Just last week, Apple released four iPhones at its autumn launch conference. This time we also got two, namely the blue version of iPhone 14 and the purple version of iPhone 14 Pro Max.
I wonder what you think of their color?
Personally, I quite like this new color scheme of iPhone 14 Pro Max. Is it good or not, let’s talk about it, if you want people to see at a glance that you have changed into a new iPhone, then you’ll choose this color~
Considering the upgrade of the toothpaste type of iPhone 14 series, this time the iPhone 14 Pro series will have a greater progress, , so in this article I will focus on iPhone 14 Pro Max.
Given that there are many reviews on the Internet, some not-so-important updates on iPhone 14 Pro Max, Tony will no longer be expanded. Let's only focus on the key points and talk about the most concerned things in detail.
▊ Lingdong Island
Let’s first talk about the most controversial Lingdong Island.
The biggest change in appearance of the iPhone 14 Pro Max this time is that the screen camera area has changed from the original "bangs" to the current "pill", and Apple is called "Lingdong Island".
In fact, it is said to be a pill, not a real pill.
Because it is actually a " exclamation mark " composed of "pills + round holes". There is a series of sensors integrated on the left, and a front camera on the right. However, Apple has made a unified blackening in the middle area:
Of course, if you really want to know what the exclamation mark looks like, you can see its true appearance by going to the Apple official website for a long press or save this picture.
To be honest, I personally prefer to call it the Lingdong Islands~
This time, the appearance of iPhone 14 Pro Max has changed, but it also brought about interactive changes. Around this Lingdong Island, Apple has also brought us a brand new iOS interaction method.
Since the iPhone has just been released not long ago, most of the software that supports Lingdong Island interaction are the apps that come with the system. For example, we use music to listen to music, map navigation, recording, etc., Lingdong Island will have corresponding animations.
Single judging from the effects it presents, the newly launched Lingdong Island function of inherits the consistent style of the iOS system, the transition animation is smooth and smooth, and the small details in various designs are also full.
But if we put aside its flexible and changeable appearance, in my opinion, Lingdong Island is essentially a status bar that can display some simple information and realize some basic interactions.
When we use our iPhone to watch videos or play games, this island is just a black pill in most cases, with a strong sense of existence and somehow affects the visual experience.
In comparison, I am more happy to see this kind of interaction on iPad. Anyway, the iPad's camera itself is already integrated in the border, and Lingdong Island can be completely made into a pure software design.
In this way, it can appear when it should appear and disappear when it should not appear. Just like Siri, this is the real icing on the cake~
▊ All-weather display
In addition to the Lingdong Island mentioned above, Apple also brought a major feature to the iPhone 14 Pro series this time, that is, all-weather display , which can definitely be regarded as a feature that Apple fans have been calling for for many years.
The biggest difference between Apple's all-weather display and Android screen-off display is that it is a whole screen that is truly always bright. Not only is the component information and various notifications clear at a glance, but even the wallpaper can be seen:
, and it will automatically adjust the display brightness according to the ambient light. In the brightest case, it is basically no different from the bright screen.
And when you stuff your iPhone into your pocket or turn on its sleep mode, the screen will go out after a while. in short, when you can't see it, it is also secretly saving power ~
Tested, iPhone 14 Pro Max is open and not turned on all day, and the screen is on for one hour indoors. The power consumption of the two is one percent different. After turning on, the phone is indeed more power consuming, but I personally choose to keep it on at all times.
Because in my opinion, this function alone is worth 2,000 yuan~
▊ Image upgrade
This time the upgrade of iPhone 14 Pro Max in the image part is the biggest surprise it brings to us.
Because after many years, Apple finally used a 48-megapixel main camera, and its sensor size has also increased by 65% . At the same time, its ultra-wide angle and telephoto have also switched to a larger sensor.
This makes the rear camera module of the iPhone 14 Pro Max more convex, and you can use quick-pin on the table.
The benefits of increasing the main camera from 12 million to 48 million are obvious. Even if the photo is enlarged, you can see many details clearly:
But by default, the iPhone will still directly perform four-in-one pixel synthesis and take 12 million pixel photos. If you want to take 48 million pixels, we have to manually turn on its ProRAW mode:
Fortunately, even if it is a regular shooting 12 million pixels, we have to turn on its ProRAW mode:
Fortunately, even if it is a regular shooting 1200 For megapixel photos, the image quality of has also improved, and I personally feel that its sharpening is not as heavy as before:
Its ultra-wide angle and telephoto lens are also the same.
