iPhone 15 looks to be a pretty great update, at least for the Pro. Personally I have been holding out for a USB C iPhone so I was going to upgrade whenever that happened but there are some other things that look good as well.
USBC advocates who talk about “a single cable”. Do y’all really only charge one device at a time? Or will y’all be traveling with 2, 3, or 4 USBC cables when iPhone transitions?
I have two USB-C cables on my desk plus a Lightning cable.
Those two cables will charge my two laptops, my mouse, my PS5 controller, my iPad Pro, and my battery packs. I rarely find a scenario where I need to charge more than 2 at once.
Meanwhile the Lightning cable is only ever for my phone.
Yes, you want more than one cable, but USB-C means you can just have a couple of identical chargers that are big enough for your largest device but can charge anything. No more trying to find the right charger for the right device.
No iPhone Mini :(
I know it will never happen, but I would love a USB C Mini.
Tis a shame the mini’s weren’t popular enough.
I switched to an iPhone after years on Android specifically because of the iPhone Mini. Really wish they would bring it back as there are so few options for a smaller phone that isn’t handicapped by a “budget” feature-set.
Viewing this article from a mini right now. I love the thing,
Same, the size it’s just perfect. My 6 year old niece thinks otherwise, laughed at me for having such a tiny phone. I was like wtf you are 6 years old why do you care?
I’m an Android user but considering moving to iPhone because I also use a mac. Could you elaborate on the features that you’re most excited about?
I have an iphone 12 mini and hope to upgrade to a 15 Pro this year.
What I’m looking forward to:
- Better battery life. The 12 mini’s battery isn’t that great and the 1st gen 5G chips were quickly improved upon.
- USB C. Means all my chargeable devices would be on a single cable.
- The upgraded camera that was introduced in the 14.
- The A17 SoC in the 15 is expected to be the first major upgrade in a while. The SoC in the 14 was held back by TSMC’s N3 being delayed, and the SoC in the 13 was a decent but not great upgrade.
None of those particularly apply to you. I was on android before my 12 mini and what I like most about the change is: the interface is snappier, most apps are built for ios first and android second and generally that means you can rely on having a working version of the app. Also the biggest reason for me to make the switch: Apple supports their phones for 5+ years will full updates, not just security. I think android has seen improvement on that front since I switched, but still isn’t at the same level of software support.
As a fellow 12 mini owner I’ll be sad to let go of having a reasonably sized phone, but glad I’ll at least be trading it for a reasonable charge port
There are dozens of us, dozens!
I’m definitely going to be disappointed in getting a larger phone. Sad that the minis sold so poorly. They’re the perfect phone size I think.
Hopefully the standard size doesn’t go up even further from here, or they lock more than the telephoto lens into the Ultra / Pro Max size.
Don’t really care about USB-C aside from the transfer rate, backing up and such is dog slow right now with “lightning” cables. Don’t care at all about charging, my 13 Pro Max battery still lasts the entire day even under very heavy use. I can’t remember the last time I’ve had to re-charge it mid-day.
