WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:13.480 Here in Canada, where I live, the price tag for an iPhone 15 Pro is almost $1,500. 00:00:13.480 --> 00:00:17.800 It's $1,000 in the US, but still, that's a lot of number. 00:00:17.800 --> 00:00:22.040 Even if I had the money, are the Pro only updates that cash is going towards even for 00:00:22.040 --> 00:00:27.860 me? I like the non-Pro iPhone this year, so I'm going to try all the new stuff on the Pro 00:00:27.860 --> 00:00:36.260 model to see if I can justify its price. Because geez, for that number, it better be made out of titanium. 00:00:36.260 --> 00:00:41.860 Oh, it is. 00:00:41.860 --> 00:00:46.660 The glossy, heavy stainless steel frame of the 14 Pro has been replaced with a lightweight 00:00:46.660 --> 00:00:53.020 titanium one. It makes it smaller and lighter, the edges are rounded off and easier to hold. 00:00:53.020 --> 00:00:57.980 And because the bezels on the screen are thinner, the Pro is only 0.6mm wider than 00:00:57.980 --> 00:01:02.340 my personal no phones wider than 70mm policy. 00:01:02.340 --> 00:01:06.260 In fact, when I first unboxed this 15 Pro, I thought it felt a lot more toy-like than 00:01:06.260 --> 00:01:09.380 the rather serious models that preceded it. 00:01:09.380 --> 00:01:14.540 It is the closest one is going to get to a mini iPhone these days. 00:01:14.540 --> 00:01:18.940 But all of these changes actually are best felt on the Pro Max model. 00:01:18.940 --> 00:01:24.780 I usually hate big phones. After using this one for over a week, it's almost tolerable. 00:01:24.780 --> 00:01:32.300 That is, until I have to sit or bend down. I really like the natural titanium color, and I like the blue less so. 00:01:32.300 --> 00:01:35.900 Fun story, Jake Bell ordered one of these and really wanted a white one. 00:01:35.900 --> 00:01:44.060 Every color was sold out except blue. Oh yeah, the ringer switch is also gone, replaced by the new action button. 00:01:44.060 --> 00:01:48.140 This allows you to choose from a list of fun functions or customized shortcuts, and toggle 00:01:48.140 --> 00:01:55.740 that choice on and off by long pressing. I do wish you could double or triple click for additional functions, but this does add 00:01:55.740 --> 00:02:00.140 a nice bit of flexibility and has a cool settings page with awesome animations. 00:02:00.140 --> 00:02:03.740 Myself, I'll be using it as a ring silence button. 00:02:10.140 --> 00:02:15.220 Like the regular 15, the Pro gets the very useful USB Type-C port. 00:02:15.540 --> 00:02:18.660 It supports up to 10 gigabits per second transfer speeds, 00:02:18.660 --> 00:02:22.100 and that helps make the iPhone Pro more pro than it has ever been, 00:02:22.100 --> 00:02:26.660 because transferring those humongous ProRes video recordings is no longer a pain. 00:02:28.900 --> 00:02:32.100 But it's even better, because you don't need to transfer anymore. 00:02:32.100 --> 00:02:36.580 The iPhone 15 Pro supports external recording onto SSDs, 00:02:36.580 --> 00:02:40.980 which means that you don't need to opt for a spendy storage upgrade just to record 4K. 00:02:41.700 --> 00:02:46.100 It even enables up to 60 frames per second at that resolution. 00:02:46.660 --> 00:02:50.260 Furthermore, Apple added a log video profile option as well. 00:02:50.260 --> 00:02:53.780 Log video is important in professional video circles because it retains the most 00:02:53.780 --> 00:02:57.380 amount of dynamic range from the darkest and brightest parts of each frame. 00:02:57.380 --> 00:03:02.260 That means that an editor can manipulate the look of the footage to their liking in post. 00:03:02.260 --> 00:03:05.860 Up until now, the phone would apply its own look, and if it were wrong, tough. 00:03:07.700 --> 00:03:10.100 But Apple's gone a little too far in the other direction. 00:03:10.820 --> 00:03:14.500 Right now, only those with a developer account have access to Apple's LUTs. 00:03:14.500 --> 00:03:18.420 That's the lookup table, which helps editing software translate the flat image 00:03:18.420 --> 00:03:23.860 into a more viewable starting point. That's a major hurdle to go through just to take advantage of log footage. 00:03:23.860 --> 00:03:29.620 You either have to create your own LUT, or buy someone else's, or wait until Apple's gets added into the editing software of choice. 00:03:30.340 --> 00:03:34.420 But it certainly works, preserving more detail than if you were to just shoot an HDR. 00:03:34.820 --> 00:03:43.620 One of my favorite TV shows at the moment is How To with John Wilson. 00:03:43.620 --> 00:03:46.980 It's a show that captures the weird visuals that New York can throw, 00:03:46.980 --> 00:03:50.260 and then uses them to great effect to tell a story. 00:03:50.260 --> 00:03:55.300 In an interview in Variety, John revealed that a fifth of Season 2 was shot on the iPhone. 00:03:55.860 --> 00:04:02.100 Dude, this is for you. Because everyone has an iPhone, you can film covertly while still getting the best quality 00:04:02.900 --> 00:04:06.260 I don't know how to pronounce covertly anymore. Covertly. Covertly. 00:04:06.260 --> 00:04:09.460 Though an SSD dangling off the phone might draw some attention, 00:04:09.460 --> 00:04:13.700 just say it's a battery pack. I still know that despite Apple's marketing push, 00:04:13.700 --> 00:04:17.380 the iPhone will never replace the professional cameras we and John use at work. 00:04:19.540 --> 00:04:23.620 But the iPhone is absolutely the phone to have for video. 