Category: iPhone Series

Exposing the different iPhone Specs for maximum benefit

iPhone 15 and 15 Plus

iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus

These phones were introduced to the world in September 2023 and are currently reigning as two of Apple’s current flagship phones. The other two phones currently reigning in the market alongside these phones are the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max.

If you are the techy type and you need something more challenging, you might want to consider the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max. The Pro and Max comes with several upgrades such as:

  • Always on display with ProMotion technology
  • They come with a customisable action button instead of a ring/silent switch on the side.
  • The pro chip is A17 which means that it’s faster.
  • The advanced camera comes with telephoto and more.

The iPhone 15 and 15 plus comes with better features compared to the iPhone 14 and 14 plus and are available in five colours:

  • Pink
  • Yellow
  • Green
  • Blue
  • And Black

The significant difference about this phone compared to previous iPhone is the transfer from the lighting port that was present in other models for years to a USB-C port. The data transfer on this module remains the same as the USB 2.0 speed that was available with the lighting.

The dynamic island which debuts in the iPhone 14 model is also feature in iPhone 15, it replaces the previous notch at the top of the display and houses the front facing True Depth camera and other sensors.

These physical components are hidden by the software inside the black dynamic island that fluidly adapts to allow the display of vital information and paves way for user’s interactions.

The iPhone 15 and 15 plus uses:

A16 Bionic chip which debut in iPhone 14, it uses 20 percent less power and delivers 50 percent more memory bandwidth in comparison to A15 bionic chip in iPhone 14.

Face ID

  • Face ID is now backed into the dynamic island and functions as the one in iPhone 14
  • Face ID is use across the iOS for unlocking the iPhone
  • It gives access to third party passcode protected apps
  • Confirms app purchases
  • Authenticate Apple payments
  • Face ID works through a set of sensors and cameras
  • Thousands of invisible infrared dots are projected by Dot projector onto the surface of the skin to create a 3D facial scan that maps the curves and plate of each face with the scan read by an infrared camera.

The facial depth map is relayed to the A16 chip and transformed into a mathematical model that the iPhone uses to authenticate identity. Face ID works in both light and dark conditions with:

  • Hats
  • Beards
  • Glasses
  • Sunglasses
  • Scarves
  • Masks
  • And other accessories that partially obscure the face

TrueDepth Camera

  • A new 48 – megapixel main camera for breath-taking smile.
  • It comes with a quad pixel sensor that defaults to capturing 24 – megapixel photos
  • It allows for a new 2X Telephoto option intelligently cropped from the full camera capture
  • Portrait is no longer needed to switch to portrait mode
  • Captures depth information of a person, cat or dog detected in the frame
  • The datils are sharper
  • The colours are more vivid
  • There’s an improvement to the low lighting performance to portraits
  • Improvements to night mode
  • Proximity – based functionality is enhanced by the second-generation ultra-wide chip
  • iPhone can connections to one another at three-time range compared to previous connection
  • Track your friends in a dense crowd with and updated find my app

Front Facing Camera

  • 12 Megapixel front facing camera with an f/1.9 aperture
  • Built in retina flash
  • Supports all the features available in the rear camera
  • Selfie night mode
  • An improvement to the smart HDR 5 Integration
  • Dolby vision HDR recording
  • Deep fusion to expose the finer details
  • A photonic engine that improves low light performance
  • Portrait modes takes images and converts them to portrait shots later
  • 4K video recording
  • Quick take video
  • Slo mo video
  • Portrait mode
  • Portrait lighting
  • Photographic styles feature is for edits application

Dual Lens – Rear Camera

  • An introduction of the new 48-megapixel main camera in comparison to the 12-megapixel camera in iPhone 14
  • It features a 26 mm focal length with f/1.6 aperture which allows lots of light in low lighting conditions
  • A sensor shift optical image stabilization was added for less movement and crisper photos and videos
  • The lens supports both 24-megapixel and 48-megapixel high resolution images
  • The 24-megapixel option allows every two pixels to be combined as one pixel which produces high resolution images with impressive details and low light performance without any effect from the file size.
  • 48-megapixel images are also supported and can be saved in either RAW or HEIF format.
  • An upgrade to the 48-megapixel lens means Apple added 2 x telephoto option that uses the middle 12 megapixel on the sensor for full resolution 2x photo with no digital zoom.
  • This phone has no optical zoom lens and is the first time Apple decide to disable any kind of optical zoom option on a standard iPhone.
  • A 12-megapixel ultra-wide camera with and/2.4 aperture and 120 degrees field view

More Camera Features

Smart HDR 5 – The contrast is optimised for contrast, lightning, and skin tones when there are one of more people in a scene to ensure that everybody looks great. The upgrade delivers better colour and truer to life skin tones.

Photonic Engine – A combination of the best pixels from a high-resolution image and image optimised for capturing light, leading to a 24-megapixel image with detail drawn from an image twice the resolution.

Photographic style – The filters are smart and adjustable they will perform wonders like boosting or muting colours with any effect on the skin tone. Styles are selectively applied to an image compared to a filter that applies to an entire image.

Photographic style includes:

  • Vibrant (Boost colours)
  • Rich contrast (Darker shadows and deeper colours
  • Warm (accentuates golden undertones)
  • Cool (accentuates blue undertones)

Tone and warmth are customisable for each style to get the exact look that you want.

Night Mode – A collection of images are taken with a few seconds and aggregates them to allow for photography in poor lighting conditions and produces colourful and sharper images.

Deep Fusion – Image produce in poor lighting conditions comes out with rich texture and are detailed.

Portrait Lighting – The lighting of portrait mode photos changes with effects that includes:

  • Natural
  • Studio
  • Contour
  • Stage
  • Stage Mono
  • And high key Mono

True Tone Flash – It’s a built-in flash designed to the match the ambient lighting so that the white balance is not thrown off when camera is in use, the flash is brighter and more consistent with lighting conditions.

Cinematic Mode – The focus is kept on the main subject that you’re filming as you move around because of the video mode.

Action Mode – Shaly handheld videos are enhanced by image stabilisation.

Panorama – Captures panoramic shots up to 63 megapixels

Burst Mode – Various images are permitted to be capture at once and is good for high action slots

Video Capabilities

It offers 4K recording at:

  • 24
  • 25
  • 30
  • 0r 60 Frames per seconds
  • HDR Recording
  • ProRes video
  • Cinematic mode
  • Action mode
  • Slo mo video
  • And time lapse

Battery

  • Better performance compared to previous iPhone models
  • Video playback is up to 20 hours
  • Supports 5G connectivity (Both sub-6GHz and mm Wave in the United States
  • It uses a new Qualcomm X70 modem

Emergency

This started with iPhone 14 line up and has been expanded to roadside assistance via satellite when cellular and Wi-Fi connections are not available. Apple designed a new emergency SOS via satellite feature to allow the iPhone antennas to connect to satellites operated by globe stars.

Apple partners with services Agencies such as AAA in the United States. Users experiencing difficulties with poor connection can request an assistance as part of their AAA membership or on a fee basis.

If you can’t connect via Wi-Fi or a cellular, satellite communications are available in emergency situations. They are designed to be used in open spaces with few trees so that the phone can easily connect to a satellite.

There’s a walkthrough interface that instructs you about how to hold the iPhone to connect to a satellite. The company has developed a compressed messaging protocol because to send date via satellite could last few minutes.

A message can be sent as little as 15 seconds to the emergency services if there are no obstructions.

Crash Detection

The iPhone 15 models have a feature which is a high dynamic range gyroscope and a dual-core accelerometer that can detect a G-force measurements of up to 256Gs in this iPhone model. It can also pair with other iPhone sensor like a barometer that can detect cabin pressure changes caused by deployed airbags, this hardware enables a crash detection feature.

This model can detect a severe car crash and dial the emergency services automatically if the occupant is badly injured and unable to reach his phone. The GPs will detect the speed changes and the microphone is able to recognise loud sound associated with severe car crashes.

Car crash detection is also available on the Apple watch, the iPhone and watch work together to contact the emergency services any time an accident occurs.

