{"id":40624,"date":"2023-09-12T16:47:48","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T20:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=40624"},"modified":"2024-05-09T10:22:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T14:22:40","slug":"iphone-15-and-iphone-15-plus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/12\/iphone-15-and-iphone-15-plus\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple<\/a> (MacRumors<\/a>, ArsTechnica<\/a>, Hacker News<\/a>, Slashdot<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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Both models feature the Dynamic Island, and an advanced camera system designed to help users take fantastic photos of everyday moments in their lives. A powerful 48MP Main camera enables super-high-resolution photos and a new 2x Telephoto option to give users a total of three optical zoom levels — like having a third camera. The iPhone 15 lineup also introduces the next generation of portraits, making it easier to capture portraits with great detail and low-light performance. Building on Apple’s innovative satellite infrastructure, Roadside Assistance via satellite can connect users to AAA if they have car trouble while off the grid. With A16 Bionic for powerful, proven performance; a USB‑C connector; Precision Finding for Find My friends; and industry-leading durability features, iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus represent a huge leap forward.<\/p>\n

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A 48MP Main camera shoots sharp photos and videos while capturing fine details, with a quad-pixel sensor and 100 percent Focus Pixels for fast autofocus. Using the power of computational photography, the Main camera gives users a new 24MP super-high-resolution default, offering incredible image quality at a practical file size ideal for storing and sharing.<\/p>\n

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Smart HDR captures subjects and the background with more true-to-life renderings of skin tones, while ensuring photos have brighter highlights, richer midtones, and deeper shadows when viewed in the Photos app. This advanced HDR rendering is also available to third-party apps, so images can look even better when shared online.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It starts at $799, with Roadside Assistance via satellite free for AAA members for two years. You have to pay another $30 to get it unlocked.<\/p>\n\n

Haje Jan Kamps<\/a> (Hacker<\/a> News<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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Today, as part of its iPhone 15 launch, the Cupertino-based org announced that the Lightning connector was going bye-bye, 11 years to the day since its introduction<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Jason Koebler<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Apple executives talked about designing the iPhone 15 Pro for repairability, the first time that repair has ever been mentioned at an iPhone release keynote.<\/p>\n

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This tweak for the iPhone 15 Pro mirrors a change that was made on the normal iPhone 14 last year (but was not on the iPhone 14 Pro), which allows the phone to be opened from the front or the back. Repairing the back glass on previous versions of iPhones was a nightmare on previous models, as I, who owns an iPhone 11 Pro with an extremely busted back, can attest.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Tim Hardwick<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Apple’s just-announced iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus introduce five new color options: A light pink shade, yellow, blue, green, and black.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

The colors are all really light, with even the black looking more like a dark gray. I think the iPhone 12 had the best (recent) colors.<\/p>\n\n

Mitchel Broussard<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Apple has announced a new textile it’s calling “FineWoven,” which is made of 68 percent post-consumer content and is overall more environmentally friendly compared to the company’s previous line of leather accessories. Apple confirmed it will no longer use leather for new Apple accessories, starting today.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n