Unlock iOS 16 system hides new gameplay
[PChome Mobile Channel Review] In the early morning of September 8, 2022, the Apple press conference, which had been held for a year, finally came to an end. At this press conference, Apple launched four new mobile phone products, among which iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max are particularly eye-catching.
iPhone 14 Pro Max
In addition to the iPhone 14 Pro series equipped with a stronger A16 processor, it is also related to the new Lingdong Island design.
I believe everyone is curious about how the Lingdong Island experience of the iPhone 14 Pro series is? How is the performance of the A16? What are the advantages of the brand new 48 million pixels? Today, our PChome mobile channel immediately received the first-time iPhone 14 Pro Max, bringing you the experience of getting started.
iPhone 14 Pro Max is equipped with iOS 16 system. This system has been in use for a long time. The major changes to the lock screen interface and the keyboard support for touch are already common topics. However, with this hardware upgrade, the iOS 16 system equipped with the iPhone 14 Pro Max still brings many novel experiences.
First of all, it is the "Lingdong Island" that amazed everyone at the press conference. Users can view music albums, navigation and other information on Lingdong Island. At the same time, Apple has also opened an interface for third-party APPs to adapt.
Lingdong Island has two main functions. One is the resident background type and provides first-level information display and convenient operation for the App; on the other hand, it can be directly used as the system's notification bar to display related information.
Lingdong Island is easy to understand as the system's notification bar - Apple has integrated all the commonly used prompts, connecting headphones, charging and muting into Lingdong Island. For example, when we charge, the charging-related information will be displayed on the Lingdong Island of the iPhone 14 Pro Max.
The most important role of Lingdong Island is to become the "island" for Apps. When switching resident apps such as music, maps, timers, etc. to the background, the iPhone 14 Pro Max presents this information on Lingdong Island. Taking the Music App as an example, the album cover will be displayed on the left side of the Lingdong Island of iPhone 14 Pro, and the sound wave will be displayed on the right side.
It is worth noting that when the application "mounts" on Lingdong Island, the user can also press Lingdong Island directly to perform quick operations. For example, the music app can pause quickly, and the timer app can quickly stop the timing.
Although Lingdong Island covers up the defects of the "pill" screen to a certain extent, it is almost difficult to complete one-handed operation because it is on the top. In addition, frequent touching of the "pill" area with your fingers can easily stain the front camera, affecting the selfie experience. This shortcoming will surely make girls who like to take selfies love and hate them.
In addition to Lingdong Island, another major upgrade point of iPhone 14 Pro Max is all-weather display. When we press the power button, the iPhone 14 Pro Max's screen can display content at a 1Hz refresh rate.
Friends who are familiar with iOS 16 know that the biggest upgrade point of this system is that the lock screen interface can display more information. The iPhone 14 Pro Max all-weather display collides with the iOS 16 lock screen interface, which also brings many novel ways to play.
For example, when we are cooking in the kitchen and using the iPhone 14 Pro Max to count down, we only need to set the countdown through Siri, and then we don’t need to unlock the phone, and we can directly view the countdown information on the screen. In addition, if we add weather, battery and other widgets to the lock screen of the iPhone 14 Pro Max, the lock screen interface information will also be updated in real time to show the latest content.
It can be said that the all-weather display of iPhone 14 Pro Max has a completely different logic from the common screen-off reminder on Android phones. The former hopes to present more information to users without turning on the phone as much as possible, while the latter only presents fixed information on the lock screen interface.
It is worth mentioning that iPhone 14 Pro Max supports residual battery display.Although this function allows users to intuitively see the remaining battery, Apple does not bring real-time animations of battery power outside of the numbers. Whether it is 1% or 99%, the battery UI of the iPhone 14 Pro Max is completely covered in white, which is easy for users to misunderstand.
In order to highlight the differentiation, Apple only equipped the iPhone 14 Pro series with Lingdong Island this year. In fact, the first moment of hand, Lingdong Island can indeed bring a novel experience, but after using it for a while, you can find that this function only provides a convenient entrance to a certain extent. During daily use, it will still focus on the interaction of navigation bars. If you buy the iPhone 14 Pro series for Lingdong Island, then after using it for a while, many people may feel "scamd".
The new A16 processor seems to be a bit squeezed toothpaste
iPhone 14 series processors are divided into two models this time. The 14 and 14 Plus regular versions use the previous generation full-blooded A15 processor, and the 5-core GPU is fully fired. For specific performance, please refer to the iPhone 13 Pro series.
