchers need to find a new way to store power.
I live in Sweden, so not a 3rd world country. I just bought it in store and not online.
Lot of people saying no and downvoting probably just apple sheep. Based on what you said you might have a lemon which can for sure happen and is something I’ve experienced. The cameras have so much post processing now that photos look very different and not always better, you can turn off some of it in settings. For battery try switching to lte over 5g and turn off aod maybe that’ll give you some better standby
I came from the 11 and I‘m with you with the camera. It doesn’t seem like a big upgrade. But overall it’s a good phone. And the battery seems fine to me.