iPhone 14 Pro smartly manages the Always-On display to save battery life. Photo: Apple
Getting the iPhone 14 Pro or iPhone 14 Pro Max for its Always-On display? True to its name, the display on the new iPhones remains in an always-on state, except in a few situations.
In a support document, Apple has detailed the scenarios when the iPhone 14 Pro’s Always-On display will go dark to save battery.
You might want to avoid the iOS 16.1 beta for a bit. Photo: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac
Apple seeded iOS 16.1 to developers on Wednesday and could give the general public access on Thursday. But you should think twice about installing it if you intend to get an iPhone 14 as soon as it’s released.
It’s likely the new handset will launch running an earlier version of iOS, which might cause you difficulties.
Apple Watch 8 is great. But it's not necessarily great enough to upgrade, given its minimal improvements. Photo: Apple
The upcoming Apple Watch Ultra garners most of the oohs and aahs, and the Apple Watch SE takes the cake as Cupertino’s best-selling wearable, but gosh darn it, people like the Apple Watch Series 8, too. And by people, I mean reviewers.
Early reviews of Apple Watch Series 8 started coming in Thursday morning. They tend to emphasize that it remains the best smartwatch you can buy, even though its upgrades over the Series 7 seem minimal.
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The iPhone 14 Pro comes out way ahead of the Galaxy S22 Ultra in a popular cross-platform benchmark test. Photo: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac
Benchmark tests done on the newly announced iPhone 14 Pro show that its Apple A16 processor offers far better performance than the Qualcomm Snapdragon chip in the Galaxy S22 Ultra.
So, for another year, Apple’s flagship smartphone is much faster than Samsung’s.
iOS 16.1 beta 1 is out for developers to test. Photo: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac
Apple seeded the first beta of iOS 16.1 to developers on Wednesday. This signals the start of testing for some iPhone features Apple already announced but didn’t debut in iOS 16.
This includes Clean Energy Charging. And there’s good news for some iPhones that couldn’t display battery percentage in the Status Bar.
iPhone 14 could be a good upgrade for those coming from iPhone 11 or older. Photo: Apple
Early reviews of the new iPhone 14 are rolling in. The consensus? It’s a capable iPhone — basically an iPhone 13 with minimal improvements (and nowhere near as cool as the feature-rich iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max).
So it’s not quite worth an upgrade from an iPhone 13, or maybe even the fairly similar iPhone 12. Only people holding iPhone 11 and older have something to get excited about.
But for some who want the big screen of the iPhone 14 Plus — not yet in the hands of reviewers — an upgrade from a recent handset may be worth it.
Early reviews of the iPhone 14 Pro models are generally very positive about the Dynamic Island, Apple's replacement for the screen notch. Photo: Apple
The first reviews of the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max praise the replacement for the screen notch and the always-on display. Most are unimpressed with the 48-megapixel camera, though.
Some early feedback from reviewers on Apple’s newest top-tier handsets might help you decide if you want to upgrade.