00:04:23.620 --> 00:04:31.060 For me personally though, I think when it comes to these features, I'd rather save the money and leave this in the camera den at work. 00:04:31.060 --> 00:04:34.500 Back to the USB-C port for a moment. Unlike the transition to lightning, 00:04:34.500 --> 00:04:39.540 I don't think that this transition is going to be as big of a deal because you probably already have a USB-C cable at home. 00:04:40.260 --> 00:04:44.900 Well, I discovered this week that Apple's new fine woven case has a very small plug hole, 00:04:44.900 --> 00:04:48.660 so not all cables will fit, especially the ones that support USB 3 speeds. 00:04:55.060 --> 00:04:59.540 The camera hardware hasn't changed much on the 15 Pro from the previous 14 Pro. 00:04:59.620 --> 00:05:06.900 I mean, I think the photos look different. Though these night photos Jake Bell took on his blue phone in Toronto do look quite good. 00:05:07.460 --> 00:05:13.060 The only new camera is found on the Pro Max, which gets a brand new 5x telephoto lens. 00:05:13.620 --> 00:05:16.980 It's really nice to be able to capture detailed images from farther away. 00:05:16.980 --> 00:05:21.780 It's certainly better than trying to get 5x zoom from the smaller Pro's 3x camera. 00:05:21.780 --> 00:05:26.580 Is it worth not only the Pro price tag, but an extra $200 for the Max? 00:05:27.540 --> 00:05:33.140 My big gripe with the Pro iPhone's cameras is all the settings and the app. 00:05:33.140 --> 00:05:40.180 Reviewing an iPhone camera used to be easy, but now there are five different quality options for the main camera alone. 00:05:40.900 --> 00:05:43.940 And you can only toggle between four of them from within the app 00:05:43.940 --> 00:05:47.060 if you have Pro Raw and Control toggled on. 00:05:47.060 --> 00:05:51.220 And all the toggles for the camera app are still contained in the iPhone's settings app. 00:05:51.220 --> 00:05:56.180 Look, when the iPhone was a cute little simple cell phone, it made sense to keep extra settings in the settings app, 00:05:56.180 --> 00:06:02.020 but this is insane. The record video menu lets you select your default video quality in dynamic range, 00:06:02.020 --> 00:06:07.540 among other things, but the setting for Pro Res recording in dynamic range encoding is in the formats menu. 00:06:09.540 --> 00:06:16.260 It's great that I can shoot log footage. It's not great that I have to leave the camera app to toggle it on and off, 00:06:16.260 --> 00:06:22.580 while lacking the ability to set my white balance, a constant shutter speed, and or ISO. 00:06:23.220 --> 00:06:29.940 Pro Res was introduced two years ago. Are we going to have to wait another two years before the iPhone will give us those controls? 00:06:29.940 --> 00:06:34.740 If Apple is going to charge Pro pricing, they need to at least redesign the camera app for the Pro models. 00:06:44.820 --> 00:06:48.260 Apple made a big deal about the new A17 Pro chip. 00:06:48.260 --> 00:06:54.180 It is faster, especially in my Lightroom test. The biggest improvements Apple advertised though were with the GPU, 00:06:54.180 --> 00:06:58.420 which Apple says is now Pro Class. K, whatever. 00:06:58.420 --> 00:07:03.540 But what it actually supports is hardware accelerated ray tracing and metal FX upscaling, 00:07:03.540 --> 00:07:10.100 the type of features found on real graphics cards. I don't play mobile games ever, I even gave up on Townscape-er. 00:07:10.100 --> 00:07:13.700 But the coolest games that Apple announced will be supporting this technology, 00:07:13.700 --> 00:07:17.700 including Rainbow Six Division, Assassin's Creed, and a pair of Resident's Evils. 00:07:17.700 --> 00:07:24.420 Or is it Resident's Evil? R, console tier, AAA games, that won't be out for a while though. 00:07:24.420 --> 00:07:28.020 I did, however, miraculously get my hands on Resident Evil Village. 00:07:28.020 --> 00:07:33.700 And it looks pretty good. There are a lot of graphics settings that one can adjust, but no ray tracing. 00:07:34.660 --> 00:07:40.660 My colleagues at the Orange Channel are planning on doing a deep dive on this, so you should check that out, but only after you're done watching this video. 00:07:41.700 --> 00:07:44.820 Genshin Impact, however, does support metal FX, 00:07:44.820 --> 00:07:51.620 and Labs found that it does improve graphics fidelity immensely, while providing more stable frame times with slightly less GPU utilization. 00:07:52.580 --> 00:07:57.620 What I really want is City Skylines. But I really won't because of the App Store tax. 00:07:59.220 --> 00:08:01.780 So, this thing doesn't win me over, does it? 00:08:02.500 --> 00:08:08.260 And I don't think the new features are for most people, unless you're John Wilson, things like the ProMotion screen, 00:08:08.260 --> 00:08:11.940 extra optical zoom, and fancy processor are actually luxuries. 00:08:11.940 --> 00:08:15.940 If I had to buy a phone right now, because I desperately needed to, 00:08:15.940 --> 00:08:21.940 I think I'd still go with a regular 15, unless I could get a 13 mini on clearance. 00:08:22.740 --> 00:08:27.300 I should really get a 13 mini on clearance. Thanks for making this Mac Address flat. 00:08:27.300 --> 00:08:32.180 Like and subscribe, and tell me in the comments below whether you'd go with a Pro model or a regular 15. 00:08:32.180 --> 00:08:35.460 And I'm not filming a video on the iPhone 15 Pro, 00:08:35.460 --> 00:08:39.540 because I already did that with the iPhone 13 Pro when ProRes came out. 00:08:39.540 --> 00:08:43.460 Check it out. There's a link here. Here's a button.