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This is the new iPhone 14 pro and 14 pro max.
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Now from the back, they look nearly identical to the 13 pro,
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but when you see the screen,
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that's when you start to notice that there is something different and wonderful
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going on. Hi, I'm Patrick Holland,
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and this is my review of the iPhone 14 pro and 14 Promax.
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I've had review samples of each phone on loan from apple for five days,
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and I'm gonna cover the design, the screen improvements,
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including dynamic island, the cameras, the processor, software battery,
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and more. I got chapters enabled in the description.
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So peruse around the video at your will. Also,
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there are links to the iPhone 14 pro that you can check out for yourself.
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Now with all that out of the way,
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let's talk about the iPhone 14 pro and 14 pro max
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Right off the bat.
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The new iPhone 14 pro looks just like the iPhone 13 pro,
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which looks just like the 12th pro, but don't let that sameness fool.
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You nearly every aspect of the new iPhone has been upgraded in large and small
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ways. And yet the price is the same as it's been since the iPhone 11 pro
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the new 14 pro starts at 9 99 and the 14 pro max at 10 99.
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And in my time with them, you're getting a foam that's worth every penny,
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the new pros come in space, black gold, silver and deep purple,
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which depending on the light and how you're holding the foam either looks Dred
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almost like a gray color or like prince 1989, Batman purple.
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Welcome.
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To dynamic island from the outside. There are three ways.
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The iPhone 14 pro is different than previous iPhone models.
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It lacks a SIM card tray cutout. The camera bump is a SCO chunkier,
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and the notch has morphed into a pill shaped display,
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cutout that houses an upgraded and smaller, true depth camera system.
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The cutout on its own will make some people happy though.
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There are apps like YouTube that need to be updated to compensate for the
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cutouts lower screen position,
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but it's what apple did around the cutout.
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That's one of my favorite features.
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The screen area surrounding the trued up camera is used to show system alerts.
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Like when you receive a call or your AirPods are connected,
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it can also show the progress of background activities like music playback or
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screen recording controls, apple calls, this functionality,
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dynamic island. Look, I know not the best name,
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but it's truly one of the best features on the 14 pro.
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And the more time I spent with these phones,
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the more delightful I found dynamic island to be.
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It works in numerous ways and situations, and it's easy, intuitive,
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and a quick way to see what's going on without pulling your attention away from
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whatever else you're doing on your phone. You can interact with it. For example,
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if I'm on a FaceTime call or playing music,
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I can tap and hold to bring up controls. If I just tap on it,
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it brings me back into the app and you can tap anywhere on the dynamic island,
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directly on the cameras or off to the sides. And in my days using it, I,
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I didn't notice any problems with smudges or fingerprints accumulating over the
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front facing camera or affecting face ID. Now,
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if you have more than one background activity in progress,
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like maybe you're listening to music and have a timer on the dynamic island
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splits into two parts, like a sideways lowercase letter. I,
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the 14 pro and dynamic island are an example of apple doing what
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they do best.
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And that's packaging a powerful tool into what delightful to use
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interface. Also, the animations are excellent.
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It will take a little time for third party apps to adapt to dynamic island,
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but some like Spotify,
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Instagram and WhatsApp already supported as amazing as
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dynamic island is it's a shame it's only available on the 14 pro and 14
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Promax,
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but it's one of many features that separates the pro models from the regular
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iPhone 14, by the way,
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I did an entirely separate review video for the iPhone 14,
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which you should definitely check out,
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But there are more upgrades to the screen, which is now brighter,
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outdoors under sunlight. The 14 pro runs iOS 16,
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which gives you a ton of ways to customize your lock screen.
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You could even have multiple lock screens set up and quickly switch between
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them. There's also a new always on display,
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which shows essential information on your lock screen.
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When your phone it's asleep,
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the always on display is like a dimmer version of your lock screen wallpaper,
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but it shows the time date, your widgets and notifications.
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But depending on how you have your lock screen set up,
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it can look vastly different. In fact, it's been so entertaining,
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trying out different lock screen combinations to see how they appear as an
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always on display.
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Also seeing my iPhone 14 pro have it screen on when it's just sitting on a
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table, took a little getting used to, I kept thinking, Ooh,
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I forgot to lock my phone. And then to wake it up,
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you just tap on the screen or you unlock your phone.
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When the iPhone 14 pro is face down in a pocket,
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in a bag near another apple device that you're using the always on display
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doesn't turn on. Also, there is an option in settings to turn it off completely.
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When the always on display was active,
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I had a timer going and it only showed the minutes,
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which struck me as kind of odd.
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I do wish there was an option to make the always on display, look more discreet.
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And for example, just have the date and time and no wallpaper,
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even though it's using minimal power visually, there's a lot going on,
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which can be distracting if you have it faced up next to you on a table taken
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in total, the dynamic island, the new lock screen layout,
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and the always on display make the iPhone 14 pro the most approachable iPhone
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when it comes to managing alerts and notifications.
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And I imagine the experience will only get better once live activities for the
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lock screen are available in full in just a quick reminder. Live activities,
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displays realtime updates from apps on your phone's lock stream.
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So you can track the progress of a ride share you're on.
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Or if you're watching a sporting event, get the most up to date score.
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The iPhone 14 pro has three rear cameras, a main wide angle camera,
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a three times optical tele photo camera, and an ultra wide.
