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Deciding between the vanilla iPhone 16 and the 16e here. I don't see much in favor of the vanilla iPhone 16. Is the extra camera lens useful for anything beyon
by mattgreenrocks 2y ago
Deciding between the vanilla iPhone 16 and the 16e here.
I don't see much in favor of the vanilla iPhone 16. Is the extra camera lens useful for anything beyond portrait mode?
- hot_gril 2y agoTry it in the store. If it's anything like my 12 mini, the wide angle lens creates too much distortion to use for portraits. Occasionally I use it for landscape photos, but I wouldn't miss it much.
- apparent 2y agoYou can record videos for later playback on the AVP, in case you care. There's also UWB and magsafe on the vanilla 16. And the dynamic island and the camera control button. But it's mostly little things, which many people probably don't care about.
- throwaway48476 2y agoNo, no one cares about AVP.
- mattgreenrocks 2y agoI had to google that to even decipher what it is, and we have way too many Apple devices in our house :)
- throwaway48476 2y agoIt took me a moment to figure it out too.
- apparent 2y agoCurrently, this is roughly true. But there's a decent chance it will have a killer app within the next ~5 years, and then adoption will grow quickly. At that point, it would be nice to have a small library of videos/photos that were taken with the AVP in mind. Regardless of the AVP's success, there will probably be some AR/VR device that becomes popular, and can read this format in the future.
- throwaway48476 2y agoVR is not usable if it's not ultralight on account of the physical pain the weight of the headset causes. Of course the AVP is the worst for this as it's made of metal and glass.
- pzo 2y agoit's probably better to get iPhone 15 Pro even if second hand but good condition. On swappa you can get it for $550 and iPhone 15 Pro still support apple intelligence.