but i am still using the same old apps i used 5 years ago. it also seems we don’t have or need many new fun apps. but the apps still become slowly over time on the old phone, even though they only have the old same features.
the camera is the only thing that’s really surprising. especially at night.
I get it. I’ve been thinking a lot about tech FOMO recently.
I only want the Cameras, USB-C and Log Video recording.
Passing my 11 Pro to my wife.
I upgraded for the max model for better battery life and better screen. That is all :D I’m very happy
Yes iOS does not reinvent the wheel . Ever
I observed this too after upgrading from an XS to a 15 Pro Max. It’s just a bigger, faster version of my old phone. I definitely could have settled for a 15 Plus, but ProMotion is so damn nice.
The phone is a mature product these days. The vast majority of people don’t but a new car every year and then are disappointed to discover it’s nearly identical to their previous car.
Idk why the battery is far worse than my old 13 PM and yes I don’t have 5G or AOD or background refresh on
yeah apps just get optimized to run on the newer phones making the older phones feel slower. your every day apps will eventually be optimized for the iphone 20 and the iphone 15 will be slow somehow running basic apps.
I buy the Pro Max models so that I can shit on other people using the peasant iphones.
I’m pretty sure I can get my work done even with a base iPhone 13
Phone upgrades have not been exciting for years The last time I upgraded a phone and was truly excited was going from the Nexus 4 to the Nexus 6P. Back then (could still be the same) Android was notorious for phasing out older Android versions. I remember absolutely loving the Nexus 4 and then over time my apps slowly became no longer supported/useable due to the version of Android the device had. That is a terrible business model. That, among others, was one of the driving forces that pushed me towards iOS. I have been using an iPhone since early 2017, I see no chance of me ever going back to the Android platform.
I started with the iPhone 8. The microphone broke, moved to the 11 Pro. Used that model for just over 3 years and picked up my current 14 Pro Max. They have all been fantastic, but not what I would deem as exciting.
You can play resident evil village on a17 pro chips only. They are bringing resident evil 4 remake to iOS store as well by end of year apparently. I played resident evil village , just gotta hook your controller up to your phone which is weird. But it’s cool I guess. It plays it basically as well as my $2000 gaming pc which is weird also
This is not the case for me. I upgraded to a 1tb 15 pro max from a 64gb 12, and can finally use the device as a proper gaming machine. At last I have an iPhone capable of running a NDS simulator at +30fps. Also I got resident evil which is only playable in the 15 pro, and I can max out the graphics settings for other “console quality” games such as Wreckfest/cod which run butter smooth. And I can have all these games installed each taking up +4gb, whilst being able to record long 4K 60fps video with no worries about storage.
Oh and I can plug the phone into my TV or monitor that have USB C connections and it’s a pseudo games console.
What new amazing things do you need to do on a phone though? I buy phones for the new headroom in processing, not these new features that no one uses.
Of course this is a marketing issue. Most people use their phones similarly to how they did 5 years but the marketing needs to make it seem like there is something new or amazing that the phone does and there really isn’t
But all the underlying processing takes up more and more power so even though the batteries get bigger they never really last longer. So we are constantly stuck in a cycle of 24 hour batteries and new useless features.
The video quality blows me away. I felt a bit disappointed too that there didn’t seem to be much different but with photos it’s night and day from my 13
Yeah most of the novelty of a new phone is because of software features not hardware and there isn’t anything new or exclusive to newer phones that older ones don’t have. For me the main thing is battery and performance. If those are granted then new hardware is not needed.
I see smartphones as a tool not a fun toy. I appreciate the improvements to screen, battery life and the cameras most of all. The last thing I’m thinking about is what ‘fun’ apps I’m missing.