@@component9008 Here in Brazil, and I bet many other 3rd world countries, there are literally no esim plans on any major carrier. So if you ever want to take a vacation here you quite literally won't have any service.
@@dndjxnskdbajd4561 really not much at all. What I'm disappointed in is the average consumer being so obsessed with the new hotness that they need to get a new phone.
@@uwuLegacy and right up until they took the headphone jack out I'm sure there were people saying "don't be silly, they will never do that!" And yet here we are!
Something I began asking myself whenever I look at a new phone is "Who needs this?" I don't need wireless charging, I plug my phone in to charge anyway. I'd rather have a good usb-c port that I can use to hook my device up to all sorts of actually useful peripherals I don't need a triple camera, I don't take photos anyway, and if I did, a really good camera costs less than an Iphone anyway. I don't need the latest and "greatest" proprietary Apple-certified components. I'd rather have good documentation for easy reasonable repairs and upgrades. Apple isn't good at making useful technology, they're good at making people think their technology is useful
youre completely right, and if youre tech geek who is worried about lastest technology you will buy android because it lets you to do much more things and its better overall
I like having wireless charging. It serves as a backup in two cases: 1. troubleshooting and temporarily circumventing a broken charging port 2. less universal, but more important to me: being able to charge my phone in case frost or moisture builds up in the charging port (happens from time to time due to my hobbies) I also take a lot of photos and generally use my phone heavily. Despite all that, my 3-year-old Note 10 plus is a perfectly capable tool for me. My father got himself an S22 Ultra and I can't help but feel it's basically my phone with a 120Hz display and 10x telephoto.
@@barmiro yeah, I'm not saying the technology is useless, I just don't see a need for myself or others to have it while some in my opinion much more generally useful features were cut because of "courage". The ideal scenario would be that different companies make different products for different people, and don't just do things because apple does it. But if you have a genuine use for wireless charging, that is a good thing and it is good that you can buy a product that meets that need.
Really good cameras a good way to get robbed. I don’t know why that is but most countries I visit, the number one identifier of robberies I noticed is the person had a nice camera in their hands. Since it’s not the US where everyone has a gun, thieves are a lot more brave and see camera as a green flag.
@@MerlinTheCommenter Though having a good Iphone is even worse, especially if you're young, as people will think (or know) you're a daddy's kid who won't value their phone.
I've just realized the most fearful thing about this.. is eSIM spoofing.. at first I was mocking that Apple is forcing you to lose the ability of freely swapping phones by moving the SIM card.. but what if somebody out there spoofs your eSIM then jeopardizes your 2 stage authentication processes..
eSIMs are terrible when moving between phones and carriers. All major carriers have call-in support with a minimum wait of 3 hours, meaning you have to wait in line for longer than being at the DMV. If you want the quickest support, you might as well go to the carrier store that is 25 miles away. They'll try to sell you on the latest phone plan/scam while you just ask them to make your new phone work.
eSims are fine tbh and useful to have, though to me only if there is the normal sim slot and the eSim option. Watch this be like the headphone jack in a few years though....
If you are such a citizen of the world this shouldn't be a problem bud. Buy one in one of the many countries I'm sure you visit that aren't North America
I work for a mobile network provider and trust me bros, never use esim if you can avoid it! - Esim only benefits the network provider or manufacturer of the phone, because it is cheaper - It is easier to track esim users because of the hardware tie-ins - Troubleshooting with esim is more difficult because you can not easily try a different phone (physically move over the sim card) - If your phone gets stolen/lost there will be significantly more hassle if you have an esim - On physical sim-cards you can backup contacts/phone numbers
@@TheGuyWhoIsSitting apple really doesn't give a flying fug. I used to work for them the only thing they care about is image, nothing else. Being perceived well by their customers is what got them going.
@@TheSuperBoyProject These days they only have to be "perceived well" by their diehard fanboys, which is about as easy as it gets. Literally they just pull out a new carrot on a stick once in a while and their "community" loses their minds over how "amazing" it is.
To me - eSIM is like going back to CDMA era, when carriers didn't even have to implement special locks, the way the phones worked both locked the consumer to the carrier, and locked customer choice of phones to what the carrier offered. SIM is short for Subscriber Identity *Module* - module being the key word - it can be removed, replaced, reused - it gave you as a consumer choice by not tying your carrier subscription to your physical device. This is important even if you never travel abroad because making it easier to switch cell providers encourages competition and prevents price gauging. With eSIM, you can be locked from every direction - and you know that if a company can lock you in to squeeze more money out of you they will. Not just Apple, but the carriers as well! I live in a country where for almost a decade it has been illegal for cell providers to SIM lock phones, even the ones they sell. Now, they may start using eSIM to circumvent that law and restrict customers from switching providers claiming "technical difficulties". P.S. A friend recently bought a Garmin InReach device. It is smaller than a phone and only supports text messages, it basically has the functionality Apple advertises, but is still has a very chunky antenna on it. And they are very up front on what you need to do to get reception on it, and how sensitive and limited it is. If you are trapped in a cave, this thing won't help you, and it is purpose made to talk to a satellite, so an iPhone doesn't stand a chance! (I say this, because Apple shows "trapped in a cave" in the commercial).
A new hand-rectangle WOOO! Can't wait to not buy that one! All my non-existent social media friends are gonna be so impressed with non-existence of my new toy that I didn't buy. The iPhone 14 is certainly, without a shadow of a doubt one of the phones of 2022.
E-sims and satellites… sounds like Apple is working on their own cell network for the future. This would be the perfect way for them to do it and market it as “the future” when they can implement the technology.
If they team with Starlink, they will eat the competition, because there would be basically none. That and Type C is what could maybe tempt me to switch to Apple.
@@thetechfromheaven But than you also need a powerful antenna to connect to Starlink. Also Starlink doesn't have enough capacity to serve all Apple users.
@@kfftfuftur that’s why it will be insanely expensive and pay-walled. Just like most of their devices, unfortunately I had to get an iPhone 13 because normies were sick of me having a Droid, and since the new Galaxy’s don’t have a headphone jack I just said fucc it. Last good phones I ever had were the Galaxy s9 and S10. But yea if Apple ever decides to make their own carrier, which I don’t see why not at this point I mean they have their own credit card and streaming services ffs. It’ll be a shitshow, they’re turning into Arasaka from Cyberpunk.
@@miscellaneousproductions roaming is not good if you're visiting some 💩hole because sims of local carriers are given priority to the antennas over foreign carriers.
The eSim feature reminds me to the annoying CDMA era prior to the SIM Card revolution. I'm still relying in the physical SIM cards because that's a reliable way to change of phone carrier and not depend of the OEM in term of features.
Exactly! That's the feeling I had too. They wanna tether the phone to the carrier all over again. This eSIM is looking very anticonsumer if you ask me.
Oh god that was The Bad Place 😭 I actually was support at the fruit corp during the death knell of that. Verizon was clinging to it so hard until recently
I'm still using an iPhone 6s+, the best one imo to ever be made. Still good to repair, headphone jack and everything. I’m really sad apple went the way of taking stuff out of phones instead of just improving the things that they already have. EDIT: Now I just gotta hope that they still develop security updates for the now discontinued iPhones, as their new iOS 16 is only supported for iPhone 8 and above. F you apple.
I did too until it broke and the places around me were charging more than I would pay to upgrade. At this point with how android looks I might just switch to a dumb phone
Apple technician here, on the US models, where the sim card reader was, the space is taken by a plastic square, no usable component just a plastic square
@NRG wow i do love my phone because i want to play games on it like a fuckin 12 year old 😐 and the reason that apple don't want to add a feature is obviously them having so many features already ah yes that's how corporations work 😐
Most dual-sim android phones(even the lower end ones) sold in Europe in the past 5 years have Dual Standby, so you don't need to switch between the sims as they're both connected at the same time. I love it - I carry my work sim in my personal phone so that I don't have to have two phones and I also get to use my work sim's unlimited data plan :)
I have a phone with dual sim and expandable storage that's like a year old. Why would you ever buy a phone that costs 4x more but also has worse QoL features?
@Zentosi Don't listen to any recommendations. Most of them know nothing about where you live, your budget or what your use case is. For example, the plus version of my phone was in my budget too, but I prioritize battery life over camera quality and I don't really see the benefit of getting a 120hz screen on my phone. I'd say you should just start by listing down what's the bare minimum you need from a phone before you start researching which model to buy.
5:52 security companies already came up with a solution for this called a cell bridge. Originally made for alarm systems with 3g radios stuck inside of them, a cell bridge is what it sounds like, and takes a 3g wireless signal and converts it to talk to 4g/LTE towers. They have their own radios and sims inside of them. I wouldn't be surprised if we start to see third party peripheral companies start to make these.
Hi, sorry to disturb. You linked 5:52 and at that time, he is talking about physical sims. You are taking about 3G. I don't understand. Can you please explain?
@@johnchristian7788 I'm assuming that StarHelix was referring to the issue of non-local sim cards in other countries, and that this issue can be solved by a "cell bridge".
@@usedcolouringbook8798 That's a pretty sad solution and one that pretty much already gets done via prepaid wifi hotspots and voip calling. A bunch of the dudes in Yokosuka had to do this, at quite a high cost I might add, so they could get internet for their PCs as well as call home.
@@johnchristian7788 Ah sorry, yeah @UsedColouringBook explained it a bit, but to add on, a cell bridge is pretty much a 4g/LTE cell radio that can be paired to another device's cell radio to talk to a tower. If the device in question has a 3g radio, or has a radio on a network that isn't available in the area, you can pair it with a cell bridge that has a carrier's sim card installed and be able to use the carrier's towers. Hope my explanation was a bit clearer!
Personally, I'd much rather have an SD card than a SIM. Sure, we have cloud storage - but cloud still sucks for any practical usage (except file sharing).
There's definitely some personal gain/intentional malice behind the esim only decision, especially since it's only in the US. It might also be a carrier influenced thing because US carriers absolutely hate the idea of dual sim/dual sim standby on American phones because of how easy it gets them around being locked to one carrier/easier to switch. That's why must dual sim phones are mainly international/European and American models are made single sim. With esim and a physical sim at least there was one could could easily swap out but with both being esim there's just so much more work to swap anything.
