iPhone 15 Pro Has ONE Problem
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After using the iPhone 15 Pro everyday for 2 months, these are my final thoughts (and the one issue that's been really frustrating).
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:12 The Good
3:32 The Mid
6:22 The Bad
11:10 Final thoughts - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
I absolutely prefer the action button. I use it for a number of useful shortcuts.
1) Sound on/off
2) Garage port open/close
3) Drivers license QR image
4) Shazam
But I also have some other shortcuts, which seems natural to use....
Trippe click on power => Zoom (kamera)
Double tap on back => App switcher
Tripple tap on back => Control center
To enable the light, I use siri ("Lumos!") or pick it up frrom home screen or control center...
Hell yeah dude
Although I still haven’t found a use for it, i definitely still prefer it over the silent button, at least there are other things i can do with it in the future
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*I smell bullshit*
how do you do this?
i absolutely love the titanium rails. the focus drove me nuts initially but i’m starting to get to grips with it, otherwise, battery life, and generally everything i have 0 complaints about.
I love the titanium and I would take the action button over the switch. The minimum focus distance is annoying, but it doesn’t really get in my way very often. I still think this is the best iPhone upgrade in a few years for sure.
I know you mentioned the thinner bezel not being a big visual improvement, I agree, but the real benefit is it allowed the phone to be slightly smaller with the same screen size. This combined with the weight reduction has made it easier to one hand operate the Pro Max. As a bike/action creator, I have the action button set to the camera and use it all the time, great since I often have gloves on while riding.
I noticed this yesterday at the Apple Store! The 15 plus is slightly bigger than
How do you shoot pictures with your gloves without touching the shutter button?
Genuine question , not meant to be condescending
@@trismania I use the action button to launch the camera, then use it to snap the picture. Super helpful!
FINALLY someone talks about the HORRIBLE focusing issues!! And it’s not just with the main lens, the 5x telephoto is doing the same and even worse sometimes switches to the main lens to take the shot and there’s NO INDICATION of that happening until you swipe up in the photo gallery and see that it used the Main camera and so it’s a 5x crop from the main camera sensor and the image looks terrible. You can replicate this too. Just have an object that will be your main subject a few feet away, use the 5x camera and arrange the composition so there is something easily identifiable in the background like a person or the outline of a building. The phone will not focus on the main subject at all! And if it does the photo isn’t from the 5x camera but the main camera even though the camera app has the 5x mode HIGHLIGHTED when you press the shutter
I still have the 14 Pro which I upgraded to from my 12 Mini last December, at first I didn’t like the larger size and weight but living in the north east I find the weight of a stainless steel phone in my pocket comes in handy. I can remember numerous times when I had trouble finding my 12 Mini in the pocket of a heavy winter jacket or even a lighter jacket. From what I’ve read and seen on various videos the 15 Pro is a marginal improvement over the 14 Pro but the 16 Pro is going to add the 5X camera which is going to make it a good upgrade option for me
Agreed with the minimum focus distance! I thought it was just me, but hearing you put it into words makes a lot of sense. I love the titanium and lighter weight. I went with the 15 Pro Max this year, so battery life has been a lot better than my 14 Pro!
I would honestly like to say that I am beyond happy of everything you do for all of us! Thank you so much for keeping us informed!😁
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Agree with your point about the gaming emphasis vs. energy efficiency. Also good of you to call them out on the MFD. i am thinking of buying one, so will test that before taking the jump.
Solution to the focal distance issue on main camera: Zoom in with the main camera to 28mm or 35mm. You lose a little bit of resolution, but no big deal and it gets you in closer. Or just crop the 24mm image in post to what you want. Easy.
+ You can use 2x toggle to get "closer" picture sacrafacing 24MP resolution. But hey, is 12MP that bad? It's not.
You can turn lens autoswitcuing off in settings and get as close and as in focus as you want. Just turn off macro control in the camera setting and your phone won’t auto switch and bam 24mp photos at any close distance.
Lose a little lol 😂😂Lol Some images are down to 0.5MP ….. good luck trying to print them off.
might as well just get the regular 15 then
Why do pictures look totally different after being taken?
