WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:12.960 This may surprise you, but my favorite iPhone is the 12 mini. 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. 00:00:18.600 --> 00:00:24.120 I think the wider notch looks better on it and it's the perfect size. 00:00:24.120 --> 00:00:28.960 I always thought the original 5 generations of iPhone screens to be just a little too 00:00:28.960 --> 00:00:34.640 narrow and the 4.7 inch screen that came after to be a little too big. 00:00:34.640 --> 00:00:41.120 The iPhone mini is right in between. Goldilocks, me, finally got their perfect phone. 00:00:41.120 --> 00:00:46.360 What worries me though is with the 14th generation iPhone, Apple is reversing course and committing 00:00:46.360 --> 00:00:51.560 to big. And that's a big deal. No, it's a bad deal. 00:00:51.560 --> 00:00:55.820 I'm willing to concede that I'm a minority here. 00:00:55.820 --> 00:00:59.900 After the launch of the iPhone 12 and 13 mini models, stories were emerging that production 00:00:59.900 --> 00:01:06.180 had to be cut due to unsatisfactory sales volume, thereby justifying the inevitable end of this 00:01:06.180 --> 00:01:09.380 form factor. People like bigger phones. 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 00:01:16.100 --> 00:01:20.580 a year ago. I managed to find her a brand new 12 mini on Craigslist. 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. 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. 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 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. 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. 00:01:52.500 --> 00:01:57.180 With the 7 and 8 plus, you got a whole other camera, plus more RAM. 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 00:02:02.660 --> 00:02:07.620 island, brighter screen, new processor, stainless steel pro design, and a partridge in a pear 00:02:07.620 --> 00:02:11.500 tree. So what are the priorities with the plus? Not good value, surely? 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. 00:02:18.420 --> 00:02:24.420 The iPhone 14 has undergone a major redesign, though not that you would notice. 00:02:24.420 --> 00:02:30.540 It still has the 13's narrower notch, diagonal camera arrangement, and a 15 chip. 00:02:30.540 --> 00:02:34.900 Sure on the outside, there are two new baby colors, but the differences are actually much 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. 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 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 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. 00:03:00.500 --> 00:03:06.600 The other improvements include a slightly wider aperture on the main camera, and the implementation 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. 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 00:03:21.580 --> 00:03:25.260 to their photos. It clearly makes the photos you take pop. 00:03:25.260 --> 00:03:28.900 But the 14's photos don't pop significantly over a 13. 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. 00:03:36.940 --> 00:03:41.420 And though it struggled in this overcast evening photo, it takes the most realistic photos. 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. 00:03:47.460 --> 00:03:52.140 The front facing camera also gets a slightly wider aperture, which is going to be great 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. 00:03:58.860 --> 00:04:02.180 This means your selfies will look much, much clearer. 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. 00:04:06.540 --> 00:04:10.460 And on the Plus, you get a bigger viewfinder, and the flash is probably brighter too. 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. 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. 00:04:21.940 --> 00:04:26.660 However, even with this, the price to entry has dropped a mere $200. 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. 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. 00:04:40.580 --> 00:04:44.260 Sure, there were some times where I thought, maybe I can live with this. 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. 00:04:50.620 --> 00:04:55.020 You can definitely feel it in your pocket. Using it is even more annoying. 00:04:55.020 --> 00:04:58.940 Like when I'm trying to bring down the control center or tap a back button. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 00:05:40.860 --> 00:05:45.780 Maybe the phone you'll use less is in the form factor you like the least. 00:05:45.780 --> 00:05:49.380 This then confirms my distaste for extra-large phones. 00:05:49.380 --> 00:05:52.580 The mid-sized 6.1-inch iPhone I could live with. 00:05:52.580 --> 00:05:57.060 So splurging another 100 on the Pro would make more sense to me. 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. 00:06:03.380 --> 00:06:07.180 At $600, it's the best deal on an iPhone right now. 00:06:07.180 --> 00:06:11.340 For that money, you get double the storage of the equally priced iPhone 12, the same 00:06:11.340 --> 00:06:16.340 camera as the larger 13, and the same CPU as the new 14. 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. 00:06:21.940 --> 00:06:26.220 For small-screen install works like me, it really is a great phone. 00:06:26.220 --> 00:06:31.420 And it really sucks that Apple has large-screen iPhone users over a barrel. 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 00:06:35.220 --> 00:06:38.540 to the Pro. And worse still, it's working. 00:06:38.540 --> 00:06:42.860 Already reports have emerged that Apple has significantly cut back production on the 14 00:06:42.860 --> 00:06:45.940 and 14 Plus models to replace them with more Pros. 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 00:06:50.660 --> 00:06:54.500 than the minis were. But why are you canceling it? 00:06:54.500 --> 00:07:00.540 Maybe they'll bring it back? I think I resent the 14 Plus. 00:07:00.540 --> 00:07:04.940 Thanks for expanding the size, scope, and price of this Mac Address. 00:07:04.940 --> 00:07:09.340 If you are a large phone user, give this video a like. 00:07:09.340 --> 00:07:13.100 And if you are a small phone user, then subscribe. 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 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. 00:07:28.060 --> 00:07:29.420 That's really weird. You gotta tell me why.