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yup, and international phones are kneecapped digitally to spite you for getting one. My galaxy S10e lost multiple functions which, admittedly, were superficial and didn't matter but its the thought that i paid for that and they took it away to spite me for buying an international model.
@@zachryder3150 That's the thing thats annoyed me most about flagship phones, why is the entire advertising campaign focused on the camera? I'm not an instagram model ffs.
All the ''dynamic island' tells me is that Apple R&D have completely failed and given up on putting those front facing sensors under the screen so they built a gimmick around it.
Looking at the current quality of under-screen cameras, I can understand them. Apple could never ship them. However, I would have kept a notch, and NEVER would have integrated animations into such a thing. It will just remind you again and again how bad it looks... Making the background of the top bar black is a sufficient solution for me, and compared to my previous phone, Galaxy S5, the resulting bevel is smaller and shows some status information left and right :)
Actually, the sensors for face id are underneath the screen. The only thing on the screen that the Dynamic Island is camouflaging is the selfie camera. They implemented the Dynamic Island more to camouflage the camera without it seeming out of place and to give this whole camouflaging method an utility as well (ie, important notifications or reminders - such as an app using your camera or mic). So maybe it’s a gimmick, but apple has definitely not given up on the idea of more screen real estate
Me, personally, i find it less distracting than the notch and actually distracting for things that actually matter. It looks way better that just a green bar or small icons to show a call in progress or some tiny colored dots to show that the microphone or camera are being used.
About their "dynamic island" concept, I actually thought it looked pretty cool for a minute, until I realized how annoying it would be to make you notice more that there is a big black pill wasting space on top of your screen.
That and, there's so much focus on how it's "revolutionary!!!" ...they could have done the exact same thing with their notch. I would have been embarrassed to try and hype this feature the way they have. It's so minor.
@@beck2310 yes, but with the panels on Samsung, you can choose the size, where it is, or you can put it back into the notification shade, and just check it with a swipe. Idk if these things sit in the notifications on iPhone i haven't had one in years
Just remember the apple esim is different to other esim.. they control the loading of it and they charge the network operator for a licence for each sim.
@@PixyEm true, but it has internal antennas. There were always people who doubted those antenna less phones, but look how far the technology has come. I'm just saying in 10-15 years the technology could come a long way.
@@coltoncycotte8681 "Technology" isn't something that's going magically fix physical limitations. Besides, satellites themselves are not a "quick upgrade" thing, they can last 15 years or more and are very expensive to deploy.
It's kind of funny to me that Apple's anti-consumer practices lead the way with every other company scrambling to keep up, yet every time they get a cool "new" feature that keeps the zombies locked in to that walled garden, Android had it first. Humanity is doomed.
are these the signs that the hindus are right? that stuff is getting worse? because they believe it's the dawn of kali yuga and that some energy remains from dvapara yuga but it's waning
@@arandomhumanbeing2464 Working differently doesn't mean worse. iOS users expect things a certain way, so a feature might only get copied once they can figure out how it works in their ecosystem, and sometimes it doesn't which is why not every feature gets copied. On a tangent, what does that say about Windows when it copies all of its ideas from elsewhere and makes them worse?
I can definitely see an Apple executive traveling to Bangladesh/Indonesia/Vietnam to negotiate a deal for company clothing or something and needing to bring a different phone so they can use a physical SIM. In any case, the fact that it hard to tell how removing the option to use a physical SIM is supposed to make Apple money is not a good sign. It's like the headphone jack getting removed for Apple's push for bluetooth devices, you don't remove a useful option that costs under a cent to include on the phone unless you're absolutely certain you can make more money with it gone.
I mean dude, Bali is pretty much a popular destination. But yet, there's only one provider that actually have eSIM plan in Indonesia. That's kinda bs tbh, especially that some provider has different network speed and reachability/availability.
Oh, it doesn't just seem that way, it is and it's completely intentional. These companies want to squeeze every cent out of you and apple is leading the way in screwing over customers.
@@LilacMonarch Take "seem" with a grain of salt, that's just how I talk lol. But yeah, seeing things being removed for no real reason or removed and turned into a subscription is annoying. That's why I still use Adobe CS6. I'm not paying a subscription. My phone still has a headphone jack (which I use regularly) and I'm gonna be sad when it dies on me.
@@samwhaleIV Your fingers aren't supposed to be on your camera, and your hands are naturally oily. Washing your hands everytime you wanna see a notification is annoying. To properly clean a camera you have to use a microfiber cloth and considering phones have this unique feature where you touch them to do stuff, your gonna have to do that a lot. Especially if you take pictures often and take them indoors where the lighting isn't always the best. Honestly with all that just do what android does and swipe down
I agree with almost everything you’ve said in this video, with the exception of iPhones only getting 2-4 years before becoming obsolete. With all of the advantages android has, I’ve gotta give Apple credit for the longevity of their devices. The removal of the physical sim really irritates me though.
True, I bought an iPhone XS because I was getting fucked up with the inconsistency of the Android System, especially the fast degradation of software and hardware and the terrible update schedule. Android phones become unusable after 3 years or something. I despise that so much, a usable experience is worth more in my regard than everything else. And this phone is still working great, the battery has seen better days but quick charge helps a lot and it is not that bothersome rn.
@@mayatrash I got my Android phone in 2017, a bit more than five years ago (decent midrange for about $200 equivalent). Works fine in just about every respect. Battery is wonky below 50% and starts more or less immediately depleting, but the first 50% serve me around 5 or so hours and I really only need it for music and the rare call. Honestly, tablets are a better experience for my use-case (reading, watching videos). Phones are just too much on the smaller side for me to more than tolerate the process. Anyway, what I want to say is that Android got something for everyone. It's mostly a matter of finding the right match and some luck.
@@hellboy19991 yeah, they do. It depends on what kind of specs you want though. You can’t always get everything with a $200 phone, even if it does last a few years. My flip phone from 2010 still works just as well as it did a decade ago, but it’s still a flip phone. But yeah, if you don’t need or want the specs of a flagship, then it’s pretty dumb to get one
It really bothers me that apple sets a lot of trends because its starting to feel like i only buy a Samsung phone because its not an iphone I want more actual competition If Samsung or really any phone company had a phone that was as good as Samsung and apple but had a removable battery i would immediately buy it just for the battery then maybe we would start getting what we actually want like the headphone jack, the battery, expandable storage (which samsung used to have), and maybe even control over our property Dont you all agree?
Samsung did this for a few years after the iPhone removed these features. They marketed their products on the basis of keeping those features. It didn’t really work, so they followed the trend. These companies think in terms of millions and billions of customers. If the amount who want some feature become insignificant they simply remove the feature and add it to their margin. Has happened for decades.
Yeah man as much as I love android I can't deny it feels like they're just trying their hardest to copy or "match" the iPhone in every single way. We need actual innovation here..
nothing wrong with upgrading frequently as long as you're not going into debt over it or throwing away your old phones. also this is def not an "isheep" problem.. hell, there are some samsung users who upgrade every 6 months between S series, former Note series, and now the Foldables... meanwhile i know people still using iPhone 6S which is like 7 yrs old
I'm typing this on a 6 year old Motorola that I paid around $140.00 for. 😂😂 Things been dropped while riding my motorcycle and has had the shit beat out of it. I can't understand why people feel the need to drop money on a new phone every year.
I'm a luxury class above you with my 230€, 3.5 year old Honor 10, but fully understand the base of that statement 😄. I don't see the additional benefit of newer phones over mine. Low-light photography would be one, if I'd use that...
Using a moto G4 play here. If the call quality wouldn't have gotten so abysmal, I'd probably just replace the battery instead of switching at some point soon.
My S7 is almost 7 years old and never once have I found it lacking in speed or capability. It's a more-than-adequete abyssal rectangle that leaves me wanting none. Well, I guess I want to be free of it, but my job requires me to own an abyssal rectangle, like many other jobs today. Holding the 5-generations-newer S21 at the store, I can't see or feel a single thing that stands out in comparison.
if you decide to upgrade, i would recommend getting the S20, because it still has the option to upgrade storage with micro SD. that option went away with S21 and later models.
Having an outdated Android version is an issue of itself from a security perspective. There has been huge advances in encryption since android 7 going from basically none to hardware level keys implemented on an individual file basis. Not to mention all the exploits found in the linux kernel which could lead to root access for an attacker. I agree that getting the most of your old phone is definitely something to aim for. Only thing they lack is the hardware level encryption capability. But when official support and community ROM's get abandoned usually after about 3 years or so the security takes a nosedive and you need to assess whether carrying around a potential "stream your whole life to an adversary" -device is worth it or not for a few hundred saved bucks.
@@happerexyt9952 not sure how you would do that unless you make your own roms or you have an active community making them. Good for you if your particular phone still has an active rom community even after such a long time!
I swear if the new trend ends up being removing my ability to buy secondhand phones, selling my own or switching my number between two compatible phones I'm moving over to an IP number or landline.
This is the trend for Apple phones. Take features that have existed for 5-10 years, tell the world they're brand new and amazing, then sell phone for higher premiums then the competition... that's already ahead in features and hardware, and usually sell for lower prices. Gotta love Apple.
Still think AOD is about the dumbest "feature" they ever came up with for a phone. What dork was like "you know how the screen takes up by far the most battery on a smartphone? Yeah, well let's have that always wasting power"
Since 2018 can actually use 2 eSIMs at the same time, think a personal and work line. And store up to I think 8, but obviously you gotta manually reactivate those other ones you have stored. But yeah, as many advantages as eSIM has, I do think there is some malicious intent here on Apple’s side, and I know the carriers are happy to screw customers as much as possible too.
@@memepizza37 The rest of the world, unlike the USA, doesn't bend over backwards for Apple. Brazil actually forbade Apple to sell phones without a charger. And the EU is breathing on Apple's neck.
It's funny how 5 years ago phones had way more features than they have now to a point that it feels you bought a 60$ Phone when you get your high end device
The Satellite feature is only available in the US, probably because it took the space from the now removed SIM card tray, as it still exists outside of the US. Besides, more than half of the event was just about these emergency features that are pretty much useless.
Useless? You will eat your words when the gov will leave you with no food, water, electricity and gas in a few years and you are forced to live in the woods hunting squirrels
UNless they move the modem location to that part of the phone I kinda doubt it. The sat capability is something that is in the new modem they are using it is not a standalone piece of hardware.
yeah because like if you think about it, most iphone users are rich as elon musk, so they probably have a modern car that already has more accurate crash sensors than the iphone's so its a very useless feature tbh.
