I agree I had better battery life with my 13PMThey even say the 13PM had better battery life?
I agree I had better battery life with my 13PMThey even say the 13PM had better battery life?
That was one heck of a long sentence!! 😲I’ve always upgraded every year for one reason and one reason only and that reason has always been that the signal in every iPhone has been total trash and with living in a weak signal area the most important feature for me personally is a stellar aerial so each year I upgraded hoping the new iPhone would be the one that met expectations but non did and I always suffered with dropped calls, failed sms or just no network whatsoever and then when I got the 13 pro I got what I wanted I finally had a phone that more often than not had good signal or enough signal to actually function as a phone, the only downside is the ability to force my phone to use a 3G signal was taken away and where I live there are some places you can only receive a 3G signal and unfortunately I’ve found iPhone very reluctant to drop on to a 3G signal if it detects even the faintest 4G signal so I’m a bit miffed about that but after years of waiting for a phone that holds on to signal well enough for me to be able to use my phone as a phone I’m extremely reluctant to upgrade to a 14, 15 or any other mobile so I’m going to keep this phone until it falls apart or fails in some major way and then I’ll have to take my chances on a new iPhone.
But there were a few commas in there to break it up a bit! 🤣That was one heck of a long sentence!! 😲
I'm trying to decide whether to upgrade mid-cycle because I want to go from 12PM to 14 Pro (non-Max). I've always preferred big screens but I've grown tired of the size of the PM even with popsocket (I do have small-ish hands though; I'll be using a popsocket even on the 14 or 15 Pro, whichever I end up upgrading to).I just upgraded two days ago to the 14 Pro Max from the 13 Pro. I did it exclusively for the larger size but I really prefer dynamic island to the notch, makes it feel much more symmetrical and the always on display is really nice too. Stuck a MagSafe pops socket and it’s totally fine to hold.
Yeah, this is really a bummer why they did this for the US(+) market, I wonder what pushed this decision…I am not upgrading simply because I am not willing to loose my physical SIM tray in case I ever need it.
I do notice the difference in battery life, but not so much that it's a problem. I tend to carry apple's MagSafe battery pack with me in my backpack anyway, so if I'm running low I just use that. Also I'm a big user of iPads, and realised I had less of a need for a big screen phone.Interesting comments @BigMcGuire and @iGeek2019! Going to use the term island thing from here on 😄 but faster and somehow better for the eyes compared to 13PM is something! Agree on not jumping on to next coming “15PM”! For me it was just getting the best and newest right now especially when it came to screen and battery, and will have to last at least 2-3 years if not longer!
@Macintosh101, yes you must like really miss the battery life, no? Or how do you deal with that, or maybe you didn’t had the need even when having the 14P?
The biggest shock here is the fact that you find the dynamic island useful.Interesting result so far!
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I definitely didn’t think “No regrets” would have that much votes!
Still have to see if I keep mine, but probably, had it for 14 days now and it’s grown on me! Especially battery life and the dynamic island thing for live sport results.
Thanks all for voting!
Really? Dynamic island will continue to offer more functionality - notch was nothing more.The biggest shock here is the fact that you find the dynamic island useful.
Personally I wish they’d just kept the notch
Yeah.Really? Dynamic island will continue to offer more functionality - notch was nothing more.
It’s just one of those things that makes it seem like they’re pointlessly following trends from others.
Funny how different we see the use of the island thingy, fully respect your side of it! I do agree it’s a bit gimmicky so far but I’m definitely into the new functionality of displaying active live action and the quick “access” to that specific info and app IMO, e.g. the app Sports Alerts. I think this is going to be a lot more explored both by Apple and app developers, and looks like the 15 is still going to have the pill!Yeah.
Not only does it offer no more functionality or value than the notch, it’s also distracting.
The notch faded away into the background, I never realised it was there in daily usage. The dynamic island, with its bit of screen above, draws attention to itself.
It also appears to have made the top information bar deeper than before, in order to keep the gap above and below, symmetrical.
Obviously, it’s not an issue that stopped me buying or enjoying the phone. It’s just one of those things that makes it seem like they’re pointlessly following trends from others.
I’m just glad we didn’t end up with the 2 hole design, because that would have looked even worse.
I was referring to the hole punch trend.I want to ask, which specific trend they followed here? As far as I know, there’s wasn’t a concept of dynamic island before Apple announced it.