iPhone 15 VS iPhone 15 Pro in 2024!

The iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro have now been out for a while, and while these phones were very close at launch, it seems that the gap in capabilities is hiding on the iPhone 15 Pro, however is the increase in cost still enough to justify it for most users, or should you just stick with an iPhone 15.

[psychiotic]

Just got my iPhone15 Pro, upgrading from Xs and I was blown. Like the difference in camera, refresh rate and all.

[romanmartynov]

iPhone 15 pro all the way, this year difference between the 15 and the 15 pro really makes it easy to decide - just go for the pro. Titanium finish is beautiful.

[reidgloden]

I have an iPhone 15 Pro. I have had it since September 2023. I love it. I always enjoy watching your videos. IGNORE all the negative comments about your videos.

[kylecastellino]

The 15 will do it for most people. The 15 pro is more for people who either want the best of the best on the iPhone side or are tech savvy. Personally, I recently switched to a 13 mini and I have no regrets!

[BrandonD]

Why does this look like a 15 vs 15 pro max not 15 pro? Hmmm

[ogmerchman]

I got the 15 pro and honestly I’m pretty happy with it. Like design wise I love the blue titanium and paired with a clear case chefs kiss. I’m gonna keep this for at least 3 years and hopefully I can stretch it to 5

[PomDottCom]

Why is your 15 pro bigger than your 15? They are supposed to be the same size according to Apple and other videos. Are you comparing 15 to pro max?

[roa]

My not so little Apple rant.

I am fed up with the usual Youtube shills (on Apple’s and others … reviewer freebies list … to avoid the term ‘payroll’). Not many of you (none …) mention the washed out on-screen colours of the 15 Pro/Max. I just came from a long line of Samsung phones, lately the S22 (non Ultra or + … the plain vanilla Galaxy S22) and there is simply no comparison! Samsung gives you the option of adjusting colour temperature and other nice things such as a ‘vivid’ and ‘natural’ setting with individual RGB sliders. Simply put, you can make the display look just as you want. Apple is offering … zilch! ‘True tone’ does not solve the issue neither do any of the, honestly, pretty useless settings in the Accessibility section such as ‘increase contrast’ or playing around with the horrid ‘colour filter’ options.

There is some garbage talk online that the latest ios update affected screen vividness or something to that garbage effect. … it’s just a lacklustre display.

Another biggie, whilst I’m on it about the display. The 15 pro touts something like 1000 nits to 2000 nits peak brightness. What exactly the conditions have to be to achieve this … no idea. Apple’s marketing department obviously had a wild time to come with this shit but let me tell you one thing; The lowly, almost forgotten (even at launch) Galaxy S22 … IS BRIGHTER AND MORE VIVID IN ALL LIGHTING CONDITIONS, be that outdoors or indoors. Believe me, I tried every possible setting on the 15 Pro … it doesn’t come close to the peak brightness of the S22. What a lot of from Apple!

Anyone thinking I am just a Samsung/Android fanboy … I am getting there! I changed to 15 Pro because I bought a MacBook Pro M2 last year. I like the MacBook A LOT but I am starting to REALLY disliking the 15 Pro.

Then there is the issue of the hollow/plasticky sounding screen when tapping it. Samsung back their OLED’s with a metal plate. It means when you tap the screen it feels like solid glass not like a piece of plastic. Apple apparently attach the screen surround only and the OLED panel rests on the battery, hence the awful noise it makes when touching. Anyone saying this is not the case … tap from the edges inward and see what happens. – Really Apple?! Get your design folks sacked and try and snatch some from others, Samsung included!