Not true at all. iPhone 14 in EU has both eSIM and physical nanoSIM. Apple is clearly doing this to appease cellular companies and make useless "water resistance" levels go higher. I love how EU sucker punched them so they can't keep using slow lightning and forced them to have a working sim tray in at least EU. PS: those who say apple will go magsafe only next year: Nope, the proposal requires all phones to have USB standard port, UNLESS they are sufficiently small like smart watches and each side of TWS earbuds (the case itself must have a port if it is big enough).
Clarkson did a great job of describing every model that has ever existed of the Porsche 911. Apple is using the same playbook as Porsche. It's the same damn phone every single year.
The 911 is also one of the best looking, best driving sports car families ever…designed for a specific type of person seeking a true drivers car. Their buyers want a 911 that stays true to its heritage, tradition, and style. Porsche people lost their shit when they moved away from air cooled engines. The Porsche playbook hasn’t changed because they got it right 40 years ago. Only a fool strays from a proven formula.
After what bmw did to their cars with that ugly grill and benz with their kia like backends, im not that mad at porsche any more for keeping something that looks good and improving it a little bit.
@@TheSolidSnakeOil yeah, just people don't buy a new Porsche 911 every year because it's the new one... Or do they? I honestly don't know, people are so fucked up that anything's possible
im quite happy with my samsung a52 with its headphone jack (kinda weird how the midtier phones have it but the flagship ones dont) and expandable memory with a 1tb sd in it, i do not give a single damn about how many cameras they can add because im not a tiktok thot, while simultaneously removing other features
part of the reason why midtier phones still get to have headphone jacks is because they often aren't waterproof. i guess people just frequently drop their phones in the toilet because it sure as hell became a premium marketable feature
@@genericgorilla i often listen to music in the shower and its been fine, although i wouldnt go around swimming with it or god knows what else people manage to do to warrant the removal of a potenial water exposure hazard, assuming thats even the reasoning behind it
the only phones with those features that are flagships are the sony xeperia phones and the asus zenphone 9 with it's beefy but small stature with also a very cool power button that can be programmable.
esim is pressuring us into things we really didn’t need, if they keep going this rt, people are going to switch to android bcuz apple been dropping the ball more and more and we’re behind on features like holy sh*t cmon now.
Not as wild as you think. They explicitly tell you to stand in a wide unobstructed area and exactly point it in the direction because the signal IS that weak.
Don't need to mark your words, it seems to already be the case. At the end of the little featurette on it (around 1 hour into the keynote,) the woman says it'll be "free for two years with iPhone 14." Probably implies it won't be free after those two years.
I have a samsung fold z3. Absolutely love it!! Iphones are boring. Lazy innovation. Had iphone 1 through 4s. Then switched to android and never looked back. The only apple product that is superior is tablets. But apple is inferior with phones, watches, laptops and desktops.
i've had the same iphone 7 for almost 5 years now and i am adamant in keeping it as long as possible, the battery may be at 74% efficiency but it's still really good even nowadays and tbh everything after the 7 was really unnecessary
@Chase ooooooo that’s really great lol i might need to replace mine too because my phone cannot survive a school day unless i bring my charger with me xp
@@lukasg4807 its cause carrier trade in deals incentivize it. the common idea is you get the new phone for 100 or less, even free, and you stay with them for two years.
i know ppl still on iphone 6s. i also know some samsung users upgrading every 6 months to get the newest foldable or S device coming out. it's not an isheep issue, it's a consumerism "issue". and it's only really an issue if upgrading phones causes you to go into debt, otherwise it's a totally reasonable way to spend money. better than spending money on worse addictive behaviors like gambling or alcohol.
Who the hell stores their contacts on their sim cards though. it's all sync'd in the cloud now. Also, SIM cards I think can't really store a lot of data. Contacts can only have one number as far as I remember.
Let’s be honest, when apple removed the headphone jack, so did everyone else and now it’s standard to use wireless earbuds for many people. The same thing will happen with e sims, carriers will be forced to get on board because all other manufacturers will remove the sim tray too.
i would be sort of on board with the wireless earbuds, if they actually had good earbuds that don't suck the air out of my brain and make me feel light headed. i still use those old flat earbuds and they're amazing, but haven't seen any good wireless earbuds that have that shape.
I’ve had an iphone 6 for almost a decade now, might consider getting some model of the 14 but the only real detracting point for me rn is the whole eSIM thing
@@nathanlarson6535 honestly I’ve been kinda thinking this, the only big counterpoints I have to consider are related to it being older and therefore becoming obsolete that much faster. If I’m gonna have a phone as long as I’ve had my current one, wouldn’t it make sense to go for the one with the latest tech then?
The thing I really like about iphones is their design, unironically. They are thick with flat screens and flat edges, it makes them so good to handle. Meanwhile on Android Samsung ruined designs seemingly forever by memeing curved screens and thin edges into existence. I can't even use modern Android flagship phones without a case because they're so thin they literally dig into my hands. Every single modern Android phone is like this.
The flat screen is the only redeeming quality to an iphone personally. If they could get rid of the notch, that would be even better. Forced eSims make sure I will never buy an Iphone, though.
TBH I can't use my iPhone without a case because it's slippy but the accessibility settings on it are why I keep it. I do like the Galaxy Z Flip tho. That's a cool phone.
I have to agree with this. The amount of times I'm in a game and it doesn't detect my touch or swipe making me lose because one of my other fingers is grazing one of the borders by just holding the damn thing, lol.
Bro FUCK this weeb. He don’t know what he’s talking about. Acting like the 3 year design cycle isn’t standard for Apple now. iPhones change design every 3 years or longer. And now Samsung and Google are doing the same thing apparently. S22 looks like S21, Pixel 7 looks like Pixel 6, etc Also, GIVE BACK THE SD SLOT? IPHONES NEVER HAD IT YOU STUPID DUMB IDIOT 😂 ALSO THIS MORON THINKS DYNAMIC ISLAND STAYS ACTUVE DURING FULLSCREEN VIDEOS BRUH
As a paramedic who also worked search and rescue, THANK YOU for pointing out how stupid the emergency stuff apple is touting is. EMS/SAR systems often can't find a normal cell phone not because of the cell phone, but the equipment our 911 services have. If apple wanted to actually make people safer, they'd just donate a couple billion dollars to upgrade every EMS/911 system in North America to be able to track the basic GPS system and triangulation and accept text messages. Because there's a good 99% chance your emergency feature is going to not work and first responders will not be able to use that data to find you. Car crashes. Woo. It's pretty rare for a car crash to not be seen or heard, and if it's bad enough to render you incapacitated in a rural enough area that nobody saw it, there's a good chance you're gonna die before we get to you anyways. But what we could use is again, the capability for emergency services to receive texts or triangulate GPS data. Because almost every phone can send that data already. We just can't hear it. Also that stupid atrial fibrillation 2 lead EKG in the apple watch is a joke at best, and medical waste at worst. It detects a lot of harmless mild afib and causes a lot of 911 calls and trips to emergency rooms that just didn't need to happen. If you walk into an ER and say your apple watch thinks you're having a heart problem, you aren't walking out of that er with less than a thousand dollar bill. What I find most telling is that they had this entire generation to make an effort in making their phones serviceable, without requiring that hilariously cynical, anti-environmenta, more expensive self-service program that requires they send you three full sized pelikan cases just to change a screen or battery. They could have made the new iphone go back to screws, lost no waterproofing capability, and reduced e-waste tremendously. But they just didn't want to. They want to keep their token program that attempts to satisfy legislators and right to repair activists, but also still promote as much e-waste consumerism as possible. It's just annoying as fuck. I think apple makes some impressive products that I'd like to own. But then they go and tie everything to a locked in ecosystem and terrible anticonsumer practices. I'd love an ipad for note taking over my samsung tablet. But then I couldn't share my notes across to my windows laptop. I'd love some airpods pro's, they're still a king of ANC. But you can't get firmware updates without an iphone/ipad/macbook. I even like the airpod max's, overpriced as they are. But again, locked in, doesn't play nice with android or windows. It annoys me to no end that they really don't have to be so toxic, anticonsumer and anti-environmental. But they choose to be. Every time they're presented with a fork in the road, one leading towards doing the right thing, the other towards shafting the human race for a tiny bit more profit, they always choose the latter. I don't even mind spending more on good products. They just clearly don't want my money. And Samsung is obviously just as toxic, they just aren't as innovative. So I'm probably done with their products now too. I'm sick of them mocking Apple for a stupid anticonsumer decision and then immediately doing it themselves.
Thank you for sharing your real experiences on what actually is needed for emergency situations. It’s really great to get some ground truth. As I suspected it appears that this product must be marketing first.
@@Henfredemars If you want a pretty good overview on the issue, check out John Oliver's "last week tonight" episode on 911. That's basically the problem. But for Search and Rescue (where the feature of this idiotic phone is being marketed) it's a thousand times worse.
Apple be like testing how much they can scam people: "Yeah man, just release the same phone people are buying anything just increase the model number lol"
As someone who travels, the e-Sim is a huge turnoff for me. I am literally on the iPhone upgrade plan. I would prefer a Sony phone now honestly, but I don't want to buy unlocked every year and not many carriers offer them.
Stable Diffusion 1.5 and your new video dropped almost at the same time to my yt feed. Now I can't sleep because the enorphine that's just released. Thanks man.
Re: 2 year obsolescence. The oldest iPhone that supports the latest version of iOS came out in 2015. That’s seven years of support. Apple promises minimum of five. You might argue that the whole fiasco with forced cpu slowing is planned obsolescence, but many Apple users aren’t going to notice. And so long as the phones work at all doing what the user needs, albeit more slowly, it can’t really be called obsolete. Other criticisms are spot on though
that's where you're wrong. at some point apps will update and require an update to work, but guess what, it requires the newest software update, which you can't get. had plenty of customers with that exact issue here in Netherlands where they needed to access an corona application, but it required them to update to the newest ios version ... yeah, they couldn't.
