Is the 14 Pro the cheapest iPhone? Refresh Rates are the rule: Implications for the Performance and Performance of the 14 Plus
This is the new iPhone that most people want. The new display features and a high-resolution camera are not what it is. It’s the iPhone with a big display and a battery that goes for days.
The iPhone 14 seems like the obvious choice for anyone who needs a new iPhone but doesn’t want to step up to the 14 Pro. The 14 is a lot less expensive than the 13 and it does almost everything that the 13 does. Sure, if your carrier is offering you a good trade-in offer or dirt-cheap financing for the 14 or you want the (slight) year-over-year upgrades, then go ahead and get that one. It’s great! But if trade-in deal season is over or you’re paying out of pocket, we think the standard iPhone 13 is the better buy; the $799 14’s improvements are so minor that they’re not worth the extra money.
The 14 Plus has the same cameras as the 14 including a 12-million f/ 1.5 main camera, 12-million ultra wide camera, and 12-million selfie camera. The 14 Plus does get the benefits of Apple’s picture processing called Photonic Engine, but it doesn’t have a high-res, 48-megapixel sensor or a nice 2x crop.
There’s no ProMotion, super-smooth scrolling 120Hz refresh rate here, which is a shame. Even though fast refresh rates have become the norm for phones in the same price range, Apple is still reserving for the Pro models. It’s not something you’ll miss if you’re coming from a phone with the same standard 60Hz refresh rate, but I did notice it when I switched from the 14 Pro — maybe even more so because the screen is so big. The 14 Plus has an excellent battery performance due to the lower refresh rate. I think that’s a tradeoff most people will happily live with.
Car accident Detection and Emergency Mode via Satellite on the 14 Plus Model: A Very Good Camera System for a Low-Cost Smartphone
There’s the screen, too, and as we learned from the iPhone Mini Experiment, people don’t want small phones. The phone doesn’t work with only one hand, and is not pocketable, but people don’t care that it is not usable with one hand. This isn’t the best big phone screen Apple offers, but it’s still very good.
The best battery life in an iPhone is what Apple claims to be. Typically, a day of moderate use with about two hours of screen-on time and plenty of time away from Wi-Fi only drained the battery by about 25 percent in my experience. I got three days of use on a single charge. Reader, I can’t remember the last time I used an iPhone that comfortably made it through multiple days of use.
Crash Detection and Emergency mode via Satellite are new emergency features on the 14 Plus model. Crash Detection uses multiple phone sensors and inputs to automatically detect when you’ve been in a car accident and call emergency services. We haven’t tested it, but early reviews are mixed. On the one hand, it can sometimes work too well. On the other, it seems to rely on a lot of signals to indicate that you’re actually in a moving car, which might cause it to miss some crashes if, for example, you haven’t been driving for very long before an accident.
Satellite SOS will help to relay a message to emergency services when you are out of range. It is included with the iPhone 14 Plus, for the first two years. Even if you don’t end up needing it, you will likely be able to try it out to see how it works.
Even though the hardware isn’t new or special, there is a better low-light performance thanks to the ultrawide and selfie cam. You can read a little more in-depth analysis in my iPhone 14 review, but the short version is that this is a very good camera system — not solely worth upgrading for, but it’ll be a pleasant update if you’re coming from an iPhone 11 or older.
How many times do you have to sign? Counting the terms and conditions of use for a Galaxy S23, Galaxy S25 Plus, and Galaxy S30 Ultra
Every smart device now requires you to agree to a series of terms and conditions before you can use it — contracts that no one actually reads. It’s impossible for us to read and analyze every single one of these agreements. Most people don’t read agreements like the ones we are using, so we started counting how many times you have to agree to use the device.
At its Unpacked event this week, Samsung announced a new bunch of its flagship phones that are set to arrive soon. As expected, the new class to choose from this year includes the Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23 Plus, and Galaxy S23 Ultra. Samsung’s trio of flagships for 2023 offer some refined designs — which look a little iPhone-like, if I’m being candid — with some camera, battery, and processor improvements over last year’s S22 generation. But which one is the right one for you?