Battery life is … meh but that has, for a change, been accurately documented. Mostly, I assume, to re-direct folks to the more expensive MAX. – Problem is, Apple, in their infinite wisdom (!) have crippled the Max version by introducing that stupid 5x zoom. Most people shoot probably far more within the 3x zoom area. If you look at photos from the 15 Pro Max you soon realise that a large range of the zoom range below 5x is actually digitally done by the camera resulting in clearly inferior quality. This eats also into the 3x zoom and some way below! Now look and compare the 15 Pro (non Max) photos digitally extended to 5x and the compromise is far less, almost equalling the Pro Max’s 5 times zoom quality! Any more than that and things start to fall apart quickly but really, who actually shoots 5x and more to take quality pictures with a phone? If you do … get a proper camera or, if you really must a Samsung S24 Ultra though that one is just one huge, ugly brick … . Still, the usual suspects (youtube shills) of course love that one too (in order to stay on the phone manufacturers reviewer list).

Which leaves me with the one and only redeeming feature of the 15 Pro that makes it stand out … the camera. Better than the MAX version, better probably than most Samsung’s including the new ones. It really is a great piece of technology (the camera, not the phone!).

How a company like Apple can release such a flawed, under featured turd of a flag ship phone for top dollars is beyond me, especially as the make the lovely MacBook Pro’s. They seem to have truly lost it.

I am within the 14 day return policy whilst writing this and think another Samsung (the non-Ultra … Plus or plain vanilla S24) is close.

Enjoy

[leonardopalomino]

Had to upgrade my phone, my iPhone 7 finally started dying on me it’s time I put her to rest and leave up on display for my collection of use. Went with the iPhone 15pro and man it surprises me with how much of the new tech I missed out on 😂

[lormor]

I appreciate videos like this because most YouTube techies only talk about the pros. I love my 15 Plus and don’t notice, even after coming from the 14 pro max, the 60hz refresh rate. The pro raw and pro res pics aren’t for me and I also like the physical mute switch. Great video, thank you 😊

[notukog]

I had the 15 Pro but for all kinds of reasons I sold it. I finally went for the 15 Plus because I noticed that I turned off many of the features of the Pro such as the always-on display or the new button, the battery and simplicity are simply more important to me. Now - first of all the device is light and, more importantly, not thick, which makes it the most comfortable iPhone I've had for sure in this size. The only thing that is not a deal breaker for me but really sucks is the screen. If this device gets 90 Hz I will never get closer to the pro. On the other hand, I have a computer screen with 240 Hz and I have no problem enjoying a 60 Hz screen and I came to the conclusion with myself that this race is never over. I just prefer the size and convenience and battery of this device above all else. And the black color is perhaps one of the most beautiful colors that came out in the last few years.

[safikgmk]

just bought my first iphone 15 (blue), its gorgeous for me.

[thedonkey]

I’m planning to buy regular iPhone 15 because my plan is to buy the next *iPhone 16 Pro* which I think will be a game changer with IOS 18 and rumours about IA. My assumptions are that the selling point will be better with iPhone 15 (due to different targuet audience) since if iPhone 16 Pro appears to be that good I’m scare that the selling point from iPhone 15 Pro won’t be as good as the iPhone 15 itself due to this specific demand around IA. Any thoughts on my strategy ? (My friend will go to Dubai soon where iPhones are around 200€ less expensive than my country).

[Johnnyhaag]

F* I'm hungy..hahhah
Greg, PPLLLLEEEAASSE do a video dedicated to the mysterious R1 chip. I'm so curious

[KNHarrison]

I want the 15 Pro but I hate that in every battery test the 15 Pro performs the worst out of the 4 models. I'm sure moving from an iPhone 13 to a 15 Pro I'd notice a difference but I'm still wondering how well it'll hold up.

[JennDreezy]

I've regretted trading in my 13 pro for the 15 pro for months now. Due to the overheating, which I've never experienced quite like this, I'm over the 15 pro. Battery life also isn't great.

[TheDustyForest]

I've been going back and forth between 15 and 15 Pro, this was a really useful video. Thanks a lot!

[stephenrebori]

Excellent video is always Greg! Keep up the solid work 🎉

[tiavee]

I chose the base model for its excellent battery life. Upgrading from an XR, the difference in battery performance is significant. As a moderate user who mainly listens to podcasts and watches videos, and doesn't game, the 60Hz display isn't an issue for me.

[Lyrikhan]

This video is inaccurate. The 15 and 15 pro are the same size.