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The Dynamic Island array on your iPhone can actually test how bright your environment is. Place your finger over the screen to simulate a pitch black room and watch as the screen fades darker. Probably to make it easier on your eyes at night, take your finger off and the brightness kicks up to a point relative to where you can make things out at a glance.

Of course, putting your phone face down or in your pocket will power off the screen entirely. Personally, I kind of dig this implementation of always-on since I like seeing my wallpaper throughout the day. But understandably, a lot of other people prefer a less distracting setup.

Unfortunately, there's only one alternative option in the settings and that's off. Customization is still an area where Apple could improve, especially since others find that it does affect battery life to some extent. And it would be curious to see if this affects burn-in in the long run. But it's Apple, so as I mentioned in plenty of videos in the past, a huge reason why I spring for an iPhone every single year is because I use the cameras a lot.

Especially for my work here on YouTube, where I shoot plenty of stills for thumbnails and clips for videos. So what's it like this year with the iPhone 14 Pro? Well, the differences aren't particularly noticeable compared to last year unless you really scrutinize with a magnifying glass.

Changes center around the new 48 megapixel main shooter with a bigger sensor, higher resolution, and f/1.7 aperture lens on the tin. The iPhone finally has a camera that competes with flagship Android counterparts like the S22 Ultra. And just like those phones, it takes the 48 megapixel still image then bins it down to a manageable 12 megapixel one that's easier on your storage or to share online.

This party trick does present some benefits to image quality. Things look a smidge sharper with more detailed bokeh and shallower focus. However, color and dynamic range generally look the same in a b testing compared to last year's 13 Pro. If not for some slightly better highlight roll-off.

The only real downside I can see to the iPhone 14 Pro's main camera going up to 48 megapixels is that the minimum focusing distance suffers a bit with the lens they had to put on it. However, Apple does provide a 2x digital zoom option with no penalty to quality, putting the 48 megapixel sensor to good use.

Now, if you're a lunatic like me, Apple does let you take full resolution raw DNGs, which are sharp as all heck compared to the 12 megapixel JPEGs. But keep in mind that the files are huge at like 70 megabytes and are not as shareable. These are very cool to play around with in a post-processing pipeline but hardly practical to do for every scenario.

I'm not going to go into depth with the rest of the cameras, though. Supposedly, the .5x and front-facing shooters got minor bumps, but I didn't really notice much of a meaningful difference. Not worse, just adequate as ever.

Video on the iPhone 14 Pro is a very similar story of incremental updates. Image quality is virtually the same across the board as the 13 Pro. Even in good and low light, we do get some new features like a bump to 4k30 for cinematic mode, which I'm sure you'll see a lot of tick talkers use.

Plus, there's an action mode which offers hyper-stabilized video cropped at 2.7K and it works surprisingly well. Again, nothing mind-blowing here but certainly not worse than last year's iPhone.

The iPhone 14 Pro is hardly a big upgrade if you're coming from last year's flagship, however, if you've been hankering for a new iPhone there's plenty to love about this one. With the new precedence set by Apple, where this year's standard entry-level iPhone 14 is primarily built with hand-me-down parts from the iPhone 13 Pro.

Spending the extra money and going pro is likely the best route for future-proofing if you're planning on long-term ownership for two or more years. This might not sound like an entirely new concept to a lot of you, but it certainly rings more true now than it did in the past.

Let me know what you think about the iPhone 14 Pro in the comments below. Thank you so much for watching and I'll catch y'all later!