Storage

They are available in:

  • 128 GB
  • 256 GB
  • And 512 GB

In addition to the wired charging via USB-C it also supports wireless charging via Magsafe and Q12 and Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.3

Design

  • 1 inch is measured diagonally at the display for iPhone 15
  • 7 inch is measured diagonally at the display for iPhone 15 plus
  • Similar design to the iPhone 14 models
  • The edges are more curvy compares to the 14 models
  • The look is more modern compared to previous models
  • iPhone 15 measures at 5.81 inches (147.6mm) tall and 2.82 (71.6mm) wide, 0.31 inches (7.80 mm) thick, it weighs at 6.02 ounces (171) grams
  • iPhone 15 Pro measures at 6.33 inches (160.9mm) tall and 3.06 (77.8mm) wide, 0.31 inches (7.80 mm) thick, it weighs at 6.02 ounces (171) grams
  • Features an all-glass front and colourful
  • It has a mate glass back that is framed by a colour matched aerospace – grade aluminium
  • Apple uses a new process to infuse colour throughout the back glass
  • The black glass is protected by what Apple describes as “Dual-ion exchange process”

Display

  • OLED Super Retina XDR Display.
  • Improvements to brightness.
  • Better performance in sunlight.
  • Belter HDR.
  • Typical max brightness is now 1000 nits (up from 800).
  • Peak HDR brightness is 1600 nits (up from 1200).
  • Apple claims it can reach up to 2000 nits’ peak brightness outdoors.
  • A display feature introduced in iPhone 14 was expanded in iPhone 15.
  • Resolution is 2556 by 1179 with 460 pixels per inch.
  • 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio (Unchanged).
  • Wide colour supports vivid wide true to life colours.
  • The white balance of the display of the ambient light is match by true tone offering paper like viewing experience which is less straining on the eyes.
  • A fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating which supports haptic touch that provides haptic feedback as you interact with the display.
  • The ceramic shield protects the display material which is made by infusing nano – ceramic crystal into glass.
  • Toughness is maintained because the ceramic crystals were manipulated to optimise clarity with the display created in partnership with corning.
  • Ceramic shield is the toughest smartphone glass with a dual-ion exchange process which ensures protection against scratches and wear and tear.
  • The phone does not support the ProMotion 120Hz refresh rate or the always on display technologies available on the iPhone 14.

MagSafe

Magsafe magnet is fixed to the back of this iPhone, these magnets will connect to the charger and other magnetic accessories. The apple’s official Magsafe chargers and authorized third parties can wirelessly charge the iPhone 15 at up to 15W.

Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, NFC, GPS and Ultra-wideband.

  • The phone supports Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) with 4×4 MIMO and Bluetooth 5.3.
  • There’s an NFC chip with a reader’s mode and a second-generation ultra-wideband chip.
  • The new ultra-wideband chip provides improved spatial awareness that allows the phone to locate another Apple device with ultra-wideband chip.
  • The chip allows tow iPhone to connect at three time the range compared to previous range.
  • Ultra-wideband chip is used for precision tracking as when locating Air tags.
  • Ultra-wideband is also used for directional airdrop that interacts with Home Pod mini
  • A precision finding feature for locating friends with an iPhone 15 in a crowded area

As for the GPs, the phone 15 model supports:

  • GPS
  • GLONASS
  • Galileo
  • QZSS
  • And BeiDou location services

A16 Bionic Chip

This chip was described by Apple as a proven powerhouse.

This chip powers all kinds of advanced features such as computational photography used for 24MP photos and next-gen portraits. Voice isolation for phone calls and smooth performance for graphics intensive games. These are all with incredible efficiency for a greater battery life.

In Conclusion

The review about these iPhones from other sources are positive and most reviewers believes that these iPhones will deliver on their promises. What matters to the customers also matters to Apple, therefore you have control over your data regarding privacy protection. The use of more recycled material helps to minimise environmental impact and lastly the invention of built in features that makes the iPhone accessible to everyone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Max

iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max

These phones were introduced to the world by Apple in September 2023, it comes with expanded features set that are not available in the iPhone 15 standard, which includes:

  • An advanced camera technology
  • A better Display
  • A faster A17 chip
  • And more

Design

  • The iPhone 15 pro measures at 6.1 – inch
  • The iPhone 15 pro max measures at 6.7 – inch
  • Same design as the iPhone 14 models
  • It has more contoured edges that offers a different feeling
  • The design is modern
  • These models have a titanium band that encompass the glass front and back
  • Titanium is lighter compares to stainless steel
  • Resistance to scratches and dings
  • The titanium bands are bonded with an internal aluminium frame for strength and durability
  • The titanium finishing offers a brushed, matte look that sets these phones apart from others
  • Apple claims that the finishing is obtained using precision machining, sanding, brushing, and blasting.

These iPhones are available in four colours:

  • White
  • Black
  • Natural
  • And blue

The dimension of the iPhone Pro and Pro Max are like the iPhone 14 models although thicker.

  • The 15 Pro measures at 5.77 inches (146.6mm) tall, 2.78 inches (70.6mm) wide and 0.32 inches (8.25mm) thick.
  • It weighs 6.60 ounces (187 grams)
  • The Pro max measures at 6.29 inches (159.9mm) tall, 3.02 inches (76.7mm) wide and 0.32 inches (8.25mm) thick.
  • It weights 7.91 ounces (221 grams)

These models are heavier compared to their iPhone 15 and 15 plus counterparts but lighter than the pro generation models.

These phones feature an all-glass front, they are protected by Apple’s durable ceramic shield material which Apple claims is stronger compared to other iPhones.

At the top is the pill-shaped dynamic island which houses the True Depth camera equipment. There are changes to the bezel, it has been reduced to create more space.

  • A set of antenna band are located a t the top and sides of the phones.
  • The power button is ta the right side.
  • The volume buttons and action button are on the left.
  • The action button will activate the camera, a shortcut and is customisable.
  • There’s a 5G mm Wave antenna underneath the power button.
  • Located at the bottom are the speakers and microphone.
  • A major design change is the USB-C port.
  • The USB-C port replaces the lighting port.
  • Camera bump at the back remains the same.
  • The camera features a triple lens set up for wide, ultra-wide and telephoto cameras along a Ture tone flash, LiDAR scanner and microphone.

Display

  • The OLED super retina XDR display specification includes 1000 nits’ max brightness.
  • 1600 nits peak HDR brightness.
  • 2000 nits peak outdoor brightness.
  • The iPhone 15 Pro has a resolution of 2556 by 1179 with 460 pixels per inch.
  • The iPhone 15 Pro Max has a resolution of 2796 by 1290 with 460 pixels per inch.
  • There’s a 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio.
  • The wide colour support offers vivid, true-life colours.
  • The true tine matches the white balance of the display to the ambient lighting for a paper-like viewing experience which is less straining on the eyes.
  • A fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating that supports haptic touch and provide haptic feedback as the user interact with the display.
  • The display is protected by a ceramic shield material made by infusing nano-ceramic crystal into the glass.
  • The ceramic crystals were designed to optimise for clarity at the same time maintaining toughness with the display created in conjunction with corning.
  • Apple claims that the ceramic shield is the toughest smartphone glass with a dual-ion exchange process to ensure protection against scratches, wear, and tear.

True Depth Camera and Face ID

  • The iPhone models use face ID, Apple’s facial recognition which was built into the dynamic island.
  • Face ID was designed to unlock the iPhone
  • Face ID gives access to third parties-passcode protected apps
  • Face ID will confirm app purchases
  • Face ID will authenticate apple payments and more
  • Face ID works through a set of sensors and cameras
  • A Dot projector will project tens of thousands of invisible infra-red dots onto the surface of the skin to create a 3D facula scan that maps the curves and planes of each face with the scan read by infrared camera.
  • The iPhone authenticate an identity by using the facial depth map to relay to the A17 chip and then transformed into a mathematical model.

Face ID works perfectly in poor lighting conditions with:

  • Hats
  • Beards
  • Glasses
  • Sunglasses
  • Scarves
  • Masks
  • And other accessories that could partially obscure the face

Front Facing Camera

  • 12-megapixel front facing camera with an f/1,9 aperture which was also available in the iPhone 14 models.
  • It has a built-in retina flash.
  • It’s compatible with all the features found in the rear cameras.
  • A selfie night mode feature.
  • An improved Smart HDR 5 integration.
  • Dolby Vision HDR recording.
  • Deep fusion which exposes the finer details.
  • A photonic engine that improves poor lighting conditions.
  • Next generation portrait mode that takes images and convert them to portrait shots later.
  • 4K Video recording
  • Quick take video
  • Slo-mo video
  • Portrait mode
  • Portrait lightning
  • It supports photographic styles feature for selectively applying edits

Triple-Lens Rear Camera

  • It uses the same 48-megapixel main camera that was introduced in the iPhone 14 models, the difference is the A17 pro chip that comes with new capabilities.
  • This camera features a 24mm focal length with an f/1,78 aperture
  • It has a second-generation sensor shift optical image stabilisation to reduce movement ands producer better quality videos and photos.
  • The lens supports 24-megapixel and 48-megapixel high resolution photos through the photonic engine compared to 12-megapixel and 48 megapixels.
  • Apple claims the new 24 mega-pixel setting offers an ultra-high resolution at a reasonable file size.
  • The 24 and 48-megapixel phots can be saved in a standard HEIF image file format and are not limited to RAW.
  • The main camera can be set to 24mm, 28mm and 35mm focal lengths to better mirror what’s possible with DSLR’s using a computational photography.
  • Tapped the different focal length as you snap a picture and view the reflections at different zoom levels.
  • The triple lens camera and the different main camera options can be compared to having seven lenses on your pocket as proclaimed by Apple.
  • It uses the ultra-wide camera with an f/2.2 aperture, the lens is also use for macro shots.
  • The third telephoto lens sets the Pro models apart from the standard iPhone 15 models.
  • The iPhone 15 Pro has a 12-megapixel telephoto camera that offers 3x zoom.

