1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:12,960 This may surprise you, but my favorite iPhone is the 12 mini. 2 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:18,600 It's light. It doesn't have a ridiculous camera bump for pictures I don't take. 3 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:24,120 I think the wider notch looks better on it and it's the perfect size. 4 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:28,960 I always thought the original 5 generations of iPhone screens to be just a little too 5 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:34,640 narrow and the 4.7 inch screen that came after to be a little too big. 6 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:41,120 The iPhone mini is right in between. Goldilocks, me, finally got their perfect phone. 7 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:46,360 What worries me though is with the 14th generation iPhone, Apple is reversing course and committing 8 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:51,560 to big. And that's a big deal. No, it's a bad deal. 9 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:55,820 I'm willing to concede that I'm a minority here. 10 00:00:55,820 --> 00:00:59,900 After the launch of the iPhone 12 and 13 mini models, stories were emerging that production 11 00:00:59,900 --> 00:01:06,180 had to be cut due to unsatisfactory sales volume, thereby justifying the inevitable end of this 12 00:01:06,180 --> 00:01:09,380 form factor. People like bigger phones. 13 00:01:09,380 --> 00:01:16,100 For instance, I was trying to find a good deal on a used iPhone for a friend almost 14 00:01:16,100 --> 00:01:20,580 a year ago. I managed to find her a brand new 12 mini on Craigslist. 15 00:01:20,580 --> 00:01:24,580 Turns out the seller had bought it for his wife, but she didn't like how small it is. 16 00:01:24,580 --> 00:01:31,260 His loss are gain. And now we'd have to take an even bigger hit with the plus because the price. 17 00:01:31,260 --> 00:01:40,260 It costs $900, $100 more than the base iPhone 14, but crucially it's only $100 less than 18 00:01:40,260 --> 00:01:47,300 the iPhone 14 Pro. All you gain compared to the 14 is a bigger screen and a bigger battery. 19 00:01:47,300 --> 00:01:52,500 With the plus phones in the 6 and 6s generations though, you also got optical image stabilization. 20 00:01:52,500 --> 00:01:57,180 With the 7 and 8 plus, you got a whole other camera, plus more RAM. 21 00:01:57,180 --> 00:02:02,660 But for another $100 to jump to the 14 Pro, you get the suite of advanced cameras, dynamic 22 00:02:02,660 --> 00:02:07,620 island, brighter screen, new processor, stainless steel pro design, and a partridge in a pear 23 00:02:07,620 --> 00:02:11,500 tree. So what are the priorities with the plus? Not good value, surely? 24 00:02:11,500 --> 00:02:18,420 Now, I think I have an idea of what the priorities actually are, they're just kind of weird. 25 00:02:18,420 --> 00:02:24,420 The iPhone 14 has undergone a major redesign, though not that you would notice. 26 00:02:24,420 --> 00:02:30,540 It still has the 13's narrower notch, diagonal camera arrangement, and a 15 chip. 27 00:02:30,540 --> 00:02:34,900 Sure on the outside, there are two new baby colors, but the differences are actually much 28 00:02:34,900 --> 00:02:41,260 more than skin deep. The back glass, and I can't believe I'm saying this, is actually replaceable. 29 00:02:41,260 --> 00:02:47,860 It's the first point of entry into the phone. In a teardown, iFixit found that Apple actually went through great effort re-engineering the 30 00:02:47,860 --> 00:02:53,020 iPhone 14, improving the repairability back to a 7 out of 10, and reducing the cost to 31 00:02:53,020 --> 00:03:00,500 replace the back glass by triple digits. So while you would have no idea looking at it, you might well appreciate it. 32 00:03:00,500 --> 00:03:06,600 The other improvements include a slightly wider aperture on the main camera, and the implementation 33 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:15,660 of the photonic engine. I'd say that this makes the camera ever so slightly better than the iPhone 13. 34 00:03:16,660 --> 00:03:21,580 But after using this and the 14 Pro, it's clear that Apple is adding a lot of sharpening 35 00:03:21,580 --> 00:03:25,260 to their photos. It clearly makes the photos you take pop. 36 00:03:25,260 --> 00:03:28,900 But the 14's photos don't pop significantly over a 13. 37 00:03:28,900 --> 00:03:36,940 The wider aperture is really going to help when things are darker. If you do care about still photos, I should note that a Pixel 7 Pro is the same price. 38 00:03:36,940 --> 00:03:41,420 And though it struggled in this overcast evening photo, it takes the most realistic photos. 39 00:03:41,420 --> 00:03:47,460 And it's the same size as the Plus. The biggest improvement is actually found here at the front. 