1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,000 Look at this. 2 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:11,320 This is the three-camera cluster introduced first on the iPhone 11 Pro. 3 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:20,360 This is the camera cluster on the iPhone 12 Pro. Here's the 13 Pro, and this is the camera cluster on the new iPhone 14 Pro. 4 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:26,840 It's so big. You know, at this rate, Apple's going to be making that Samsung phone, the failed one, 5 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:30,360 the camera phone with the zoom lens, remember that thing? 6 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:34,600 But the camera bump isn't the only thing that got bigger on the iPhone 14 Pro. 7 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:38,760 The notch did too, in a way, so that means that the most significant updates for the 8 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:42,600 premium phone are the camera and the display. 9 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:51,440 Let's try them out and see if they're a worthy update for the Pro. 10 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:55,680 While most people care about the cameras on their iPhone, the thing I'm most excited 11 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:58,960 about with the iPhone 14 Pro is the display. 12 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:03,480 It's actually a major step forward in a whole lot of respects. 13 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:09,760 Firstly, it's a way better phone to film videos like these outdoors. 14 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:15,200 Typical max brightness remains at 1,000 nits, but HDR brightness has gone up to 1,600 nits. 15 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:20,840 And if you go outside on a bright sunny day like today, the ambient light sensor can boost 16 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:26,720 this OLED up to 2,000 nits. So this will definitely eat battery. 17 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:32,120 But there's no more squinting at the screen, keeping it clean, so emails remain legible. 18 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:35,120 Look at it compared to an iPhone 13 Pro. Wait. 19 00:01:35,120 --> 00:01:39,800 Why is it that every time I try to do a brightness comparison, they always end up looking the 20 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:43,320 same? It's happened last year too. 21 00:01:43,320 --> 00:01:49,120 What will also eat up the battery is the brand new Always On screen, along a feature on OLED 22 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:52,960 equipped Android phones, Apple's finally brought it here too. 23 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:57,800 Which is perfect timing, thanks to the home screen improvements added to iOS 16. 24 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:02,000 Clock, notification, weather, and calendar widgets are all visible without having to 25 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:03,360 touch your phone. 26 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:14,000 What I love the most is the fact that it shows Apple Maps turn-by-turn navigation. 27 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:18,400 Usually when navigating the screen is completely black until your next direction prompt, after 28 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:25,480 which it stays on for a long time. The Always On screen, however, still shows direction information that's really handy 29 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:33,160 and could save battery on a long trip, even though unfortunately it won't. 30 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:39,520 Because Apple went all the way in their implementation of the Always On screen, when active, or asleep, 31 00:02:39,520 --> 00:02:43,320 it looks as if I dimmed the screen all the way to its dimmest setting in dark mode and 32 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:46,800 then just left it on. It's quite jarring. 33 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:50,760 Because alongside the information the wallpaper remains on. 34 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:54,320 Of course there's more going on underneath to reduce the impact. 35 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:58,920 Apple slows down the screen to 1Hz and they claim to do some trickery to make skin tones 36 00:02:58,920 --> 00:03:04,360 and portrait wallpapers stay accurate. It kind of looks like an unlit slide photo. 37 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:09,880 The penalty in my usage is almost a day of use, and that makes me think that Apple may 38 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:16,720 have gone a bit too far. Android phones let their screens go completely black, showing only the pertinent time, widget, 39 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:24,880 and notification information when asleep. It goes a long way at making the phone appear off, allowing you to be more present. 40 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:32,560 I think the easy solution for the iPhone is a wallpaper on off setting. 41 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:36,560 I've long thought that software these days isn't magical. 42 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:41,000 I largely blame flat design for that, but out of the blue Apple has given us the Dynamic 43 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:45,200 Island. It's one of those features that when you see it, you wonder why nobody's thought of 44 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:52,880 it before. Conceptually, it's a software embrace of the Face ID system cut out we were first introduced 45 00:03:52,880 --> 00:04:00,320 to with the notch on the iPhone X. Now though, the sensor array and front camera remain in a black monolithic pill. 46 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:04,760 Then, depending on what background task you have running on the phone, the island expands 47 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:08,840 and splits to give you increased information and access. 48 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:12,480 This speaker grills is going to get filled with lint. 49 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:17,960 It's so thin. It's very lovely and lively, but also a start. 50 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:23,200 I think it's slow. It kind of reminds me of the iOS 7 animations that made people sick. 51 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:30,160 I do really love how alive it feels and looks, but I'd rather not have to wait to use it. 52 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:35,920 The Dynamic Island should make something as simple as changing a song easier, but it doesn't. 53 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:42,120 There are two methods of interaction. Simply tapping on the island will open the associated app, but long pressing inflates 54 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:47,800 the island into a widget. I think this is backwards, because most of the time, I don't want to leave what I'm 55 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:54,920 doing and tapping is easier. I love how Face ID registration is integrated into it, which makes sense, and I'm hoping 56 00:04:54,920 --> 00:05:01,640 they use this for more in the future. For example, notifications still appear as blurred rectangles below the island and airpod 57 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:05,000 pairing is still a white panel at the bottom of the screen. 58 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:10,160 I do worry how long the Dynamic Island is going to remain exclusive to the pro iPhones, because 59 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:13,640 that might prevent it from expanding its capability as much as I'm hoping. 60 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:18,320 Developers are not going to look for new ways to use this feature if the install base is 61 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:22,400 a small exclusive group of wealthy iPhone users. 