The iPhone 15 Pro Max Features:

  • It uses an upgraded telephoto system which permits 5 x zoom.
  • It has a folded glass structure below the lens refer to Apple as tetra prism technology.
  • The light reflection is four times over which allows a logger focal length of 120mm.
  • A 3D sensor-shift optical image stabilisation is use for the telephoto lens.
  • It delivers twice as many micro adjustments for crisp photos even when zoom all the way in because it’s able to move in three directions.

Other Camera Features:

Smart HDR 5 – If there are more than one person in a screen the contrast, lightning and skin tone for individuals will be optimise ensuring that everyone looks their best. The smart HDR 5 was upgraded to produce better colour and truer to life skin tones.

Photonic Engine – A combination of the best pixels from a high-resolution image and an image optimised for light capture. This produces the 24-megapixel image with detail drawn from an image twice the resolution.

Photographic Style – has a smart adjustable filter that will boost or mute colours and won’t affect the skin tone. Style is selectively applied to an image compared to a filter that is apply to the entire image. Photo graphic style includes:

  • Vibrant (Boost colours).
  • Rich contrast (Darker shadows and deeper colours).
  • Warm (Accentuates blue undertones).
  • Tone and warmth are customisable for each style therefore you get the exact look you desire.

Night Mode – If series images are taken within a few seconds, they can be aggregated to allow photography in an extreme poor lighting environment. The night mode scene will produce a shaper and richer colour detail.

Deep Fusion – Produces great texture and detail in poor lighting environment.

Macro – The ultra-wide camera activates and shift int a macro mode when you are close to a subject.

Portrait Lighting – The portrait mode photos changes with the lighting and has effects on:

  • Natural
  • Studio
  • Contour
  • Stage
  • Stage Mono
  • And high key mono

True Tone Flash – this is the built-in flash designed to match the ambient of the lightning in order not to throw off the white balance of the photo when used.

Cinematic mode – The focus of the main object is stable as you are filming even when you move because of this video mode.

Action Mode – Image stabilisation is enhanced to maintain a steady shot.

Panorama – Captures panoramic shots of up to 63 megapixels.

Burst Mode – Capture a serries of image in one go, great for high action shots.

Log Encoding – Log encoding gives room for extra range and flexibility for visual effects and colour grading also available for ProRes images.

ACES – This is the first smart phone to offer and Academy colour encoding system support that is useful for pro filmmakers.

Video Capabilities

  • The iPhone 15 Pro and Pro max offers:
  • Up to 4K recording at 24, 25, 30 and 60 frames per seconds
  • HDR Recording
  • ProRes Video
  • Cinematic Mode
  • Action Mode
  • Slo-mo video
  • And time lapse

Spatial Video

Apple added in anew feature in the IOS 17.2 that allows iPhone 15 Pro owners to record spatial video which can be viewed on the forth coming Apple vision Pro headset. 3D videos are viewed as standard 2D video on the iPhone and on the devices but when the headset is out, the spatial video capture will be in 3D on the headset.

The spatial video feature has been tested by various media members on the vision Pro and the feature is describe so lifelike – almost creepy.

Action Button

The action button replaces the ring/silent switch buttons on the left-hand side, the button was designed to perform different actions in the app’s settings.

Focus – Focus mode can be activated/deactivated (Do not disturb is by default)

Camera – Snap a picture (Default), a selfie, video, portrait, and portrait selfie

Flashlight – turn it on/off

Voice Memos – The voice memo app starts and stops recording a voice memo

Magnifier – The camera can be used as a magnifying glass to zoom in on a small text or object by simply activating the magnifier app.

Accessibility – List below are various vision settings:

  • Classic Invent
  • Colour Filters
  • Detection Mode
  • Increase Contrast
  • Reduce Motion
  • Reduce Transparency
  • Reduce white Point
  • Smart Invent
  • Voice over Zoom
  • Motor Settings
  • Switch Control
  • Voice Control
  • Full keyboard access
  • Assistive Touch
  • Apple watch mirroring
  • Control nearby devices
  • Hearing settings
  • Background sounds
  • Left/Right Balance
  • Live captions
  • General settings
  • Guided access
  • Live speech

Silent Mode – Just like the Ring/Silent switch on existing iPhone models, you can toggle silent mode on/off, this will mute and unmute the ringer and alerts.

Translate – A translation action that launches the translate app and start a text or conversation translation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Operating Manual for iPhone 14

iPhone 14

  • Apple says this phone is big and says it’s bigger
  • iPhone 14 is 6.1
  • iPhone 14 plus is 6.7
  • This phone has the longest battery life ever
  • Contact emergency SOS via satellite

Great improvements for low light photos

This phone design is identical to the iPhone 13 models in the sense that:

  • Features flat edges
  • Has an aerospace-grade aluminium enclosure
  • A glass back which enables wireless charging

This model comes in different colours:

  • Blue
  • Purple
  • Midnight
  • Starlight
  • Red

iPhone 14 includes:

  • Super Retina XDR OLED displays which supports 1200 nits’ peak brightness
  • A 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio
  • Dolby ratio
  • Supports true tone for matching the white balance of the display to the lighting in the room

Promotion display technology is not available in this model but only limited to the Pro models. Phone display is protected from bumps and drops by a durable ceramic shield; they are IP68 water resistant, which allows them an immersion depth of 6 metres of up to 30 minutes.

IOS 16 allows you to design your lock screen as you wish, you could layer a photo to make it pop, track your activity updates. You can view live updates from your most important apps.

Apple uses the same chip used for the iPhone 13 Pro models, although with an updated internal design in the iPhone 14 which allows a better thermal performance. The A15 chip offers:

  • A 6-core CPU
  • A 5-core CPU
  • And a 16-core neural engine

Users can decide about the app you want to allow to track your activities with the App tracking transparency. This is one of the major designs regarding iPhone, which puts you more in control of what you share and who you share your data with.

Emergency SOS via Satellite

Is it possible to communicate with Satellite?

Satellite comprises of low bandwidth; they are moving target and could take a few minutes before a message gets through. Every second matters, therefore your iPhone front loads a few questions to assess your situation – just tap to respond and it will show you where to point to therefore connect to the satellite.

Once you’re connected, the iPhone will send your answers, location, medical ID (If set up) and battery level to a call handler, this is all done automatically.

You must be outside, and the sky must have a clear view, the iPhone will show you where to point to t maintain your connection since satellite move rapidly through the space. The phone will also avoid obstructions such as mountains and heavy foliage.

It takes time to text via Satellite

You can send a message in less than 15 seconds in a good condition, under light foliage, it could take up to a minute. The iPhone 14 includes a free Emergency SOS via satellite for about two years.

Video

An innovative infrastructure

IPhone 14 antennas connect to the satellite frequency because of Apple’s design components and software. The low bandwidth allows the creation of a compressed algorithm that allows text messages to be three times smaller thereby speeding up communication.

Text messages are route on the ground through a complex infrastructure to emergency service providers. Text messages are only accepted by some, for those who don’t an emergency relay centre was set up with Apple – trained specialists who will call for help on your behalf.

Friends can tell how remote you Go

You might be on an adventure without a mobile service, in a situation like this, use Find My to share your location via satellite, so that families and friends can locate you. There’s nothing to worry about in case you’re off the grid, if you don’t have a mobile service of WI-FI, you can still text the emergency services over the satellite.

Crash detection will help you to call for help if you can’t – iPhone 14 is able to detect your location if you’re involved in an accident, then call 999 and informed your emergency contacts.

How iPhone hears, fears and measure a crash

Sudden speed shifts

  • A new high – G force accelerometer senses extreme accelerations pr decelerations of up to 256 Gs.
  • Cabin pressure changes – The barometer can detect pressure changes caused by deploying airbags
  • Abrupt changes in direction – A high dynamic range of gyroscope monitors drastic changes in a car’s orientation.
  • Loud sound levels of impact – As you drive, the microphone will identify the extreme sound levels of a collision, all processing is done on your phone to protect your privacy.
  • Laboratory crash tests – An advanced motion algorithm was developed by performing head – on, rear end, side impact and rollover crash tests.
  • Real – world crash data
  • Public crash data from accidents are used to make crash detection as accurate as possible

If you are in a dire situation with no help crash detection will get you the help needed – iPhone 14 is able to detect a serious accident and call 999 and notify your emergency contact.

  • The iPhone 14 plus and iPhone 14 boast of the best battery ever, a powerful all-day battery that makes the phones last longer.

  • 21 percent extra screens, this is big, iPhone 14 comes with a super sized, super retina XDR display.

  • OLED technology delivers an incredible contrast for bright whites and true blacks.
  • Everything looks sharp and comes to life because of the high resolution and colour accuracy.
  • Adjust the ambient light so that true tone makes the display easier on your eyes

An advanced display, iPhone 14 has a dynamic island and a magical new way to interact with your phone. Users get an always on display which keeps your important info briefly.