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthis is the iphone 14 pro and it's leaving me a little conflicted we sit through the same song and dance every single year apple will say it's the best iphone we've made yet like no of course the new flagship will be the best when you cram all of your best features into it but in their defense the iphone 14 pro has a few improvements that made me go nice let's see what this phone's actually like to live with as always here on denki channel this isn't a comprehensive in-depth review on the iphone 14 pro but rather some key points that stood out to me in the few days that i've spent with it over the years i've come to manage expectations when it comes to new iphones apple will always have this confidence when it comes to unveiling their products after all it's their job as a manufacturer to sell stuff to us however through the veil even if the 14 pro might not look all that different or feel revolutionary apple does a decent job keeping its top level no compromises smartphone competitive going into 2023 all while maintaining its price from last year at least here in the good old america the iphone 14 pro doesn't take on a whole lot of physical changes compared to last year though we do gain a new hero color called deep purple which looks pretty slick but is definitely subdued especially in darker lighting when i put it like this it kind of looks like a tinted gray side by side with last year's 13 pro you'll notice that the new phone also loses out on a sim card slot on my us model meaning that i'm relying on esim to connect to cellular on one hand being on esim since the iphone 10s i got to witness the progression of how much easier it's made things it might have not started out like this but generally speaking all it takes is a few taps to get your esim transferred to a new iphone in 2022 however as a tech reviewer and frequent traveler losing the convenience of hot swapping sim cards will certainly take some getting used to but if apple's really the catalyst of things it's probably going to be the new norm whether i like it or not hardly surprising the a16 bionic is still the fastest chip around but what got me more curious is the thermals for context my normal day-to-day use doesn't involve anything exhaustive like gaming however i do spend a lot of time in programs like lightroom mobile editing photos with heavy color grading masking etc which you wouldn't think would tax a system at all but a common issue i've had on the iphone 13 pro 12 pro and so on is overheating especially during longer photo editing sessions not to the point of a noticeable drop in performance but older iphones would ramp down screen brightness and refresh rate as a last ditch effort to cool the system down luckily the 14 pro handles this issue better than before taking longer to throttle than the 13 pro and with less of a hit to screen brightness over sustained heavy use i'll leave the proper thermal analysis to more qualified peeps on the internet but with people finding the a16 bionic to be more efficient and having better cooling than last year i'm not surprised that the 14 pro can handle more demanding tasks for a longer period of time i can't say for sure just yet but i think this might be the main reason why i'd personally upgrade from the 13 pro to the 14 pro if it were my money one of the more exciting developments with the iphone 14 pro is of course the dynamic island which could probably be the title of one of those reality dating shows on netflix in all seriousness i think apple deserves some props for this rumors of a letter eye shaped screen cutout leading to the 14 pro's announcement were technically accurate but apple augmented the design through their ui to lean into the pill and to make use of what would have otherwise been dead space in the few days that i've spent with the 14 pro the dynamic island has been pretty sweet to keep tabs on certain background tasks like listening to music and this does use the now playing api so apps like spotify will work in addition to apple music other tasks like voice memo recording timer screen capping and even maps will display useful information that you can interact with on the fly for some simple multitasking without having to bounce out of what you're doing paired with fluid playful animations all this makes the dynamic island very approachable it's certainly not a revolutionary feature needs a lot of third-party developer support and definitely makes full screen videos a time but you gotta appreciate the ingenuity put in to make the screen cut out seamlessly work with the phone good job apple also some interesting features that stood out to me emergency sos which lets your iphone communicate with satellites to get help when you're not around cell towers and crash detection that lets your phone contact safety services automatically if you've been in a car accident i'd love to test these out one day or not what's not so easy to get behind is the 14 pros always on display especially if you're a keen observer from the android cam the screen itself is phenomenal it's brighter than ever peaking at 2 000 nits outdoors and has the balance accuracy and color we've come to expect from an iphone display but the panel also has ltpo tech similar to what apple has on the watch and seen on many android phones this allows the display to sip minimal power during low intensity tasks such as for always on lock screens which the iphone 14 pro now does where most android based devices will simply show you a date and time through black apple dims your lock screen clock and wallpaper variably depending on how bright your environment is you can actually test this by placing your finger over the dynamic island array to simulate a pitch black room watch as the screen fades darker probably to make it easier on your eyes at night take your finger off and the brightness kicks up to a point relative to where you can make things out at a glance and of course put your phone face down or in your pocket and it'll power off the screen entirely personally i kind of dig this implementation of always on since i like seeing my wallpaper throughout the day but understandably a lot of other people prefer a less distracting setup unfortunately there's only one alternative option in the settings and that's off off customization in the future would be nice especially since others find that it does affect battery life to some extent and it would be curious