WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.000 Look at this. 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:11.320 This is the three-camera cluster introduced first on the iPhone 11 Pro. 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. 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, 00:00:26.840 --> 00:00:30.360 the camera phone with the zoom lens, remember that thing? 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. 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 00:00:38.760 --> 00:00:42.600 premium phone are the camera and the display. 00:00:42.600 --> 00:00:51.440 Let's try them out and see if they're a worthy update for the Pro. 00:00:51.440 --> 00:00:55.680 While most people care about the cameras on their iPhone, the thing I'm most excited 00:00:55.680 --> 00:00:58.960 about with the iPhone 14 Pro is the display. 00:00:58.960 --> 00:01:03.480 It's actually a major step forward in a whole lot of respects. 00:01:03.480 --> 00:01:09.760 Firstly, it's a way better phone to film videos like these outdoors. 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. 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 00:01:20.840 --> 00:01:26.720 this OLED up to 2,000 nits. So this will definitely eat battery. 00:01:26.720 --> 00:01:32.120 But there's no more squinting at the screen, keeping it clean, so emails remain legible. 00:01:32.120 --> 00:01:35.120 Look at it compared to an iPhone 13 Pro. Wait. 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 00:01:39.800 --> 00:01:43.320 same? It's happened last year too. 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 00:01:49.120 --> 00:01:52.960 equipped Android phones, Apple's finally brought it here too. 00:01:52.960 --> 00:01:57.800 Which is perfect timing, thanks to the home screen improvements added to iOS 16. 00:01:57.800 --> 00:02:02.000 Clock, notification, weather, and calendar widgets are all visible without having to 00:02:02.000 --> 00:02:03.360 touch your phone. 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. 00:02:14.000 --> 00:02:18.400 Usually when navigating the screen is completely black until your next direction prompt, after 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 00:02:25.480 --> 00:02:33.160 and could save battery on a long trip, even though unfortunately it won't. 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, 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 00:02:43.320 --> 00:02:46.800 then just left it on. It's quite jarring. 00:02:46.800 --> 00:02:50.760 Because alongside the information the wallpaper remains on. 00:02:50.760 --> 00:02:54.320 Of course there's more going on underneath to reduce the impact. 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 00:02:58.920 --> 00:03:04.360 and portrait wallpapers stay accurate. It kind of looks like an unlit slide photo. 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 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, 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. 00:03:24.880 --> 00:03:32.560 I think the easy solution for the iPhone is a wallpaper on off setting. 00:03:32.560 --> 00:03:36.560 I've long thought that software these days isn't magical. 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 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 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 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. 00:04:00.320 --> 00:04:04.760 Then, depending on what background task you have running on the phone, the island expands 00:04:04.760 --> 00:04:08.840 and splits to give you increased information and access. 00:04:08.840 --> 00:04:12.480 This speaker grills is going to get filled with lint. 00:04:12.480 --> 00:04:17.960 It's so thin. It's very lovely and lively, but also a start. 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. 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. 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. 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 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 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 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 00:05:01.640 --> 00:05:05.000 pairing is still a white panel at the bottom of the screen. 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 00:05:10.160 --> 00:05:13.640 that might prevent it from expanding its capability as much as I'm hoping. 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 00:05:18.320 --> 00:05:22.400 a small exclusive group of wealthy iPhone users. 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, 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 00:05:34.400 --> 00:05:38.240 it, and you will too if you get one. 00:05:38.240 --> 00:06:00.120 Apple uses the extra pixels for many different things, because Apple now employs pixel binning 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 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. 