My picture comparisons had been primarily between the iPhone 13 Professional, the iPhone 14, the iPhone 14 Professional, the iPhone 15, and an occasional Google Pixel 6 Professional picture for good measure. The pics I took on the iPhone 15 appeared dramatically higher than those captured on the iPhone 13 Professional — the 15 captured extra element and more true colours, had higher publicity management, and didn’t lag in any respect when taking pictures in lower-light settings.
Relying on the scene, it was troublesome to inform the distinction between photos captured on the iPhone 14 and 14 Professional fashions (particularly the iPhone 14 Professional) and the iPhone 15 digital camera. An iPhone 15 picture of a plate of wagyu beef at a dimly lit sizzling pot restaurant confirmed larger dynamic vary and extra element than the identical pic taken on the iPhone 14. Throughout a sundown picture shoot at my go-to seaside, which featured a shawl of fog—San Francisco’s favourite accent—I seen that the iPhone 14 picture appeared barely extra blown out than the sundown captured on the iPhone 15. However my good friend’s iPhone 14 Professional photographs? Appeared the identical, if not higher, than my iPhone 15 #sundown pics.
The whole digital camera system on the iPhone 15 does supply extra granular management over your photographs than the iPhone 14 does, even when among the ensuing photos aren’t stunningly higher than the prior technology’s. The most important replace is that the iPhone 15 has the flexibility to seize each 24-megapixel and 48-megapixel photos, which may be preset underneath “Decision Management” in your cellphone’s digital camera settings. However this characteristic is optimized for taking pictures at 1X in respectable mild, whereas if you happen to shoot at .5X or ultrawide, the digital camera will default again to 12-megapixel captures.
The iPhone 15 now has an extra 2X optical zoom choice; the iPhone 14 solely provided .5 and 1X zooms. Portrait mode on the iPhone 15 may be activated mechanically when the digital camera detects a portrait-worthy picture, although in my expertise, the iPhone 15 has but to deem any of my topics worthy of portraiture. Additionally, in Portrait mode, now you can management the depth of the picture and zoom out to seize much more knowledge from the scene. That is admittedly a pleasant characteristic add.
Nonetheless, actual images nerds are going to wish to go greater.
Dancing Queen, iOS 17
All new iPhones are going to ship operating iOS 17, and—excellent news—your previous iPhone can now run it too. We’ve assembled a round-up of our top features, together with my new favourite, transcribed voice notes in messages, and improved autocorrect, which allowed me to put in writing “f*cking A!” to my editor in Slack and didn’t change it to “ducking.”
StandBy mode additionally turns your iPhone into a wise pill of types while you flip it on its facet, lock it, and prop it up on a suitable charging dock.
I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out Dynamic Island, which is as a lot of a {hardware} characteristic as it’s a software program characteristic, due to the best way Apple reengineers the front-facing digital camera module to make Dynamic Island work. This was beforehand obtainable on iPhone 14 Professional telephones, and now it’s on the 15. It’s principally a widget. However a stay, clickable one. It makes use of that actual property on the high of the cellphone to indicate you what track is enjoying on Spotify, your timer countdowns, the standing of your Uber experience. My expertise with Dynamic Island was restricted earlier than utilizing the iPhone 15, and I’m stunned to say I kind of adore it.
OK, love is a powerful phrase. Nobody ought to actually love a cellphone. I just like the iPhone 15. Let’s depart it at that.
Replace, September 19 at midday EDT: The story was up to date to right some worth and mannequin quantity info for older iPhones that was incorrect.