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The S23 Ultra and Galaxy S23 lineups are both powered by the A16, A15, and A16Me chipsets: a comparative study
The Pro and Pro Max use Apple’s A16 chips, while the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus use Apple’s A15 chips. Samsung’s entire lineup, meanwhile, is powered by a specialized version of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. We will have to wait to see how the new devices perform when we review them, but we will be able to compare them to Apple’s A15 and A16 chips.
So before you shell out upwards of $799 on a pre-order, you may want to know how well the new phones fit into Apple’s ever-changing lineup. While both lineups have great phones, there are a couple of differences to be aware of.
I think I see a little more detail in the S23 Ultra’s images than the iPhone 14 Pro, which has a lower resolution. Each camera makes more processing choices than anything. The iPhone goes for a little harder contrast, while Samsung embraces more saturated colors and brighter shadows, occasionally straying into HDR-gone-wrong territory.
Design-wise, the iPhone 14 lineup notably lacks the Galaxy S23’s physical SIM card tray. That’s because Apple’s new phones rely on eSIM technology (at least in the US), which theoretically is supposed to make it easier to switch between devices and plans. Not all cell phone networks in the United States support eSIM, which is a big problem for people wanting to switch from one phone platform to another.
The phone has a 12MP selfie cam which has a slight increase in magnification from 10 to 12. The zoom-out group selfies mode made it easy to squeeze a friend into a shot without sacrificing any detail, while the portrait mode took some great headshots. I was especially impressed by how much I could customize my portrait shots after the fact, with various filters, adjustable blur levels and some seriously impressive “studio lighting” that hid the fact that I was sitting in a dark bedroom. The selfies on the GALAXY S22 were better than the ones on the GALAXY S2 but I didn’t notice a huge jump in the quality of the selfies.
The S23 Ultra: A High-end, Extremely High-performance, Energy-efficient, Low-power, High-background, Wirelessly Charged Smartphone
That said, the two share many of the same features, like the ability to edit and undo sent messages and a Live Text feature that can grab text from videos and photos. Some of the differences are not that big. Despite its plethora of customization options, for instance, Android phones lack the ability to add widgets to the lock screen. They also don’t come with Apple’s new drag-and-drop Visual Look Up tool, which lets you pull something from a photo and drag it into another app as a standalone object.
The S23 Ultra is Samsung’s kitchen sink flagship phone. A large 6.8- inch screen, four rear cameras, a built- in stylus, and the top-shelf Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Chipset is what makes this a maximalist experience. It’s hard to imagine what you could cram into this device without turning it into a foldable (please turn it into a foldable, Samsung).
That’s all good news. The bad news is that it remains a very expensive device at $1,200, which is a bit more than a $1,099 iPhone 14 Pro Max and a big leap from the Pixel 7 Pro’s $899 starting price. There are many sore spots in the software from Samsung, like the insistence on including its own app store. And although the camera system can produce stunningly good images, it occasionally makes weird choices and comes up with a photo that’s just downright bad.
All that said, it is still a very big and relatively heavy phone. It is a 6.8-inch 1440p panel with a top 120Hz refresh rate. It’s lovely to use and basically the same as last year’s. The embedded fingerprint sensor is slow compared to the one on the 5G phone I just used, and it is inconsistent. Face unlock is pretty quick. I found that both methods worked well and were easy to use.
A high end phone with all the other trappings, like 5G, wireless charging, and fast 45W wired charging, is not without its drawbacks.
The new chipset also runs much cooler than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 — after downloading Genshin Impact install files for 10 minutes with the loading animation playing (and the phone resting on a heat-insulating couch cushion), it was only slightly warm to the touch. The S22 Ultra was borderline uncomfortable to hold after doing something like that. Gameplay is incredibly smooth, with a barely perceptible hiccup here and there as it loads more area data.
The latter worked flawlessly on my 2016-era Samsung TV. And despite it being an older model, the TV connects to the S23 Ultra via SmartThings, too. From the SmartThings app on the phone, I have control of all the basic functions of the TV, like volume, channel, and source. At long last, I thought I’d conquered my need to get off the couch and find the remote. My TV is old and lacks support for a feature that powers on via mobile. Looks like I’ll still need that remote after all.