The 12-megapixel wide camera features:

  • A larger sensor
  • An f/1.5 aperture
  • A larger 1.9 pixels for low light improvement
  • A sensor shifts optical image stabilization
  • Camera Features:

  • Smart HDR 4 – Recognises four people in a scene with an optimised contrast, lighting and even skin tones for everyone which brings out the best.
  • Deep Fusion – Brings out the texture and image details in mid to low lighting environment
  • Portrait Mode – A blur background whilst keeping the subject of the photo in focus
  • Panorama – will capture panoramic shots up to 63 megapixels
  • Burst mode – One of the qualities of high action shots is to allow a series of images to be captured at once which the camera will do.
  • True tone flash – A built in flash designed to match the ambient lightning, the photo’s white balance is not thrown off when in use, the flash is brighter with more consistent lighting.
  • Night mode – The exposure is up to 2x faster with this model, if images are captured in few seconds, they can be aggregated to allow for photography in extremely poor lighting conditions.

Portrait Lighting – The portrait mode can change photo mode with effects that includes:

  • Natural
  • Studio
  • Contour
  • Stage
  • Stage mono
  • And high key mono

Photographic Styles

  • Boosting or muting colours without affecting the skin tone can achieve by using smart adjustable filters.
  • A filter is used for all images whilst smart is used for selective images
  • Each tone and warmth are customisable based on each style
  • Vibrants in the photographic style boost colours
  • Get a rich dark contrast (darker shadows and deeper colours)
  • Warm (accentuates golden undertones)

  • Capture even more sensational shots in all kinds of lights most especially low lights because the camera is fitted with a new image capture processing.
  • The main camera has up to 2.5x better low lights photos and the ultra-wide camera has up to 2×5 better low lights photos.
  • IPhone will give you the option to either share one photo with an app asking for an access or to share your entire photo library.

This new camera boasts of a feature of a bigger sensor and a larger aperture that allows up to 49 percent lighter.

The new photogenic engine goes beyond what the camera can do when you tap the shutter. The nest pixels merges from various exposures at an earlier stage than ever before. A much more image data is preserved to deliver a brighter, more lifelike colours and beautifully detailed textures in even lower light. Choose the ultra-wide camera to capture unique perspective and a wider view of a scene.

You don’t have to worry about dark scenes because the night mode automatically kicks in therefore you get a brighter and sharper photo.

The night mode is up to 2x faster exposure on the main camera.

Smart HDR 4 will recognise up to four people in your shot and will refine contrast, lighting, and skin tone automatically.

The subject is artfully blurred in the background and the foreground as well because portrait mode put the focus on your subject. If you want to take your photos to a higher level, iPhone 14 has a 48MP main camera which delivers a mind-blowing detail. It also comes with a telephoto camera that helps you to shoot beautiful closed – ups from far away.

Video

An action mode provides smooth looking videos with a great image stabilization. Action mode can adjust to significant:

  • Shakes
  • Motions
  • And vibrations

There’s an improvement in the cinematic mode and now available in:

  • 4K at 30 fps
  • 4K at 24fps

The true tone is 10 percent brighter with better uniformity for consistent lighting

Do you want to film while chasing your children around the park or when you’re hiking up a rocky trail?  You can try action mode for smooth handheld videos.

Home Movies just like Hollywood Movies

Focus automatically shifts to the most important object in the scene when in a cinematic mode just like filmmakers do. Recording in 4K at 24fps is now available which is the same frame rate you see in movies.

Selfies you’ll flip over

The true depth front camera with autofocus and a larger aperture allows you to snap your sharpest, most colourful close and group shots. The true depth camera and A15 Bionic also power face ID which is the most secured facial authentication in a smartphone.

IPhone 14 uses 100 percent recycled gold wire in all its cameras to reduce mining of the previous resources.

On the count of three say “we” The true depth can now focus on multiple subjects automatically at once. All selfies to stunning close ups to group shots will produce the sharpest image ever.

You get more lights because of a larger aperture thereby capturing brighter colour and finer detail in low light scenes.

Resolution

2532 x 1170 with 460 pixels per inch, wide colour supports offers

  • Vivid true-life colours
  • True tone matches the white balance of the display to the ambient lightning for a paper like viewing experience which is pleasing to the eye.
  • A fingerprint resistance oleo phatic coating which supports haptic touch and provides haptic feedback as you interact with the display.

38% better light‑gathering performance for more detail and less noise in photos and videos

Display

The update regarding display in iPhone 13 cannot be compared to iPhone 14 models. It features:

An OLED super retina XDR display with a 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio for blacker blacks and brighter whites and up to 1200 nits’ peak brighteners for:

  • HDR Photos
  • Videos
  • Tv shows
  • And movies

A normal max brightness is 800 nits for the standard iPhone models, this is 200 nits lower compared to the 14 Pro models.

IPhone 14 comes with the same super speedy chip found in iPhone 13 Pro. A15 Bionic, with a 5-core GPU, powers all the latest features and makes graphically intense games and AR apps feel ultra-fluid.

An updated internal design delivers a better thermal efficiency, so you can stay in the action longer. The secure enclave in A15 Bionic protects personal information like your face ID data, contacts and more.

Qi-based charging is also available, but it maxes out at 7.5W.

Mag Safe

Magsafe is a continuity with these models, the magnet at the back of the iPhone can be connected to the Magsafe charger and other magnetic accessories. The phone can be wirelessly charged from Apple and authorised third parties, wirelessly charged at up to 15w.

 

The Ultimate Guide to iPhone 14 Pro

iPhone 14 Pro

Apple has created a new magical way to interact with this phone, it was invented with groundbreaking features designed to save lives. It comes with an innovative 48MP camera for mind blowing detail, all powered by ultimate smartphone chip.

One of the major changes is the True Depth, camera which losses the notch and replace with something called Dynamic Island. It’s a pill shaped cut out at the front of the display, which houses the camera equipment.

It comes in different shapes and sizes using a software which depends on what’s on the screen. The dynamic island was designed to bridge the gap between the hardware and software. It adapts in real time and shows:

  • Alerts
  • Notifications
  • And activities in the space where the notch was housed
  • The dynamic island will show confirmation with:
  • Face ID
  • Map Directions
  • Phone calls
  • Music information

Live activities such as:

  • Sports scores
  • Timers
  • And more

Designed for Durability

  • It’s tougher than any smartphone glass because of the ceramic shield
  • Water Resistance
  • Surgical – grade stainless steel
  • 1 and 6.7 display sizes
  • All in four pro colours
  • Super Retina XDR Display
  • Pro-motion technology was updated

This phone was designed with the user in mind, therefore it has the ability to protect your privacy and put you in control of what you share and who you share your data with.

Meet the new face of the iPhone

This phone introduces the dynamic island, a unique Apple innovation that’s hardware and software and something in between. It bubbles up music, face time and so much more – all without taking you away from what you’re doing.

Always on Display and always Ready

Your lock screen will always be glanceable, in order words, no need to tap to be up to date, if the iPhone isn’t face down or in your pocket, it goes dark to conserve the battery. The battery lasts all day because of new capabilities.

  • Your Photo
  • Your Widgets
  • Your Fonts
  • Your iPhone

You can customise the lock screen as you please in many unique ways with IOS 16, layer a photo to make it pop and track your activity rings, and see live updates from your favourite apps. You can decide with the App tracking transparency, which allows you to decide which apps are allowed to track your activities.

The display is up to 2x brighter in the sun.

Design

  • The resolution for the 6.1-inch iPhone Pro is 2556 x 1179 by 460 pixels per inch.
  • The resolution for the 6.7-inch iPhone Max is 2796 x 1179 by 460 pixels per inch
  • The wide colour support provides, vivid true-life colours
  • True tone matches the white balance of the display to the ambient lighting of the room
  • A paper like viewing experience which is less straining on the eyes.
  • A finger-print resistance oleophobic coating to support haptic touch

The same flat-sided design with square off edges was used to design this model which was also used to design the 13 models. The iPhone models come with an all-glass front and textured mate glass back which fits a frame manufactured from surgical-grade stainless steel.

Display

The super retina XDR display now reaches a peak of 2,000 nits outdoors in bright sunny days. This is as twice as bright as before and the highest peak brightness of any smartphone, the text jumps straight right off the screen.

There’s a big boost to the photos and HDR videos – up to 1,600 nits’ peak brightness. This puts the iPhone on the same level as the:

  • Pro Display XDR
  • Movies
  • Shows
  • And even films

All the above looks truer to life than ever.

There are variable fresh rates, which is possible with the promotion technology from 10 to 120 times per seconds. It smoothly and intelligently ramps up when you need exceptional graphics performance, it ramps down to save power when you don’t.

Emergency SOS via Satellite

There’s nothing to worry about even if you’re off the grid, if you don’t have a WI-FI or mobile service, you can text the emergency services over the satellite.