I think the action button is a nice add on, I just want that they let us have more functions programmed at the same time to it like double tap, triple tap and tap & hold
Sam, Great video and definitely awesome points.I must admit not a fan of titanium and prefer the stainless steel felt more premium to me.I also think that they all need to work on the Batteries for all.I like the photos you took. Looks like you had a good time. Thanks so much for sharing this and hope they are listening. Good job .Look forward to catching more.✌️💯
I have no issues with battery life on my 15 pro max. Getting me through the day with 40% left. I think it’s the regular pro model that needs a bigger battery. Please Apple don’t make the pro max heavier with a bigger battery. Love that it’s lighter now ❤
The minimum focus distance is really a big problem
How about taking your picture a bit further away and cropping it? Your goal is to have close shot with main lens right?
@@BabyGeekNotDie Yeah, kinda. I think the problem is because of 48 megapixel. It shouldn't be a problem for majority of the people. But, a bit irritating for some people.
@@zisanahmed8347Yeah this is something the tech nerds will notice not something an average consumer will throw a fit over 😭
It’s only a problem if you take macro shots. But if you do take macro shots, then yeah, it does suck.
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Great video bro!
Couldn’t agree more on the camera focus man it drives me insane! First phone with always on and honestly it made me more anxious because it made me look at it all the time! Turned it off and the battery life is so much better I’m finishing the day with 60% on lighter days which is pretty good!
i just pulled out my phone to confirm your focus distance concerns and of course the poor focus distance with the regular lens really isn't a problem because that macro lens takes over and works very well. My biggest complaint is that where the lenses are is too thick and always catches when I try to put it in my pocket
Joined the video halfway through, does it still have an overheating issue? I have an 11 and want another one but they don’t sell them here anymore, what’s the next phone up from the 11 that’s worth buying?
Great breakdown! I think the most significant iPhone is the 13 Pro Series. First 120hz display on an iPhone, great camera and the monster battery life (9 to 11 hours SOT, iOS 15.6). Heck I was able to go for the whole day with 60-70%. However battery endurance declined drastically after iOS 16. This shows how an iPhone can win so many hearts of users by just improving the battery life.
Finally someone talking about the focus distance!
I actually like the upgrade to the A17 Pro chip, not only for gaming, but it does a great job in some photoediting apps and is also great to run stable diffusion locally with the "draw things" app (only 10s for a 512x768 picture and about 40s for a 2048x3072 picture).
I haven’t had any issues with my 15 Pro Max since launch, but to each their own.
How's your battery cycle count since launch?
@@BOBBY-xd5wd what do you mean by battery cycle count?
@@michaelhall9146 did you check in your settings > about > then at the button there is cycle count
@@michaelhall9146go to settings, tap general, tap about, it’s all the way at the bottom.
Go to setting, general, about, scroll down to bottom to see battery cycle count. One cycle = charge from 0-100%@@michaelhall9146
Thank you for shining a light on this. Hopefully Apple can fix this with an update. I notice it most when scanning bar codes. My iPhone XS would do this same task seamlessly. They definitely need to focuses on battery and it would be amazing if they reintroduced 3D Touch.
I agree about the focus. This might be software issue that will hopefully fixed in the future 🤞
Definitely a hardware issue that cannot be fixed with software.
THE IPHONE NEEDS PROPER COOLING! Resident Evil Village has me excited for the future but the phone heats up and drains battery like crazy. Titanium isn’t good for cooling either.
Why does everyone say that it's good now we have usb-c, we can use 1 cable to charge all our devices. What if we want to charge all of our devices at the same time? We still need to spent more money to buy more cables right?
I agree Sam also the frame rate per second is dropping also throughout the iOS not just in 3rd party camera apps apple needs to fix this issue also
Would you prefer a thicker iphone?
I understand the focusing distance is higher in the new one but the new one takes 24MP photos instead of 12MP so you can crop and have the same quality?
I have my action button for my orientation lock. Love it
And all that you've said is why I'm going to get the 15 plus, battery matters... other features are great - I've turned off pro motion on my 13 plus to improve battery anyway
The ugly in focus distance is not that much when you use the camera for photos, but when you use it as a tool. None of the "tools" (camera apps) switch to macro lens, you are stuck with main camera and you can't simply work in close distances. These are document scanners, KYC, measuring tools, barcode scanners and similar. Even the built-in QR scanner (from the system dropdown) is not capable to focus, especially if your QR is really small. It can handle very small QR's, but you have to move away, and holding a pack or something in your hand while holding the phone in your other hand would be quite uncomfortable (or awkward). However that issue is not iPhone only, most of the multi-lens phones have it. We didn't notice when there were 2 lens on the phones (3-rd lens were popuplar but not used directly for photography, more wer just depth-sensor). But since they start to add macro, this become a visible problem. I had a lot of struggle with 15pro with 3rd party apps.
