Just heads up that many people have reported the battery health on the 14pro/pro max (unclear on regular 14's) have poor longevity in comparison to previous phones such as the 13PM. Not saying this to put you off, as saving £300/400 far out weighs this issue, just more FYI
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Just heads up that many people have reported the battery health on the 14pro/pro max (unclear on regular 14's) have poor longevity in comparison to previous phones such as the 13PM. Not saying this to put you off, as saving £300/400 far out weighs this issue, just more FYI
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I’m hoping they release a 45w(maybe 60w) duel usb-c charger as the 35 that I’ve got doesn’t have enough juice for the anker cube. The 30w is fine. Just back from a trip where i only had one adaptor so couldn’t charge the iPad at the same time. Frustrating. School boy error should have tried it first. So will need to take two adaptors now when traveling. So another world travel kit may have to be bought depending on where I’m going.
A17 3nm geekbench leak
The A17 is looking quite powerful. It seems to have the single core performance of a M2 and a peak GPU performance of a M1.
Do take caution though the problem with Geekbench is it's not a stress test, it's a series of very short tests that allow mobile phones to achieve numbers they cannot sustain. So while these peak numbers look great, under sustained load such as playing genshin impact at 60fps you'd probably find performance drops.
The biggest problem with phones have always being that they don't have adequate cooling so under any sustained load they throttle heavily
wccftech.com
The A17 is looking quite powerful. It seems to have the single core performance of a M2 and a peak GPU performance of a M1.
Do take caution though the problem with Geekbench is it's not a stress test, it's a series of very short tests that allow mobile phones to achieve numbers they cannot sustain. So while these peak numbers look great, under sustained load such as playing genshin impact at 60fps you'd probably find performance drops.
The biggest problem with phones have always being that they don't have adequate cooling so under any sustained load they throttle heavily
Apple’s Upcoming A17 Bionic Bulldozes The A16 Bionic In New Benchmark Leak; Up To 31 Percent Faster In Single-Core, Multi-Core Results
The switch to TSMC’s 3nm process means the the A17 Bionic is significantly faster than the A16 Bionic in single and multi-core scores
wccftech.com
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The processors are already overkill for that, that's why no iPhone feels faster than the previous several models
That’s part of the point, who is actually using a phone for ‘sustained workloads’?
It’s all about bursts of performance.
Even stuff like creating social media posts etc are done and dusted in seconds when it comes to processing the video/images these days with all the dedicated silicon being thrown at it.
Yeh I get mobiles games also but even then, developers still have to cater for a 5 year old poorly optimised android phones so they are never really pushing the envelope of what’s possible.
It's amazing how good Apple's chipsets are, I was reading that Apple have pretty much taken all of the supply of these TSMC 3nm chips, which means they are likely to continue that gap to the competition for a while yet.
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I don’t use my phone for anything other than WhatsApp, social media, emails and web browsing but still feel like I need the top model in order to do that
I’m still going to swap to the 15 pro in September though
That's just a waste. Never mind.
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Not just that, I believe they have an exclusivity deal on them for at least a year.
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Yes I know.
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Yes I know.
I’m on an 11, I don’t get latest tech, I judge based on what it’s going to be used for but each to their own.
I used to be the same, longest I’ve kept a phone was the original IPhone 4s which I had for almost 3 years but since then I’ve just changed every year.
Once you’ve either restored from a backup or setup as a new phone, you can’t tell the difference
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I used to be the same, longest I’ve kept a phone was the original IPhone 4s which I had for almost 3 years but since then I’ve just changed every year.
Once you’ve either restored from a backup or setup as a new phone, you can’t tell the difference
Each year there’s changes that sometimes does make a difference but as a whole it’s the same on the surface.
Going from a 6S to a 11 was a big difference but changing each year is small as you said.
I usually do more than 3 generations and I try to make it last as long as possible.
My 6s I dropped in a lake when I was fishing. Worked for a while then logic board failed for ended up with an 8 as a temp phone cos it was cheap then decided to sell it for peanuts and go to an 11.
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I don’t use my phone for anything other than WhatsApp, social media, emails and web browsing but still feel like I need the top model in order to do that
I’m still going to swap to the 15 pro in September though
So you don't use it for any phone calls
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What year is it? 2003?So you don't use it for any phone calls
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So you don't use it for any phone calls
Reminded me of my first mobile phone...
Siemens S6, all my mates had Nokias...
I asked the guy in the phone shop what games it had on it, he said "if you want to play games buy a ***** GameBoy'...
Are you sure? Still seems to be there for me.
Yep you are right not sure why it didn't show the other day, thanks for pointing out - anyway have saved an order for an iPhone 14 pro @ £680 so will see if I can keep saving it until the 15 is out..