Getting Afraid of the Flavor Curves: Writing with a Pen on a Galaxy S23 Ultra and Rearranging My Life
It’s not as frequent with the S23 Ultra, but I still found one instance where the slight curve threw me for a loop. One of the templates in the notes app includes a left-aligned column of boxes to write in, but when I started writing in letters to mark days of the week, I had very little space to work with since the stylus kept running into the curve. I want a completely flat display in four years.
The Galaxy S23 Ultra includes an S Pen, which gives you the best writing and drawing experience you can get on a smartphone. It’s responsive, it comes with a ton of neat tools and features to play with, and it’s perfect for everything from sketching to signing documents on the go.
I’m also on a mission to reorganize my life, and I found it genuinely useful to replicate some of my running IRL to-do lists with digital ones pinned to my home screen. Has it made me more organized? The jury is still out on that one. It feels like it is a happy medium between the convenience of a to-do list and the feeling of writing a note.
Improving the Performance of the Galaxy S23 Ultra with 200-Momentum Battery Screen Pentacular Sensors and Enhanced Dynamic Range
The Galaxy S23 Ultra has one of the best camera systems I’ve ever used. It’s led by Samsung’s new 200-megapixel main sensor which is an upgrade over the 108-megapixel camera on the S22 Ultra. The sensor uses pixel binning to artificially form fewer megapixels that are much larger in size — outputting 12-megapixel images by default — with far more light and detail than a traditional camera. The result is a sensor that simply can’t take a bad picture, whether it’s during the day or in pitch-black scenarios in the evening.
The thing to know about the new 200-megapixel sensor is that taking 200-megapixel photos is one of the least interesting things you can do with it. Sure, the option is there. You can tap a couple of menu options and then press the shutter to get 200 million pieces of information. As long as the lighting is good, you’ll find a ridiculous amount of detail when you zoom into those photos. If you want to get a greater dynamic range with images, then you should use the standard shooting mode.
In this way, the more interesting approach is to combine the pixels into groups to improve image quality in less optimal lighting conditions. In bright light, the sensor uses something called a re-mosaic algorithm to mimic a traditional color filter pattern and use pixels individually and capture more detail. Even when you’re in the default shooting mode, which downsizes images to 12 megapixels, you should see the benefits of all that extra detail capture.
It does a very good job and comes up with some great images for use on social media. Would my 30x Space Needle photo look great as an 8×10” print hanging on my wall? It’s probably not. But it’s well beyond the “good enough” threshold for social media. Digital zoom has come a long way.
Source: https://www.theverge.com/23598871/samsung-galaxy-s23-ultra-review-camera-battery-screen-s-pen
Strangeness in Low-Light HDR: A SAMSUNG Galaxy S23 Ultra-Review-Camera Battery Screen Pencil
I saw a couple of weird things occur in challenging situations, though low light photos are generally fine. In back-to-back portrait photos of my toddler taken at a Mexican restaurant, he looks distinctly orange in one and incredibly pale in the very next shot. Maybe the colored walls and light sources threw the camera for a loop, but whatever the reason, it took the photo seriously off the rails.
Some of the low-light portraits have a somewhat unnatural look, with over-brightened shadows. Forcing night mode on in dim conditions also conjures up a bad HDR look — best to let the phone decide when it’s truly dark enough for night mode.
One of the best modes in the game is the portrait mode from SAMSUNG. It is the victor when it comes to subject isolation and is able to hang onto incredibly fine details like individual hairs. Background blur, especially on the 1x setting, still looks a little too uniform, producing that classic cardboard cutout look. It’s not as noticeable in 3x zoom portraits, which generally look fantastic.
I only used to use 4k video for most of the time, but it seems like recording at up to 8k/30p is a good option. The Clips in good lighting show their color and detail. Indoors, I saw a tendency to flatten dynamic range in a way that turns bright whites slightly gray. The bright colors look a little saturated. I heard that his grandparents had no complaints about the video quality, and that it was good enough to grab clips of a very active toddler.
