Appreciating the evolution of iPhones
I recently purchased the iPhone 11 pro and I’ve been so happy with it. I usually will update my phone every other year and pass the old one on to one of my children. They are definitely the beneficiaries in my trickle-down-phone-economics plan! Then I usually trade in their old phone for Apple credit. I don’t need to upgrade as often as I do, but I like to use the excuse of needing to stay up to date on the latest photography technology for this blog. Sounds reasonable, don’t you think?
I love the green color and case. I realize that not everyone loves the way the 3 camera lenses look, but that doesn’t bother me at all because I love the way they function. I enjoyed the portrait mode on the iPhone 10s, and felt like it helped bridge the gap that used to exist between phone cameras and DSLR cameras. Now the wide-angle lens on the 11pro is even more of a game-changer! I didn’t appreciate it fully until we were recently traveling in New York and I could zoom out to get large buildings without losing resolution. My husband could not get this shot with his iPhone 10. There simply wasn’t enough room to move back far enough to get the full building in the frame without the wide angle option.
iPhone 11pro - Wall Street in New York City - October 2019
Overall, I’ve been happy with all of my iPhone cameras since I’ve started using iPhones. I think they have done a great job moving forward with new advances. I really do love having a camera with me all the time. I used to carry a point-and-shoot digital camera in my purse and now I can have my phone and camera all fit neatly in my pocket.
I thought it would be fun to share a few of my older iPhone photos so you can see the evolution. I’ll start with the iPhone 4. I did have an earlier model (it was probably the 2nd one released) but I didn’t use it for a lot of pictures because they weren’t that great. I still used my point-and-shoot and my Nikon d40 almost exclusively until about 2011 when iPhone cameras really started to improve. I really do believe that photography is about more than the actual camera. You have to put thought and effort into the making of the photo as well. But it sure is great to have nice equipment!
iPhone 4 - October 2011
iPhone 5 - November 2013
iPhone 6 - 2015 in Germany
iPhone 7plus in January 2017
iPhone 10s - October 2018 in Heber City, Utah
Pretty cool to see the evolution! If you are interested in what exactly has changed with each model of iPhone, you will enjoy this post and infographic from Netbook News. You also might want to look through your own past phone photos (even if you don’t use an iPhone) and take note of how they have changed over the years. It’s a great creative activity!