Although I myself rarely see the processing issues. Reports from tech YouTubers and zollotech have shown major improvements have been made. https://youtu.be/D5bD6Bo6rTQ go to the 12:43 mark.

For those that see constant processing issues the upcoming iOS 16.4 seems to resolve that.

It’s likely the software. Some have issues some don’t. My 14 Pro Max and the smaller 14 Pros my family members have are very pleased. It’s one of the best iPhones I’ve owned and I’ve had nearly all of them.

Apple doesn’t charge anything to simply look and diagnose a phone. Obviously if you want them to do a repair then they would of course charge whatever you decide on.

I don’t mind it, but it’s not for me I’m sure there are others who are plenty excited about it.

If your talking about the lock screen a big new feature is the option to customize the font, font color and to add widgets. You can tweak most of what your complaining about.

Definitely not lol. Plenty of people love the 14 Pro, strange comment to say.

Are you seeing this issue in broad daylight or bright indoor conditions? I’ve had my phone since launch and couldn’t be happier with the results. Lowlight conditions is the only time I’ll possibly get an over processed photo. I also shoot in Raw when I want to enable 48MP and do some minor tweaks to the photo.

If your constantly having this issue you may have more of a problem then just processing.

Dynamic island will be here at LEAST another 2-3 years if I had to guess. Apples waiting to put as many if not all the sensors on the front of the phone including the camera under the screen. It really comes down to when, as the tech needs to be perfect where camera performance isn’t compromised and you can’t see the sensors during use.

Unless you can get a crazy deal on either of those phones via a trade in for example I’d wait for the 15.

If as you’ve said been having issues prior to the incident since initial ownership you may have a defective device. Unfortunately since it’s been four years your not covered under warranty for defects.

Literally ALL phones do this. This is because the battery is close to a full charge and the ions in the battery are reaching capacity so if it continues charging at full speed damage can occur to the battery or even worse the battery could quite literally explode due to overheating.

Your just having issues with your phone. If anything camera quality improves over the years, not get worse. I have several iPhones I test and use on/off and all but the oldest of devices work quite well, including an 11 and while the battery is at 90% health it still runs plenty fast and cameras are as good as day 1. Cracking your phone out of anger could also potentially have consequences and the potential for internal damage in rare cases.

Also at 82% capacity you will need to replace the battery soon and if you’re almost full on storage that can have an impact on device performance.

Your likely fine. Apple tests phones for durability from drops even if the external parts are damaged internally it’s quite durable.

Usually but hard to say as it can vary by region.

Avoid entering your passcode in public if able. Use Face/Touch ID. Don’t let strangers use your phone or leave it lying around unattended. If you want to be even more secure you can use the password option to manually unlock the phone.

They tend to become available towards the spring so around the months of March/April at the earliest. Just keep your eyes on the refurbished store as they can come out of nowhere.

Yeah that’s odd, I’d be complaining myself if I was constantly getting over processed photos especially in daylight conditions. You can mitigate the sharpening by editing the photos but with iPhone it’s supposed to be point and shoot. Also taking Raw shots when you want to capture even more detail comes in handy.

For me standard photographic style has worked best.

Outdoors especially in daylight you should be having no issues in regards to photo quality. I only run in to processing issues in some low light conditions. Maybe try tweaking photographic styles to your liking or there may be actually something wrong with the hardware itself. I’ve taken over 10K photos since launch and can think of maybe a couple dozen at most primarily at night that I was meh on.

Otherwise it’s an excellent camera. Plus the best video on any phone.

See what’s using the battery in the background could be an app issue, otherwise may be hardware related then.

That’s odd. What are you using? Constant high brightness, AOD, constant camera use can hit the battery hard. I’m a heavy user and this phone easily lasts me all day, best battery life I’ve had on a phone and I get as much as two days with moderate use.

Besides size and battery life the 14 Pro and Pro Max have the same overall specs and cameras.

Either the battery health estimate is wrong and lower than what it’s displaying. Or you have REALLY good luck. Definitely unusual though.

There is no best time. It’s recommend you replace a phones battery after 2 years maybe 3. At around 500 full charge cycles it’s expected the battery is at 80% capacity.

That’s why I made the comment, not normal and needs to be addressed. Zooming should be pretty seamless and zero blur.