In fact, the reason is very simple, because the iPhone 14 series has made progress, but it has not made complete progress; it has been improved, but it has not made complete improvement. For example, 48-megapixel lenses and controversial Lingdong Islands are only available in the Pro version, and the ordinary version is not worthy of it. So the iPhone 14 series made players with small budgets very unhappy. Apple is openly mocking players with small money, and it is a model of bullying in the digital circle.
And this 48-megapixel lens is also a point that everyone discusses a lot. As we all know, Apple's updates in many aspects are squeezing toothpaste, and the lens pixel is a very obvious example. iPhone 6S is a big watershed. It was first passed down by 8 million, and then passed down by 12 million, and 12 million was used for 7 years. At the same time, the lens pixels of the Android camp were a step by step, from 10 million, 20 million, 30 million, 64 million, 20 million, 20 million pixels today.
It has to be said that Apple's conservative strategy on iPhone has long been criticized by players. Although the iPhone 14 Pro series is "groundbreaking" equipped with a 48-megapixel lens, it is just relative to itself. If compared with the Android camp horizontally, each generation of iPhone is almost a backward existence. However, Apple fans have long been accustomed to it. As long as they turn a blind eye to the outside world and focus on using Apple machines, they will find that the world is still quite beautiful.
However, the 48-megapixels of iPhone 14 Pro do not show any more advantages in the default mode. After pixel 4 is in one, the output of 12-megapixel images is still slightly better than the previous generation's image quality. The sharpening traces have improved a lot, and the speed of night scene synthesis is faster - but overall the improvement is not much, at least not the level of "discovering a big difference at a glance" that everyone expects. In the ultra-clear mode of
48 million pixels, the resolution power is improved substantially, the details are clearer, and the number of noise is smaller. But the most unpleasant thing is that because it is in ProRAW format, the volume of a photo reaches about 80MB. Even 256GB of storage can only accommodate 3,000 photos, and this is still without installing any third-party APP.
In other words, even if it is an iPhone 14 Pro, you need to make some choices if you want to get a good experience. If you want a larger space, you have to take less ProRAW images unless you really treat your phone as a simple shooting tool, just like many mobile phone photography studios. Or buy the maximum storage in one step. For ordinary players, the iPhone 14 Pro at the 10,000 yuan level is indeed very eye-catching in high pixel quality, but there must be darkness under the brilliance. I believe everyone understands it.
should be said that the iPhone 14 Pro is a very contradictory model. It has the largest upgrade in the history of iPhone, but it seems stingy compared to the Android camp. This contradiction may always be with players in the future. Fundamentally speaking, it is not only the spiritual food for the majority of melon-eating players, but also the source of life for many self-media who are complaining without any illness. As long as the popularity of the iPhone does not decrease, everyone can win the win.
