I was gifted an iPhone 15 Pro, delivered yesterday morning, by yesterday evening it was being sent back (Network couldn’t sort out my contract).
But during this time I got to play with it, I was upgrading for an iPhone 11 (normal, not pro) and was so excited for the huge difference, but I just didn’t feel it?!
Do you feel you’ve had a big difference from your previous upgrade? I took the same photo on my 11 and 15th and unless you zoomed in, you couldn’t really see the difference. The sound quality on the 15pro I could hear every breath when recording and I also felt like white colours were ‘too strong’ on the screen making videos/photos feel fake on the 15 pro compared to read on the 11. Are you noticing any of these? Did I just not get to play long enough?
Upgrading from 7 to 11 felt HUGE and I was expecting that again, especially with this being a Pro model.
I went from an 11 to a 14 pro max and that jump was ridiculous. The picture quality is insanely better. Like, I thought of course it would be better, but it’s ridiculously better. The speakers are amazing. Hell, I used to always wear my AirPods or hook up a bt speaker but if I’m just in the kitchen or something I can use my phone speaker. The brightness on the 14 is also great. The most important thing is the battery which is light years ahead of the 11. Everything also runs smoothly and faster than my old 11. It’s blowing my mind you said what you said bc I did the same jump basically.
You definitely made a big jump here!
From 11 to 11 Pro is a nice bump.
From 11 to 11 Pro Max is a nice jump.
From 11 to 14 Pro Max is a gap.
But had you upgraded from a 11 Pro Max, I'm not so sure that you'd feel that huge of an upgrade.
I have to agree with you. I went from an 11 Pro Max to a 15 Pro. And while there is definitely improvement, I thought it would be more. I don't regret the upgrade, my 11's speakers were not really doing a good job anymore. Calling was a nuisance, I'd have to up the volume completely and still have a hard time hearing the person on the other end. The camera upgrades are nice, and the 120 Hz display is a nice bonus as it feels smoother thanks to that. I like the upgrade, but all things considered, if it hadn't been for my speaker issues, I could have waited another year.
You realize all of these speaker issues can be solved by just cleaning the damn speakers out with alcohol and a brush, right?
I can appreciate sound advice and understand that you might repeatedly encounter this issue with people close to you. It can be very frustrating to see that they won't listen or work on easily fixable issues with their device. So, when a random gonk on the internet faces the same problem, it's likely that they also haven't practiced good phone hygiene.
In this case, I can assure you that the speakers are clean. I probably should have clarified that my issue is with the earpiece, which, as you may know, is also a speaker and has given out over time. Last I checked, hardware can and will fail eventually, and it just so happens that it occurred sooner than I had anticipated in this case. Still, four years is a decent runtime for a phone.
Understood, and absolutely hardware failures are common. Working in IT, I see them every day. It has been my experience that with iPhones, it is much more common for the speakers to become muffled from dust and debris than outright failure, but I have definitely seen both. I also have an 11 Pro Max that has been my daily driver since launch, it’s a solid phone, I just hate to see people give up on these units if it’s truly just a simple fix as cleaning. Yours is more complicated of an issue, and it’s good that you already tried the known solutions. Four years is great, I hope to squeeze more.