to see if this affects burn-in in the long run but it's apple so as i mentioned in plenty of videos in the past a huge reason why i spring for an iphone every single year is because i use the cameras a lot especially for my work here on youtube where i shoot plenty of stills for thumbnails and clips for videos so what's it like this year well the 14 pro improves on camera specs in the real world the differences aren't particularly noticeable compared to last year unless you really scrutinize with a magnifying glass changes center around the new 48 megapixel main shooter with a bigger sensor higher resolution and f 1.7 aperture lens on the tin the iphone finally has a camera that competes with flagship android counterparts like the s22 ultra and just like those phones it takes the 48 megapixel still image then bins it down to a manageable 12 megapixel one that's easier on your storage or to share online this party trick does present some benefits to image quality things look a smidge sharper with more detailed bokeh and shallower focus however color and dynamic range generally look the same in a b testing compared to last year's 13 pro if not for some slightly better highlight roll-off the only real downside i can see to the 14 pro's main camera going up to 48 megapixels is that the minimum focusing distance suffers a bit with the lens they had to put on it though to compensate apple does provide a 2x digital zoom option with no penalty to quality putting that 48 megapixel sensor to good use now if you're a lunatic apple does let you take full resolution raw dngs which are sharp as all heck compared to the 12 megapixel jpegs but keep in mind that the files are huge at like 70 megabytes and are not as shareable these are very cool to play around with in a post-processing pipeline but hardly practical to do for every scenario i'm not going to go into depth with the rest of the cameras though supposedly the .5 3x and the front-facing shooters got minor bumps but i didn't really notice much of a meaningful difference not worse just adequate as ever video on the 14 pro is a very similar story of incremental updates to my eye image quality is virtually the same across the board as the 13 pro even in good and low light we do get some new features like a bump to 4k30 for cinematic mode which i'm sure you'll see a lot of tick talkers use plus there's an action mode which offers hyper stabilized video cropped at 2.7 k and it works surprisingly well again nothing mind blowing here but certainly not worse than last year the iphone 14 pro is hardly a big upgrade if you're coming from last year's flagship however if you've been hankering for a new iphone there's plenty to love about this one with the new precedence set by apple where this year's standard entry-level iphone 14 is primarily built with hand-me-down parts from the iphone 13 pro spending the extra money and going pro is likely the best route for future proofing if you're planning on long-term ownership for two or more years this might not sound like an entirely new concept to a lot of you but it certainly rings more true now than it did in the past let me know what you think about the iphone 14 pro in the comments below thank you so much for watching and i'll catch y'all laterthis is the iphone 14 pro and it's leaving me a little conflicted we sit through the same song and dance every single year apple will say it's the best iphone we've made yet like no of course the new flagship will be the best when you cram all of your best features into it but in their defense the iphone 14 pro has a few improvements that made me go nice let's see what this phone's actually like to live with as always here on denki channel this isn't a comprehensive in-depth review on the iphone 14 pro but rather some key points that stood out to me in the few days that i've spent with it over the years i've come to manage expectations when it comes to new iphones apple will always have this confidence when it comes to unveiling their products after all it's their job as a manufacturer to sell stuff to us however through the veil even if the 14 pro might not look all that different or feel revolutionary apple does a decent job keeping its top level no compromises smartphone competitive going into 2023 all while maintaining its price from last year at least here in the good old america the iphone 14 pro doesn't take on a whole lot of physical changes compared to last year though we do gain a new hero color called deep purple which looks pretty slick but is definitely subdued especially in darker lighting when i put it like this it kind of looks like a tinted gray side by side with last year's 13 pro you'll notice that the new phone also loses out on a sim card slot on my us model meaning that i'm relying on esim to connect to cellular on one hand being on esim since the iphone 10s i got to witness the progression of how much easier it's made things it might have not started out like this but generally speaking all it takes is a few taps to get your esim transferred to a new iphone in 2022 however as a tech reviewer and frequent traveler losing the convenience of hot swapping sim cards will certainly take some getting used to but if apple's really the catalyst of things it's probably going to be the new norm whether i like it or not hardly surprising the a16 bionic is still the fastest chip around but what got me more curious is the thermals for context my normal day-to-day use doesn't involve anything exhaustive like gaming however i do spend a lot of time in programs like lightroom mobile editing photos with heavy color grading masking etc which you wouldn't think would tax a system at all but a common issue i've had on the iphone 13 pro 12 pro and so on is overheating especially during longer photo editing sessions not to the point of a noticeable drop in performance but older iphones would ramp down screen brightness and refresh rate as a last ditch effort to cool the system down luckily the 14 pro handles this issue better than before taking longer to throttle than the 13 pro and with less of a hit to screen brightness over sustained heavy use i'll leave the proper thermal analysis to more qualified peeps on the internet but with people finding the a16 bionic to be more efficient and having better cooling than last year i'm not surprised that the 14 pro can handle more demanding tasks for a longer period of time i can't say for sure just yet but i think this might be the