They absolutely, positively, 100% are true. I know this because for several years I’d been patiently not replacing my aging iPhone 7 until I could buy a model with USB-C and consolidate my device cables. Until this year, when its battery was finally dying literally ten minutes after unplugging it, and I bought an iPhone 14.
To be honest, I can’t remember the last time I used the lightning plug to transfer any data, so it’s not a current feature I will miss. But it’s a huge, missed opportunity for sure.
I bet the Pro uses Thunderbolt, and the regular is USB 2 speeds. Just my gut feeling. “You can hook up the pro to our special version of Logic Pro and edit directly on your phone! You can maybe move a your music library over to the non-pro in about 4 hours.”
If they're truly withholding the 6x optical zoom periscope lens for only the Pro Max, this is def a generation I'll be skipping. Those phones are unfortunately just too big.
Hopefully it'll hit the regular Pro next time or something. If so I feel like the 16 Pro will be the phone to buy with the improved camera and USB C on deck.
I have a hard time believing the periscope lens will be only 6x. I’m guessing the both pro models will get a 48mp 3x telephoto, allowing for native 12mp 6x crops, and if the max gets a periscope lens it will be more like 15-20x, although only realistically work/look decent in direct sunlight.
I'm talking about optical zoom. I don't care about how much they can crop in on a 48mp images. That's not true zoom and you're losing resolution doing it.
All the rumors are saying only the Pro Max is getting 6x optical zoom and that's what I'm concerned with here.
Curious to see if they've got anything interesting for the iPhone 15 (USB-C aside). I remember a bunch of tech YouTubers and journalists hyping up the iPhone 14 as the iPhone that would make you want to switch if you hadn't already, and I just couldn't fathom why any of those features would ever be the thing that made you want an iPhone if you didn't already have one.