How is it Possible to communicate with Satellite?

Satellites are moving targets with low bandwidth; it could take minutes for messages to get through. All seconds and minute counts, the iPhone will front loads some questions to assess your situation – just tap to respond. It will reveal where to point to connect with the satellite.

Once you are connected the iPhone will automatically send your answers, location, medical ID (If set up) and battery level to a call handler.

Satellites move at a rapid rate through the space, therefore you must be outdoors with a clear view of the sky. The phone will show you where to point to connect and avoid obstruction such as mountain and heavy foliage.

An infrastructure of Innovation

The iPhone 14 antennas can connect to satellite frequency because of its designed components and software. A compressed algorithm will make text messages smaller if the bandwidth is low therefore speeding up communication.

On the ground your text message will be route through a complex infrastructure to the emergency service providers although not all accept text messages. There’s an emergency relay centre set up with an Apple specialist who will call on your behalf for those that don’t accept text messages.

Let friends know how remote you go – If you go on an adventure without a mobile service, “Find” My can be used to share your location via satellite so that friends and family can locate you.

Crash detection will help you to call for help if you can’t – iPhone 14 is able to detect your location if you’re involved in an accident, then call 999 and informed your emergency contacts.

How iPhone hears, fears and measure a crash

Sudden speed shifts

  • A new high – G force accelerometer senses extreme accelerations or decelerations of up to 256 Gs.
  • Cabin pressure changes – The barometer can detect pressure changes caused by deploying airbags
  • Abrupt changes in direction – A high dynamic range of gyroscope monitors drastic changes in a car’s orientation.
  • Loud sound levels of impact – As you drive, the microphone will identify the extreme sound levels of a collision, all processing is done on your phone to protect your privacy.
  • Laboratory crash tests – An advanced motion algorithm was developed by performing head – on, rear end, side impact and rollover crash tests.
  • Real – world crash data
  • Public crash data from accidents are used to make crash detection as accurate as possible

The Pro camera system – it gets massively Pro. Introducing all the new camera with an advanced quad – pixel sensor. There’s up to 4x the resolution for jaw dropping cropping.

This model will shoot at a full 48MOP with Pro-Raw in other words it will produce professional pictures. Shakes and blurs are reduced by the second-generation sensor-shift optical image stabilisation.

The iPhone 14 Pro raises the bar for what 48 megapixels can do – delivering 4x the resolution in Pro-RAW for mind blowing detail in very crop – 65% larger sensor compared to iPhone 13 Pro.

The camera adapts to your shot because the quad pixel sensor on the camera maximises the use of the 48 megapixels. A photographer will want to optimise photos for light capture, so the new sensor, groups four pixels together into one large quad pixel. It gathers 4x lighter and produces spectacular photos at a practical 12MP size.

It’s very easy to optimise for details because the sensor will leverage each individual pixel, thereby providing more creative options for shooting and editing in Pro workflows. To get the best out of the detail and flexibility shoots in Pro-RAW at 48MP resolution, there’s a new learning model that delivers sharper images and less noise in unprecedented detail. Photos can be reframed while still retaining beautiful resolutions.

The Picture of Versatility

This new Pro camera system adds a 2x optical-quality telephoto to its zoom range, this puts tons of frame flexibility at your fingertips.

The quad-pixel sensor will allow you to go beyond the three fixed lenses of the Pro camera system. This will create an additional 2x Telephoto which expands your zooms options:

  • 5x
  • 1x
  • 2x
  • 3x

The new telephoto uses the middle 12 megapixels of the quad-pixel sensor to deliver full resolution photos and 4K videos with no digital zoom.

It also works in portrait mode, time lapse and pano, this gives you gorgeous close-up photos and videos. The popular focal length and great resolution 2x is the perfect framing choice for portrait mode.

You get more detail, even with less light – this is superb

The larger sensor captures more light dramatically by pushing the limit of low-light photography.

There’s an all-new photonic engine which is the game changing image pipeline. It allows deep fusion that merges the best pixels from multiple exposures into one phenomenal photo which happens earlier in the process on uncompressed images.

This helps to preserve more data to deliver brighter, more lifelike colours and beautifully detailed texture in less light than ever.

The new adaptive true tone flash adjusts the pattern and intensity of nine LEDs depending on the focal length of the photo, so your subject always appears in the best light.

A caveat – if an app requests an access to your photos, iPhone allows you to decide if the access should be granted or not, furthermore you could grant access to one photo or a group and not your whole library.

24 breathtaking frames per seconds – cinematic mode now shoots at 4K HDR fps – this is the film industry standard.

Edit with pro footage in 4K at 24 or 30 fps seamlessly, you can edit the depth effect after capture.

Shaky action shot? Fix it in a pie

Video

Whether you’re filming from an off road SUV or running alongside your SUV or running alongside your subject. Action mode is excellent for smooth handheld videos – no gimbal required. This has been labelled as the only smartphone in the world that allows you to:

  • Shoot
  • View, Edit
  • Share in ProRes or Dolby Vision

A camera in a class by it self

The camera will deliver your sharpest, most colourful close up and group shots, all thanks to the new True Depth front camera designed with auto focus and a larger aperture.

On the count of three, say “we” the True Depth, camera now has a feature that helps to focus automatically on multiple subjects at once, all your selfies – from stunning close ups to groups shots – look their sharpest.

The larger aperture gives room for more light thereby capturing a brighter colour and producing a finer detail in low light environments.

Other Camera Features

  • Adaptive True Tone Flash – The flash was redesigned with an array of nine LEDs which changes pattern based on the focal length of the lens. Its 3 x better for ultra-wide shots and up to 2x brighter on telephoto.
  • Burst mode – You can capture a series of images at once, this is great for high action shots.
  • Panorama – Captures panorama shots of up to 63 megapixels
  • Deep Fusion – Produces a great image with texture and detail in poor lighting conditions, it works even earlier with a photonic engine to capture image processing in iPhone 14 models.
  • Portrait mode – With a blur background the subject of the photo comes with a sharp focus
  • Smart HDR 4 – Produces the best image with up to four people in a short, optimising the contrast, lighting and even skin tone for each person so that everyone looks great.
  • Cinematic Mode – This is available in 4K 30 fps and 4K at 24 fps
  • Macro Photography – This is ideal for macro photos because the ultra-wide camera on the phone can focus at 2cm.
  • Night Mode – You can aggregate a series of images taken over a few seconds for photography in an extremely poor lighting environment. The LiDAR scanner and all three lenses enables the night mode to work in portrait mode.

Pro-Motion

These Pro-Motion refresh rates are powered by the updated low-power display backlighting in the iPhone 14 models which are the same as the ones in the iPhone 13 models. This current model offers an adaptive refresh rate, which ranges from 1Hz to 120Hz compared to the previous models which was 10Hz to 120Hz.

Refresh rates occurs based on what’s on the screen, if you’re reading through a website, the refresh rate will be lower. You’ll experience a higher 120Hz rate which will provide a smoother and more responsive experience if you are:

  • Playing a game
  • Watching a movie
  • Scrolling through a content

The Magical iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max

iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max

The iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro Max are the latest iPhone, which comes with the most advanced dual camera system. A lighting fast chip that makes the competitors’ products looks like nothing but a toy. The battery comes with a huge leap, and this is something the user will notice. The ceramic shield is stronger than any smartphone glass.

This Phones come with the following updates:

  • New Colours
  • 1TB max storage
  • Smaller Notches
  • Promotion Display
  • Faster A15 chip
  • Cameras

They were launched on September 14, 2021, and both iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max are the latest Apple’s iPhone flagship. They are currently competing in the tech market with the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini. If you’re interested in the most up to date features in phones and you’re after the best camera installed on a phone ever, then you might want to look at the iPhone 13 pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max.

iPhone 13 Pro

  • 1 inch

iPhone 13 Pro Max

  • 7 inches

These phones are almost identical to the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro max with the following

  • Stainless steel frame
  • Textured matte glass back
  • Flat edges
  • Almost same increase in thickness (7.65mm)

The iPhone 13 models are available in the following colours:

  • Silver
  • Gold
  • Sierra Blue
  • Graphite

They also feature:

  • OLED super retina XDR displays which support promotion technology
  • Adaptive refresh rates, which range from 10Hz and up to 120Hz like iPad Pro models
  • The display is up to 25 percent brighter outdoors

iPhone 13 Pro

  • It has a 2532 x 1170 resolution with 460 pixels per inch

iPhone 13 Pro Max

  • It has a 2778 x 1284 resolution with458 pixels per inch

Both Phones feature 1200 nit’s max brightness for HDR with true tone which matches the colour temperature of the display to the Ambient light, Wide colour rich vivid hues and haptic touch for feedback.

The Face ID notch was updated, it’s now much smaller in the front facing true depth camera system. This means that it occupies a lesser space. These phones like the last models have a ceramic shield cover glass which is infused with nano-ceramic crystals for better protection in case the phone drops.