Source: https://www.theverge.com/23598871/samsung-galaxy-s23-ultra-review-camera-battery-screen-s-pen
The S23 Ultra and 850 Galaxy S23: A Top-tier Subdivision for Ultra-Function-Positivity
It is not the most accessible device. All of those cameras, the deep menus, and, most of all, the steep price tag will put off a lot of people. And unless you really love Bixby, it takes a little fiddling to de-Samsung the software. It might be better to put that on a $1,200 phone.
Calling your flagship phone the “Ultra” is a bold statement — not that Samsung’s ever been shy about that. This particular “Ultra” wears that title well. It has a deep feature set, top-notch hardware, and an unrivaled camera system. It’s pricey and unapologetically big. One of the new mobile devices that will be released in the next 20 years has an awfully high bar to clear. If all of that’s not Ultra-worthy, then I’m not sure what is.
I am at a crossroads. Just a few weeks ago, I reviewed Samsung’s Galaxy A14 5G, calling it a phenomenal phone that costs a mere $200, proving that you really don’t need to pay heaving wads of dough to get a great smartphone. Now I’m reviewing Samsung’s top-tier $1,200 Galaxy S23 Ultra and $800 Galaxy S23—and dang it, sometimes it’s nice to splurge, you know?
If you’re coming from a Galaxy S22 or S21 or any other flagship device released within the last two years, these new Samsung handsets don’t really give you a reason to upgrade. You should look at whether or not you need a more wallet-friendly device or an older device in your pocket.
Whereas the Galaxy S22 features a fairly large housing for its three camera lenses, the new S23 models are completely seamless on the back. The new camera lenses are larger and more noticeable but I prefer the free-roaming design. This minimalist, matte look also does a great job highlighting the gorgeous lavender and cream color options I tested, which offer just enough pop while still being slick and subdued. If the colors aren’t right, you can also get the phone in Phantom Black and lime, both of which are exclusive to Samsung’s website.
The perfect size for my hands was the 6.1-inch version of theGalaxy S23. The 6.6-inch S23+ was still pleasantly lightweight, but its larger design often made using it a two-handed affair. Both of these phones sport curvy, glossy edges (unlike the flatter sides of the S23 Ultra) that felt a bit slippery to me, so you’ll want to grab a case if you don’t want to worry about them falling out of your hands. That said, if I were to pick my next phone by looks alone, the Galaxy S23 would be at the top of my list.
At this point, it feels redundant to say that a Samsung phone has a bright, colorful and ultra-smooth display, but it’s once again a major highlight of this year’s Galaxy device. I spent most of my time with the S23+ and its beautiful 6.6-inch AMOLED screen, which popped with color whether I was flipping through my app library or taking in the cosmic blues and reds of the “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” trailer. The 120Hz displays from SAMSUNG allow me to flip through websites and threads at lightening speed while making the basic iPhone 14 display look sluggish by comparison.
On Geekbench 6, the latest version of our general use benchmark for everyday speed, Samsung’s phone got a multi-core score of 5,163. That’s nearly neck-and-neck with the standard iPhone 14, a little bit behind the iPhone 14 Pro and significantly ahead of the Google Pixel 7 that’s powered by Google’s own Tensor G2 processor. You will have a hard time taxing this phone, and if you play a lot of games, you will be ready for at least the next few years.
The OneUI 5.1 software, which is a part of the S23, lets the phone use the latest version of the operating system. The interface of stock Android is busy but it’s easy to bounce around and adjust settings on the fly. There are also some handy new perks this time in the form of Modes and Routines, which let you set up useful automations and profiles that allow the Galaxy S23 to behave exactly how you want it to throughout your day.
I put up a sleep mode that kept my phone out of sight all night and also set up a work mode which only allowed select notifications during the day. You can even link specific wallpapers to specific modes, such as the less-distracting blue background I use during the day and the photo of my dog I have active during off-hours. And that’s just scratching the surface — you can program Modes and Routines to activate all sorts of functions based on everything from your current activity (like running) or even a specific location. It’s all very easy to set up, and more than reminiscent of how Apple’s Focus profiles work on iOS 16.