On the other hand, there's LineageOS. Granted, it doesn't work on every phone, but last I looked they're providing relatively recent versions of Android (with enhancements, no less) to phones as old as the Galaxy S4, in some very rare cases even older phones. My own Moto X4 is running 12L for exactly this reason. While it's great that official support is better on iPhone, an open option will pretty much always win out long term, whenever it exists. Had my last phone been an X2 rather than an X1, it would also be supported. Again though, only certain phones, requires the manufacturers actually sell you the device (bootloader unlock option) rather than a "license to use it" (no bootloader unlock), etc. Edit: didn't address the 2yr thing. This is how long they try to keep it "current", not just provide security updates. My point was that an open system remains _current_ longer, not just receiving minimal updates. In my case, I got improved calling quality (I believe it was added VoLTE support, but don't know for sure) with the new OS, among other things.
Amazing how many people with limited money or income are willing to spend on a phone / tracker when you break it down into monthly payments. Amazing arithmetic $900.00 or 24@37.50? $37.50 is not a large amount until you don't have it and then it's a huge amount.
I just really want to rant about the eSIM. I've had terrible experiences with communication providers in several occasions, and I've only learned that they just wanna screw you as much as they can. This will definitely make a very easy task of changing providers/equipment to a real pain in the "arse". Sure, I loooooove the idea of going to another country and having to pay for a new eSIM, which will surely also have problems as I probably won't have internet connection. Also, not sure about having to scan random QR codes anyone could print on top of the real one in order to install my new SIM.
I can understand the hate since youre a big android fan however all of these points you chose are strawman arguments and very moot points. You should really consider doing counterarguments instead of just pointing and laughing at a feature which in due time will be highly praised by everyone as everything here is actually a big improvement such as the island. Yes it seems ridiculous at first but if you actually had gotten the phone and used it for a week youd see that its very convenient and really smooth and satisfying. Swiping down everytime you have a notif or something in the background adds up. All those little actions add up. All apple is doing is reducing the actions you need to take by doing minor improvements. These all add up. Im not hating on your channel or your views but just criticizing. I appreciate you for making videos and stuff so please dont take this the wrong way.
Speaking of Samsung and the headphone jack, the thing that really pisses me off is with the new Samsung phone, it has a fucking PEN. A WHOLE PEN IN THERE, and you can't fit a fucking headphone jack???
I love your videos and I’m unironically an iPhone user. Weirdly enough I used to be an Android user prior to 2015. Phones are all just very similar nowadays and outside of the OS there really isn’t much difference. I have the 13 mini because I wanted a small phone that I could type one handed on. I don’t really care about having 3 cameras or a giant screen and it seems like every phone these days is just way too big with too many features I don’t care enough about or want to pay 1,000 plus for. The 13 mini was perfect for what I needed especially with the discounts and trade in offers I got. Ended up paying less than 300 for it brand new just a few months after it came out.
9:02 That point specifically, about still bringing a proper satellite phone just in case, brings to mind a saying that the prepping community has: "Two is one. One is none." Using the fancy new hotness is fine, but _always_ have a reliable back-up.
I have an iPhone and I switched to it from Android never to look back again. Nevertheless, I still enjoy your reviews. I completely agree on the not being open-source as being a bad thing, but you absolutely cannot argue that the specs and performance are bad. iPhones consistently beat their competitors for almost a decade, by now. Their software and hardware just integrate better.
same here, switched from a google pixel 3xl to an 11 pro max few years ago, just pre ordered a 14 pro max for 5g and 120hz. never regretted it for a minute, even as a computer technician. I completely see why what they're doing is sucky, but honestly no matter what we say about it the market will move this way anyway (esim, satellite call, etc). on top of that, no matter what they make, people will hate on the newest phone regardless. not unfounded of course
@@biosupdate7449 Yeah, I'm from the software industry, so one couldn't say I just don't know what I'm talking about. So, the closed garden is where it hits me the most. Despite that, nothing out there beats iPhones and this situation is likely to persist. I found that the most hated revamps and features Apple does are usually what keeps them so far ahead.
As a person that travels abroad a lot especially in countries that don't speak English at all, i will never use Esims phones because you actually need a local network provider to use your phone
Another issue with forced eSIM requirement is with Virtual Phone networks. Not all currently support eSIM which is offer by the mainstream carriers. I know Amaysim (currently no plans for 5G, VoLTE, WiFi Call) and Ting currently do not support eSIM possibly due to the inexpensive plans as a potential tradeoff. Who knows when it will happen ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
the death of the headphone jack marked a huge dip in quality for apple, i mean didnt we want phones to have the most features and be as convenient as can be? its nice to be able to plug your phone into an aux if youre at a party or to use sd cards and not have to pay a gazillion dollars more for extra storage/i cloud, now theyre even taking away sim cards.
Esims will absolutely be used to prevent re-selling mobile phones or push people into expensive 'contract only" packages.
You can remove esim profiles. Also esims are available with most carriers with any plan.
@@jeffreyfalcon243 US only*
I mean if someone wants to lock the device in that way it’s already possible or?
@@poms3559 wdym?
@@component9008 Here in Brazil, and I bet many other 3rd world countries, there are literally no esim plans on any major carrier. So if you ever want to take a vacation here you quite literally won't have any service.
So it accesses social media, takes pictures, and occasionally makes calls or texts.
Incredible.
:))
End times....
what exactly do you expect of a new device?? i don’t see any other option for apple
Introducing iApple. Your one stop shop for daily nutrition.
@@dndjxnskdbajd4561 really not much at all. What I'm disappointed in is the average consumer being so obsessed with the new hotness that they need to get a new phone.
I can't wait for Apple to "take the lead" and remove the charging port next year. If Apple can't have their Walled-Garden then nobody can win it seems
I was surprised that they didn't already do that this time.
With the new USB-C standard in the EU I would think they'd say "fine no charge port"
Honestly don’t know why people keep saying this, they are never doing that especially with the current 5/10W limit
@@uwuLegacy cuz it would be such an apple thing to do
Having *no* I/O on a device like that would be insane. It is at the very least required for development
@@uwuLegacy and right up until they took the headphone jack out I'm sure there were people saying "don't be silly, they will never do that!" And yet here we are!
Something I began asking myself whenever I look at a new phone is "Who needs this?"
I don't need wireless charging, I plug my phone in to charge anyway. I'd rather have a good usb-c port that I can use to hook my device up to all sorts of actually useful peripherals
I don't need a triple camera, I don't take photos anyway, and if I did, a really good camera costs less than an Iphone anyway.
I don't need the latest and "greatest" proprietary Apple-certified components. I'd rather have good documentation for easy reasonable repairs and upgrades.
Apple isn't good at making useful technology, they're good at making people think their technology is useful
youre completely right, and if youre tech geek who is worried about lastest technology you will buy android because it lets you to do much more things and its better overall
I like having wireless charging. It serves as a backup in two cases:
1. troubleshooting and temporarily circumventing a broken charging port
2. less universal, but more important to me: being able to charge my phone in case frost or moisture builds up in the charging port (happens from time to time due to my hobbies)
I also take a lot of photos and generally use my phone heavily. Despite all that, my 3-year-old Note 10 plus is a perfectly capable tool for me. My father got himself an S22 Ultra and I can't help but feel it's basically my phone with a 120Hz display and 10x telephoto.
@@barmiro yeah, I'm not saying the technology is useless, I just don't see a need for myself or others to have it while some in my opinion much more generally useful features were cut because of "courage".
The ideal scenario would be that different companies make different products for different people, and don't just do things because apple does it.
But if you have a genuine use for wireless charging, that is a good thing and it is good that you can buy a product that meets that need.
Really good cameras a good way to get robbed. I don’t know why that is but most countries I visit, the number one identifier of robberies I noticed is the person had a nice camera in their hands. Since it’s not the US where everyone has a gun, thieves are a lot more brave and see camera as a green flag.
@@MerlinTheCommenter Though having a good Iphone is even worse, especially if you're young, as people will think (or know) you're a daddy's kid who won't value their phone.
I've just realized the most fearful thing about this.. is eSIM spoofing.. at first I was mocking that Apple is forcing you to lose the ability of freely swapping phones by moving the SIM card.. but what if somebody out there spoofs your eSIM then jeopardizes your 2 stage authentication processes..
this is the first thing I thought this is just a big security risk with a bunch of inconveniences
Can't wait for samsung to make fun of apple for removing another feature just to do it themselves in a few months
Samsung tries so hard to be like Apple it's not even funny.
@@grainos5 meanwhile Xiaomi slapped an iOS bootleg launcher on Android and called it MIUI
@@amnottabs based Xiaomi not selling the best phone on the market to burger people
Samsung every year after the s10 has gotten worse and become more anticonsumer than Apple.
well samsung is the apple of android.
eSIMs are terrible when moving between phones and carriers.
All major carriers have call-in support with a minimum wait of 3 hours, meaning you have to wait in line for longer than being at the DMV. If you want the quickest support, you might as well go to the carrier store that is 25 miles away. They'll try to sell you on the latest phone plan/scam while you just ask them to make your new phone work.
Spy movie: main character snaps sim card
Future spy movie: snaps phone
eSims are fine tbh and useful to have, though to me only if there is the normal sim slot and the eSim option. Watch this be like the headphone jack in a few years though....
If you are such a citizen of the world this shouldn't be a problem bud. Buy one in one of the many countries I'm sure you visit that aren't North America
Even worse in the case of prepaid plans, many agents outright refuse.
Just do it online like a normal person
I work for a mobile network provider and trust me bros, never use esim if you can avoid it!
- Esim only benefits the network provider or manufacturer of the phone, because it is cheaper
- It is easier to track esim users because of the hardware tie-ins
- Troubleshooting with esim is more difficult because you can not easily try a different phone (physically move over the sim card)
- If your phone gets stolen/lost there will be significantly more hassle if you have an esim
- On physical sim-cards you can backup contacts/phone numbers
Apple: Sorry we can't hear you over the millions of units we're selling to consoomers.
And I work at apple
@@einmeddler You don’t understand my comment
@@TheGuyWhoIsSitting apple really doesn't give a flying fug. I used to work for them the only thing they care about is image, nothing else. Being perceived well by their customers is what got them going.
@@TheSuperBoyProject These days they only have to be "perceived well" by their diehard fanboys, which is about as easy as it gets. Literally they just pull out a new carrot on a stick once in a while and their "community" loses their minds over how "amazing" it is.
To me - eSIM is like going back to CDMA era, when carriers didn't even have to implement special locks, the way the phones worked both locked the consumer to the carrier, and locked customer choice of phones to what the carrier offered.
