Starting from the night when Apple released the iPhone 14 series, many friends around me began to ask me if iPhone 14 Pro is worth buying, and is it very different from the previous generation of iPhone 13 Pro. I personally find it difficult to give an accurate answer before getting the real machine. After all, the difference between the two is mainly Lingdong Island and a 48-megapixel main camera, and the price difference is more than 2,000.
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As a user who has used iPhone 13 Pro for a whole year, I have also used both phones as main phones at the same time. After using it for a whole week, I gradually had my own answer in my mind. Without further ado, let's take a look at how big the gap between the "obvious" iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro is.
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Before the article officially began, I also dug out the detailed parameters of the two iPhones from the official website and other bloggers. You can simply see the difference between the two and whether the gap is obvious through this configuration list.
Lingdong Island is an upgrade to the notch screen?
For most consumers, the biggest upgrade of the iPhone 14 Pro may not be a camera or processor, but Apple has finally abandoned the fifth-generation notch screen design and changed to the most mainstream hole-punch screen design at the moment. Apple officially named this trench digging design Lingdong Island. Everyone should have seen many demonstrations online, so I won’t show them too much here.
I must admit that Lingdong Island is an excellent design. It blurs the boundaries between hardware and software, expands the dimensions between display and operation, reduces interference between applications and applications, and gives smartphones a new way of interaction. So I have many friends around me who buy iPhone 14 Pro because of this Lingdong Island. I can actually understand that, but after using it for a week, I have new ideas about it.
Putting aside its functionality, just from the aesthetic point of view, I personally think it is not as good as the previous bang design. Although it is shorter than the iPhone 13 Pro's bangs and it seems to occupy a smaller area, in fact, it wastes a larger area.
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From the comparison picture, you can see that in order to realize this Lingdong Island, Apple not only wastes the pixels in the middle area of the "exclamation mark", but also wastes a row of pixels on the top. Whether it is daily use, watching 21:9 videos or playing games, you will find that the actual waste area of Lingdong Island will be more than the bangs of the 13 Pro, which is actually not a good experience.
Of course, what makes me most dissatisfied with is that Lingdong Island has added a large number of interactive animations for the so-called "spiritual motion effect". Judging from the official demonstration video, it is quite good, but I feel uncomfortable when I actually use it. Sometimes some animations will forcefully lengthen and thicken this Lingdong Island, which actually occupies a lot of area than the bangs of the iPhone 13 Pro.
If you are using iPhone 14 Pro Max, the proportion of Lingdong Island occupies relatively normal, but a small-sized phone like iPhone 14 Pro will make this Lingdong Island particularly large and abrupt. , plus more than 70% of third-party applications have not been adapted, making the Lingdong Island of 14Pro a bit embarrassing. At least in my opinion, Lingdong Island is a regressive design.
Apple 4800W pixels, what exactly does it bring?
is followed by another upgrade point of the iPhone 14 Pro: the 48-megapixel main camera. Judging from some parameters, the iPhone 14 Pro is somewhat "regressive" compared to the iPhone 13 Pro, such as the main camera and ultra-wide-angle aperture have been reduced. I guess it may be due to the overall consideration of the mirror group structure.
However, the size of this main camera is indeed much larger than that of the iPhone 13 Pro. The larger the bottom means that the light inlet and the ability to capture light. However, due to the narrowing of the aperture, the light inlet of the iPhone 14 Pro is actually almost the same as that of the iPhone 13 Pro. In other words, there should not be too big a gap between the two under dark light shooting.
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iPhone 14 Pro main camera
iPhone 13 Pro main camera
iPhone 14 Pro main camera
iPhone 13 Pro main camera
iPhone 14 Pro main camera
iPhone 13 Pro main camera
iPhone 14 Pro main camera
iPhone 13 Pro main camera
is first of all, it is a daily shooting scene. To be honest, if it weren't for the model indicated in the photo parameters, it would be difficult for me to tell the two in the album. Both are classic iPhone imaging styles. However, in some scenarios, the appearance of the iPhone 14 Pro sample is obviously closer to what the naked eye sees.
iPhone 14 Pro main camera
iPhone 13 Pro main camera
iPhone 14 Pro main camera
iPhone 13 Pro main camera
iPhone 14 Pro main camera
iPhone 13 Pro main camera
iPhone 14 Pro main camera
iPhone 13 Pro main camera
iPhone 13 Pro performs pretty well when the light is normal, but once multiple light sources exist or backlight are involved in the scene, it starts to color the photos "self-righteously", which will make the whole photo a little blue and white, which is very different from the scenes seen by the naked eye. This is also the reason why I rarely take photos with iPhone 13 Pro in the past year.
