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I'd imagine if anything it's a capacity issue now that they're producing mac chips in addition to iPhone chips. I suspect the fact the current chip is already s

I'd imagine if anything it's a capacity issue now that they're producing mac chips in addition to iPhone chips. I suspect the fact the current chip is already so fast may also be a factor. Pretty much nobody using an iPhone is clamouring for a faster CPU. I have an iPhone 6s, and even the A9 in that is fast enough that my phone never feels slow.

gumby 5y ago
> I have an iPhone 6s, and even the A9 in that is fast enough that my phone never feels slow. Last year I upgraded from a 6s+ to a 12 and I can confirm this the other way around: my old phone did feel slow for a couple of key apps; turns out they are still slow on the new phone. They are just poorly written, and one is basically just a CRUD app with no excuse. So my lesson is to likely keep this phone for a decade. It's not like I couldn't afford to upgrade but why bother?
- lolive 5y ago
  Isn't the camera better? And also the battery life? [happy owner of a 6s here]
  - lynguist 5y ago
    I found the biggest difference to be the display. I changed from iPhone 7 Plus to iPhone 13 mini. From 7 on the display is wide color and the newer phones are all OLED with true blacks. They’re impressive. Another big difference is 5G. I can easily get 500+ MBit/s downstream while outside.
    - tblt 5y ago
      How did you find the change in display size?
      - lynguist 5y ago
        I found that I can adapt to any display size. I used to have an iPhone 5s which I replaced with a 6s Plus and a 7 Plus. Recently I have changed my mind and I wanted a compact phone again to carry less weight and to distract me less. I thought it might deter me from watching videos all the time. I like how the small phone feels like, it’s more elegant. Oh, and about the cameras: the one update I especially like is the night photography, I can now even take photos of the starry night sky. Besides that: it’s just a phone, it just has an absurdly powerful CPU in it, and now it does text detection in images. Screenshots and photos have selectable text in it.
  - gumby 5y ago
    The camera is better at low light photos but I don't really care about that. Camera plays no role in my selection of phone and I wish the lenses didn't protrude (which they could address by putting more battery in!). Yes, the battery was kinda shot but I could have replaced it.
- nonamenoslogan 5y ago
  I will echo this, I was on a 7 and it broke, so I got a regular model 12. The phone itself feels much faster, it loads quicker, the batteries last longer and the screen is much nicer to look at--but some of the apps I use are about the same for opening/loading time. I blame the apps not the phone; some are much better--Pokemon Go for example loads in just a second or two on the 12 but takes 30 or so on the 7.

gumby 5y ago

> I have an iPhone 6s, and even the A9 in that is fast enough that my phone never feels slow. Last year I upgraded from a 6s+ to a 12 and I can confirm this the other way around: my old phone did feel slow for a couple of key apps; turns out they are still slow on the new phone. They are just poorly written, and one is basically just a CRUD app with no excuse. So my lesson is to likely keep this phone for a decade. It's not like I couldn't afford to upgrade but why bother?

lolive 5y ago
Isn't the camera better? And also the battery life? [happy owner of a 6s here]
- lynguist 5y ago
  I found the biggest difference to be the display. I changed from iPhone 7 Plus to iPhone 13 mini. From 7 on the display is wide color and the newer phones are all OLED with true blacks. They’re impressive. Another big difference is 5G. I can easily get 500+ MBit/s downstream while outside.
  - tblt 5y ago
    How did you find the change in display size?
    - lynguist 5y ago
      I found that I can adapt to any display size. I used to have an iPhone 5s which I replaced with a 6s Plus and a 7 Plus. Recently I have changed my mind and I wanted a compact phone again to carry less weight and to distract me less. I thought it might deter me from watching videos all the time. I like how the small phone feels like, it’s more elegant. Oh, and about the cameras: the one update I especially like is the night photography, I can now even take photos of the starry night sky. Besides that: it’s just a phone, it just has an absurdly powerful CPU in it, and now it does text detection in images. Screenshots and photos have selectable text in it.
- gumby 5y ago
  The camera is better at low light photos but I don't really care about that. Camera plays no role in my selection of phone and I wish the lenses didn't protrude (which they could address by putting more battery in!). Yes, the battery was kinda shot but I could have replaced it.
nonamenoslogan 5y ago
I will echo this, I was on a 7 and it broke, so I got a regular model 12. The phone itself feels much faster, it loads quicker, the batteries last longer and the screen is much nicer to look at--but some of the apps I use are about the same for opening/loading time. I blame the apps not the phone; some are much better--Pokemon Go for example loads in just a second or two on the 12 but takes 30 or so on the 7.