These phones can hold up to 6 meters if submerged in water for up to about 30 minutes because of the IP68 water and dust resistance. The phones are powered by A15 Bionic chip with a 6-core CPU combined with 2 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores plus 5-core GPU. This is an additional GPU compare to the iPhone 12 models.

There’s also a 16-core neural engine, the graphic performance of the 5-Core GPU is 50 percent faster than any other smart phone chip.

Some of the upgrades are:

  • A triple lens rear camera with an f/2.8 telephoto lens
  • An f/1.5 wide lens
  • An f/1.8 ultra-wide lens

The wide lens features an aperture that lets in 2.2x lighter and it’s the largest sensor in a phone to date, this ultra-lens wide offers 92 percent lighter for better low light performance.

The 77mmtelephoto lens features:

  • 3x optical zoom, compare to 2.5x in the iPhone 12 Pro Max
  • 6X optical zoom range
  • Supports 15x digital zoom
  • Lidar Scanner

There are:

  • Standard portrait mode
  • Night mode
  • Time Lapse
  • Other photographic capabilities
  • Cinematic mode
  • Uses rack focus to shift focus seamlessly from one object to another
  • Create movie quality depth effects

Cinematic mode shoots in Dolby HDR plus the depth field and blur are easily adjusted with the camera app. It also supports 4K video recording of up to 60 fps.

  • Smart HDR 4
  • Recognises Up to four people in a photo
  • Optimises contrast, lighting and skin tones for each one

The deep fusion is the carryover from iPhone 12 which activates in mid to low light scenes thereby revealing the texture and detail.

Photographic Style

These are an upgraded kind of filter that applies selectively to an

  • Image
  • Muting
  • Colours
  • And boosting vividness without impacting tones

They are:

  • Vibrant
  • Rich
  • Contrast
  • Warm
  • And cool options
  • Tone and warm has settings for refining and customisation

There are many Pro-only photographic capabilities which are limited to the triple lens camera system that includes:

  • Macro photography and videography for close macro shots with focus at 2cm.
  • Telephoto lens supports the night mode and portrait that needs LiDAR Scanner.
  • ProRes video recording allows users to record ProRes video in 4K of up to 30 frames per seconds
  • ProRes video is launching later this year

You can unlock iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro Max with:

Face ID facial recognition system, which works with the 12-megapixel front facing camera which supports.

  • Smart HDR 4
  • Deep Fusion
  • Night Mode
  • Cinematic Mode
  • Night Mode Selfie
  • And more

5G connectivity is included for:

  • Better quality video streaming
  • Higher definition face time calls
  • Improved gaming

The super-fast mm wave speed is limited to major cities in the United States.

Battery

There’s a major improvement to the battery, they are larger and more efficient.

  • The iPhone 13 Pro offers up to 1.5 hours more battery life compared to the iPhone 12 Pro
  • The iPhone Pro Max offers up to 2.5 more battery life compared to iPhone 12 Pro Max

Storage

Starts at 128GB and goes up to 1TB at the high end.  There’s a built in three axis gyros:

  • An accelerometer
  • Proximity Sensor
  • Ambient light sensor
  • And barometer

The phones come with built in magnets which makes them compatible with the mega safe accessories and charges up to 15W with Apple’s mega safe charger. The phones support fast charging and provided 50 percent charge in 30 minutes with a 20W power adapter.

Design

The rounded edges that have been the core design of the iPhone since the invention of the iPhone 6 no longer exist starting with the iPhone 12 models. They were designed with squared off edges, a look that reverts to iPhone 4 and 5 and matches the iPad Pro.

This flat edge design is also used for the iPhone 13 line up and the look is identical to the 12 model. The flat edge design comes with an attribute, it looks modern but also familiar at the same time because this design has been used in the past.

These phones come with an all-glass front and texture back glass which sandwich a frame made from a shiny, surgical-grade stainless steel material. The colour at the back glass matches seamlessly to the stainless-steel frame.

There’s a notch at the front of the iPhone which houses:

  • The true depth camera
  • Speaker
  • And microphone

A smaller notch with these phones offers more room for display, located at the top and sides of the phones is Antenna bands. The powered button is on the right and the volume buttons are on the left. There’s a 5G mm Wave antenna beneath the power button, a feature only limited to the US models with mm Wave support.

These models include:

Speaker holes and microphones at the bottom and lighting port for charging. The SIM slot is on the left side of the device.

There’s a square camera bump at the back of the iPhone 13 models and a triple lens camera set up. The camera bumps are bigger compared to the 12 models and the increase is transparent.

Sizes

iPhone 13 Pro

  • 1 inch

iPhone 13 Pro Max

  • 7 inches

These phones are thicker compared to the 12 models which makes them heavier.

iPhone 13 Pro

  • Measures at 5.78 inches tall (146.7mm)
  • 82 inches wide (71.5mm)
  • 30 inches thick (7.65mm)

iPhone 13 Pro Max

  • Measures at 6.33 inches tall (160.8mm)
  • 7 inches wide (78.1mm)
  • 30 inches thick (7.65mm)

Water Resistance

The phones feature an IP68 water resistant rating, they can withstand a depth of up to six meters (19.7 feet) for up to 30 minutes, this is as the same as the iPhone 12 models.

Explaining the IP68 number, the 6 means, the dust resistance in other words, these phones can hold up dust, dirt and other particles therefore 6 is high based on the resistance level. The same thing goes for the 8 which is the water resistance level, IP68 means these phones can hold up splashes, rain and other water exposure longer.

Water resistance shouldn’t be taken lightly, it’s not a license to be careless, according to Apple these phones could deteriorate due to constant water immersion. If the phone is damaged due to water immersion, Apple’s warranty is invalid.

Display

All models have the same OLED super retina XDR display, they are flexible and extends right into the chassis of each device.

There’s a 2,000,000:1 contrast ration for blacker blacks and brighter white. There’s up to 1200 nits’ peak brightness for:

  • HDR Photos
  • Videos
  • Tv Shows
  • And Movies
  • Max brightness is about 1000 nits for pro models
  • 800 nits for standard iPhone 13 models
  • 25 percent brighter colours outdoors

iPhone 13 Pro Features:

  • A resolution of 2532 x 1170 by 460 pixels per inch

iPhone 13 Pro Max

  • A resolution of 2778 x 1284 by 458 pixels per inch

Wide colour supports brings vivid, true to life colours

True tone matches the white balance of the display to the ambient lighting. This is good for paper like viewing experience which makes it easier on the eyes. A support for the haptic touch is the fingerprint resistant oleophatic coating which provides haptic feedback as you interact with the display.

Display mate claims that the iPhone 13 has the best smartphone display ever. The phones therefore earn a grade of A+due to:

  • ProMmoton technology
  • HDR
  • Max Brightness
  • Colour accuracy
  • Constant Ratio
  • And More

Smaller Notch

The notch that houses the true depth camera is slimmer and 20 percent less wide compared to the notch used in the previous models. The comparison between iPhone 12 and 13 confirms that even though the notch is less wide it’s just a bit taller than the one in the 12 models.

The width of the notch was reduced to create more space on the screen, IOS seems not to be taken advantage of this extra space. There’s enough place to display battery’s percentage on the right side of the notch on the iPhone 13 Pro Max but not included in the display feature.

Apple implemented Pro motion technology for the first time in the 13 models because of a low power display backlighting. This was introduced to the iPad pro in 2018 and offers adaptive refresh rates that ranges from 10Hz to 120Hz.

The display refresh rate is based on what you have on the screen. If you’re reading from a website that’s static, the iPhone will use a lower refresh rate. If you are watching a movie or playing games or scrolling through a content, you’ll see a higher 120Hz refresh rate which provides a smoother and more responsive experience.

The speed of scrolling is matched by the Pro Motion technology because it’s able to accelerate and decelerate to match scrolling speed.

Ceramic Shield

Apple is stuck on ceramic shield, a material that offers better protection for the iPhone 13 models. An infusing nano was used to create the ceramic cover – ceramic crystal in a glass. Ceramic crystal is manipulated for optimisation for clarity while maintaining toughness with the display created in partnership with corning.

Apple claims that the ceramic shield is tougher compared to other smartphones glass. It has a dual-ion exchange process which ensures protection against scratches and wear and tear.

A15 Bionic Chip

These models use the A15 new chip that offers a better performance and efficiency compared to the A14 chip used in the iPhone 12 models. The A15 chip has been rated by Apple as the fastest smartphone chip with two performance cores and four efficiency cores.

The iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max A15 chip come with an additional 5-core GPU that is not available in the standard 13 models. It offers up to 50 percent graphic performance compared to any other smartphone chip.

The CPU in all 13 models offers the same capabilities. They are approximately 10 percent faster in single core performance and approximately 18 percent faster in multi core performance in comparison to iPhone 12 models.

Neural Engine

The 16-core neural engine’s performance is up to 15.8 trillion operations per seconds. Its powerful feature is compared to a cinematic mode and smart HDR 4.

