- We've lived with the iPhone 14 Pro for a month.
The things that we've loved
and the things that we haven't loved
are not the things we expected.
- We'll take a trip to dynamic island
and talk about the new pro camera system
to help you decide if you should upgrade.
- We'll share our experience with setting up this phone
which was a total nightmare.
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- But first we'll talk about the features
that make the iPhone 14 Pro so special.
Let's set sale to dynamic island.
- Dynamic island is really cool.
I use TuneIn radio to listen to Yankees games
because I refuse to pay for cable
and I just think it's really neat
that that little Yankees logo is up there
in the dynamic island.
It's also helpful to keep an eye on my battery life
when I'm using the new AirPods Pro.
- Didn't we make an awesome AirPods comparison video
the other day?
- We did, but it's probably too early
to send people somewhere else.
- You're right, I'll stay on tropic.
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- I'm really looking forward
to seeing where Apple takes dynamic island from here.
I don't think they're done innovating just yet.
- I really like dynamic island, maybe too much.
When you're listening to music, I think it's awesome.
You can press and hold to pause it right on the screen.
I think the little animated audio wave form
during phone calls is awesome
and that you could turn on speaker phone
right from dynamic islands.
- I strangely feel like I'm not getting the most
out of dynamic island
because I'm not actively trying to use it
every time I unlock my iPhone,
but maybe that's just an unrealistic expectation.
- In fact, David, a lot of people who watch our videos
think that they're not getting the most
out of their iPhones.
Well, however you use your iPhone, that's good enough.
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- Regardless, I'm just really impressed Apple managed
to take this ugly pill design
and turn it into something useful that looks good.
- It really is genius marketing.
This next new feature isn't really new,
because it's been around on Androids forever,
but it is new to the iPhone.
- I'm really not impressed with always on display.
It's still really bright.
It's just a darker version of the lock screen.
- That's true, but to be fair,
Apple did make the always on versions
of the wallpapers a little different
than the lock screens themselves and that's pretty cool.
- I just turned off always on display on my iPhone.
I feel like it doesn't really add much for me
and I noticed that my battery was draining a lot faster
when always on was on.
- I leave it on, but my complaint
is essentially the same as David's,
always on display should be functional first.
Get rid of the wallpaper,
all we need to see is the beautiful Apple text.
But to Apple's credit, they use the proximity sensor
to turn off always on display
if the phone is in your pocket or face down on the table.
I do wish that when you turned your iPhone upside down
at a table, that do not disturb would turn on.
Apple has stolen features from Android in the past.
Come on Apple, let's get on it.
- Should you upgrade to the iPhone 14 Pro
for the new features alone?
Maybe not, but the camera is a different story.
Let's talk about it.
I'm not much of an iPhone-ographer.
Pretty much any smartphone camera
can do what I need it to do.
That being said, this camera is really impressive
and a significant upgrade from earlier models.
- Apple bragged about the new 48 megapixel pro camera system
in their event, but they didn't tell you
that the only way to take 48 megapixel photos
is using the ProRAW file format.
The file sizes are massive.
This one was a 100 megabytes.
One David took earlier today was 118 megabytes.
Stick around to the end of the video
and we'll tell you a secret
to make those files 10 times smaller.
- We compared the iPhone 14 Pro camera to four other models.
We were pretty shocked by the results.
I was really impressed with how the iPhone SE 3
held up to the 14 Pro.
Sure things get murky quick when you start zooming in,
but if you're someone who just likes taking
little cute cat pics, the iPhone SE 3 holds its own.
I think that has at least something to do
with the A15 processor in the iPhone SE 3,
that's the same chip in the 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max.
- [David Payette] But as David said,
when we took a zoomed in photo,
the SE 3 really fell off the map
because it doesn't have a telephoto lens.
No surprise here.
The iPhone 13 Pro with its 3x optical zoom
was closest in quality to the 14 Pro,
the 11 Pro and 12 Pro were adequate,
and the iPhone SE 3 was just not good.
- [David Lynch] It was really interesting to see
how the boats in the photo we took slowly started
to look less and less like boats.
They are clear and distinguishable in the iPhone 14 Pro
and once you get to the iPhone SE 3,
they look like cars on pavement.
- [David Payette] Next we took a closeup picture
of a flower.
Zoomed out, same deal.
The iPhone SE 3 did a good job.
- [David Lynch] The iPhone 13 Pro though was a big letdown.
Maybe it was an issue with the photo we took,
but it seemed like the 13 Pro struggled to pick out
what to focus on whereas the 14 Pro really honed in
on that one pink flower.
- [David Payette] Then when we took a zoomed in photo,
the 14 Pro kicked all the other phones' collective butts.
- There was such incredible detail
in the photo the iPhone 14 Pro took
that was just totally unmatched by its predecessors.
It just seems that in general,
Apple is getting better at being able to recognize objects
in the foreground of images.
We're seeing this with depth effect and the new ability
in iOS 16 to pull out objects from images.
Ranking these phones was easy.
The iPhone 14 Pro was the best across the board
and it wasn't remotely close.
- We gave the 13 Pro and the 12 Pro both threes.
The wide lens looked better on the 13 Pro,
but the telephoto lens looked better on the 12 Pro.
- And the SE 3 and the 11 PRO were both twos.
The three wide camera was better than the 11 Pro's,
but the 11 Pro's 2x optical zoom was better
than the SE 3's 3x digital zoom.
- One thing we noticed when we went outside
to take these photos was just how amazing
the iPhone 14 Pro's display actually is.