The Galaxy S23+: A Highly Powerful Cellular Camera for Video, Photons and e+e- Collision Studies
The S23 is the same as last year, with three cameras; a 50-Megahertz wide camera, a 12-Megahertz ultra wide camera and a 10-Megahertz telephoto camera. It’s not quite as exciting on paper as the ridiculous 200-megapixel shooter we loved on the more expensive S23 Ultra, but it’s still a perfectly good setup that gave us great photos, selfies and videos in all kinds of environments.
In low light the S23 held up well, as the photos I took of the Manhattan skyline in the evening were nearly as colorful and detailed as the ones I got during the day. However, when I took things inside to photograph a small, dimly lit punk show in Brooklyn, there was some noticeable blur. I could see houses more clearly when photographing my neighborhood at night on the cell phones, and the neon signs of local restaurants were easier to see on the phone.
The Galaxy S23 can shoot video at up to 8K at 30 frames per second, or up to 4K at 60 fps. I mostly stuck to the latter, and everything from the rippling waves of a river to the arrival of a speeding train looked gloriously smooth — when I was under decent lighting, at least. The clips from the concert were a bit less fluid due to the lack of light, but still looked good and I was able to post them to my account.
The camera of the S23 skews toward more saturated colors, the apple 14 takes shots that are more neutral and natural and the Pixel7 is somewhere in the middle. It is a matter of personal preferences, and also how much you care about special features like the Magic Eraser and the auto- stabilizing Action mode, if you pick between the three. While I’m personally partial to the way photos look on the iPhone, the Galaxy S23’s superior zoom, copious customization options and great overall color and detail make it one of the best mobile shooters out there.
You can confidently leave that portable charger at home — the Galaxy S23+ is one of the longest-lasting phones I’ve ever tested. We tested the battery life of the phone and it lasted less than 20 hours and 47 minutes. That’s a significant improvement over the 13 to 14 hours we got from last year’s S22+ and S22 Ultra models and crushes the 15 hours we got from the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro. It was second only to the OnePlus 11, which lasted a smidge longer at 21 hours and 36 minutes.
How many applications do we need in the Play Store? A comparison of the best flagship smartphones in the U.S. and its app store on ipad
The interface of the phone is very easy to use, but it’s also very busy compared to the clean interface of the phone from the other company. The phone comes preloaded with folders’ worth of Samsung and Microsoft apps, which could be useful if you’re deep in the Samsung ecosystem or want to get Office work done on the go. But for everyone else, these apps may seem like unnecessary and confusing bloatware. Do we need a store with more than 100 applications on top of the Play Store?
Modern flagship smartphones are little engineering marvels. Since they start at $800 and can go over $1,000, they should be. The high cost makes it hard to swallow but it is still a major purchase for most of us.
The two phones look almost the same from the outside. There are some physical differences that can be seen. The first is that you can’t just use an iPhone 13 case on the 14 because the camera bump is a bit bigger. Apple made a few changes that made it easier to repair the back panel of the mobile device. It is likely that out-of-pocket repairs will cost less and if you are a do ityourselfer it is much easier to take on yourself.
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The New iPhone: Powering the Battery, AirDrop, Navigation, and System Insight Using Rear Triple-Camera and Telephoto Cameras
For the most part, the rear triple-camera system is recycled from last year’s model. The 50-megapixel main sensor produces punchy, vibrant 12-megapixel photos by default. Portrait mode photos from either the main sensor or 3x telephoto camera are fantastic, with excellent subject isolation. The 3x camera looks average outside of portrait mode. It is less useful for distant subjects, because it is shorter than the 5x telephoto on thePixel 7 Pro.
Pixel 6 and 7 owners have also reported their fair share of software bugs and unusual hardware problems. Google seems to be doing the right thing and repairing phones under warranty, and the Pixel series’ frequent updates mean that bugs are usually fixed in a timely manner. Samsung, on the other hand, is pretty much on cruise control with the S23 Plus.