I compared weight of 15PM to my 13PM and honestly did feel that much weight different. Guy at Apple Store agreed. Do like the feeling with the slightly rounded edges.
After a few generations Apple will make the ultrawide lens and the telelens better because I also feel that the normal wide lens is the only lens worth taking a photo with at the moment. It’s nice to have an ultra wide and a telelens but what’s the point of them if they’re way worse than the standard lens
I love my phone but it’s the battery rant for me lol, nice. And yeah the camera control piece I was just experiencing it my self as well, glad to see it got noticed here
mad video and soooo informative for a solo vid man! have a fab day 👌👍🫡
OMG I thought the camera issue was only on my phone, but I'm sorta glad that it's everyone's 15 Pro lol I hope its something they can fix via a software update. I really don't like using the macro feature for stuff thats not even that up close. It's annoying!
I don't know much about cameras but I knew something was WRONG with the IPHONE 15 CAMERA! You explained it perfectly because I can't focus on anything close up unless the photo quality becomes extremely pixelated. This outweighs any positive sides if the iphone 15 for me and I'm planning to go return this phone for a 13 because this camera error is so big for me!! Thanks for pointing this out as when I first went to the store they denied any of this being an issue!
Was thinking of getting it
Thank you 🎉
There is a lot to unpack here, the USB type C is a game changer as it means less lightening leads & I think software is still glitchy. Great video squire 👏👍
USB-C is overrated
Can you let us know if the minimum focus distance is as bad for the regular 15? As it is on the 14/15 pro series?
How much its lasting you? Mine lasted me 3 hours from 100 to 0... And sometimes it lasts 8 hours.. Not sure whats going on. i had the same issue on my 11 exactly
I would love if Apple had a custom battery optimization. Where you could choose when the iPhone stops charging and when it continues
imagine if apple makes iphone with changeable battery like a dslr camera, when the battery are flat, you can just change to a new spare one.
@@syameerhafeez2421 They make it to not be replaced for a reasons. One of them (they gonna say is for a wireless charging..glass back etc.) but i think the real reason is just they want you to buy new phone or to charge you way more for a new battery in their workshops.
Can’t wait for the iPhone 17 Elite leaks next video!
How is the battery performance now? I heard it has battery draining issue and overheat issue.
I have the camera focusing issue and they are saying 17.2 should fix it as it’s software related.
I hope your right.
Great review, I’ll hold onto my 13 Pro Max for now
Same here! It’s still working great for me - and it doesn’t have that stupid notch in the middle of the screen.
I downgraded from the 14 pro max to the 13 pro max, best decision ever
Is the MFD why it’s a challenge to capture QR codes? I have found myself needing to hold the phone from further away.
The only trick I figured out to use when a get a blurry photo when doing close up, (using iPhone 13 Pro) is zooming out to 0.9. Quality is fine and no blur. Been working for me since. Not sure about 14 or 15's...
I don’t mind short battery life since that battery can be charged to 50% in just 30 min.
The fact I can play AAA games (sadly one so far) on the phone is amazing. I have my phone paired with backbone controller and it’s like portable gaming device. Just amazing.
Also the overall camera is way better then last years.. I hated last year camera don’t have any complaints this year sure the zoom issue but for me I don’t really zoom in that close for shots but I can understand for someone who does
I had a Samsung S10 before i upgraded to 15 pro and i not regret nothing and it is my first Apple experience. But that focus point is very true. On my s10 I could get WAY closer to the object and it would focus. Since I take photos of documents very often is something that I find anoying. Besides that I really love my 15 pro
I arrive at night with 40% batterystarting from 80 in the morning, using GPS, playing games and watching some videos too. How do you kill the battery? And how can you say "80% is not enough"? if 80% isn ot enough it also means that 100% is barely enough for you. How do you use your phone?
I was actually close to returning my iPhone 15 Pro due to the focus, I noticed the focus was much better on my 13 Pro and even my 11 Pro - Went to the Apple Store and noticed all the demo units were the same, the Apple employees I spoke to didn't even realise the focus length had changed on the 15 Pro and were ready to swap it out for a new one. I hope Apple fixes this on the next one, because the depth of field has been lost and it's a huge shame.