, and both iPhone 14 Pro series use A16 processors, which is the latest generation of products. Many people are saying that this processor has squeezed toothpaste. So what is the fact? Let’s take a look at the actual test.
First, look at the running score. Antutu review, which reflects the comprehensive performance of the mobile phone, the running score of the iPhone 14 Pro Max in our hands is 971,016 points, which is an increase of 16.8% compared with iPhone 13 Pro Max's 831,172 points. In terms of child scores, the CPU score increased by 15.2%, and the GPU increased by as much as 30%. However, during the GPU test, due to the horizontal and vertical screen adaptation problem, this score is actually inflated, so it is for reference only.
GeekBench 5 actual test, iPhone 14 Pro Max single-core scored 1837 points, and multi-core scored 5278 points. Compared with the A15 processor, the single-core performance is 5.5% higher and the multi-core performance is 6.3%. From this perspective, the performance of the A16 processor is still at the top, but the improvement is a bit toothpaste. Compared with the CPU performance of Snapdragon 8+, there are still obvious advantages.
In the GFXBench test that focuses on GPU performance, we used iPhone 14 Pro Max to test 1440P Aztec off-screen and 1080P Manhattan off-screen respectively, with a score of 52.8 frames/182.9 frames. The scores are not much different from the iPhone 13 Pro Max and ROG6 Pro, and they are only slightly ahead.
In the 3DMark cycle scenario test, the performance of the iPhone 14 Pro Max began to gradually decline after the first round of firepower was fully turned on, and the final stability was 70%. It could not last long and the ultimate performance was the main problem that restricted its performance output was still heat dissipation.
15 minutes game fever
games, let's take a look at the highest quality 60 frames of Genshin Impact. The performance of iPhone 14 Pro Max is almost the same as the previous generation, and its performance is sufficient, and the game runs very smoothly in the early stages. However, the temperature rises very quickly and you can feel the obvious heat in 10 minutes. After playing for 15 minutes, the front of the body exceeded 43 degrees and the back of the body exceeded 45 degrees. The body felt hot and began to affect the feeling of holding the hand.
30 minutes game heating
However, in terms of game performance, it is indeed better than iPhone 13 Pro Max. There is no obvious lag throughout the whole process, and it is also very smooth after entering the battle. However, the surface of the body is overheated, and the body temperature after 30 minutes of game is similar to that of 15 minutes. The reason why frame rate is relatively stable may be due to the enhanced cooling capacity, but there is still a certain gap compared with Android phones.
actual game battery life test, and its performance is pretty good. The screen brightness of 50% 0 minutes Genshin Impact quality is the highest, and the total power consumption is 20%.
Given that the commercial version we have obtained is very short and the test projects are currently limited, but overall feeling is that the A16 processor is suspected of squeezing toothpaste, and the overall overall performance improvement is less than 10%, which cannot be significantly different from the previous generation of A15. It's no wonder that Apple only compared performance with A13 at the press conference.
So, from a performance perspective, we really don’t recommend that the previous generation iPhone 13 users place an order to change the phone, because the improvement is really limited.As for users who are different generations, or even earlier, the peak performance of the A16 processor can still allow you to quickly perceive the differences in experience.
8 megapixels Some scenes have been significantly improved
After using 12 megapixels for seven years, the main camera of the iPhone 14 Pro series has finally been upgraded to 48 megapixels, and the sensor area has increased by 65%. I believe many people are looking forward to the photography performance of the iPhone 14 Pro series. It is worth noting that although the main camera has been upgraded to 48 million pixels, by default, the iPhone 14 Pro series will automatically combine four pixels into one, and the default output is still 12 million pixels.
First, let’s take a look at the main shots of iPhone 14 Pro Max:
outdoor natural light, iPhone 14 Pro main shot sample
outdoor natural light, iPhone 14 Pro main shot sample
Overall, iPhone 14 Pro Max has strong color restoration capabilities and control over highlights, which can accurately restore the colorful colors of flowers and the highlights on the roof of a building. It is worth noting that perhaps because the highlights are too taken into account, the dark details of the iPhone 14 Pro Max photos are handled conservatively and are not visually pleasing.
outdoor highlight ratio scene, iPhone 14 Pro main camera sample
outdoor highlight ratio scene, iPhone 14 Pro main camera sample
iPhone 14 Pro Max's problem of camera being too accommodating highlights, and it will be visible in the high-light ratio scene. Through the two pictures above, we can find that although the iPhone 14 Pro Max accurately restores the details of the highlights, the dark parts are darkened, and in the backlight scene, the iPhone 14 Pro Max still has a more obvious halo.