SIM is short for Subscriber Identity *Module* - module being the key word - it can be removed, replaced, reused - it gave you as a consumer choice by not tying your carrier subscription to your physical device.
This is important even if you never travel abroad because making it easier to switch cell providers encourages competition and prevents price gauging.
With eSIM, you can be locked from every direction - and you know that if a company can lock you in to squeeze more money out of you they will. Not just Apple, but the carriers as well!
I live in a country where for almost a decade it has been illegal for cell providers to SIM lock phones, even the ones they sell.
Now, they may start using eSIM to circumvent that law and restrict customers from switching providers claiming "technical difficulties".
P.S.
A friend recently bought a Garmin InReach device. It is smaller than a phone and only supports text messages, it basically has the functionality Apple advertises, but is still has a very chunky antenna on it.
And they are very up front on what you need to do to get reception on it, and how sensitive and limited it is.
If you are trapped in a cave, this thing won't help you, and it is purpose made to talk to a satellite, so an iPhone doesn't stand a chance!
(I say this, because Apple shows "trapped in a cave" in the commercial).
A new hand-rectangle WOOO! Can't wait to not buy that one! All my non-existent social media friends are gonna be so impressed with non-existence of my new toy that I didn't buy.
The iPhone 14 is certainly, without a shadow of a doubt one of the phones of 2022.
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E-sims and satellites… sounds like Apple is working on their own cell network for the future. This would be the perfect way for them to do it and market it as “the future” when they can implement the technology.
I hope it fucking explodes (in minecraft)
If they team with Starlink, they will eat the competition, because there would be basically none. That and Type C is what could maybe tempt me to switch to Apple.
@@thetechfromheaven But than you also need a powerful antenna to connect to Starlink. Also Starlink doesn't have enough capacity to serve all Apple users.
@@kfftfuftur that’s why it will be insanely expensive and pay-walled. Just like most of their devices, unfortunately I had to get an iPhone 13 because normies were sick of me having a Droid, and since the new Galaxy’s don’t have a headphone jack I just said fucc it. Last good phones I ever had were the Galaxy s9 and S10. But yea if Apple ever decides to make their own carrier, which I don’t see why not at this point I mean they have their own credit card and streaming services ffs. It’ll be a shitshow, they’re turning into Arasaka from Cyberpunk.
@@XanVicious they have cc and streaming servicez
The esim killed it for me. I travel a lot and most countries I go to definitely don’t have esim
Just buy a Samsung lmao
Your US plan doesn't come with free international? I thought switching sims overseas was all but dead.
@@miscellaneousproductions roaming is not good if you're visiting some 💩hole because sims of local carriers are given priority to the antennas over foreign carriers.
@@miscellaneousproductions Not everywhere. Roaming is bloody expensive.
@@theairaccumulator7144 if you think Samsung won’t do this…
The eSim feature reminds me to the annoying CDMA era prior to the SIM Card revolution. I'm still relying in the physical SIM cards because that's a reliable way to change of phone carrier and not depend of the OEM in term of features.
eSIM are US only, rest still have physical SIM tray as I've heard
Exactly! That's the feeling I had too.
They wanna tether the phone to the carrier all over again. This eSIM is looking very anticonsumer if you ask me.
cdma sucked.
Oh god that was The Bad Place 😭
I actually was support at the fruit corp during the death knell of that. Verizon was clinging to it so hard until recently
@@lowwastehighmelanin They, I believe, are the only runs still running the cdma networks.
I'm still using an iPhone 6s+, the best one imo to ever be made. Still good to repair, headphone jack and everything. I’m really sad apple went the way of taking stuff out of phones instead of just improving the things that they already have.
EDIT: Now I just gotta hope that they still develop security updates for the now discontinued iPhones, as their new iOS 16 is only supported for iPhone 8 and above. F you apple.
Iphone peaked at 6, everything after has been a downward spiral
@@cara-seyun Totally agree
The iPhone 6s is the greatest iPhone
I did too until it broke and the places around me were charging more than I would pay to upgrade. At this point with how android looks I might just switch to a dumb phone
Me too its the best by far
Apple technician here, on the US models, where the sim card reader was, the space is taken by a plastic square, no usable component just a plastic square
The most game changing phone feature of the last 3 years is 10x optical zoom, and iPhones still don't have that.
@NRG bruh
@NRG as an iPhone user myself I think that software doesn’t really make up for it or justify the price lol
@NRG wow i do love my phone because i want to play games on it like a fuckin 12 year old 😐
and the reason that apple don't want to add a feature is obviously them having so many features already ah yes that's how corporations work 😐
don't worry, they'll invent it in a couple of years 🤣
@NRG Android has more games.
Most dual-sim android phones(even the lower end ones) sold in Europe in the past 5 years have Dual Standby, so you don't need to switch between the sims as they're both connected at the same time. I love it - I carry my work sim in my personal phone so that I don't have to have two phones and I also get to use my work sim's unlimited data plan :)
I have a phone with dual sim and expandable storage that's like a year old. Why would you ever buy a phone that costs 4x more but also has worse QoL features?
@Zentosi gsmarena has a nice search called "phone finder", where you can specify all the features you need :)
@@DezXereanas Because apple fanboys make the interesting specimens you meet at walmart look smart.
@Zentosi Don't listen to any recommendations. Most of them know nothing about where you live, your budget or what your use case is.
For example, the plus version of my phone was in my budget too, but I prioritize battery life over camera quality and I don't really see the benefit of getting a 120hz screen on my phone.
I'd say you should just start by listing down what's the bare minimum you need from a phone before you start researching which model to buy.
Bruh, iphones with esim also have dual standby and ability to store up to 8 esim, what are you talking about?
5:52 security companies already came up with a solution for this called a cell bridge. Originally made for alarm systems with 3g radios stuck inside of them, a cell bridge is what it sounds like, and takes a 3g wireless signal and converts it to talk to 4g/LTE towers. They have their own radios and sims inside of them. I wouldn't be surprised if we start to see third party peripheral companies start to make these.
Hi, sorry to disturb. You linked 5:52 and at that time, he is talking about physical sims. You are taking about 3G. I don't understand. Can you please explain?
@@johnchristian7788 I'm assuming that StarHelix was referring to the issue of non-local sim cards in other countries, and that this issue can be solved by a "cell bridge".
@@usedcolouringbook8798
That's a pretty sad solution and one that pretty much already gets done via prepaid wifi hotspots and voip calling. A bunch of the dudes in Yokosuka had to do this, at quite a high cost I might add, so they could get internet for their PCs as well as call home.
@@johnchristian7788 Ah sorry, yeah @UsedColouringBook explained it a bit, but to add on, a cell bridge is pretty much a 4g/LTE cell radio that can be paired to another device's cell radio to talk to a tower. If the device in question has a 3g radio, or has a radio on a network that isn't available in the area, you can pair it with a cell bridge that has a carrier's sim card installed and be able to use the carrier's towers. Hope my explanation was a bit clearer!
Thanks everyone! I understand clearly now 😊
Had stopped hyping on iPhone since 2018. The greatness is faded away
Personally, I'd much rather have an SD card than a SIM. Sure, we have cloud storage - but cloud still sucks for any practical usage (except file sharing).
There's definitely some personal gain/intentional malice behind the esim only decision, especially since it's only in the US. It might also be a carrier influenced thing because US carriers absolutely hate the idea of dual sim/dual sim standby on American phones because of how easy it gets them around being locked to one carrier/easier to switch. That's why must dual sim phones are mainly international/European and American models are made single sim. With esim and a physical sim at least there was one could could easily swap out but with both being esim there's just so much more work to swap anything.
It's 100% a tracking thing. In China phones legally can ONLY have physical sim trays, so...
Haven't had a single Sim phone for three years now.
Woth meta you wont need to travel. You wont even have to leave your home. You can work from home. Order food to your home. Explore the meta from your home. Get married in meta. Send baby juices to lab from home. Have children from home. Welcome to the new era. You will own nothing. But. You. Will. Be. Happy....... in meta.
@@pluto8404 Meta definitely sucks, but they're not the only one pushing for that future. It's all of them.
yup, and international phones are kneecapped digitally to spite you for getting one. My galaxy S10e lost multiple functions which, admittedly, were superficial and didn't matter but its the thought that i paid for that and they took it away to spite me for buying an international model.
“Cool. iPhone14, what’s different about it?”
Apple:
“It’s the new one”
With a slightly nicer camera that I can't tell the photos apart.
*consoomer gasp*
@@zachryder3150 That's the thing thats annoyed me most about flagship phones, why is the entire advertising campaign focused on the camera? I'm not an instagram model ffs.
@@slenderman1309 I personally don't use the cameras either
“Cool. iPhone14, what’s different about it?”
Apple:
“the 14”
The new iPhone dropped so the Queen checked out rather than get one.
iron toddler BTFO
Too Soon
I hate that this is funny.
i cant comprehend one single word of this comment
Can't blame her
"If Apple jumped off a cliff, would you follow them?"
Companies: *_sweating_*
"vast majority" I feel called out. i just like the UI 😭😭😭😭
All the ''dynamic island' tells me is that Apple R&D have completely failed and given up on putting those front facing sensors under the screen so they built a gimmick around it.
I had the exact same thought
Looking at the current quality of under-screen cameras, I can understand them. Apple could never ship them.
However, I would have kept a notch, and NEVER would have integrated animations into such a thing. It will just remind you again and again how bad it looks...
Making the background of the top bar black is a sufficient solution for me, and compared to my previous phone, Galaxy S5, the resulting bevel is smaller and shows some status information left and right :)
Actually, the sensors for face id are underneath the screen. The only thing on the screen that the Dynamic Island is camouflaging is the selfie camera. They implemented the Dynamic Island more to camouflage the camera without it seeming out of place and to give this whole camouflaging method an utility as well (ie, important notifications or reminders - such as an app using your camera or mic). So maybe it’s a gimmick, but apple has definitely not given up on the idea of more screen real estate
Me, personally, i find it less distracting than the notch and actually distracting for things that actually matter. It looks way better that just a green bar or small icons to show a call in progress or some tiny colored dots to show that the microphone or camera are being used.
facts 🥳
About their "dynamic island" concept, I actually thought it looked pretty cool for a minute, until I realized how annoying it would be to make you notice more that there is a big black pill wasting space on top of your screen.