How was your 13 pro im thinking of getting one
@@danwilliams2133Still got mine from 2021 awesome device great screen camera and battery life !
@@danwilliams2133the 13p is a great phone. The main benefit of 15p is being able to shoot in 24 and 48 megapixels compared to 12 on the 13p. Apparently the color processing is better.. as sometimes the 13p has a hard time with getting some warmer colors correct and I try to tweak it after. If you mainly view pics on the phone the 12mpxl is fine, but for desktop backgrounds or printing larger photos, it would be nice to have more clarity.
I love the action button. I use it at least 3 times daily to turn on/off my bedroom lights
Ah I disagree on the A17 Pro, I absolutely love it. As a parent of 2 small kids that’s always busy and can’t get away with having a console at home, I LOVED being able to get a controller and play a AAA console game on the beautiful screen of the 15 pro max when i get an opportunity. I hope this really takes off and they release all or a lot of games on iOS going forward. Happy to pay any price for this.
Action Button is the best!
Shortcuts 🙌🏼 If you have a smart lock for your home like I have Level. You can literally set it up to open the door. I do wish you could like double click it for another action. Like one click to open door and double click to close it. Hopefully in the future!
Perfect timing trying to see if imma get this or 14 pro
i also have it set to the flashlight bc I use mine often enough that trying to turn it on can be inconvenient if I have gloves on. it elevates that issue
8:23 this exact thing happens with dslr cameras when the aperture gets into the 1.8’s when the lens and sensor get larger this is anticipated
I have the 15 Pro but I wish it was smaller. My iPhone XS was much easier to use one-handed.
Pretending the titanium has made the iPhone light is a joke. The phone still weighs more than a brick.
Totally Agreed Sam
For someone like me. 80% battery charge is enough to get through a work day and changing it to 100% charge gets me through the weekend.
Though I did upgrade from a 6s+ and was used to a phone that could die in 2 hours or in 8-10 hours never getting used
Action button is the best in this phone. I use it a lot. I got it assigned to 12 different actions that are triggered basing on phone’s orientation.
I’m actually facing a huge problem with my iPhone 15 pro max pictures. When I take a picture, it looks so crispy and amazing while still in the camera app, but when I view the pictures in gallery, they are just so processed and don’t look at all at what I captured at the first place! ANY WAY TO GET RID OF THAT PLEASE? thank you ☺️
Yeah you’re right on the SE they should focus on longevity, not performance, but when I’m paying +$999.99 I expect performance raw performance which, by the way, I am a huge iPhone game player so yes, please more performance
Really glad to discover that you're not just an apple fanboy and willing to discuss the negatives.
Honestly for once I agree with most of what you said. the iPhone 15 pro is great, and it is definitely my favorite upgrade in a few years (since the iPhone 11 Pro?), but the battery needs to be upped for sure.
I have had my iPhone 15 pro max for 31-32 days. I like most things about it except my apple car play no longer works (wired) and I don't have the option of wireless CarPlay. Other than that the phone has been super good. Battery life could be better but I put it on low power mode during navigation even if I have 70% battery left because I don't like the phone being anywhere close to 30% or less ever.
I wonder if the regular iphone 15 is better at focusing close up because it doesn't switch to macro.
My iphone 15 pro uses 100% battery but can only be used for 6 and a half hours with 4g. Is this normal?
5:46 Is the new battery setting on a beta software release only? Because it’s not on my iPhone 15 Pro with the latest iOS 17.1.1 and I hate it when you talk as if some feature is “out” but you mean “it’s out on the beta release”, and ppl like me go and frantically check and don’t see it and check software updates and it’s up to date and I face palm thinking “🤦♂️thanks again Sam”
I just want manual focus in general. I get the northern lights often where I am but my phone's autofocus freaks out all the time and decided to focus as close as it can so everything ends up blurry.
I’m glad I’m waiting for the 16 PRO!
I was unsure about your take on The Bad but at 7:39 it changed my mind, you're right tho.
Been using my 15 Pro Max since launch as well, 9/10 it is yes!