's larger sensor and a brand new light engine have made significant progress in taking night scenes. you can clearly see that the photos taken on iPhone 14 Pro Max have a much less smearing feeling:
In addition, thanks to the improvement of the main camera, Apple also gave us the option of double zoom in the mobile phone photo interface this time.
Although this double zoom is achieved through the main camera cropping, the effect of shooting is not bad whether it is to shoot people or scenes:
And in this focal range, we can even shoot 4K 60-frame Dolby videos, and is comparable to a physical zoom lens . I guess if Apple wants to use four cameras in the future, it will most likely have a longer telephoto.
And that's it. The movie effect mode that Apple added to iPhone last year has also become stronger.
Because iPhone 14 Pro Max now supports shooting 4K HDR videos, and frame rate we can choose 24 frames or 30 frames. You should know that it can only shoot 1080P 30 frames of videos.
The improvement of video shooting specifications is one aspect. During the use of
, I also found that the depth of field effect it simulates through algorithms has also improved. In simple terms, is the portrait cut out more realistic, and the focus switching has also become smarter.
For example, the screenshot of the video below, when the blue guy turned his head, the iPhone 14 Pro Max quickly automatically switched the focus to the person behind, and iPhone 13 Pro also focused on the original blue guy:
Sport mode is a new feature that Apple brought to the iPhone 14 series this time.
This function can make the mobile phone more stable when shooting sports videos. How stable is it? You can directly watch the following two videos to compare:
There is a saying that Apple's sports mode is still a bit interesting. Although the cropping of the picture is a bit large, it is really good to have anti-shake and Dolby Vision at 2.8K resolution.
I asked an Android manufacturer why it cannot do this, because the chip computing power cannot support it~
In fact, among the upgrades of iPhone 14 Pro Max, the A16 bionic chip has made the smallest progress, because its core configuration has almost not changed much compared to A15. Its performance has been improved but not much improvement:
This time it was probably because Apple pointed most of the A16 skill points on the image, so I basically didn't feel how much difference it was with the previous generation of iPhones in daily use.
Actually, I thought Apple would directly use the M1 chip for iPhone, just like the iPad Air 5 released in the first half of the year, but the SoC that the competitors launched in the past two years made Apple feel that there is no need for this~
Of course, this is just my guess, there is no factual basis, don't take it seriously, In short, iPhone 14 Pro Max is still the strongest iPhone we can buy so far.
▊ Ending
OK, the above is all my feelings about using iPhone 14 Pro Max during this period.
If you have paid attention to the iPhone that Apple has released over the years, you must have a similar feeling, that is, Apple is becoming more and more "fine".
The automatic HDR that first appeared on iPhone X has now evolved into intelligent HDR 4. Let the photos have more details and a larger dynamic range;
Its portrait mode now not only supports more advanced out-of-focus imaging and depth of field control, but also expands from photos to video shooting, bringing us a movie effect mode, which is an area beyond the reach of Android phones;
In addition, its anti-shake has gradually developed from the original video optical image anti-shake to the later dual-camera optical image anti-shake, and then to the second-generation sensor displacement optical image anti-shake, which has a stable sports mode.
and even the Lingdong Island that exists to save the pills, 's refined ingenuity, and the attitude of not polishing to the extreme, have created the iPhone's unique experience today.
There is no doubt that Apple will continue to polish several new features added to the iPhone in the next few years.
And the Android phone gives me the feeling that it is on another road. What is the best for ? It is technically new and fast. A new technology should be used on your own mobile phone as soon as possible.
So we can see that in just two years, the under-screen fingerprint technology of Android phones has been iterated from the first generation to the eighth generation. Fast charging has also broken through from 18W in recent years to the current 200W;
In the past two years, solutions for folding screen hinges have emerged one after another, and cameras have everything from 100 times zoom to microscope, and co-branding is common. . .
If you say that Apple users don’t envy you after watching it, it must be fake. Who doesn’t want to experience the technology that can charge your phone’s battery from 0 to 100% in about twenty minutes?
But if people really give up Apple completely and switch to the Android camp, do you still have to think about it? Because the sense of peace of mind that Apple has polished with great care and the perfection of the entire ecological experience are really warm enough to make people reluctant to leave.
The unique apple, the blooming Android , is the current situation of the mobile phone market, and perhaps the same will be true for a long time in the future.
