I was gifted an iPhone 15 Pro, delivered yesterday morning, by yesterday evening it was being sent back (Network couldn’t sort out my contract).

But during this time I got to play with it, I was upgrading for an iPhone 11 (normal, not pro) and was so excited for the huge difference, but I just didn’t feel it?!

Do you feel you’ve had a big difference from your previous upgrade? I took the same photo on my 11 and 15th and unless you zoomed in, you couldn’t really see the difference. The sound quality on the 15pro I could hear every breath when recording and I also felt like white colours were ‘too strong’ on the screen making videos/photos feel fake on the 15 pro compared to read on the 11. Are you noticing any of these? Did I just not get to play long enough?

Upgrading from 7 to 11 felt HUGE and I was expecting that again, especially with this being a Pro model.

  • Comptest@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I surely thought so too.

    What I was expecting that the 15 Pro did not deliver:

    • +20 or +40% bump in battery life vs. the aging battery of my 11 Pro.
      → I can’t really feel a difference, which means that the battery life feels actually worse since the 15 Pro is new and my 11 Pro was 4 yo. Apple’s official specs mention +25% battery life with video playback, +80% with video streaming and +15% with music playback…
    • A huge gap in picture quality. Macro mode is amazing and most photos feature more details especially in daylight, but as I mentioned in my original post, the level of detail increased but no in dramatic proportions. And when it does, sometimes the AI messes up the details… I took several shots with 11 Pro vs. 15 Pro and sometimes I actually found the 11 Pro more accurate, despite the 4x lower pixel count. That was unexpected.
    • I love the x2 zoom and expected a lot from the x3 zoom, but the image in x3 looks very bad even in daylight so I seldom use it.

    The only reason I’m keeping the 15 Pro and didn’t go for a 13 Mini instead is the x2 zoom, which I can’t live without.

    My dream phone would be a Mini with the current Pro features. Then I wouldn’t mind the specs stagnation, but the smaller, lighter, one-handed friendly form factor would make a huge difference in my daily use.