As for why the iPhone 14 Pro Max does not directly output 48 million pixel photos, the reason is very simple, it takes up too much capacity. The actual test was manually turned on the 48 million Raw mode, and the photo volume was as high as 82.2MB. Based on the starting capacity of 128GB, it is only enough to store more than 1,000 photos.
However, high pixels can indeed bring unexpected gains. We used iPhone 14 Pro Max to output 48 million pixels and 12 million pixels photos in the same scene, and zoomed in 100% for comparison. The results show that the 48 million pixels photos are more detailed, while the 12 million pixels are blurred into a ball.
iPhone 14 Pro Max 3x zoom
iPhone 14 Pro Max 10x zoom
In addition, we also tested the zoom capability of iPhone 14 Pro Max. The results are shown in the figure above. The 3x and 10x color restoration of the iPhone 14 Pro Max are very accurate, and can also bring excellent resolution, which can be called a "teleoscope".
In addition to taking photos, the iPhone 14 Pro Max video capabilities have also been improved. It supports sports mode for the first time. In short, it is video anti-shake. We hold the iPhone 14 Pro Max and run in small steps. As mentioned above, the iPhone 14 Pro Max's video anti-shake capability is very good. If it were not specifically stated, many people would think it was shot with a stabilizer.
iPhone 14 Pro Max main camera shooting
iPhone 14 Pro Max 2x shooting
iPhone 14 Pro Max Another major upgrade of the camera is night scene photography. We used the iPhone 14 Pro Max to take 1x and 2x samples respectively. As shown in the figure above, the camera of the iPhone 14 Pro Max can not only suppress highlights, but also show the dark details. In addition, the 1x and 2x samples of the iPhone 14 Pro Max have very good consistency in the lantern color.
iPhone 14 Pro Max 12MP (left), 48MP (right) Zoom-in comparison
iPhone 14 Pro Max 12MP (left), 48MP (right) Zoom-in comparison
iPhone 14 Pro Max 12MP (left), 48MP (right) Zoom-in comparison
iPhone 14 Pro Max 12MP (left), 48MP (right) Zoom-in comparison
To the extreme dark light scene, iPhone 14 Pro Max's 48-megapixels can indeed present more details and a better three-dimensional sense. For example, at the foot of the lion in the second set of photos above, only the iPhone 14 Pro Max restored the hierarchical details in the shadow.
Summary: Lingdong Island still needs time to check
After simple use, the brand new iPhone 14 Pro Max still left a deep impression on us. Lingdong Island, which is exclusive to the Pro series, is very fresh to get started at the first time, but if we take this new feature as the core reason to start, we don’t think it’s necessary!
After all, the core of Lingdong Island is to make up for the hardware visual defects of hole-punching. The new interaction method brought in addition is considered a bold micro-innovation that is not a urgent need. But since Lingdong Island Apple has been made, it is likely that this design will be the front of the design in the next few years, so whether to buy or not depends on other aspects of experience, not Lingdong Island.
iPhone 14 Pro Max
For example, screen-off display and battery display are new features that everyone is looking forward to, especially for new users who are switching from Android platform to iOS, these two functions are very necessary. Moreover, the screen-off reminder, Apple has also played new tricks, and the screen-off interface can satisfy the use of many functions, which is convenient for users after all. In terms of performance of
, it is difficult to satisfy Apple fans this time, but even if you squeeze toothpaste, it will not prevent A16 from becoming the strongest mobile processor at present. If you have the ultimate demand for performance, the iPhone 14 Pro series is naturally the first choice. On the contrary, the 14 and 14 Plus are enough. After all, you only pay for performance, and the financial cost of the Pro is a bit too high.
photography is the biggest upgrade point brought by iPhone 14 Pro Max. The 48-megapixel Raw is straight out of the pixels, and the effect is much better than we imagined, reversing Apple's experience of taking photos in night scenes. It’s just that this photography mode cannot be used as a regular mode, and it occupies too much storage space. Perhaps this is also Apple's routine, so users who like to take photos should not buy the 128GB version of the Pro model.
Seeing this, friends here, are you planning to change to the iPhone 14 series? Or hold the money to buy?