RAM

iPhone 13 Pro Models

  • 6GB RAM

iPhone 13 Models

  • 4GB RAM

These are the same RAM size found in the iPhone 12 models.

Storage Space

This models all starts with 128GB storage, the iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max can be upgraded up to 1TB storage space which is the maximum.

True Depth Camera and Face ID

These models use the face ID for biometric authentication purposes. The facial recognition system was introduced in 2017. The face ID components are housed in the True Depth, camera system in the display notch.

Face ID can be used for various IOS tasks such as:

  • Unlocking the iPhone
  • Allowing access to third-party passcode protected apps
  • App purchases confirmation
  • Apple pays payments, authentication

Face ID works in conjunction with a set of sensor and cameras, a dot projector project more than 30,000 invisible infrared dots onto the surface of the skin in order to create a 3D facial scan which maps the curves and planes of each face with the scan read by an infrared camera.

The A15 chip works in conjunction with the facial depth map and it is transformed into a mathematical model which the phone uses to authenticate identity.

Face ID works in:

  • Low light
  • In the dark
  • Hats
  • Beards
  • Glasses
  • Sunglasses
  • Scarves
  • Other accessories that partially obscure the face.

Front Camera Features

The front and rear cameras have the same features which are the 12-megapixel f/2.2 camera in the True Depth system. The iPhone 13 along with the A15 chip support many of the photographic capabilities that are available with the rear cameras which includes:

  • Night mode for selfies
  • Smart HDR 4
  • Dolby Vision HDR recording
  • Deep fusion with ProRes
  • New Cinematic mode for capturing videos
  • 4K video recording
  • Quick Take video
  • Slo mo – Video
  • Portrait Mode
  • Portrait Lighting
  • New photographic style features

Triple Lens Rear Camera

  • The 13 Pro and Pro Max come with a three-lens camera system with:
  • The 77 mm six-element f/2.8 telephoto lens
  • 26mm seven-element f/1.5 wide lens
  • 13mm six- element f/1.8 ultrawide lens

Telephoto and wide lenses support dual optical image stabilisation. The wide lens also supports sensor shift optical image stabilisation. The wide lens has a wider aperture that allows 2.2x lighter, this is the largest sensor in an iPhone, support wide colour capture.

The ultra-wide lens feature:

  • A wider aperture
  • A faster sensor
  • Autofocus

This lens was updated to capture up to 92 percent lighter, which improves the quality greatly. It also features a lens correction, which takes care of distortion caused by the super wide field of view.

The 77mm Telephoto lens features:

  • 3x optical zoom, in which is up from 2.5x in the 12 Pro Max. The additional ultra-lens wide is a 6x optical zoom range and support 15x digital zoom.

Camera Features:

Macro Photography – Pro models comes with an ultra-wide camera which focuses at 2cm. This makes it ideal for macro photos, you can take macro photos or macro videos including slow motion and time-lapse.

Smart HDR 4 – It will recognise up to four people in a scene and optimises contrast, lightning and even skin tones for individual therefore everyone looks their best.

Photographic Styles – They are smart adjustable filters that can do things such as boost or mute colours without affecting the skin tone. Style applies selectively to an image compared to a filter that is applied to an entire image. Photographic styles include:

  • Vibrant (Boost colours)
  • Rich Contrast (Darker shadows and deeper colours)
  • Warm (Accentuates golden undertones)
  • Cool (Accentuates blue undertones)
  • Warmth is customised for each style to get the exact look you want

Night Mode – You can aggregate a series of images within few seconds to allow for photography in extreme low lighting conditions. Night mode on the Pro Models works with Portrait mode because of the LiDAR scanner that works with all three lenses.

Deep Fusion – It brings out the texture and details in mages in low lighting conditions

Portrait Mode – The object of the photo is highly focussed while the background is blurred

Portrait Lighting – The lighting of portrait mode photos changes with effects that includes:

  • Natural
  • Studio
  • Contour
  • Stage
  • Mono
  • High-key Mono

True Tone Flash – A built in flash design to meet the demands of the ambient lighting so that it doesn’t throw off the white balance of the photo when used.

Panorama – Captures panorama shots of up to 63 megapixels

ProRAW – You can capture professional photos with the aid of ProRAW format

Burst Mode – Series of images can be captured at once, very good for high action shots.

Video Recording

These models support up to 4K video recording at:

  • 24, 25,30 and 60 frames per seconds
  • HDR recording with Dolby Vision at 4K of up to 60 frames per seconds
  • 1080p video recording and 720p video recording are also available

Apple is planning to introduce support for recording ProRes video, this is the format used for:

  • Films
  • Commercials
  • Other professional applications

ProRes offers high colour fidelity and low compression for large files.

ProRes video recording is up to 4K at 30fps, the caveat is at least 256GB of storage is a requirement for this option. If you have a storage of 128GB you will be limited to PorRes recordings at 1080p and 30 frames per seconds.

When capturing video, the iPhone 13 offers a new cinematic mode that uses rack focus to seamlessly shift the focus from one subject to another. It focuses on the object and blurred the background. Focus changes automatically when a new object appears on the screen, blur and focus can be adjusted after capturing video as well through the photo app. Cinematic mode works with:

  • Wide angle
  • Telephoto
  • True Depth Cameras
  • Supports Dolby Vision HDR

Other Video features include.

  • Quick take video
  • Audio zoom
  • Time lapse
  • Night mode time lapse
  • Continuous auto focus mode
  • 9x digital zoom
  • The option to take 8-megapixel photos when recording 4K video

Battery Life

There’s been an improvement to the battery span with the 13 models with the A15 chip and larger battery sizes.

  • iPhone 13 Pro battery lasts longer for about up to 1.5 hours compared to iPhone 12 Pro
  • iPhone 13 Pro Max battery lasts longer for about up to 2.5 hours compared to iPhone 12 Pro Max

iPhone 13 Pro supports:

  • 22 hours of video playback
  • Up to 20 hours of streaming video playback
  • Up to 75 hours of audio playback

iPhone 13 Pro Max supports:

  • 28 hours of video playback
  • Up to 25 hours of streaming video playback
  • Up to 95 hours of audio playback

The IPhone 13 Pro has:

  • 3,095 mAh battery, up from 2,815 mAh in iPhone 12 Pro

iPhone 13 Pro Max has:

  • 4,352 mAh battery, up from 3,687 mAh iPhone 12 Pro Max

13 Pro models support fast charging and will charge up to 50 percent within 30 minutes using a lighting to USB-C cable and a 20W power adapter.

The iPhone 13 Pro Max charges faster at 27W speeds if connected to a 30W or higher USB adapter. This means that it charges slightly faster than the iPhone 12 Pro Max but not a major difference since the 27W is a peak charging speed and not a sustained charging speed.

In Conclusion

These phones and the other iPhone 13 flagship have a lot to offer, Apple has never failed to offer value for money. Investing in Apple products is one of the best investments ever made because of the benefits that such products have to offer.

The Magic behind the iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max review

The Magic behind the iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max review

It comes with an advanced dual camera system with a powerful chip, 5G speed. The ceramic shield front is the toughest compared to any other smartphone glass. It was made from of a bright, beautiful OLED display.

The iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini are Apple’s innovation mobile phone for 2020. These phones have identical features and supports 5G cellular network. We’ll be talking about the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max in this article. The iPhone 12 Pro and 12 pro Max are Apple’s one of the best iPhone devices, which comes with:

  • 5G network,
  • Triple lens camera
  • Lidar scanners
  • Refresh design,
  • 14 chips.

iPhone 12 pro features 

  • It’s a new design
  • The sizes are 6.1 and 6.7 inches
  • Supports 5G
  • There are lots of camera improvements
  • Lidar
  • Ceramic shield display

These models were released into the market on the 13th of October 2020. There is more emphasis on the Pro aspect of this iPhone, which as claimed by Apple was pushed beyond the boundaries of innovation for people who want to get the best out of these iPhones. The 12 Pro models feature on the screen, a super retina XDR display, which are edge to edge except for the face ID touch

  • The 6.1-inch iPhone has a resolution of 2532 to by 1170 with 460 pixels by inch
  • The 6.7-inch iPhone pro Max has a resolution of 2778 by 1284 and a 458 PPI

The displays offer HDR support with:  

  • 1200 minutes peak brightness,
  • White Collar
  • Haptic touch
  • True toned.

The display is protected by a ceramic shield which Apple claims go beyond the glass and far better than any other smartphone glass. It’s infused with nano ceramic crystals and offers 4X better drop performance.

If you’re not too keen about the latest iPhone, then the iPhone 12 models will be the ideal phone for you. On the other hand, if you’re keen about getting the latest iPhone 13, feel free to read our content on the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max.

This phone comes with an entirely new outlook, although it could be deemed like the design of the iPad Pro with flat edges instead of rounded ones which was used in the previous models. There’s a precision milled matte glass surrounded by a stainless-steel band.

