My photograph comparisons have been primarily between the iPhone 13 Pro, the iPhone 14, the iPhone 14 Pro, the iPhone 15, and an occasional Google Pixel 6 Pro photograph for good measure. The pics I took on the iPhone 15 appeared dramatically higher than those captured on the iPhone 13 Pro — the 15 captured extra element and more true colours, had higher publicity management, and didn’t lag in any respect when taking pictures in lower-light settings.

Depending on the scene it was tough to inform the distinction between pictures captured on the iPhone 14 and 14 Pro fashions (particularly the iPhone 14 Pro) and the iPhone 15 digicam. An iPhone 15 photograph of a plate of wagyu beef at a dimly lit scorching pot restaurant confirmed better dynamic vary and extra element than the identical pic taken on the iPhone 14. During a sundown photograph shoot at my go-to seashore, which featured a shawl of fog—San Francisco’s favourite accent—I observed that the iPhone 14 picture appeared barely extra blown out than the sundown captured on the iPhone 15. But my pal’s iPhone 14 Pro pictures? Looked the identical, if not higher, than my iPhone 15 #sundown pics.

The total digicam system on the iPhone 15 does supply extra granular management over your pictures than the iPhone 14 does, even when among the ensuing pictures aren’t stunningly higher than the prior era’s. The greatest replace is that the iPhone 15 has the flexibility to seize each 24-megapixel and 48-megapixel pictures, which will be preset underneath “Resolution Control” in your telephone’s digicam settings. But this function is optimized for taking pictures at 1X in respectable gentle, whereas in the event you shoot at .5X, or ultrawide, the digicam will default again to 12-megapixel captures.

The iPhone 15 now has an extra 2X optical zoom choice, whereas the iPhone 14 solely provided .5 and 1X zooms. Portrait mode on iPhone 15 will be activated robotically when the digicam detects a portrait-worthy picture, although in my expertise, the iPhone 15 has but to deem any of my topics worthy of portraiture. Also, in Portrait mode, now you can management the depth of the picture and zoom out to seize much more information from the scene. This is admittedly a pleasant function add.

Still, actual images nerds are going to wish to go larger.

Dancing Queen, iOS 17

All new iPhones are going to ship operating iOS 17, and—excellent news—your outdated iPhone can now run it too. We’ve assembled a round-up of our top features, together with my new favourite, transcribed voice notes in messages, and improved autocorrect, which allowed me to jot down “f*cking A!” to my editor in Slack and didn’t change it to “ducking.”

StandBy mode additionally turns your iPhone into a wise pill of kinds once you flip it on its aspect, lock it, and prop it up on a appropriate charging dock.

I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out Dynamic Island, which is as a lot of a {hardware} function as it’s a software program function, due to the best way Apple reengineers the front-facing digicam module to make Dynamic Island work. This was beforehand obtainable on iPhone 14 Pro telephones, and now it’s on the 15. It is principally … a widget. But a stay, clickable one. It makes use of that actual property on the high of the telephone to indicate you what music is taking part in on Spotify, your timer countdowns, the standing of your Uber journey. My expertise with Dynamic Island was restricted earlier than utilizing the iPhone 15, and I’m stunned to say I type of find it irresistible.

OK, love is a robust phrase. No one ought to actually love a telephone. I just like the iPhone 15. Let’s go away it at that.