iPhone 14 Pro (Kinda) Sucks

My brain honestly accepts the dynamic island over the notch. Something about having the image continue around the entire phone instead of being disconnected from the notch allows me to ignore the new design more and make it feel more natural

please send help soon. Matt said if i keep trying to escape from the This Is basement he will strand me on the Dynamic Island with no music :(

I really like how much more balanced the energy is on the channel between you two . It kinda felt like an Austin Evans 2 channel at first but it's starting to feel more like it's more of a Matts thing now. Keep up the great work Matt, been loving how much more comfortable you are on camera than before.

i love hearing both of you talk. Keep me smiling.

13:20 ESIM for me, somebody who uses prepaid, was a tough move. I reached out to AT&T to have my current sim converted to an eSIM before I got the 14. I thought that everything would be smooth sailing after that, and that I could just transfer it over to my new phone at setup, but it still required another phone call to AT&T and another 30 minutes of waiting on the phone for them to do it manually. Was it the worst experience? No. Is it going to be annoying if I have to upgrade in the future?Yes.

If Apple had the option to place USB C on the iphone or hold off on replacing the iphone port as long as possible to continue amassing royalties from third party manufactures from their lightning patent, I think they would choose the latter. Tim Cook's Apple, coming from a supply chain focus, is successful producing at scale and of course, a little more invested in any business opportunity that yields more profit.

Loved this video! You two make talking tech fun instead of just the same ol lame ol phone reviews. Thank you

To me that's the best description of why I don't like the Island. It being something you constantly interact with and is constantly changing form and drawing your attention makes it so you're always aware that it's there, while with the Notch, you just got used to that being how the phone looks and you forgot that it was there, not to mention watching full screen content, although not great with the notch, is MUCH better than with that huge pill + the no man's land of pixels next to it.

I’ve had a lot of phones, I had a iphone 4 then 5, then had android ( moto g4 pro, HUAWEI p20pro), then iPhone X and now i just got a 12 pro. On my experience buying the latest iPhones is never a good idea, cause a lot of my friends which do always have a lot of issues until half a year afterwards it’s release, also a port less iPhone would be a no go for me. Mag safe sucks. And data transfer thru lighting port sucks ass well 😂. I think they should go usb C. Better faster stronger. Simless iPhones would be a trouble for travelers.

E-sim is probably the biggest gripe I'd have with this. It's hard to have a good experience with a phone carrier. If you never change sims it's fine, but if you do it's a hassle.

Now that I have a type c iPad I’d prefer a type c iPhone due to port limitations. Like using a wired controler or usb in and an hdmi out and charging? Not doable. Physically it’s limited. Type c can support more than 2 independent connections without issue. Lightning struggles.

Keep it up awesome content :)

I still don't know why we have a notch at all? Why don't we have cameras behind the screen that just turns off those pixels when the camera is in use? If we can have clear roll up screens this should not be so hard.

Austin, we want to see your 2 month review of the flip 4!

Using the iPhone 14 pro myself, I truly cannot understand why they haven’t integrated all notifications through the dynamic island

Carriers started to add restrictions that only allow 2 sim swaps per year on e sims for free. More then that, you have to pay. Really pro consumer right there. There is a micro SIM size if you are so concerned about battery space.

I’m kinda glad I waited to get my 14pm I’ve only had it for 3 weeks and Have not experienced any problems I loved my 13pm I had planned on keeping it till the 15 but I got a great deal on a trade in so I did it so far I like it overall a bit better especially the dynamic island I like it so much better than the notch and the aod is handy it’s just nice to have something that looks a bit different the 13 pm camera was fantastic but the 14 pm is just better as far as battery life it seems head to head

I’m also having focus issues.. I thought I was the only one, it’s pretty annoying. My iPhone XS never had this issue. This camera system its a little overwhelming. Seems like the main camera is forcing itself on macro or cinematic mode without using those features. They need to fix this with an update

Been rocking a normal sim and esim simultaneously dual carriers on my z flip 3 for a year, that should've been the route to go for convenience

i think dynamic island will be a feature to be seen for the next few years like austin said. i also think the next step in removing that will be screen integrated cameras and sensors, for a full screen display