Should I Get The New Iphone?
How I decided on whether to upgrade to the Iphone 15
I’ve been trying to be more frugal these days and usually skip every other iphone upgrade as these aren’t many features added year to year. Paying $1,000 for a phone that is very similar to the one you currently own isn’t exciting. Now my dilemma is that I use my phone often as a content creator and my battery life is noticeably failing me. I go out to dinner and by the end of dinner, my phone is at 20% while everyone else is at 60-70%. In addition to that, I purchased photo storage for my iphone and it still doesn’t seem to be enough storage because my phone keeps glitching!
So I finally decided to make the decisions purely on specs and created a chart on the features of both devices:
Display
iPhone 14 - 6.1" or 6.7" Super Retina XDR OLED, 120Hz refresh
iPhone 15 - 6.1" or 6.7" Super Retina XDR OLED, 120Hz refresh
Processor
iPhone 14 - A15 Bionic
iPhone 15 - A16 Bionic
Rear Camera
iPhone 14 - Dual 12MP wide and ultrawide
iPhone 15 - Triple 48MP main, 12MP ultrawide, 12MP telephoto
Front Camera
iPhone 14 - 12MP
iPhone 15 - 12MP with autofocus
Battery
iPhone 14- Up to 20 hours video playback
iPhone 15- Up to 22 hours video playback
Charging
iPhone 14 - Lightning port
iPhone 15 - USB-C port
Design
iPhone 14 - Flat-edged aluminum frame, notch at top
iPhone 15 - Contoured edges, frosted back glass, Dynamic Island
Colors
iPhone 14 - Midnight, Starlight, Blue, Red, Pink, Purple
iPhone 15 - Midnight, Starlight, Blue, Red, Green, Purple (new)
Storage
iPhone 14 - 128GB, 256GB, 512GB
iPhone 15 - 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, 1TB (new)
Price
iPhone 14 - Starts at $799
iPhone 15 - Starts at $899
Additional Differences:
The iPhone 15 has a brighter display than the iPhone 14.
The iPhone 15 has a faster processor than the iPhone 14.
The iPhone 15 has a more versatile camera system than the iPhone 14.
The iPhone 15 has a more modern design with a smaller front camera cutout and no notch.
The iPhone 15 comes in one additional color option than the iPhone 14.
The iPhone 15 offers a higher storage capacity option than the iPhone 14.
After reviewing the above specs and doing some more research online I decided that if you are someone who posts online, creates video for memories, blogs about current events and spends a lot of time on your phone then upgrading to the new upgrade of the phone of your choice makes sense. I am really excited about having 1TB of storage and I will write an update on how it’s changed my content game! Stay tuned besties!