This isn’t an upgrade year for many iPhone owners, especially if you are from a 12 or 13. But if you do need a new iPhone right now and you want the very best device, then Pro is the way to go. The iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max usher in some new ideas from Apple that the standard 14 doesn’t get, like the “Dynamic Island,” a playful mash-up of hardware and software that turns the notch into a shape-shifting status indicator. It’s handy for system-level info, like whether your AirDrop went through, and it’s getting more useful as third party app-makers start to use it. There’s also a new high-resolution camera and an always-on display.
Dynamic Island is the display’s new trick. The area of the screen that houses the front-facing camera and Face ID sensors has been turned into a pill-shaped cutout to show system indicators and notifications. It’s a handy place to quickly see what your phone is doing, whether it’s playing back music, sending files via AirDrop, or using navigation. It’s nice, but it’s something Apple and third-party developers will keep making more useful over the next few years — definitely not something to upgrade for right now.
Outside of the new stuff, there’s a lot that’s familiar. The phone’s battery gets through a moderate day of use, though it seems to run down a little faster than the 13 Pro. One of the best cameras in the game is still one of the reasons Apple says it is a leap forward in photography. The new A16 Bionic is designed to handle intensive tasks without a problem.
The integrated S Pen is still a nice tool to have in your pocket when you need to quickly write something down. That massive screen is detailed and scrolling is smooth, with a variable refresh rate up to 120Hz all the way down to 1Hz. The sizeable 5,000mAh battery powers it through a day of heavy use, but don’t count on getting a lot more than one day out of it.
Design and Performance of the Pixel 6A and Pixel 8 Mini for a User Who doesn’t rely on their Smartphones a Day or Two
The Mini has a smaller battery that probably won’t last a day without charging, which is an important downside to a smaller phone. It is designed for someone who doesn’t use their phone all day. The Mini is the same phone as the iPhone 13, with the same design,processor, cameras, 5G support, and build quality. It is small and has a lower price tag.
The Mini has a bigger screen than every other modern smartphone and it’s big enough for text messaging, email, web browsing, apps, video, and games, if you’re coming from an iPhone 6, 7, or 8. It is small enough that most adults will be able to easily reach all of the screen with their thumb. You won’t need a PopSocket on this one.
The small display on the Zenfone 9 is reminiscent of a Gimbal system, which mimics the effect of using one.
The Pixel 6A follows the same budget phone recipe Google has used for years: deliver core Google features in a stripped-down device with just the basics. It used to mean getting the same camera system for the flagships. The recipe changed slightly with the 6A, as you will still get the same custom chipset as the other two devices. The Pixel 6A is a great all-around budget device, and even with the latest hardware, it still offers one of the best cameras in its class. And although its processor is one generation behind the very newest Pixel phones, you’re not missing out on much in terms of new features, and performance is still top-notch.
The cameras are a step behind Google’s current flagships, but the stabilized main 12-megapixel camera and 12-megapixel ultrawide are still highly capable — especially compared to the rest of the midrange class. Face Unblur uses information from the rear cameras to keep humans looking sharp, even in dim lighting, thanks to image processing that is smart and the software that enables it, called Tensor.
Source: https://www.theverge.com/22163811/best-phone
The Best Folding Phone: The Case For a New Type of Dual-Sensor Multitasking Powerhouse, the Fold 4
The Fold 4 is Samsung’s latest folding phone, and it is a pricey multitasking powerhouse — a phone and a tablet wrapped up in one device. The Fold 3 folds like a phone and shows a 7.6-inch screen in your pocket, but it isn’t like a phone at all.
The inner screen is protected by stronger ultrathin glass than the Flip 3. There’s a non-user-replaceable screen protector in place, as there was on the previous model, but the adhesive that attaches it is stronger this time around. The bubbling problem that owners of previous-gen foldables have seen will hopefully be avoided by that.
If you’re a Flip 3 owner, there’s nothing about the Flip 4 worth upgrading for. In fact, many of the new software-based features introduced with the 4 are already making their way to the 3. Making it slimmer and moredurable, and increasing the screen size are just a few ways in which the design could be improved on. The Flip 4 offers some valuable refinements over the 3 that make it feel like a more mature product and less of a concept. There are likely significant improvements coming down the line for the Flip series, but right now, it’s undeniably fun and different.
