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Apple ’s iPhone 15 series come out last September , including the base good example iPhone 15 , the larger iPhone 15 Plus , the higher - terminal iPhone 15 Pro , and the top - of - the - line iPhone 15 Pro Max . These are Apple ’s latest offerings , at least until the iPhone 16 comes out by and by this twelvemonth .
I got myiPhone 15 Proon launching day , and it ’s beenmy daily driverever since . I find fault a Pro model over the standard one because I like having the threefold - lens camera system and the newAction Button . But I only went with the smaller iPhone 15 Pro alternatively of the Pro Max because I prefer more heavyset earphone .
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As much as I like my iPhone 15 Pro , it does have some shortcoming that are unmanageable to overlook . If you ’re thinking about getting the phone for yourself , here a few reasonsnotto buy the iPhone 15 professional .
Mediocre battery life
One of the worst thing about the iPhone 15 Pro is the shelling life sentence . Apple only put a 3,274mAh barrage fire inside , which is very small compared to the competition .
How small ? TheSamsung Galaxy S24 , the baseborn manakin of the S24 lineup , has a 4,000mAh battery . TheOnePlus 12has an impressive 5,400mAh cadre at bottom , and even theGoogle Pixel 8 Prohas a 5,050mAh assault and battery . Compared to other flagship Android phones , the iPhone 15 Pro is quite laughable in terms of battery size .
When I first baffle the iPhone 15 Pro , the battery life feel a little worse than on the iPhone 14 Pro I had before . But after a few weeks of employment , it seemed to even out . In my original critique , I take down that the iPhone 15 Pro had about 20 % to 30 % battery left by the time I plug it in around 9 p.m. on most days .
However , as of this writing , my iPhone 15 Pro ’s battery wellness shows that the capacity is now 96 % with 242 cycle counts . On most Clarence Day , when I ’m just at rest home and not spending minute at Disneyland , my typical use of goods and services now has the battery down to about 50 % by the prison term I ’m done forge around 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. ( I start out around 8:30 in the morning . )
It feels like the battery liveliness has been much worse late ; I often require to charge up earlier in the evening . And on days when I do a lot of driving ( connect via Bluetooth to my railway car and with a hyphen cam ) or expend the day at a theme park , I definitely have to pull out myportable battery packfor a noon charge .
It ’s also dissatisfactory to see that my iPhone 15 Pro ’s battery capacity has already dropped so much , and it has not even been a full year yet . After using other flagship Android speech sound , I wish the iPhone 15 Pro would last a full day without have to be plug in at some point .
Limited telephoto camera
Again , one of the reasons I always go for the Pro model of the iPhone is because I like having a telephoto camera lens . It ’s not my most used lense , but it ’s very ready to hand when I come across some precious wildlife in the urban center street and want to get a photo without scaring it .
For a few years , Apple ensured that both Pro model had equal camera hardware . But with the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max , Apple reverted to pass on the large Pro model the good potential cameras while compromising on the small Pro .
The iPhone 15 Pro Max has Apple ’s new tetraprism telephotograph lens , which is fundamentally a periscope camera . This lens gives the iPhone 15 Pro Max a 5x optical rapid growth capability , which means better item and image quality when you soar upwards in .
The iPhone 15 Pro , on the other hand , does not have the new periscope lens , likely due to size constraints ( the Pro Max has more elbow room to fit the lens inside ) . So , unfortunately , the smaller iPhone 15 Pro has the same telephotograph lens as its predecessor , which means it only gets up to 3x ocular zoom .
The fact that Apple limited the periscope telephotograph lens to the big model is a disappointment . Why ? Because not everyone who need a enceinte smartphone camera require a gigantic phone . At least I did n’t , and I ’m pretty sure I ’m not alone in that thing .
Slow charging speeds
The iPhone 15 card marked the first iPhones to use USB - C. With this variety , hoi polloi cerebrate that perhaps the iPhone would finally get quicker rouse speeds . After all , there are Android phones out there that can get up to 80 - watt to 100W pumped charging via USB - C !
But no , despite switching to USB - C , Apple didnot improve the charge speed at all . While the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max have flying data transfer speeds over the base example iPhone 15 , the charge speed is the same across all four models . And what ’s that speed detonator ? The same 27W as before .
For a flagship gadget , the 27W charging f number is unsatisfying . Competitors definitely have Apple beat here . For example , theSamsung Galaxy S24 Plusand Ultra both have 45W wire charging , and the OnePlus 12 has an telling 80W electrify and 50W wireless charging speed .
Sure , Samsung ’s cornerstone model , the Galaxy S24 , is only 25W , but that ’s the base mannikin — Apple could have at least made the Pro models have a second faster charging speed .
There are tons of great alternatives
I ’ve already mentioned it a few times , but there are somefantastic choice to the iPhone 15 Prothat you should also believe . As long as you are also open to using Android , that is .
If you were retrieve about gravel the iPhone 15 Pro because it ’s a small flagship , then the Samsung Galaxy S24 is a proficient option . It ’s cheaper than the iPhone 15 Pro and still has a triple - lens camera system and in effect battery life , and the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy poker chip is very telling .
The OnePlus 12 is another bully option . The triple - lens television camera is all right - tune up with Hasselblad for improved gloss visibility and white balance . Battery lifespan is incredible , and you get superfast 80W wired and 50W wireless charging . With the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 paired with up to 16 GB RAM , the OnePlus 12 is a literal ball of fire , and you could get it for less than an iPhone 15 professional .
The iPhone 16 Pro is coming soon
Still really want the iPhone 15 Pro ? Well , you may want to expect a few more months because theiPhone 16series will set up and there will definitely be an iPhone 16 Pro .
TheiPhone 16 Pro rumorsare already indicating that it will be more exciting than the iPhone 15 Pro . For one , the size of it of the iPhone 16 Pro could be going up to 6.3 inch from 6.1 in , which is n’t huge , but could still be noticeable . The advantage of this is that Apple will be able-bodied to use the extra infinite from the consistence to fit in a periscope lens , giving the iPhone 16 Pro 5x opthalmic zoom like the iPhone 15 Pro Max .
Another coming lineament will be the new Capture button , which will be on the bottom right edge of the frame . This push sounds like it may work as a camera shutter button , with the possibility to customise it like the Action button .
These are just a couple of things to expect forward to with the iPhone 16 Pro . Honestly , they are reasons why I would hold off and wait a few more months if I did n’t already have an iPhone 15 Pro . We ’ll rule out for sure in September .
