The 15 is an incremental upgrade, and that’s just fine. The rollout of the 14’s innovative open-from-both-sides mechanical architecture is welcome. Investments in camera hardware are always well spent, and the periscope is particularly innovative. Given the expense, reduced drop test tolerance, recycling challenges, and fragile finish, titanium doesn’t seem like the best long-term material for a smartphone—but we’re impressed Apple pulled it off. We tip our hats at the materials engineers, but aluminum works just fine from our perspective. Still, it's really the same as just taking a photo and cropping it later. You aren’t getting true magnification, and there will always be a loss in image quality as you zoom in further. For example, a lens with a focal length of 200mm and a maximum aperture of f/2.8 has to have a front lens element that’s more than 70mm (or 3 inches) wide. And that's not including any manufacturing considerations.

Dominic Wilcox

Wilcox created the glasses from one sheet of mirrored acrylic with a slight bend to ensure that the smaller mirror can reflect the bigger one, resulting in better sight for the wearer. IMAGE: Dominic Wilcox The second rumor was that Apple would limit the throughput of the USB-C port for some reason.That rumor turned out to be unfounded. The A17 System-on-Chip (SoC) adds a USB 3 controller, enabling USB 3.2 Gen 2 10 Gb throughput. Because the non-Pro iPhone 15 models inherited the older A16 Bionic, they only support USB 2 and are limited to the same transfer speeds as previous devices with Lightning. This device designed by Dominic Wilcox allows the wearer to see ‘one foot taller’ (30.5cm) than their normal eye level.Personalized TELESCOPE & CASE Custom Engraved Telescopes Groomsmen Gifts for Him Dad Boyfriend Gift for Men Man Captain Graduation Sailing

Inventor creates Periscope glasses so you can see over tall Inventor creates Periscope glasses so you can see over tall

Parts pairing in these models extends beyond mere mechanical compatibility, requiring authentication and pairing through Apple’s System Configuration tool, further limiting genuine replacements to Apple-blessed ones and substantially impacting independent repair enterprises and the overarching issue of e-waste. This inverted chassis arrangement makes critical repairs like battery swaps slightly riskier than on the 14, because you’re removing the expensive, fragile display rather than an inert sheet of glass. Now, if you’re thinking your iPhone already has a 10x zoom, you’d be right, but also very wrong. There’s a reason we've been mostly referring to focal length, rather than zoom multipliers. You could use a large, flat sheet of sturdy cardboard instead. Lightly score it with a craft knife to divide it into four sections, then fold it into a box and tape together. The biggest limits with photography have always been physical, rather than technological. There are some laws of optics you just can’t engineer your way through. This is why DSLR and mirrorless camera lenses are so big and heavy. To provide long focal lengths and wide apertures, lenses themselves have to be a certain size.

And now everyone can reap the benefits! In addition to obvious compatibility advantages, the new USB-C port can provide 4.5 watts of power to external devices. That’s a massive 15x upgrade over previous Lightning phones, which can only output 0.3 watts. Call it creativity or some joke with of course, immense knowledge on ‘observation’, Dominic Wilcox has created the 'One Foot Taller' glasses, a pair of periscopeglasses that allow you to see over the heads of people in front of you. The glasses, according to Wilcox add one foot (or 30.5cm) on to the wearer's normal eye-level.