The Fold 4’s outer screen looks and handles like any other slab-style smartphone screen; unfold the device and you’re looking at something quite different. The screen protectors are not user replaceable and the ultra-thin glass that allows it to fold is easily damaged without it. The device is IPX8-rated, and it has water resistance but no dust resistance. Folding phones: not recommended for the beach.
The Fold 4 is a better device than the first one, and you can actually use it as your daily driver, not just as a cool gadget that stays at home. The refinements over the Fold 3 are minor, like slightly wider aspect ratios on the screens and better adhesive on the non-user-replaceable inner screen protector, but they push the Fold a little closer to the mainstream. If you are willing to pay the very high $1,800 premium, there is nothing else like it on the market.
Source: https://www.theverge.com/22163811/best-phone
The OnePlus 11 flagship phone is super-fast wirelessly charged, but not as expensive as other high-end phones: the case for the Snapdragon 8Gen 2 chip
After a little journey of self-discovery, OnePlus has finally come back around to its strength: making not-quite flagship phones that cost less than the high-end devices from Samsung and Google. The flagship device from the brand, the OnePlus 11, costs $700 and comes with a fantastic Snapdragon 8Gen 2 chip, a great 6.7-inch screen, and a software support policy that allows for four OS upgrades and 5 years of security updates. That makes it very difficult to choose.
The price is relatively low, but it was cut a couple of corners by the company. It is less robust than others in its price range, but it is still capable of being fully immersed in water. Virtually every other phone over $500 has wireless charging, as well as other features. Instead, you get super-fast wired charging: 80W if you’re in the US and 100W elsewhere. That’s enough to fully charge the phone in less than 30 minutes. You have to use the included charger and cable, and they don’t deliver the same speeds as other devices — bummer. But hey! There’s a charger in the box.
That’s the bad news. The good news is that all of the US’s major 5G networks support the flagship device from the beginning, right out of the gate. The three-stage alert is back after it was removed from the 10T. The 120p top refresh rate gives the OLED excellent detail and smooth scrolling. It is a good screen for the price.
The Dynamic Island is not a must-have for a Galaxy-Small, but a Must-Have for the Long Weekend
It is massive. It is larger than the 6.1-inch and 6.7-inch 14 Pro devices. And at the end of the day, who doesn’t like a big, bright, and colorful AMOLED display to watch movies and scroll Instagram on?
There is a 10MP camera with a periscope and a 12-metre ultra-wide camera which is very good during the day and night. This means you can zoom all the way to 100x on your subject, letting you take those sweet pictures of the moon Samsung is always advertising.
For the record, I don’t think the Dynamic Island is a reason to get the iPhone 14 Pro over any smartphone, let alone the S23 Ultra. It’s a handy feature, sure, but it’s by no means a must-have.
As far as updates are concerned, Apple never makes public how many they get for a specific model of phone. You are probably safe to assume you have at least five years of software updates in the works.
TL;DR: At the end of the day, you might pick the iPhone or Galaxy strictly because it runs iOS or Android. At least you’ll get a great software experience either way.
Source: https://www.cnn.com/cnn-underscored/electronics/samsung-galaxy-s23-ultra-vs-iphone-14-pro-max?iid=CNNUnderscoredHPcontainer
Getting your Music On The Right Place: Removing Your Sims from the Apple Pencil for the iPhone 14 Pro and S23 Ultra
If you want to do any of that on your iPhone 14 Pro, you’re out of luck. Besides those cheap rubber styluses that work like your fingertip, the iPhone doesn’t support any type of stylus input. We want Apple to add Apple Pencil support for the device, but it hasn’t happened yet.
I’ve played a lot of music on both devices, from hip-hop to classic jazz, as well as a handful of movie trailers and podcasts. I can confidently report that the 14 Pro is the best phone to play audible content on, while the S23 Ultra is a close second.
All physical sims can be ejected from one device and placed into another, without any issues. This might prove to be useful to you if you need to send your phone in for repairs and want to move your number and service to a temporary device in the meantime. It’s a lot easier to take the card yourself and slot it in the new one than going through carrier support to ask them if they’ll move it for you.