main reason why i'd personally upgrade from the 13 pro to the 14 pro if it were my money one of the more exciting developments with the iphone 14 pro is of course the dynamic island which could probably be the title of one of those reality dating shows on netflix in all seriousness i think apple deserves some props for this rumors of a letter eye shaped screen cutout leading to the 14 pro's announcement were technically accurate but apple augmented the design through their ui to lean into the pill and to make use of what would have otherwise been dead space in the few days that i've spent with the 14 pro the dynamic island has been pretty sweet to keep tabs on certain background tasks like listening to music and this does use the now playing api so apps like spotify will work in addition to apple music other tasks like voice memo recording timer screen capping and even maps will display useful information that you can interact with on the fly for some simple multitasking without having to bounce out of what you're doing paired with fluid playful animations all this makes the dynamic island very approachable it's certainly not a revolutionary feature needs a lot of third-party developer support and definitely makes full screen videos a time but you gotta appreciate the ingenuity put in to make the screen cut out seamlessly work with the phone good job apple also some interesting features that stood out to me emergency sos which lets your iphone communicate with satellites to get help when you're not around cell towers and crash detection that lets your phone contact safety services automatically if you've been in a car accident i'd love to test these out one day or not what's not so easy to get behind is the 14 pros always on display especially if you're a keen observer from the android cam the screen itself is phenomenal it's brighter than ever peaking at 2 000 nits outdoors and has the balance accuracy and color we've come to expect from an iphone display but the panel also has ltpo tech similar to what apple has on the watch and seen on many android phones this allows the display to sip minimal power during low intensity tasks such as for always on lock screens which the iphone 14 pro now does where most android based devices will simply show you a date and time through black apple dims your lock screen clock and wallpaper variably depending on how bright your environment is you can actually test this by placing your finger over the dynamic island array to simulate a pitch black room watch as the screen fades darker probably to make it easier on your eyes at night take your finger off and the brightness kicks up to a point relative to where you can make things out at a glance and of course put your phone face down or in your pocket and it'll power off the screen entirely personally i kind of dig this implementation of always on since i like seeing my wallpaper throughout the day but understandably a lot of other people prefer a less distracting setup unfortunately there's only one alternative option in the settings and that's off off customization in the future would be nice especially since others find that it does affect battery life to some extent and it would be curious to see if this affects burn-in in the long run but it's apple so as i mentioned in plenty of videos in the past a huge reason why i spring for an iphone every single year is because i use the cameras a lot especially for my work here on youtube where i shoot plenty of stills for thumbnails and clips for videos so what's it like this year well the 14 pro improves on camera specs in the real world the differences aren't particularly noticeable compared to last year unless you really scrutinize with a magnifying glass changes center around the new 48 megapixel main shooter with a bigger sensor higher resolution and f 1.7 aperture lens on the tin the iphone finally has a camera that competes with flagship android counterparts like the s22 ultra and just like those phones it takes the 48 megapixel still image then bins it down to a manageable 12 megapixel one that's easier on your storage or to share online this party trick does present some benefits to image quality things look a smidge sharper with more detailed bokeh and shallower focus however color and dynamic range generally look the same in a b testing compared to last year's 13 pro if not for some slightly better highlight roll-off the only real downside i can see to the 14 pro's main camera going up to 48 megapixels is that the minimum focusing distance suffers a bit with the lens they had to put on it though to compensate apple does provide a 2x digital zoom option with no penalty to quality putting that 48 megapixel sensor to good use now if you're a lunatic apple does let you take full resolution raw dngs which are sharp as all heck compared to the 12 megapixel jpegs but keep in mind that the files are huge at like 70 megabytes and are not as shareable these are very cool to play around with in a post-processing pipeline but hardly practical to do for every scenario i'm not going to go into depth with the rest of the cameras though supposedly the .5 3x and the front-facing shooters got minor bumps but i didn't really notice much of a meaningful difference not worse just adequate as ever video on the 14 pro is a very similar story of incremental updates to my eye image quality is virtually the same across the board as the 13 pro even in good and low light we do get some new features like a bump to 4k30 for cinematic mode which i'm sure you'll see a lot of tick talkers use plus there's an action mode which offers hyper stabilized video cropped at 2.7 k and it works surprisingly well again nothing mind blowing here but certainly not worse than last year the iphone 14 pro is hardly a big upgrade if you're coming from last year's flagship however if you've been hankering for a new iphone there's plenty to love about this one with the new precedence set by apple where this year's standard entry-level iphone 14 is primarily built with hand-me-down parts from the iphone 13 pro spending the extra money and going pro is likely the best route for future proofing if you're planning on long-term ownership for two or more years this might not sound like an entirely new concept to a lot of you but it certainly rings more true now than it did in the past let me know what you think about the iphone 14 pro in the comments below thank you so much for watching and i'll catch y'all later