40 00:03:47,460 --> 00:03:52,140 The front facing camera also gets a slightly wider aperture, which is going to be great 41 00:03:52,140 --> 00:03:58,860 when you're at the bar at night with your friends. But crucially, it also gets autofocus. 42 00:03:58,860 --> 00:04:02,180 This means your selfies will look much, much clearer. 43 00:04:02,180 --> 00:04:06,540 If you're someone who takes a lot of those, getting a 14 over a 13 will be worth it. 44 00:04:06,540 --> 00:04:10,460 And on the Plus, you get a bigger viewfinder, and the flash is probably brighter too. 45 00:04:10,460 --> 00:04:16,880 But what about this pesky Plus? If you want a large screen on Android, there's one available at every price point. 46 00:04:16,880 --> 00:04:21,940 If you want a large screen on an iPhone, it up until now would be the most expensive model. 47 00:04:21,940 --> 00:04:26,660 However, even with this, the price to entry has dropped a mere $200. 48 00:04:26,660 --> 00:04:33,740 With the Plus, I am able to get up to and sometimes more than two days on a full charge. 49 00:04:33,740 --> 00:04:40,380 And I don't care. I really don't like big phones, and I have pretty big hands. 50 00:04:40,580 --> 00:04:44,260 Sure, there were some times where I thought, maybe I can live with this. 51 00:04:44,260 --> 00:04:50,620 Maybe I can get used to it. But then I put it in my man jeans and bent down to pick something off the ground. 52 00:04:50,620 --> 00:04:55,020 You can definitely feel it in your pocket. Using it is even more annoying. 53 00:04:55,020 --> 00:04:58,940 Like when I'm trying to bring down the control center or tap a back button. 54 00:04:58,940 --> 00:05:05,300 I'm stretching so far. This isn't great for one-handed use, which is how I use my phone all the time. 55 00:05:05,420 --> 00:05:11,340 I always thought that the reason someone would get a big phone is because they want to do more. 56 00:05:11,340 --> 00:05:17,340 Doing big tasks on a big screen is less onerous, and therefore you're going to do more of them. 57 00:05:17,340 --> 00:05:22,740 And then when you're done those tasks, you have a nice big screen to unwind with. 58 00:05:22,740 --> 00:05:29,260 So the thinking goes, if you want to live a more focused life off your phone, you get a smaller phone. 59 00:05:29,260 --> 00:05:34,660 But after using this for over a week, I don't feel I used it significantly more than the mini. 60 00:05:34,660 --> 00:05:40,860 In fact, I feel like I used it less. I'm sure I didn't, but perhaps that's because I find the phone so cumbersome. 61 00:05:40,860 --> 00:05:45,780 Maybe the phone you'll use less is in the form factor you like the least. 62 00:05:45,780 --> 00:05:49,380 This then confirms my distaste for extra-large phones. 63 00:05:49,380 --> 00:05:52,580 The mid-sized 6.1-inch iPhone I could live with. 64 00:05:52,580 --> 00:05:57,060 So splurging another 100 on the Pro would make more sense to me. 65 00:05:57,060 --> 00:06:03,260 Actually, no. Because if I were to buy an iPhone right now, I would get a 13-mini. 66 00:06:03,380 --> 00:06:07,180 At $600, it's the best deal on an iPhone right now. 67 00:06:07,180 --> 00:06:11,340 For that money, you get double the storage of the equally priced iPhone 12, the same 68 00:06:11,340 --> 00:06:16,340 camera as the larger 13, and the same CPU as the new 14. 69 00:06:16,340 --> 00:06:21,940 It even has similar gaming performance, unless you're playing Genshin Impact where the 13-mini shines. 70 00:06:21,940 --> 00:06:26,220 For small-screen install works like me, it really is a great phone. 71 00:06:26,220 --> 00:06:31,420 And it really sucks that Apple has large-screen iPhone users over a barrel. 72 00:06:31,420 --> 00:06:35,220 It really does seem that iPhone introduced the plus as a way to get people to upgrade 73 00:06:35,220 --> 00:06:38,540 to the Pro. And worse still, it's working. 74 00:06:38,540 --> 00:06:42,860 Already reports have emerged that Apple has significantly cut back production on the 14 75 00:06:42,860 --> 00:06:45,940 and 14 Plus models to replace them with more Pros. 76 00:06:45,940 --> 00:06:50,660 In fact, from what I've been reading, it appears that the 14 Plus is even less desirable 77 00:06:50,660 --> 00:06:54,500 than the minis were. But why are you canceling it? 78 00:06:54,500 --> 00:07:00,540 Maybe they'll bring it back? I think I resent the 14 Plus. 79 00:07:00,540 --> 00:07:04,940 Thanks for expanding the size, scope, and price of this Mac Address. 80 00:07:04,940 --> 00:07:09,340 If you are a large phone user, give this video a like. 81 00:07:09,340 --> 00:07:13,100 And if you are a small phone user, then subscribe. 82 00:07:13,100 --> 00:07:21,820 Now, I'm curious if the $900 price tag of the Plus is worth it, or you would just get 83 00:07:21,820 --> 00:07:28,060 a Pro for even another $100 over that. Or maybe you just like the regular iPhone 14. 84 00:07:28,060 --> 00:07:29,420 That's really weird. You gotta tell me why.