There was an awful lot of discussion about ways you could die at the iPhone 14 launch event on Wednesday.
In dramatizations ripped straight from disaster films, Apple promised its newest technology including satellite SOS connections and automatic crash detection
that might lend a lifeline if you’re lost on a cliff or get in a car accident with nobody around. “iPhone is there when you need it most,” said Kaiann Drance, an Apple vice president.
There are a few real tech upgrades here, but I wouldn’t make an upgrade decision based on the hope an iPhone might save your life in one of these situations.
To me, the biggest news about the iPhone 14 is that Apple didn’t raise its price, despite rocketing inflation.
To me, the biggest news about the iPhone 14 is that Apple didn’t raise its price, despite rocketing inflation.
That we’re even talking about Apple’s scariest upgrade ever is a sign that smartphones are a very mature market.
Fifteen years after the first iPhone, Apple keeps rolling out a new model each year — and keeps inventing new bells and whistles to lure us.
Meanwhile, people are waiting longer and longer to upgrade, because the phones we own already do most of what we need.