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iPhone 14 Pro 48MP photo test slightly changes my mind [Diary]

iPhone 14 Pro 48MP | Sample photo of London skyline at sunset

I’ve said before that I was unlikely to use the iPhone 14 Pro 48MP resolution personally, and indeed I stuck to 12MP during a recent trip. But I was of course still curious to see how much of a difference the megapixel count makes in real-world photos.

My tests did lead me to change my mind to a small extent – so now I’d say that I’d expect to use the 48MP capability on extremely rare occasions, rather than never …

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iPhone 14 Pro camera: It passed the travel photography test with flying colors [Diary]

iPhone 14 Pro camera review

It’s official: The iPhone 14 Pro camera is now good enough for me to use it as my only travel camera – something I couldn’t have even imagined five years ago.

I’d already made the switch from a heavy and cumbersome pro-body DSLR system to a much lighter and more portable mirrorless camera when travelling, but switching to an iPhone had still felt like an enormous step.

Grab a coffee and buckle in: There are 2,738 words coming up!

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iPhone 14 Diary: Terrible ordering experience, but a fun hands-on look

How fast users upgrade iPhone

While some people reported a smooth journey, a significant number of people had a terrible experience when attempting to pre-order the iPhone 14. I was one of them. (Terrible in the FWP sense, of course.)

As always, I was fully prepared for sales to go live. I had my chosen model saved in the Apple Store app, and my finger and thumb were ready to do the CMD-R dance on the website …

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iPhone 14 camera improvements will sell it to me; the cutout not so much

iPhone 14 camera | Preview of expected cutout

I never used to upgrade my iPhone every year, but have done so for the last three: the iPhone 11, 12, and 13. I’m fully expecting the iPhone 14 camera improvements to see this trend continue.

A new look never hurts, and this year the Pro models will be getting this in the form of a pill-shaped cutout. I took advantage of a simple but clever way to preview this on my own phone …

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