The colour options are: 

  • Graphite
  • Silver
  • Gold
  • And Pacific blue

These models offer IP68 water and dust resistance which will hold up to a 6 mm formation in water for up to 30 minutes. The 5G connectivity future is great for downloads and uploads, the video streaming quality is much better and much more improvement for gaming with a higher definition 1080p FaceTime call.

There’s a smart data mode that reverts to an LTE connection when 5G speed is not needed; this helps to preserve the battery’s lifespan.  These phones were designed within a 14 Chip, the first tube in the smartphone industry to be built on a 5 Nanometre process for great performance and Efficiency.

The player comes with the 6 core CPU and 4 core CPU in the A14 chip. They are 50% faster compared to other fastest smartphone chips. The A14 chip includes a 16-core neural engine which offers up to 80 percent increase in performance for machine learning tasks.

The iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max are identical in a lot of ways, but there are exceptions with the cameras.

The iPhone 12 Pro is equipped with:

  • A 7-element wide camera with a f / 1.6 aperture which improves the low light performance of photos and videos up to 27%.
  • It also comes with an ultra-wide camera with a 120-degree field of view of a 52 mm telephoto lens which offers 4 x optical zoom.

The iPhone 12 pro Max comes with:

  • A 7-element wide camera with a f / 1.6 aperture, it comes with a larger sensor of about 47% for an 87% improvement in low light.
  • It has the same neutral white camera as the other phone and it’s 65 mm telephoto lens that enables 5 x optical zoom.

Dual optical image stabilisation is supported by iPhone 12

The iPhone 12 pro Max supports:

  • Sensors shift optical image stabilization with a wide lens that stabilizes the sensor.
  • A14 chip powers the new image signal profits processor and computational photographic abilities.

The front true depth camera and the Ultra-wide camera now comes with the night mode and deep fusion is available on both cameras. There’s a new smart HD i3 which brings more depth to life images and supports 4 Pro raw, this feature combines apples image processing and computational photography with the versatility of the raw file format. This offers full control, over collar and dynamic range

  • Division is up to 60 frames per second and comes with a better video stabilization.
  • You get an impressive nighttime because of a night mode time-lapse option when a tripod is used. The iPhone 12 Pro and 12 pro Max are equipped with a LiDAR scanner which measures light distance and depth pictures of a scene to map out the area of the iPhone.
  • There’s more realistic AR experience and improves autofocus by 6x in-lieu light Scenes for improved accuracy. The night mode, portraits are enabled in the LiDAR scanner.
  • The face ID facial recognition for both phones is the same; this system is powered by the front facing true depth camera system.
  • This feature 12-megapixel camera 4 selfies and smart HDR are deep Fusion and night mode. The iPhone 12 battery life offers up to 18 off video playback, 11 hours of streaming video playback and 65 hours of audio playback.

The iPhone 12 Pro Max offers up to:

  • 20 hours of video playback, 12 hours of video playback
  • 80 hours of audio playback

This is the longest battery life of an iPhone. The new phones come with fast charging, which means 50% charge occurs within 30 minutes using a 20-watt power adapter.

A new Magsafe was introduced by Apple to go with the new iPhone 12 models, the accessory is designed to work with a ring of magnets built into devices. There’s a magsafe case and charger plus wallet as accessories. Magsafe supports 15 Watts wireless charging this is an upgrade from the 7.5 charging available true standard IQ based wireless chargers.

  • The iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max are being sold together with the iPhone 12 Mini and iPhone 12.
  • The iPhone 12 Mini and iPhone 12 is a 5.4, 6.1 inch, the design elements and the camera features cannot be compared to the iPhone 12 Pro and Max.

iPhone 12 Pro 

The review for these phones has been positive. People who already have the phone are really excited about the cameras. The main thing that people are talking about are:

  • Cameras are low light performance camera
  • Noise reduction,
  • Improvements to the contrast.

More

  • The HDR video recording in Dolby vision supports the camera and night mode selfies. This is a good audition for the front facing camera.
  • The ultra-ultra-wide camera distorts less at the edges, the ultra-wide photos and telephoto lenses are very sharp and detailed.
  • The new HDR video is mostly going to be appreciated by those who use the iPhone as a video making tool.
  • Looking at the other side of the coin some reviewers are not really impressed with the 5G, since a 5G network is still work in progress therefore not widely available.

iPhone 12 pro Max 

This phone shares the same features as the iPhone 12 Pro but there are some additions such as extra enhancements to the camera, additional battery due to its size. The advanced camera system comes with night mode selfies. These phones have a remarkably durable ceramic shield front, with a bright beautiful OLED display.

The battery will last all day long because of its size and because it’s a bigger battery, although 5G usage also needs to be considered. Reviews proclaimed that the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro Max produce similar photos and you can’t really tell the difference even though a bigger photo comes with a large sensor and an improved telephoto lens. They claim that you will only notice the differences in low light conditions. In some situations, the Promax will produce a more detailed, less noisy image and much better compared to 2.5x zoom range.

The same round edge design has been popular since the Invention of the Apple iPhone 6, with the unveiling of the iPhone 12 line-up in 2020 comes a change. These two Phones come with a flat sided design with square edges, this model is like the design language of the iPad Pro. This new design is a major departure from the previous one.

The front part of these phones come with slimmer bezels, also at the front is the notch which house:

  • The speaker
  • The microphone
  • And a true depth camera

At the top and sides of the phones are the antenna, you have the standard Power button on the right and volume buttons on the left. There’s a new 5G mm wave underneath the power button, although this feature is limited to use model.

At the bottom of iPhone 12 are the speaker hose and built-in microphone, the lighting port supports lighting, the slim slot was moved to the left. There’s a camera bump at the top which house the triple lens camera. The camera is set up with a flash and a new LiDAR sensor which can be found at the back of the iPhone.

True Depth, camera and Face ID

The facial recognition system was introduced in 2017, the iPhone 12 and 12 mini use face ID for biometric authentication. The face ID component can be found in the True Depth, camera system in the display notch. Face ID is used on all IOS devices for:

  • Unlocking the iPhone
  • Give access to third party passcode – protected apps
  • App purchases confirmation
  • Apple pay system authentication

Face ID works through a set of sensor and cameras, over 30,000 invisible infrared dots are projected onto the surface of the skin to create a 3D facial scan. This facial scan maps the curve and planes of each face, and the scan is read by the infrared camera.

A14 Bionic Chip

This bionic chip was classified as the first A-series chip built on a 5-nanometer process across the iPhone 12 line up. The performance increases the speed and efficiency, the A14 features are 40 percent more transistors (11.8 billion) compared to A13. The A14 has a better battery life and the performance is faster.

The 6-Core CPU and the 4-Core GPU in the A14 Bionic chip is 50 percent faster than any other top smartphone chip in the market in the year 2020.

Sizes 

  • The iPhone 12 Pro model measures 6.1 and 6.7, they 6 months is regarded as the largest phone ever been produced by Apple.
  • The iPhone 12 pro model measure sat 5.7 tall (146.6mm), 2.82 inches wide (71.5mm) and 0.29 inches thick (74mm).
  • The iPhone 12 pro Max measures at 6-point inches tall (160.8mm), 3.07 inches wide (78.1mm) and 0.29 inches thick (7.4mm).

Display 

The OLED super retina XDR display is all the same for the iPhone 12 models, they are flexible and extend right into the trousers of each device. There’s an improved 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio for blacker blacks and brighter whites. There are up to 1200 nits’ peak brightness for:

  • 4 HDR photos
  • Videos
  • Tv shows and movies.
  • The resolution for the 6.1 iPhone 12 Pro is 2532 x 1170 plus 462 pixels per inch.
  • The resolution for the 6 points pro max is 278 x 1284 plus 458 pixels per inch.

The white-collar insured at the true-to-life colour and the true tone match the white balance of the display. This ensures that the paper like viewing experience does not put any strain on the eyes. The Haptic touch is supported by the fingerprint resistant oleophobic coating which provides haptic feedback when there’s an interaction with the display. Haptic touch is enabled true a smaller taptic engine in the 2020 iPhones.

Neural Engine

The 16-Core neural engine is 80 percent faster than the previous generation neural engine. The machine learning accelerators are about 70 percent faster. This neural engine will complete 11 trillion operations per seconds, therefore the application of deep fusion improvements to photo are faster than ever.

Other Improvements include support for:

  • Dolby vision recording
  • Smart HDR 3 for true to life colour shifts in photos
  • An advanced temporal noise reduction that reduces noise in the videos

These models are the first model to be equipped with LiDAR scanner. Lidar scanner was introduced in the 2020 iPad Pro models.  The scanner measures how long it takes the light to reflect from the objects around you which allows you to create a depth map of the room.

In conclusion 

These phones are very strong because they were made from solid materials which also makes the phones incredibly durable. New features are delivered by IOS updates including security enhancements. That makes your data more secured.

error: Content is protected !!