62 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:27,360 Now, to be fair, Face ID did get introduced into the mainstream models after only a year, 63 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:34,400 and they should do that here too. So I guess the Dynamic Island on its own isn't enough to warrant an upgrade, but I do love 64 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:38,240 it, and you will too if you get one. 65 00:05:38,240 --> 00:06:00,120 Apple uses the extra pixels for many different things, because Apple now employs pixel binning 66 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:05,960 for the first time. It takes 4 pixels and combines them into one, so normal compressed photos from the camera 67 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:15,000 are still saved at 12 megapixels. Second, the extra pixels enable a 2x zoom option by cropping 48 megapixels into 12. 68 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:20,920 Third, the extra pixels allow for a gimbal-like action mode for video. 69 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:24,520 Resolution drops to 2.8K, but footage gets more stable. 70 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:30,240 And finally, the extra pixels are accessible if you shoot in the 48 megapixel Pro RAW mode. 71 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:34,840 Though those files can balloon past 100 megabytes in size. 72 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:41,320 If you only get a 128GB version, that comes to about 1000 photos, and that's including 73 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:49,040 no ProRes video either. Oh yeah, and then try getting all those photos and videos off it. 74 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:53,840 So how is it? I compared the 14 Pro to a bunch of different cameras. 75 00:06:53,840 --> 00:06:58,520 The 13 and 11 Pro, a Pixel 6 Pro, and two real cameras. 76 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:03,800 Here's what I've learned. The low light improvements on the new iPhone help shorten the shutter speed, not reduce 77 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:08,680 noise. In daylight, compressed photos of all the iPhones look heavily sharpened, and it's hard to 78 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:16,160 tell the difference between the newer and older phones. I really found myself preferring the processing that the Pixel 6 does. 79 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:21,680 Photos taken in Pro RAW are much better, especially if you do the adjustments yourself. 80 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:26,920 If you are getting an iPhone 14 Pro for the camera, use Pro RAW, especially the 48 megapixel 81 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:31,520 mode if you can. They do look so much better. 82 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:37,400 I took photos alongside the Sony ZV-E10 and Ricoh GR3. 83 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:41,560 They are very nice, compact, $800 APS-C cameras. 84 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:45,600 Certainly they're more cumbersome to lug around than simply an iPhone in your pocket, 85 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:50,280 but I noticed, holding these, that they're way more fun to photograph with. 86 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:54,400 The camera ergonomics compel you to find and snap that next photo. 87 00:07:54,400 --> 00:08:00,480 That's something I have yet to feel with the iPhone, like I never take eye photos. 88 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:04,440 I'm still impressed with the photos you can get on the iPhone 14 Pro. 89 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:08,560 Now, it takes great video, but a dedicated video camera is better. 90 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:11,920 It takes great still photos, but a dedicated still camera is better. 91 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:15,720 It takes great action video, but a dedicated gimbal is better. 92 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:18,920 It's a jack of all trades and a master of none. 93 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:23,200 Really really great if you're in a pinch, but unless Apple starts putting in lenses 94 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:26,640 like these, we're getting to the limits. 95 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:30,520 If you have an iPhone 12 in newer though, I don't think you should upgrade, 96 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:37,520 as you'll still be getting the benefits of ProRA. The 48 megapixel photos aren't enough, unless you're a glutton for selfies, 97 00:08:37,520 --> 00:08:41,480 because the autofocus on the front camera is a game changer, though I think the regular 98 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:47,000 14 gets that too. The other improvement the iPhone 14 Pro gets is the A16 chip. 99 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:51,920 In my tests, it's not significantly more powerful than an A15-powered 13 Pro, 100 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:57,520 shaving only 20 seconds off a Lightroom export and showing mild improvements in Geekbench. 101 00:08:57,520 --> 00:09:01,320 It's not nothing, and it's still miles ahead of the 6 Pro. 102 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:06,000 And if you want the best performance in Genshin Impact, get an iPhone 13. 103 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:11,000 So it's not worth an upgrade if you're coming from anything newer than an A13. 104 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:14,920 Every iPhone release, it leaves me reflecting on my waning enthusiasm. 105 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:19,960 It feels like gone are the days of truly innovative and exciting updates and changes 106 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:26,680 to the phone. But it's actually not true, there have been really sizable jumps between each generation. 107 00:09:26,680 --> 00:09:31,280 Even taking photos on this old iPhone 11 Pro feels like a trip back in time with the absence 108 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:40,160 of ProRes and ProRA options. If you are upgrading from one of these, you are going to notice a lot of differences. 109 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:44,320 I think my waning enthusiasm can be attributed to the premium iPhone's increased price. 110 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:48,560 It used to be that all the innovations added to the iPhone get added to the latest model 111 00:09:48,560 --> 00:09:53,120 that everyone ends up buying. And that used to cost $650. 112 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:57,440 To get the best the iPhone has to offer today, you have to pay significantly more, in this 113 00:09:57,440 --> 00:10:02,840 case $1,000. And it's not clear anymore when those innovations will trickle down. 114 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:06,040 So far I haven't thought any of these features are worth upgrading to alone, but what have 115 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:11,640 you put them together? Well compared to the standard model, the Pro gets a lot more features this year. 116 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:15,960 And the price difference between it and the standard model is only $200. 117 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:20,920 Every year is a good year to get a Pro, but you don't need to get a Pro every year. 118 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:24,640 If you're coming from an 11 Pro, then yes, this is a great option. 119 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:27,960 And if not, maybe just replace the battery. 120 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:31,360 Thanks Andy for taking high quality photos of this Mac Address. 121 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:34,960 If you like the new camera on the iPhone 14 Pro, give this video a like. 122 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:38,840 And if you're curious about the iPhone 14 Plus, you might as well subscribe. 123 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:43,160 Now I'm curious, are you the type of person who just takes photos exclusively with an 124 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:47,360 iPhone? Comment below what that's like. 125 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:50,320 Why do you do that? Do you miss having a camera?