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iPhone 15 is coming, and these features will be worth the wait (9to5mac.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world
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iPhone 15 looks to be a pretty great update, at least for the Pro. Personally I have been holding out for a USB C iPhone so I was going to upgrade whenever that happened but there are some other things that look good as well.

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[–] 2 points 3 years ago (6 children)

I'm an Android user but considering moving to iPhone because I also use a mac. Could you elaborate on the features that you're most excited about?

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    I have an iphone 12 mini and hope to upgrade to a 15 Pro this year.

    What I'm looking forward to:

    • Better battery life. The 12 mini's battery isn't that great and the 1st gen 5G chips were quickly improved upon.
    • USB C. Means all my chargeable devices would be on a single cable.
    • The upgraded camera that was introduced in the 14.
    • The A17 SoC in the 15 is expected to be the first major upgrade in a while. The SoC in the 14 was held back by TSMC's N3 being delayed, and the SoC in the 13 was a decent but not great upgrade.

    None of those particularly apply to you. I was on android before my 12 mini and what I like most about the change is: the interface is snappier, most apps are built for ios first and android second and generally that means you can rely on having a working version of the app. Also the biggest reason for me to make the switch: Apple supports their phones for 5+ years will full updates, not just security. I think android has seen improvement on that front since I switched, but still isn't at the same level of software support.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    As a fellow 12 mini owner I’ll be sad to let go of having a reasonably sized phone, but glad I’ll at least be trading it for a reasonable charge port

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    There are dozens of us, dozens!

    I'm definitely going to be disappointed in getting a larger phone. Sad that the minis sold so poorly. They're the perfect phone size I think.

    Hopefully the standard size doesn't go up even further from here, or they lock more than the telephoto lens into the Ultra / Pro Max size.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Periscope camera for higher zoom, moving to titanium instead of stainless steel metal will save weight, and the mute switch is supposed to become a button that might be customizable to control more than just silence which would be nice since I only ever keep mute switch on silence.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Periscope camera for higher zoom

    If the rumors, that this feature is Pro Max exclusive, are true, I‘ll be so mad. Imagine paying likely over 1000 USD for a regular Pro and only getting the second best.

    Tl;dr: I’m going to be mad.

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