That and, there's so much focus on how it's "revolutionary!!!" ...they could have done the exact same thing with their notch.
I would have been embarrassed to try and hype this feature the way they have. It's so minor.
@@p_x_ Introducing... The Always-On Display® (2022)
Isn't it just like the panels from samsung smartphone? Only with the drawback that you can't chose where to put it.
@@beck2310 yes, but with the panels on Samsung, you can choose the size, where it is, or you can put it back into the notification shade, and just check it with a swipe. Idk if these things sit in the notifications on iPhone i haven't had one in years
yeah that would fucking annoy me man
Just remember the apple esim is different to other esim.. they control the loading of it and they charge the network operator for a licence for each sim.
Stupid reallly.
To be fair, early cell phones had big antennas as well, so I look forward to the development of satellite technology
Yeah, but modern satellite phones have an even bigger antenna than early phones, the iphone had no antenna
@@PixyEm true, but it has internal antennas. There were always people who doubted those antenna less phones, but look how far the technology has come. I'm just saying in 10-15 years the technology could come a long way.
@@coltoncycotte8681 "Technology" isn't something that's going magically fix physical limitations. Besides, satellites themselves are not a "quick upgrade" thing, they can last 15 years or more and are very expensive to deploy.
It's kind of funny to me that Apple's anti-consumer practices lead the way with every other company scrambling to keep up, yet every time they get a cool "new" feature that keeps the zombies locked in to that walled garden, Android had it first. Humanity is doomed.
are these the signs that the hindus are right? that stuff is getting worse? because they believe it's the dawn of kali yuga and that some energy remains from dvapara yuga but it's waning
@@rhebucks_zh tf?
@@odillon0502 don't question me
Android had it first, with an abysmally poorly thought out implementation. In engineering, ideas don’t have any merit, execution does.
@@arandomhumanbeing2464 Working differently doesn't mean worse. iOS users expect things a certain way, so a feature might only get copied once they can figure out how it works in their ecosystem, and sometimes it doesn't which is why not every feature gets copied. On a tangent, what does that say about Windows when it copies all of its ideas from elsewhere and makes them worse?
I can definitely see an Apple executive traveling to Bangladesh/Indonesia/Vietnam to negotiate a deal for company clothing or something and needing to bring a different phone so they can use a physical SIM. In any case, the fact that it hard to tell how removing the option to use a physical SIM is supposed to make Apple money is not a good sign. It's like the headphone jack getting removed for Apple's push for bluetooth devices, you don't remove a useful option that costs under a cent to include on the phone unless you're absolutely certain you can make more money with it gone.
I mean dude, Bali is pretty much a popular destination. But yet, there's only one provider that actually have eSIM plan in Indonesia. That's kinda bs tbh, especially that some provider has different network speed and reachability/availability.
Add China, too.
Thanks for mentioning Bangladesh dude.
@@dragonandavatarfan8865 fr bangladesh is unknown
I don't like how it seems like more and more options are taken away or made more difficult to accomplish.
Oh, it doesn't just seem that way, it is and it's completely intentional. These companies want to squeeze every cent out of you and apple is leading the way in screwing over customers.
@@LilacMonarch Take "seem" with a grain of salt, that's just how I talk lol. But yeah, seeing things being removed for no real reason or removed and turned into a subscription is annoying. That's why I still use Adobe CS6. I'm not paying a subscription. My phone still has a headphone jack (which I use regularly) and I'm gonna be sad when it dies on me.
Yeah İ think this will be my last phone (xiaomi mi10t lite) with a headphone jack
Welcome to the smartphone market, it's a fucking clown show.
@@person.w9780 the LG v60 has 8gb of ram and a board of the S21ultra and its 100 USD right now
To be honest I'm quite impressed with their UI animations around the camera blob. So far the best way to make it less distracting.
Until you realize you're gonna constantly have finger prints on your camera.
@@ghosthunter0950 If your fingers are that oily, you could just, I don't know, wash your hands??
@@samwhaleIV Your fingers aren't supposed to be on your camera, and your hands are naturally oily. Washing your hands everytime you wanna see a notification is annoying. To properly clean a camera you have to use a microfiber cloth and considering phones have this unique feature where you touch them to do stuff, your gonna have to do that a lot. Especially if you take pictures often and take them indoors where the lighting isn't always the best.
Honestly with all that just do what android does and swipe down
How is it less distracting?
It is equally distracting. They just can't get the under screen camera going even though Samsung has.
@@Mutantcy1992 when under screen cameras are on a 5th or 6th generation apple will add it to the iPhone 18 pro and call it "the magic camera"
I agree with almost everything you’ve said in this video, with the exception of iPhones only getting 2-4 years before becoming obsolete. With all of the advantages android has, I’ve gotta give Apple credit for the longevity of their devices. The removal of the physical sim really irritates me though.
True, I bought an iPhone XS because I was getting fucked up with the inconsistency of the Android System, especially the fast degradation of software and hardware and the terrible update schedule. Android phones become unusable after 3 years or something. I despise that so much, a usable experience is worth more in my regard than everything else. And this phone is still working great, the battery has seen better days but quick charge helps a lot and it is not that bothersome rn.
@@mayatrash I got my Android phone in 2017, a bit more than five years ago (decent midrange for about $200 equivalent). Works fine in just about every respect. Battery is wonky below 50% and starts more or less immediately depleting, but the first 50% serve me around 5 or so hours and I really only need it for music and the rare call. Honestly, tablets are a better experience for my use-case (reading, watching videos). Phones are just too much on the smaller side for me to more than tolerate the process. Anyway, what I want to say is that Android got something for everyone. It's mostly a matter of finding the right match and some luck.
I'm using a 5 Yr old Android device... No problems whatsoever... Was your phone a low spec phone or perhaps you were unlucky on some other front?
Always better to buy a 200$ phone that lasts 3 years than a 1500$ phone that lasts 5 years. Does apple even produce phones below 800 at this point?
@@hellboy19991 yeah, they do. It depends on what kind of specs you want though. You can’t always get everything with a $200 phone, even if it does last a few years. My flip phone from 2010 still works just as well as it did a decade ago, but it’s still a flip phone. But yeah, if you don’t need or want the specs of a flagship, then it’s pretty dumb to get one
As someone who's works for phone company's for years, most people don't store their contacts in Sims. At least from my experience in the US.
It really bothers me that apple sets a lot of trends because its starting to feel like i only buy a Samsung phone because its not an iphone
I want more actual competition
If Samsung or really any phone company had a phone that was as good as Samsung and apple but had a removable battery i would immediately buy it just for the battery then maybe we would start getting what we actually want like the headphone jack, the battery, expandable storage (which samsung used to have), and maybe even control over our property
Dont you all agree?
Samsung did this for a few years after the iPhone removed these features. They marketed their products on the basis of keeping those features. It didn’t really work, so they followed the trend. These companies think in terms of millions and billions of customers. If the amount who want some feature become insignificant they simply remove the feature and add it to their margin. Has happened for decades.
Agree !
yeah but we're not the majority so we don't have that valuable of an opinion
Motorola isnt as "good" in terms of Performance but has everything except the removeable battery
Yeah man as much as I love android I can't deny it feels like they're just trying their hardest to copy or "match" the iPhone in every single way. We need actual innovation here..
I can already picture itoddlers swapping their perfectly serviceable iPhone 13 for the 14 just because it's the new thing
It’s why the planet is warming up 😔
nothing wrong with upgrading frequently as long as you're not going into debt over it or throwing away your old phones.
also this is def not an "isheep" problem.. hell, there are some samsung users who upgrade every 6 months between S series, former Note series, and now the Foldables... meanwhile i know people still using iPhone 6S which is like 7 yrs old
@@goJesusandStarcraft Rocking my 11 right now, but by the time I switch not sure if I’ll still be with apple.
smug wojak
@@zafuro consoomer wojak
2:04 I still have headphone jacks, screw you Apple
Legit thought the satellite SOS message was going to be something like: Help! I'm stuck in a foreign country that does not have eSim!!!
Sick...... they removed a camera
I'm typing this on a 6 year old Motorola that I paid around $140.00 for. 😂😂
Things been dropped while riding my motorcycle and has had the shit beat out of it. I can't understand why people feel the need to drop money on a new phone every year.
Bro, I use Redmi 9 for 100€ for the past year and it hasn't slowed down even one bit.
I'm a luxury class above you with my 230€, 3.5 year old Honor 10, but fully understand the base of that statement 😄. I don't see the additional benefit of newer phones over mine.
Low-light photography would be one, if I'd use that...
Using a moto G4 play here. If the call quality wouldn't have gotten so abysmal, I'd probably just replace the battery instead of switching at some point soon.
My S7 is almost 7 years old and never once have I found it lacking in speed or capability. It's a more-than-adequete abyssal rectangle that leaves me wanting none. Well, I guess I want to be free of it, but my job requires me to own an abyssal rectangle, like many other jobs today. Holding the 5-generations-newer S21 at the store, I can't see or feel a single thing that stands out in comparison.
if you decide to upgrade, i would recommend getting the S20, because it still has the option to upgrade storage with micro SD. that option went away with S21 and later models.
S8+ here, and still going strong as well!
Having an outdated Android version is an issue of itself from a security perspective. There has been huge advances in encryption since android 7 going from basically none to hardware level keys implemented on an individual file basis. Not to mention all the exploits found in the linux kernel which could lead to root access for an attacker.
I agree that getting the most of your old phone is definitely something to aim for. Only thing they lack is the hardware level encryption capability. But when official support and community ROM's get abandoned usually after about 3 years or so the security takes a nosedive and you need to assess whether carrying around a potential "stream your whole life to an adversary" -device is worth it or not for a few hundred saved bucks.
@@De-Mango you can just force upgrade it yourself, my friend made this 5 year old phone run android 13 perfectly and smoothly
@@happerexyt9952 not sure how you would do that unless you make your own roms or you have an active community making them. Good for you if your particular phone still has an active rom community even after such a long time!
I swear if the new trend ends up being removing my ability to buy secondhand phones, selling my own or switching my number between two compatible phones I'm moving over to an IP number or landline.
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When you hate apple sm you ride every new release… "ironically" tho right 😂😂
wow, an always on display, something we _definitely_ haven't had since 2010...