I noticed the issue on my 15 Pro Max especially when taking photos of documents. It had that "donut" effect where it focuses on the middle but had a donut-shaped blur around it. I really thought I had a bad phone
It's amazing how usbc is dubbed as this revolutionary massive upgrade...
i upgrade every year and i have to say the iphone 15m is the best phone ive had since when the X came out. i really like it and unless apple does something different next year, im keeping this phone untill the next design change.
I went from an Iphone 11 (non pro) to the 15 pro max. I usually take pictures to instruments screens at work. With the 11 I had pretty decent screens, not perfect, but OK, I was hoping the 15 pro will be even better. Wrong, my screen pictures are blurrier now. Instead of a step fwd, a step back. SMH.
How do you think the iPhone 15 compares to the 15 pro regarding these shortcomings?
I use my action button to toggle my lights. You can make a shortcut that tells the google assistant to toggle lights in any room you choose!
You've made some valid points about cameras functions and the CPU efficiency (that equates to battery efficiency). Well let's us hope that these small nuances can be fix soon. And iPhone 16 is where iPhone will rule supreme as King of all phones. 😎💯👊🏾👍🏾
I totally agree about the battery. I'm not going to game on my phone but I'd like the battery to last two days
Hi, can u please discuss iphone green screen issue , it's major issue in India , we have been facing green screen issue from LAST ONE YEAR but no one is listening, perticularerly it's coming on iphone 13 series and now in 14 , what we can do about it
I traded up from the 14PM to the 15PM and agree with most of your points, good & bad.
Re: photos - the 14PM pictures weren't much better than previous iPhones at first. But by 16.3 or thereabouts, I was pretty happy with the photo quality of 14PM compared to 13PM and 12PM. Out of the box, the 15PM was better, even though the wide and super wide lenses have the exact same hardware (physical sensor) as last year.
Re: battery life - my 14PM consistently had outstanding battery life throughout the entire year I owned it. And battery health hardly dropped, I think it was at 97% when I traded it in for the 15PM. No complaints there.
In fact, I'm getting slightly worse battery life on the 15PM.
One disappointment with the 15P and PM is that the 3nm chip was tauted as being not just more powerful but more efficient. Battery life was predicted to be noticeably better. But that prediction didn't come true. The 15P and PM do not have significantly longer battery life for most people, and for some battery life is a bit worse.
Totally agree about Apple's focus on performance when performance has been more than sufficient for at least 3 years. It's misguided.
The distortion from the ultra wide lens is not improved from last year. Same ultra wide sensor from last year, and Apple's efforts to improve photo processing did not apparently spill over to pictures shot with the ultra wide. Bummer.
Yes around 16.3 my iPhone 14 Pro over processing seemed to be fixed….
I find my 15PM awesome, but one thing bothers me a lot: the rattling earpiece speaker. It is so annoying and such a disappointment! My older iPhone was lower in volume, but it was much more high quality than this one.
why can you not use multifunction on the action button? I need to have it toggle the silent mode, but why not double tap for camera, hold for flashlight etc??
Apple makes phones for long term use, extra chip power might not be needed now but you'll need it later when youll be adding 5-6 os updates on a already much used phone
I noticed the focus distance on my 14 pro straight away as soon as I opened the camera app it’s still annoying to this day
I haven’t had or heard of any complaints about the 15 Plus 😊. Lacking features ≠ problems
My case is AppleCare plus been rocking caseless 2 months I drop it sometimes and no scratches
6:23 honestly, if they can increase the battery size *✨AND✨* make it so that the back of the phone is now flush with the camera bump that would be great.
You sort of answered your dilemma when you mentioned third party camera apps that allow you to lock in a lens so it doesn’t switch automatically. The main camera sensor is pretty amazing, especially when shooting 48 mp RAW. It is why add on lenses have a use and can up your game. An add on telephoto on the main sensor can produce some awesome portraits for example. Likewise with an add on wide. You get a wide shot with the low light capabilities of the main sensor.
Link?
The green flare when you take a shot involving a light bulb or the sun?
Maybe the graphical processing power on these phones is like a steppingstone towards something else that would be more mainstream. Like some type of augmented reality or VR support? I’m not sure.
VR support on a notch display
Problem with bigger batteries is more weight = phone too heavy and not so nice to hold = point you miss!
I have the Xr and I was looking forward to upgrading. Now I’m wondering if getting the 15 pro is a mistake.
its definitely not
@@prooclock3720 okay that makes me feel better about purchasing it then!