I like the Moment app, but I haven’t compared it to any others as I’ve been using it for years.

If you’re only interested in shooting raw, you probs won’t care, but one little bugbear is that it doesn’t get support the 3x optical zoom setting. It only presets to .5, x1 and x2. That’s the only thing that often bounces me back into the default app, I often prefer a 50-75mm kind of range, but for 48MP raw? It’ll be fine.

I did one thing because i wanted to go close to case less with my 14 Pro Max. That was 1 phone call to Apple support and asked how much to replace the screen by Apple in Australia. They quoted $650. So I got Apple Care. I suppose it depends on your own personal situation financially and is the cost of replacement an acceptable risk🤷‍♂️

I got charged/billed for $45 on their protect advanced for 4 that I didn’t sign up for…called this morning to cancel and glad they did. I don’t even have 4 devices on my account 😭

The rule is simple for every insurance - if you can afford repairing it yourself it is not worth it. It apply to cars, homes and everything else.

Found out I was paying AT&T $8.99 a month for phone protection. I just bought an iPhone 14 Red and canceled the AT&T coverage and bought AppleCare. It’s a better deal and likely better coverage.

Depends. For me is not, I have not smash a phone since the iPhone 3GS… brand new, left it on top of my car while pumping gas… and that was it.. 18 wheeler went over it when I drop off Loves. For my niece yes, she has smash every single phone without fail.

How about you?

I don't have apple care for my phone. I do for my watch though because I judge that more like to get smashed. My phone is in my pocketbook for most of each day.

hmm true, I had the se 1st gen, 8, 11, and recently the 13 mini, I dropped them but no cracks/dents. maybe just invest in a good case and screen protector

No. Until you smash your phone then it's the best purchase you ever made

I think the problem is that since I use my phone one handed mostly, the weight becomes an issue. I returned the pro max and got a pro instead lol and so far battery life hasn’t been an issue

ProCamera is nice

Thanks, yeah I read about that but it still gets the post-processing before the conversion and just converts the file to save space etc, I manually convert and they still look overly processed compared to say the normal 12MP RAW from Halide I tried but sadly can't do 48MP which I'm looking for, only one I read about can is a monthly sub and also people saying the policies and taking your info seems sketchy

I just use the regular camera on proraw mode and use a shortcut that scans my photo library and converts the images to heic and deletes the dng files.

I can search for the shortcut link if you are interested.

oh interesting

and i never knew they had a one time purchase... a lot for a camera app though if you ask me

Tried it see no difference with the post processing with 48mp compared to the stock camera app, it can do RAW instead of PRORAW but not at 48MP sadly because the the former looks better but I want the full 48MP for the pics I plan to take.

I also see that it can be a 1 time purchase of $60

Halide is awesome, but now of course it's a subscription

Tag

I’m interested in this but have been holding off

I actually find the 14P to be a good weight, especially coming from the standard 13; I just felt like that one was too light. I usually like my phones to have a little heft to them though.

it felt like a brick vs 12 pro max side by side! I returned it

You get used to it. You also have to take into consideration this is essentially a two handed device which makes the weight even less of an issue. Unless you have massive hands don’t expect to ever use this one handed.

I came from the 7 Plus so the 14PM felt pretty heavy at first but now I’m totally used to it. When I pick up my mother’s 7 Plus it almost feels too light lol.

Same weight as 13 Pro Max

Battery life is pretty great on the regular 13 and 14 pros. Big difference with the maxes? Yeah, kinda, but those are a step up over an already good battery life. I too found the max waaaay too bulky to use confortably, I'm pretty happy with the size of my 13 Pro.

Coming from a Galaxy Note 9, the size of the 14 PM was very similar in size and weight. You’ll get used to it

Not that I know of.