Even my old Nokia Lumia 720 had that with Glance feature.
This is the trend for Apple phones. Take features that have existed for 5-10 years, tell the world they're brand new and amazing, then sell phone for higher premiums then the competition... that's already ahead in features and hardware, and usually sell for lower prices. Gotta love Apple.
Still think AOD is about the dumbest "feature" they ever came up with for a phone. What dork was like "you know how the screen takes up by far the most battery on a smartphone? Yeah, well let's have that always wasting power"
@@homuraakemi9556 do you know how OLED display works?
@@Villager_U Yeah, and the pixels that are lit still burn battery needlessly. It's a pointless feature.
Since 2018 can actually use 2 eSIMs at the same time, think a personal and work line. And store up to I think 8, but obviously you gotta manually reactivate those other ones you have stored.
But yeah, as many advantages as eSIM has, I do think there is some malicious intent here on Apple’s side, and I know the carriers are happy to screw customers as much as possible too.
It's definitely malicious and anti-consumer. This will not work in Europe or Oceania.
@@lowwastehighmelanin that's why the esim only phones are North America only
@@CliffordChang-v8c "esim only phones are North America only"
For now
@@memepizza37 The rest of the world, unlike the USA, doesn't bend over backwards for Apple. Brazil actually forbade Apple to sell phones without a charger. And the EU is breathing on Apple's neck.
@@Jose04537 wow, I would hate for someone to breathe on my next
It's funny how 5 years ago phones had way more features than they have now to a point that it feels you bought a 60$ Phone when you get your high end device
Still rocking that iphone 7 B^)
"big antenna" ? umm no . lol . you dont always need an big antenna , not with the advancements we have today.
The Satellite feature is only available in the US, probably because it took the space from the now removed SIM card tray, as it still exists outside of the US. Besides, more than half of the event was just about these emergency features that are pretty much useless.
Useless? You will eat your words when the gov will leave you with no food, water, electricity and gas in a few years and you are forced to live in the woods hunting squirrels
UNless they move the modem location to that part of the phone I kinda doubt it. The sat capability is something that is in the new modem they are using it is not a standalone piece of hardware.
yeah because like if you think about it, most iphone users are rich as elon musk, so they probably have a modern car that already has more accurate crash sensors than the iphone's so its a very useless feature tbh.
Not true at all. iPhone 14 in EU has both eSIM and physical nanoSIM. Apple is clearly doing this to appease cellular companies and make useless "water resistance" levels go higher. I love how EU sucker punched them so they can't keep using slow lightning and forced them to have a working sim tray in at least EU.
PS: those who say apple will go magsafe only next year: Nope, the proposal requires all phones to have USB standard port, UNLESS they are sufficiently small like smart watches and each side of TWS earbuds (the case itself must have a port if it is big enough).
Clarkson did a great job of describing every model that has ever existed of the Porsche 911. Apple is using the same playbook as Porsche. It's the same damn phone every single year.
Well, every car company does that, not just Porsche.
The 911 is also one of the best looking, best driving sports car families ever…designed for a specific type of person seeking a true drivers car. Their buyers want a 911 that stays true to its heritage, tradition, and style. Porsche people lost their shit when they moved away from air cooled engines.
The Porsche playbook hasn’t changed because they got it right 40 years ago. Only a fool strays from a proven formula.
After what bmw did to their cars with that ugly grill and benz with their kia like backends, im not that mad at porsche any more for keeping something that looks good and improving it a little bit.
@@TheSolidSnakeOil yeah, just people don't buy a new Porsche 911 every year because it's the new one... Or do they? I honestly don't know, people are so fucked up that anything's possible
I mean what do you want them to do? Make a car that looks like a Miata?
im quite happy with my samsung a52 with its headphone jack (kinda weird how the midtier phones have it but the flagship ones dont) and expandable memory with a 1tb sd in it, i do not give a single damn about how many cameras they can add because im not a tiktok thot, while simultaneously removing other features
part of the reason why midtier phones still get to have headphone jacks is because they often aren't waterproof. i guess people just frequently drop their phones in the toilet because it sure as hell became a premium marketable feature
@@genericgorilla i often listen to music in the shower and its been fine, although i wouldnt go around swimming with it or god knows what else people manage to do to warrant the removal of a potenial water exposure hazard, assuming thats even the reasoning behind it
the only phones with those features that are flagships are the sony xeperia phones and the asus zenphone 9 with it's beefy but small stature with also a very cool power button that can be programmable.
@@genericgorilla waterproof flagships can have a charging port but not a headphone port??
My S8 has the headphone jack and IP-68 water resistance like any of the new flagships. It's complete BS
esim is pressuring us into things we really didn’t need, if they keep going this rt, people are going to switch to android bcuz apple been dropping the ball more and more and we’re behind on features like holy sh*t cmon now.
And people hate androids
Pleb: My satellite iPhone doesn't work.
Apple, probably: You're holding it wrong.
Not as wild as you think. They explicitly tell you to stand in a wide unobstructed area and exactly point it in the direction because the signal IS that weak.
iphone in china: dual-sim
iphone in usa: zero-waste
zero - function you mean.
@@amentco8445 no, zero-waste.
There is no such thing as a "zero waste" product
@@Garwinium no, less waste is that better?
They're all made in china tho
The satellite feature I guarantee you; after this generation of iPhone will be a subscription system.
Mark my words.
Don't need to mark your words, it seems to already be the case. At the end of the little featurette on it (around 1 hour into the keynote,) the woman says it'll be "free for two years with iPhone 14." Probably implies it won't be free after those two years.
"You will own nothing and be happy"
Most satellite sos services are subscriptions anyway
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If you’re going to guarantee it then how much money are you prepared to ante up
If I multiplied my iPhone number by 2 I still wouldn’t have as high as they are now
I have a samsung fold z3. Absolutely love it!! Iphones are boring. Lazy innovation. Had iphone 1 through 4s. Then switched to android and never looked back. The only apple product that is superior is tablets. But apple is inferior with phones, watches, laptops and desktops.
i've had the same iphone 7 for almost 5 years now and i am adamant in keeping it as long as possible, the battery may be at 74% efficiency but it's still really good even nowadays and tbh everything after the 7 was really unnecessary
@Chase ooooooo that’s really great lol i might need to replace mine too because my phone cannot survive a school day unless i bring my charger with me xp
Upgraded my 4s to an SE 2020 when that came out. I expect to use this one until I can finally force myself to use a open-source phone.
Damn, 74%? My OnePlus 7 I've had for 3 years has like 50% and doesn't last a single day
lol I've had my nokia for more than 3 years, never have to worry about carrying a charger easily lasts a day
I hope you won't have to deal with vulnerabilities now that the iphone 7 won't get updates anymore
Man, I love these cultured thumbnails so much ‼️🥰🙏
I 100% agree with everything in this video, except 8:14 .
Most iPhone users keep their phones for over 3 years
Most people I know get a new one every year or two.
I've been using my iPhone 11 for 2+ years (no sim plans contract is a blessing). Eventually I be force to upgrade.
@@lukasg4807 its cause carrier trade in deals incentivize it. the common idea is you get the new phone for 100 or less, even free, and you stay with them for two years.
i know ppl still on iphone 6s.
i also know some samsung users upgrading every 6 months to get the newest foldable or S device coming out.
it's not an isheep issue, it's a consumerism "issue". and it's only really an issue if upgrading phones causes you to go into debt, otherwise it's a totally reasonable way to spend money. better than spending money on worse addictive behaviors like gambling or alcohol.
If you do crime I wouldn’t recommend this phone, once you wire your phone to a carrier with esim you’ll always be trackable
Who the hell stores their contacts on their sim cards though. it's all sync'd in the cloud now. Also, SIM cards I think can't really store a lot of data. Contacts can only have one number as far as I remember.
Let’s be honest, when apple removed the headphone jack, so did everyone else and now it’s standard to use wireless earbuds for many people. The same thing will happen with e sims, carriers will be forced to get on board because all other manufacturers will remove the sim tray too.
Wait....when did wired-earphones ports stop being used......man....my tablet is so old it's incompatible with Tropico Demo mobile version.......
I Have A iPad With The Headphone Jack
i would be sort of on board with the wireless earbuds, if they actually had good earbuds that don't suck the air out of my brain and make me feel light headed.
i still use those old flat earbuds and they're amazing, but haven't seen any good wireless earbuds that have that shape.
Fuck earbuds. Never gonna be standard for me
I’ve had an iphone 6 for almost a decade now, might consider getting some model of the 14 but the only real detracting point for me rn is the whole eSIM thing
Yeah I’m glad it’s not in Australia
you could just get a 13 instead, and probably cheaper anyways
Get an android
@@nathanlarson6535 honestly I’ve been kinda thinking this, the only big counterpoints I have to consider are related to it being older and therefore becoming obsolete that much faster. If I’m gonna have a phone as long as I’ve had my current one, wouldn’t it make sense to go for the one with the latest tech then?
@@SilverEternal22 don’t have to worry about that as the new iPhone has the same cpu
The thing I really like about iphones is their design, unironically. They are thick with flat screens and flat edges, it makes them so good to handle.
Meanwhile on Android Samsung ruined designs seemingly forever by memeing curved screens and thin edges into existence. I can't even use modern Android flagship phones without a case because they're so thin they literally dig into my hands. Every single modern Android phone is like this.
The flat screen is the only redeeming quality to an iphone personally. If they could get rid of the notch, that would be even better. Forced eSims make sure I will never buy an Iphone, though.
TBH I can't use my iPhone without a case because it's slippy but the accessibility settings on it are why I keep it. I do like the Galaxy Z Flip tho. That's a cool phone.
I have to agree with this.
The amount of times I'm in a game and it doesn't detect my touch or swipe making me lose because one of my other fingers is grazing one of the borders by just holding the damn thing, lol.