00:06:15.000 --> 00:06:20.920 Third, the extra pixels allow for a gimbal-like action mode for video. 00:06:20.920 --> 00:06:24.520 Resolution drops to 2.8K, but footage gets more stable. 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. 00:06:30.240 --> 00:06:34.840 Though those files can balloon past 100 megabytes in size. 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 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. 00:06:49.040 --> 00:06:53.840 So how is it? I compared the 14 Pro to a bunch of different cameras. 00:06:53.840 --> 00:06:58.520 The 13 and 11 Pro, a Pixel 6 Pro, and two real cameras. 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 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 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. 00:07:16.160 --> 00:07:21.680 Photos taken in Pro RAW are much better, especially if you do the adjustments yourself. 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 00:07:26.920 --> 00:07:31.520 mode if you can. They do look so much better. 00:07:31.520 --> 00:07:37.400 I took photos alongside the Sony ZV-E10 and Ricoh GR3. 00:07:37.400 --> 00:07:41.560 They are very nice, compact, $800 APS-C cameras. 00:07:41.560 --> 00:07:45.600 Certainly they're more cumbersome to lug around than simply an iPhone in your pocket, 00:07:45.600 --> 00:07:50.280 but I noticed, holding these, that they're way more fun to photograph with. 00:07:50.280 --> 00:07:54.400 The camera ergonomics compel you to find and snap that next photo. 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. 00:08:00.560 --> 00:08:04.440 I'm still impressed with the photos you can get on the iPhone 14 Pro. 00:08:04.440 --> 00:08:08.560 Now, it takes great video, but a dedicated video camera is better. 00:08:08.560 --> 00:08:11.920 It takes great still photos, but a dedicated still camera is better. 00:08:11.920 --> 00:08:15.720 It takes great action video, but a dedicated gimbal is better. 00:08:15.720 --> 00:08:18.920 It's a jack of all trades and a master of none. 00:08:18.920 --> 00:08:23.200 Really really great if you're in a pinch, but unless Apple starts putting in lenses 00:08:23.200 --> 00:08:26.640 like these, we're getting to the limits. 00:08:26.720 --> 00:08:30.520 If you have an iPhone 12 in newer though, I don't think you should upgrade, 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, 00:08:37.520 --> 00:08:41.480 because the autofocus on the front camera is a game changer, though I think the regular 00:08:41.480 --> 00:08:47.000 14 gets that too. The other improvement the iPhone 14 Pro gets is the A16 chip. 00:08:47.000 --> 00:08:51.920 In my tests, it's not significantly more powerful than an A15-powered 13 Pro, 00:08:51.920 --> 00:08:57.520 shaving only 20 seconds off a Lightroom export and showing mild improvements in Geekbench. 00:08:57.520 --> 00:09:01.320 It's not nothing, and it's still miles ahead of the 6 Pro. 00:09:01.320 --> 00:09:06.000 And if you want the best performance in Genshin Impact, get an iPhone 13. 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. 00:09:11.000 --> 00:09:14.920 Every iPhone release, it leaves me reflecting on my waning enthusiasm. 00:09:14.920 --> 00:09:19.960 It feels like gone are the days of truly innovative and exciting updates and changes 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. 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 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. 00:09:40.160 --> 00:09:44.320 I think my waning enthusiasm can be attributed to the premium iPhone's increased price. 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 00:09:48.560 --> 00:09:53.120 that everyone ends up buying. And that used to cost $650. 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 00:09:57.440 --> 00:10:02.840 case $1,000. And it's not clear anymore when those innovations will trickle down. 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 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. 00:10:11.640 --> 00:10:15.960 And the price difference between it and the standard model is only $200. 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. 00:10:20.920 --> 00:10:24.640 If you're coming from an 11 Pro, then yes, this is a great option. 00:10:24.640 --> 00:10:27.960 And if not, maybe just replace the battery. 00:10:27.960 --> 00:10:31.360 Thanks Andy for taking high quality photos of this Mac Address. 00:10:31.360 --> 00:10:34.960 If you like the new camera on the iPhone 14 Pro, give this video a like. 00:10:34.960 --> 00:10:38.840 And if you're curious about the iPhone 14 Plus, you might as well subscribe. 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 00:10:43.160 --> 00:10:47.360 iPhone? Comment below what that's like. 00:10:47.360 --> 00:10:50.320 Why do you do that? Do you miss having a camera?