In contrast, the iPhone 14 Pro may have replaced a new sensor or Apple improved the relevant algorithms. Most of the shortcomings of the iPhone 13 Pro have been basically solved, and the overall color is very close to the naked eye. , however, may be due to the large-size sensor. The close-up capability of the iPhone 14 Pro is far less than that of the iPhone 13 Pro, so the experience when shooting some close-up objects is actually not as good as that of the 13 Pro.
iPhone 14 Pro main camera
iPhone 13 Pro main camera
Of course, what I satisfied most about in the image part of the iPhone 14 Pro is this 2X focal length "lens". Strictly speaking, this is not a lens, it is only obtained through 4800W pixel large bottom cropping, but in actual use, the performance of this 2X "lens" is quite satisfactory, and both the image quality and resolution are not weaker than 1x main camera. In contrast, the 2X focal length of the iPhone 13 Pro is cut through 1200W main camera, the image quality is significantly reduced, and the smearing phenomenon is also very serious. In short, the viewing feeling is slim.
iPhone 14 Pro 2X
iPhone 13 Pro 2X
Finally, it is the most troublesome and most tests of mentality. Old iPhone users should know how bad the iPhone's shooting effect is at night (ghosts, overexposures, noise explosions, etc.), but this time the two iPhones show two completely different effects.
iPhone 14 Pro main camera
iPhone 13 Pro main camera
iPhone 14 Pro main camera
iPhone 13 Pro main camera
iPhone 14 Pro 3X telephoto
iPhone 14 Pro 3X telephoto
iPhone 13 Pro 3X telephoto
After taking this set of night scene samples, I can be sure that Apple has specially debugged the algorithm of iPhone 14 Pro. The picture light finally no longer overflows and will not affect the tone of the entire photo. Moreover, the picture quality of the telephoto lens has been significantly enhanced. Although there is still a big gap compared to the Android side, the overall experience is indeed much better than that of iPhone 13 Pro.
As for the newly added 48-megapixel mode, I thought Apple would rely on the powerful computing power of the A-series processor to output a 48-megapixel photo every day, rather than compressing it in a four-in-one way like Android. Unfortunately, the reality is that the iPhone 14 Pro also uses a four-in-one solution. The advantage is to ensure the user's shooting experience and make it easy to shoot. As for the disadvantages, I personally think that many consumers don't know how to enable the 48-megapixel mode (for specific operations, please refer to the iPhone 14 Pro review article of Lei Technology).
It is worth mentioning that the performance of this 48-megapixel can be said to be beyond my expectations. From the enlarged details, we can see that the resolution of the iPhone 14 Pro has increased by more than a little bit. Even after magnification several times, you can still clearly see the wire patterns and related details behind the light sign. This was in the past, I couldn't believe that the iPhone actually had such terrifying resolution.
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In general, the image-making process of iPhone 14 Pro is still obvious to all, completely improving the disgusting sharpening and light overexposure on iPhone 13 Pro, and overall it is more inclined to the "real" style that Apple fans love the most. At the same time, the addition of the 2X focal range option also makes me more willing to pick up my iPhone to take photos. After all, whether it is to take photos of people or objects, a golden focal range close to 50mm (48mm) is definitely the first choice.
However, except for this 48-megapixel main camera, the other two lenses of the iPhone 14 Pro are almost the same as those of the previous generation. Once in dark light scenes, there are still old problems such as smearing, noise, and overexposure of the picture. Moreover, the focal length of 77mm, which is close to the near but not far is really a bit embarrassing.
Of course, what makes me most dissatisfied with is the imaging style and color consistency of these two lenses and is far from the main camera. Maybe your main camera is a yellowish object, while the ultra-wide angle or telephoto is slightly whiter, which is not a good thing for Apple, which requires consistency of three cameras. I really hope that Apple can use more snacks. A mobile phone that sells for 8,000 or 9,000 yuan is still of this medium level. It is really hard for people to bet up the courage to brag about how strong Apple’s photography is.
Some small details: it has changed, but it has not become enough
After talking about the two most obvious changes, let’s talk about those upgrade points that may be ignored by many people:
- Screen brightness is significantly improved, both indoors and outdoors can feel that the screen is more than iPhone 13 Pro has been brightened more than one level; the LiDA radar module of the
- camera module has become larger, and when shooting night scenes, it is obvious that the focus speed and accuracy have been improved a lot; the
- Bluetooth .3 protocol, the speed and delay of connecting to AirPods Pro 2 is faster/lower, which is extremely friendly to mobile game players .
Of course, we cannot ignore these shortcomings. For me, iPhone 14 Pro mainly has these disadvantages:
- camera module is larger and more convex, and it is easy to touch the camera when holding it normally;
- Lingdong Island adaptation is too small, and daily use is still abrupt;
- close-up experience is a disaster.
Let’s briefly summarize it. For iPhone 13 Pro users, the upgrade range of iPhone 14 Pro is far less than that of iPhone 12 Pro to iPhone 13 Pro. If you are extremely tired of the outrageous sharpening of iPhone 13 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro can indeed improve your impression of Apple cameras, but this is far from enough.
Therefore, in terms of purchasing suggestions, those who use iPhone 13/mini, iPhone 12 series or older models can upgrade the iPhone 14 Pro. The new Lingdong Island, smoother high refresh screen and better camera may make you shine. Unless you really have sufficient budget and enough time (data-guided), it is really not recommended for iPhone 13 Pro/Max users to upgrade.
iPhone 14 Pro is a product that I personally think is very strange. It seems that its upgrade range is not small, but it cannot feel any difference when used in actual use. Although this also conforms to Apple's concept of squeezing toothpaste, for a technology company with a market value of tens of trillions, shouldn't it spend more time and energy on developing a product that can truly lead the industry? Apple, apple, you really should wake up.