The regular S22 and S22 Plus went back to flat screens actually. Only the Ultra still uses curved screens
Imo you're exaggerating. I currently have Mototola G30 which is one hell of a phone and works wonders for me as well as being really comfy to handle
Bro FUCK this weeb. He don’t know what he’s talking about. Acting like the 3 year design cycle isn’t standard for Apple now. iPhones change design every 3 years or longer. And now Samsung and Google are doing the same thing apparently. S22 looks like S21, Pixel 7 looks like Pixel 6, etc
Also, GIVE BACK THE SD SLOT? IPHONES NEVER HAD IT YOU STUPID DUMB IDIOT 😂
ALSO THIS MORON THINKS DYNAMIC ISLAND STAYS ACTUVE DURING FULLSCREEN VIDEOS BRUH
man says its ok because its the standard. small child apple fangirl
this is sad
Yet another iPhone
As a paramedic who also worked search and rescue, THANK YOU for pointing out how stupid the emergency stuff apple is touting is. EMS/SAR systems often can't find a normal cell phone not because of the cell phone, but the equipment our 911 services have. If apple wanted to actually make people safer, they'd just donate a couple billion dollars to upgrade every EMS/911 system in North America to be able to track the basic GPS system and triangulation and accept text messages. Because there's a good 99% chance your emergency feature is going to not work and first responders will not be able to use that data to find you. Car crashes. Woo. It's pretty rare for a car crash to not be seen or heard, and if it's bad enough to render you incapacitated in a rural enough area that nobody saw it, there's a good chance you're gonna die before we get to you anyways. But what we could use is again, the capability for emergency services to receive texts or triangulate GPS data. Because almost every phone can send that data already. We just can't hear it.
Also that stupid atrial fibrillation 2 lead EKG in the apple watch is a joke at best, and medical waste at worst. It detects a lot of harmless mild afib and causes a lot of 911 calls and trips to emergency rooms that just didn't need to happen. If you walk into an ER and say your apple watch thinks you're having a heart problem, you aren't walking out of that er with less than a thousand dollar bill.
What I find most telling is that they had this entire generation to make an effort in making their phones serviceable, without requiring that hilariously cynical, anti-environmenta, more expensive self-service program that requires they send you three full sized pelikan cases just to change a screen or battery. They could have made the new iphone go back to screws, lost no waterproofing capability, and reduced e-waste tremendously. But they just didn't want to. They want to keep their token program that attempts to satisfy legislators and right to repair activists, but also still promote as much e-waste consumerism as possible.
It's just annoying as fuck. I think apple makes some impressive products that I'd like to own. But then they go and tie everything to a locked in ecosystem and terrible anticonsumer practices. I'd love an ipad for note taking over my samsung tablet. But then I couldn't share my notes across to my windows laptop. I'd love some airpods pro's, they're still a king of ANC. But you can't get firmware updates without an iphone/ipad/macbook. I even like the airpod max's, overpriced as they are. But again, locked in, doesn't play nice with android or windows.
It annoys me to no end that they really don't have to be so toxic, anticonsumer and anti-environmental. But they choose to be. Every time they're presented with a fork in the road, one leading towards doing the right thing, the other towards shafting the human race for a tiny bit more profit, they always choose the latter. I don't even mind spending more on good products. They just clearly don't want my money. And Samsung is obviously just as toxic, they just aren't as innovative. So I'm probably done with their products now too. I'm sick of them mocking Apple for a stupid anticonsumer decision and then immediately doing it themselves.
Thank you for sharing your real experiences on what actually is needed for emergency situations. It’s really great to get some ground truth.
As I suspected it appears that this product must be marketing first.
@@Henfredemars If you want a pretty good overview on the issue, check out John Oliver's "last week tonight" episode on 911. That's basically the problem. But for Search and Rescue (where the feature of this idiotic phone is being marketed) it's a thousand times worse.
Man, I still miss the headphone jack.
Apple be like testing how much they can scam people:
"Yeah man, just release the same phone people are buying anything just increase the model number lol"
nah its not the same phone, its new with vastly improved spyware and personal information collection services
itoddlers BTFO
As someone who travels, the e-Sim is a huge turnoff for me. I am literally on the iPhone upgrade plan. I would prefer a Sony phone now honestly, but I don't want to buy unlocked every year and not many carriers offer them.
There are so many points of failure with the satellite emergency system
how many are there with a regular phone?
Makes you wonder if our society at any point will go so far as to have exactly zero people buying a new apple product
Stable Diffusion 1.5 and your new video dropped almost at the same time to my yt feed. Now I can't sleep because the enorphine that's just released. Thanks man.
i didnt even know they had an iphone 12 lol
All flagship phones look the same every generation, look at the s20 and s21
Re: 2 year obsolescence. The oldest iPhone that supports the latest version of iOS came out in 2015. That’s seven years of support. Apple promises minimum of five.
You might argue that the whole fiasco with forced cpu slowing is planned obsolescence, but many Apple users aren’t going to notice. And so long as the phones work at all doing what the user needs, albeit more slowly, it can’t really be called obsolete.
Other criticisms are spot on though
I am reading this from my iPhone 8, and it is still working fine.
that's where you're wrong.
at some point apps will update and require an update to work, but guess what, it requires the newest software update, which you can't get.
had plenty of customers with that exact issue here in Netherlands where they needed to access an corona application, but it required them to update to the newest ios version ... yeah, they couldn't.
On the other hand, there's LineageOS. Granted, it doesn't work on every phone, but last I looked they're providing relatively recent versions of Android (with enhancements, no less) to phones as old as the Galaxy S4, in some very rare cases even older phones. My own Moto X4 is running 12L for exactly this reason. While it's great that official support is better on iPhone, an open option will pretty much always win out long term, whenever it exists. Had my last phone been an X2 rather than an X1, it would also be supported.
Again though, only certain phones, requires the manufacturers actually sell you the device (bootloader unlock option) rather than a "license to use it" (no bootloader unlock), etc.
Edit: didn't address the 2yr thing. This is how long they try to keep it "current", not just provide security updates. My point was that an open system remains _current_ longer, not just receiving minimal updates. In my case, I got improved calling quality (I believe it was added VoLTE support, but don't know for sure) with the new OS, among other things.
Amazing how many people with limited money or income are willing to spend on a phone / tracker when you break it down into monthly payments.
Amazing arithmetic $900.00 or 24@37.50? $37.50 is not a large amount until you don't have it and then it's a huge amount.
If you are paying a loan for a phone you have some serious financial issues
I just really want to rant about the eSIM. I've had terrible experiences with communication providers in several occasions, and I've only learned that they just wanna screw you as much as they can. This will definitely make a very easy task of changing providers/equipment to a real pain in the "arse".
Sure, I loooooove the idea of going to another country and having to pay for a new eSIM, which will surely also have problems as I probably won't have internet connection. Also, not sure about having to scan random QR codes anyone could print on top of the real one in order to install my new SIM.
All phones will get it eventually, so id get used to it asap
apple shills really trying to defend the 14 🤣
I can understand the hate since youre a big android fan however all of these points you chose are strawman arguments and very moot points. You should really consider doing counterarguments instead of just pointing and laughing at a feature which in due time will be highly praised by everyone as everything here is actually a big improvement such as the island. Yes it seems ridiculous at first but if you actually had gotten the phone and used it for a week youd see that its very convenient and really smooth and satisfying. Swiping down everytime you have a notif or something in the background adds up. All those little actions add up. All apple is doing is reducing the actions you need to take by doing minor improvements. These all add up. Im not hating on your channel or your views but just criticizing. I appreciate you for making videos and stuff so please dont take this the wrong way.
You missed that it still has lightning port :)
Speaking of Samsung and the headphone jack, the thing that really pisses me off is with the new Samsung phone, it has a fucking PEN. A WHOLE PEN IN THERE, and you can't fit a fucking headphone jack???
bro I thought this kind of channel died off like 5 years ago, so sad that they're not extinct.
Yup. He thinks people care about this stuff
2:00 hello, my name is __blank__ and I use an iPhone. what is ur name?
CrApple iJunk
I love your videos and I’m unironically an iPhone user. Weirdly enough I used to be an Android user prior to 2015. Phones are all just very similar nowadays and outside of the OS there really isn’t much difference.
I have the 13 mini because I wanted a small phone that I could type one handed on. I don’t really care about having 3 cameras or a giant screen and it seems like every phone these days is just way too big with too many features I don’t care enough about or want to pay 1,000 plus for. The 13 mini was perfect for what I needed especially with the discounts and trade in offers I got. Ended up paying less than 300 for it brand new just a few months after it came out.
I have an Alcatel.
@@jackalenterprisesofohio I haven’t heard that name in years
9:02 That point specifically, about still bringing a proper satellite phone just in case, brings to mind a saying that the prepping community has: "Two is one. One is none."
Using the fancy new hotness is fine, but _always_ have a reliable back-up.
I have an iPhone and I switched to it from Android never to look back again. Nevertheless, I still enjoy your reviews.
I completely agree on the not being open-source as being a bad thing, but you absolutely cannot argue that the specs and performance are bad. iPhones consistently beat their competitors for almost a decade, by now. Their software and hardware just integrate better.
same here, switched from a google pixel 3xl to an 11 pro max few years ago, just pre ordered a 14 pro max for 5g and 120hz. never regretted it for a minute, even as a computer technician. I completely see why what they're doing is sucky, but honestly no matter what we say about it the market will move this way anyway (esim, satellite call, etc). on top of that, no matter what they make, people will hate on the newest phone regardless. not unfounded of course
@@biosupdate7449 Yeah, I'm from the software industry, so one couldn't say I just don't know what I'm talking about.
So, the closed garden is where it hits me the most. Despite that, nothing out there beats iPhones and this situation is likely to persist.
I found that the most hated revamps and features Apple does are usually what keeps them so far ahead.
As a person that travels abroad a lot especially in countries that don't speak English at all, i will never use Esims phones because you actually need a local network provider to use your phone
Another issue with forced eSIM requirement is with Virtual Phone networks. Not all currently support eSIM which is offer by the mainstream carriers. I know Amaysim (currently no plans for 5G, VoLTE, WiFi Call) and Ting currently do not support eSIM possibly due to the inexpensive plans as a potential tradeoff.
Who knows when it will happen ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I see someone likes Gabriel Dropout... Satania was my favorite character that from that anime, mostly because almost everyone else bullied her :X
the death of the headphone jack marked a huge dip in quality for apple, i mean didnt we want phones to have the most features and be as convenient as can be? its nice to be able to plug your phone into an aux if youre at a party or to use sd cards and not have to pay a gazillion dollars more for extra storage/i cloud, now theyre even taking away sim cards.
I'm sure this is what steve jobs wanted
fuck this gay earth
Watch when Samsung removed their sim tray on every s23 next year. JUST WATCH.