- The bright display combined with 120 hertz refresh rates
make for a very smooth experience.
This phone is really bright, almost to a fault.
I've really had to crank up reduce white point
when I'm in a dimly lit environment.
We'll talk about the impact that has
on battery life a little bit later.
- The biggest display upgrade of the last five years
is the 120 hertz display.
And for that reason, I think the jump between the 12 Pro
and the 13 Pro is much bigger
than the jump between the 13 Pro and the 14 Pro.
- Once you go 120, you can't go back.
And I think it's really stupid that Apple
didn't build 120 hertz displays into the 14 and 14 Plus.
The Google Pixel 6a got roasted for its 60 hertz display.
Apple deserves that same criticism.
The 13 Pro and 14 Pro displays
are a clear step above everything else,
but we're giving the edge to the 14 Pro
just 'cause it is a higher peak brightness.
Let's talk about performance.
We ran CPU and GPU benchmark tests on the 14 Pro,
13 Pro, 12 Pro, as well as Pro 11, Pro, and SE 3.
Unsurprisingly, the phones
with better processors perform better.
- If you watched last month's Apple event closely,
you noticed that Apple compared the A13 chip
to the new A16 chip, but what happened to the 14 and 15?
Well, the jump just isn't that impressive.
- The A16 chip performed about 7% better than the A15
but about 30% better than the A13
and that's why Apple put it in their graph.
It's just way more compelling.
One other complaint I have about the 14 and 14 Plus,
they still have the A15 chip.
Why would you buy a $900 iPhone 14 Plus
with an older chip and a worst display?
In hand, the iPhone 14 Pro, it's a fast and zippy phone.
I've only had one negative experience
and it's a pretty fringe use case.
I play a game called Reignmakers on Draftkings.
It's a very resource heavy webpage,
so when that's open on my iPhone,
it just slows everything down,
but that's not an issue with the phone,
it's probably an issue with the website.
- What the heck is Reignmakers David?
- It's like they took fantasy football
and combined it with FIFA Ultimate Team
for one great experience
and it's kind of like my CrossFit now,
it's all I think about.
- Okay, I don't understand any of the words you just said.
Let's move on.
What about 4G versus 5G?
- I don't have pretty much any 5G where I live,
so 5G really isn't a concern for me.
- The iPhone SC 3 has 5G,
but it's not the fast 5G you'll find in cities only,
it's the slower 5G.
The iPhone 11 Pro and older don't have any 5G at all,
but to be honest,
4G is more than fast enough for most people.
- If you live in an area with really good 5G,
you will need the 12 or newer to connect to those networks.
- Speaking of 5G,
let's talk about Apple's controversial decision
to remove the SIM card from the iPhone.
- We set up new iPhones every year.
We're not strangers to this process.
- [David Payette] Subscribers will recognize this post
I made the day I got the phone.
"Loving this new feature on my iPhone 14 Pro!"
- 2,200 likes.
They love to see you suffer.
- It said, "Unable to transfer phone number.
Your account is ineligible for transfer.
Contact Verizon."
I went on Twitter, DMed Verizon support.
- That's a pro tip for you.
Carriers are much more responsive on Twitter
than they are anywhere else.
- After a long wait, I sent David Lynch a screenshot
from the Verizon rep that said,
"So eSIMs are not available on prepaid
just so you're aware."
- Not good, I have a prepaid plan too.
- Eventually I sent the Verizon rep a screenshot
of another rep saying prepaid plans are eligible for eSIM.
Then an hour later, I sent the rep the eSIM number
from the back of the iPhone box
and she was happy to activate it.
Whole process took a few hours.
eSIM is fine.
I don't care if I can't pop the SIM card out of my iPhone,
but Apple needs to work out the kinks
and Verizon needs to do a better job
of training their customers service reps.
- I already missed the days
of having that physical sim card tray.
It took me several hours to get my phone set up.
- I also think what Apple said
about every carrier supporting eSIM is misleading.
Smaller carriers like Ting don't support eSIM yet.
Competition is important.
I don't like to see smaller carriers
not be able to keep up with the larger carriers,
because that's how they get pushed out.
- Let's talk about another frustrating part
of the iPhone 14 Pro, and this is maybe controversial,
we're gonna talk about battery life.
The battery life on this phone is really not good.
It does not last as long as the iPhone 13 Pro
that I upgraded from.
I use my iPhone a lot and there's a very clear difference.
- I'm not seeing significantly better battery life
with a brand new phone
and that's why I think David's frustration makes sense.
- I've seen the battery test videos.
I don't care what they say, they're wrong,
I'm right, and that's my review.
- Now we're gonna get a bunch of comments
with people say, "That's just your opinion about this."
- Yeah, it is.
- And then I I'm always like, "It's a review."
- It's a review.
That's my answer. - That's what a review is.
- It's a review.
Those of you with an iPhone 13 Pro,
and I was one of those people,
probably not worth the upgrade.
But if you have an SE 3, 11 Pro, or older,
if you've got the money lying around,
it's definitely a big upgrade
and I would recommend doing it.
- iPhone 12 Pro people, the biggest day-to-day difference
is the 120 hertz display.
If you haven't seen it yet though,
you don't know what you're missing.
Ignorance is bliss,
so maybe you can hold off for another year.
- But once you go 120, you can't go back.
- Remember how we said we're going to tell you a secret
about how to take the 48 megapixel iPhone 14 Pro photos
and shrink them down to a manageable size?
- We cover that secret and a whole lot more
in our new iOS 16 secrets video.
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Check it out, you'll enjoy it.