Zero-Phucks

Zero-Phucks t1_jcxqr8b wrote

Reply to comment by Korrowe in iPhone 14 taking very mediocre photos by memology707

Refresh rate, negligible real world difference on day to day stuff.

Gaming, I can ramp the detail level up to max on COD mobile now, and it takes half the time to load the game from a cold start. On the downside, I’m missing 3D Touch on the 14 pro now, which made aiming far far more intuitive on the X. So more playable in one sense, less in another.

Anything specific you’d like me to compare just for reference, as I still have the X kicking about?

Truth is that YES there are some huge on-paper advancements between the two, and for those users who fall into the niche market that will exploit every detail of those advances then sure, it’ll be a night and day difference.

But how many average users is that gonna affect? Probably very few, and for the rest of us are left feeling a little underwhelmed and disappointed at the results of the supposed camera hardware upgrades that are suffocated by the software processing.

Yes there are work arounds, but surely they shouldn’t be necessary? A simple toggle in the camera settings to deactivate the post processing or enable a ‘natural’ mode would be easy for Apple to add?

On the whole I’m happy with the phone, just underwhelmed by the lack of real world day to day improvements from two flagship phones so many years apart in construction.

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Zero-Phucks t1_jctshgv wrote

Reply to comment by memology707 in iPhone 14 taking very mediocre photos by memology707

I see your point there.

What you’re seeing is the difference between Apples current operating system and an Android operating system that was likely only updated a couple of times in your ownership, as they just don’t get the frequency or longevity of updates that Apple give their devices.

Edit;

Not quite sure why this is getting downvoted, as a 6 year old android device will likely be 3 or four years behind in OS updates due to the nature of android.

Edit 2;

More downvotes, presumably because of the Reddit bandwagon as nobody has countered my comment that android doesn’t support device updates for as long as Apple does.

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Zero-Phucks t1_jctpxe2 wrote

Reply to comment by memology707 in iPhone 14 taking very mediocre photos by memology707

It’s REALLY that good?

I came from an iPhone X straight to a 14 pro a few months ago, and aside from it being slightly quicker loading general day to day stuff it’s pretty much the same if I’m honest.

The camera is no real improvement either as you say. The addition of a wide lens is a bonus, but overall I much preferred the results from my old X’s camera.

But day to day performance is somewhat lacklustre for a flagship phone when compared to a 5/6 year old flagship phone.

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