Adam Kos The new iPhone 15 and 15 Pro will go on sale on Friday. Even today, foreign reviews are published that mention the advantages and disadvantages of each model. Are you planning to buy a new iPhone and still don't know which model to go for? If you are looking for smaller variants, you can find their comparison here.
So the fundamental question is: "Buy an iPhone 15 or pay an extra CZK 6 and buy an iPhone 000 Pro?" For those 6 thousand you can have a lot, and we don't mean a full-fledged Android phone. With that money, you can buy, for example, AirPods from Apple (3 CZK for the 790nd generation, 2 CZK for the 4rd generation and 990 CZK for the 3nd generation AirPods Pro), if you look outside the Apple Store, for 6 CZK you can get the new Apple Watch SE 790. Apple TV will cost you from CZK 2.
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Display
Not 6,1" as in 6,1". Although both displays are the same size and with Dynamic Island, the one in the 15 Pro model offers ProMotion technology, i.e. an adaptive refresh rate from 1 to 120 Hz. It has a smoother display of content, saves battery and offers an Always On display. Even if the iPhone 15 only had a fix of 120 Hz, it would be an advantage, it tears the eyes like that, and the display, that is, what you look at most often on the phone, is the biggest weakness of the phone. The resolutions are the same, namely 2556 x 1179 at 460 pixels per inch, as are the brightness values (up to 2 nits).
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Dimensions and weight
The Pro model is smaller, but thicker and heavier. This is also because the iPhone 15 has an aluminum body, but the iPhone 15 Pro got titanium. The latter has the advantage not only of less susceptibility to damage, but also of the fact that it is lighter than the steel in the iPhone 14 Pro, which had 206 g. The resistances are the same, i.e. according to the IP68 specification - up to 30 minutes at a depth of up to 6 meters according to the IEC 60529 standard The Pro model also has a new action button, but on the iPhone 15 you can replace it by tapping on the back of the phone.
- iPhone 15: height 147,6mm, width 71,6mm, thickness 7,8mm, weight 171g
- iPhone 15 Pro: height 146,6mm, width 70,6mm, thickness 8,25mm, weight 187g
Chip, memory, battery, connector
A16 Bionic vs. The A17 Pro has a clear winner, although we know that last year's chip, which the iPhone 15 now has, is still quite a rocket. The pro model has 8 GB of RAM, the basic 6 GB. The capacities of the integrated storage are in both cases 128, 256 and 512 GB, with the iPhone 15 Pro also offering a 1 TB model. According to GSMarena, the battery capacities are 3349 mAh and 3274 mAh respectively for the Pro model.
Apple's stated endurance values are:
- Video playback: Up to 20 hours / up to 23 hours for the 15 Pro model
- Video playback (streaming): Up to 16 hours / up to 20 hours for the 15 Pro model
- Sound playback: Up to 80 hours / up to 75 hours for the 15 Pro model
Instead of Lightning, we have USB-C, which in both cases has the same shape but different specifications. The basic iPhone supports USB 2, the Pro model supports USB 3 with up to 10 GB/s. But if you don't remember the last time you connected your iPhone to anything other than a charger with a cable, you might not care.
Cameras
Although the iPhone 15 also received a 48MPx main camera, it is actually different from the Pro models. They also have a telephoto lens and LiDAR.
iPhone 15 Pro
- Wide angle camera: 48 MPx, 2x zoom, OIS with 2nd generation sensor shift, f/1,78
- Ultra wide camera: 12 MPx, f/2,2, angle of view 120˚
- Telephoto lens: 12 MPx, 3x optical zoom, OIS, f/2,8
- LiDAR scanner
- Front camera: 12 MPx, f/1,9, PDAF
iPhone 15
- Wide angle camera: 48 MPx, 2x zoom, OIS with sensor shift, f/1,6
- Ultra wide camera: 12 MPx, f/2,2, angle of view 120˚
- Front camera: 12 MPx, f/1,9, PDAF
Others and price
iPhone 15 Pro also has Wi-Fi 6E and support for Thread technology. The rest mainly revolves around software options. The price of the basic iPhone starts at 23 CZK, the price of the iPhone 990 Pro starts at 15 CZK. This year, the Apple iPhone 29 really did well. In addition, thanks to the 990MPx camera, it can eliminate the absence of a telephoto lens to some extent. Its main and fundamental shortcoming is the quality of the display. While the Pro model clearly has the upper hand in every way, it's mostly the options that you can forgive. So does the ProMotion display cost six thousand? You have to answer that yourself.
Actually, you can live with 15/128, but with 15pro at least /256, otherwise I don't know what photography/videos in Raw/4k/60 are for
So the difference is actually 9k...
In fact, with the Pro you can take photos/videos directly to the disc, which saves you €100 between 128 and 256 and with that money you can buy a 2TB SSD...
Like I'm going to carry a disc with me for normal photo shoots and have it attached to my phone? If I go to vlog and deliberately take the disc, then ok, but to carry it with me all the time and connect it to take photos?
but the basic 15 has a better camera, so 256GB is "worth it" even there
Or you buy 14 for :D
USB-C doesn't have 10GB/s throughput, but 10Gb/s makes a hell of a difference. I would expect the author to know that…
Usb-c is a connector. The data flow is determined by the protocol. Usb 2, 3, 3.2 gen 1, gen2, gen 2×2, usb4, thunderbolt 3, thunderbolt 4..
The display on the 15 is definitely great. Does it tear the author's eyes? At what? In writing messages? When reading the web? Nonsense. Until ProMotion, these displays were great, and the 15 definitely has the best display without ProMotion. For the average user, this is an overrated affair. I personally pick up various devices without ProMotion and I don't see any major user difference.