This is a protest against Apple’s lazy upgrades (but Samsung and Google aren’t too different).
Honestly, the answer to this question is very easy if you need a new phone right now (or rather in September) – maybe you broke your existing phone; maybe the battery lasts significantly less; or maybe your phone is just old as a whole. iPhone X, XS, 11, and maybe even iPhone 12 users will find the iPhone 15 series to be a big upgrade in virtually all regards. You’d be getting noticeably better cameras, brighter and smoother displays, longer battery life, better build quality, and even more storage and USB-C.
But for those with iPhone 14 Pro and maybe even iPhone 13 Pro models? How do you justify upgrading to a phone that looks almost the same? Well that’s one of the questions I’ll try to answer in this story.
And while Apple isn’t the only phone-maker to blame for the series of iterative flagship phone upgrades in the industry, the iPhone might still be the hardest upgrade to justify if you already own a recent flagship.
Four years later, iPhone 15 Pro looks like a refined version of the iPhone 11 Pro. But is this a good thing? Let’s take a very quick look at the expected upgrades on iPhone 15 Pro compared to the :
The two are expected to have a nearly identical design with thinner bezels and gentle curves on the new iPhone 15 Pro
Both will boast 6.1 and 6.7-inch Always-on display with 120Hz refresh rate on both
We expect to see a triple camera system on both the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max (just like on the iPhone 14 Pro series), except with a longer-range zoom camera that should be exclusive to the Pro Max
We have the A16 Bionic (4nm) vs A17 Bionic (3nm) processors with (reportedly) the same 6GB of RAM on lower storage variants
That being said, we expect 15-25% larger batteries on the iPhone 15 series with USB-C and slightly faster charging
iPhone 15 Pro should feature Apple’s new Action Button instead of the familiar Mute Switch button found on the iPhone 14 Pro (and expected on the vanilla iPhone 15)
However, other than the nice upgrades to battery and charging, I don’t see why anyone with an (or even an ) would be rushing to buy an iPhon 15 Pro.