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The main camera has gotten the most significant hardware changes. For example,
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its focal length is wider going from a 26 millimeter equivalent on previous
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iPhones to a 24 millimeter one. It's not a drastic difference,
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but it definitely allows you to get a little more into your frame.
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The main camera gets a larger 48 megapixel center. Now,
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while more megapixels doesn't necessarily mean you're gonna get better photos.
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It's how apple uses those extra pixels.
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When you take a photo groups of four pixels are combined into one big
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pixel, the result is a 12 megapixel photo.
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That's brighter has less image noise and better detail.
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And in use the main camera takes excellent photos.
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Image quality in details are great, especially for a phone,
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but really where I see improvement is in medium and low light situations.
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Colors look good. Textures are great. I mean, check out this photo.
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I took in San Francisco on a very foggy morning.
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Notice the textures in the bricks, on the buildings and the gradual way.
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The 14 pro captured the fog engulfing the sales force tower building.
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Take a look at this photo of a Palm tree.
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Now this was part of a group of Palm trees and under the canopy,
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it was very dark.
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The 14 pro did a solid job of capturing the different textures and the leaves
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and the bark, but also helped boost the brightness. And if you're so inclined,
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you can capture 48 megapixel full resolution photos
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using pro raw. I,
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I should warn you that the files are big,
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but with good lighting like this photo I took of the bay bridge at sunset,
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you can capture a lot of detail.
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I mean look closely at the cars on top of the bridge and those support cables.
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The ultra wide camera also gets a boost.
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It gets a new sensor with more focus pixels and a step down F 2.2
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aperture lids. All this adds up to much sharper ultra wide photos.
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The sensor combined with Apple's revamped photo processing,
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that's called photonic engine means you get better photos,
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even in less ideal situations.
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Photos and videos are still a step down compared to those from the main camera.
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But these improvements are very welcomed and macro photos also
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get a boost.
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Macro mode is still triggered when you try to take a photo with the main camera
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and you're close to a, a subject,
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the iPhone 14 pro switches to the ultra wide camera and crops in to
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mimic the same framing as the main camera,
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but allows you to get the closer focus from the ultra wide camera.
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The results are better. Macro photo image quality,
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especially in medium and low light. Then there's the telephoto camera,
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which is basically identical to the one on last year's 13 pro,
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but does get a little boost from that photonic engine processing like the ultra
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wide camera images from the telephoto camera in terms of image quality,
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especially in dimmer environments, it's still a step behind the main camera,
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but take a look at all these photos and videos that I shot with the iPhone 14
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pro and 14 Promax with its rear cameras.
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In terms of videos, there are several improvements.
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The new lenses and sensor give video image quality,
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a boost though in low lighting,
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the 14 pro still suffers from light source reflections. Um,
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it's better than previous iPhone models, but it's still there.
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Cinematic mode can now record 4k video at 24 frame for second.
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There's also this new super video image stabilization tool called
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action mode. When you go to shoot a video,
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you can toggle it on and the phone crops in a bit to help keep the image
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centered and the horizon level,
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if you're shooting in 4k action mode drops the resolution to 2.8 K,
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but the results are impressive.
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Also you can shoot in pro res if you really wanted to
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also in, in trying to do some comparison test with action mode,
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it's just worth acknowledging how good the image stabilization is for regular
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video mode.
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But take a look at this action mode video of me riding a bike over speed bumps.
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I mean,
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what speed bumps am I right while other phones have similar stabilization
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modes,
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it's wonderful to see this come to the iPhone and it works across all three
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rear cameras. And then there's the true depth camera that gets an upgrade.
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The lens is brighter with an F 1.9 aperture. And for the first time ever,
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there is auto focus on the iPhone selfie camera,
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which works great for group selfies.
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Driving all of these performance upgrades is the new a 16 bionic chip.
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The 14 pro and 14 Promax are not only faster than any
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iPhone we've ever tested,
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but these are the fastest phones we've ever used in everyday. Use.
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Everything feels pep on the 14 pro gaming is an absolute delight
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and the several things like animations into and out of dynamics island are super
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smooth in terms of the battery,
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the regular 14 pro had no problem making it through a day.
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I typically got six hours of screen on time and with the 14 Promax
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I was able to consistently get a day and a half on the stick of charge and
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charging is okay, our charge, the 14 Promax for 30 minutes.
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And the battery went from 14% up to 15, 9%.
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And that's using the included lightning to USBC cable,
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but a 20 wat wall charger that I had to buy separately.
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Since it doesn't come with one. Now,
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if you have last year's iPhone 13 pro,
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I don't think you should upgrade while the improvements and new hardware and
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features are a lot of sizzle.
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You aren't getting a drastically different experience,
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upgrade your 13 pro to Iowa 16 and enjoy.
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But if you have a 12 pro and having it to upgrade,
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the 14 pro is a pretty sizable step up in terms of performance, battery, life,
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camera quality, and features like dynamic island.
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And if you're rocking an iPhone 11 pro or older,
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the iPhone 14 pro is a giant upgrade all around
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The iPhone. 14 pro is my favorite iPhone.
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And most of that is because of the revamped block screen,
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always on display and that new dynamic island,
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I still have more testing to do with these phones.
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So make sure you're subscribed to all things seen at for more stories and videos
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about the 14 pro and 14 pro max.
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But now I want to hear from you,
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what questions do you have about the 14 pro and 14 pro max?
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Let me know in the comments, lastly, if you've enjoyed this video,
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please give it a like, and thank you for watching.