repleo Loc: Boston

I was about to update my beat-up iPhone 6 for a new iPhone 11 Pro when I discovered a lot of internet flak about flare on the 11's photos - even in the night-time setting. Most of the posts, seemed to be from the early days after the 11 introduction and some posters seemed to indicate that it was a manufacturing flaw on the earliest releases. The number of negative posts seemed to diminish after about October last year but there are still a few.

Any hogs have experience with this problem on recent 11 Pro purchases? Any regrets for forking out $1000 for one?

GrandmaG Loc: Flat Rock, MI

For $1,000, one can get quite a nice camera like the Sony RX100 VI that takes WAY better pictures, has a viewfinder and shoots in RAW...AND, it fits in a small pocket!

EDIT: For even less $$, a Canon G9X Mark II is supposed to be good

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

((Not if I can help it. I'm still using my Galaxy S-III. They're selling the 10 now.))

SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA

I have the regular iPhone 11 and no regrets at all.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

but you still have to carry an iPhone if you plan to receive and/or originate phone calls.

repleo Loc: Boston

Thanks, but I need a new phone anyway. My old one is bent and cracked and battery won't make it through the day.
I had a Sony RX100III until two weeks ago when I slipped on some rocks in Barbados and took an ill-elegant dive into the water. Its sitting in a bag of rice at the moment but I don't have much hope of resuscitating it.
It is a nice compact camera, but I'm not sure I would agree with you about the better pictures. The latest smartphones are pretty phenomenal - and they shoot RAW. If you haven't checked them out, you don't know what you are missing. I have an A6000 and a A7Riii when I want something more serious.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Ewww. I wouldn't expect a good recovery. Even if all the water evaporates, the salt (ocean water) will eventually corrode the innards if water made it inside.

blackest Loc: Ireland

rice doesn't work, Paper towels can help IPA can work to remove the liquid and gunk but the first thing to do is pull the battery. Trouble with a camera is they are hard to get into to clean them off.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxmufw2YQwY

GrandmaG Loc: Flat Rock, MI

True...I carry both. I just don't think about grabbing my phone to take pictures when my little camera is right next to it!

Now...if they could only make a camera that makes phone calls...wait...is that the iPhone 11 Pro?

GrandmaG Loc: Flat Rock, MI

Too bad about your RX100!! I have an iPhone XS, but I don't think it shoots RAW. I'm not ready for a new phone yet, so I haven't seriously considered the new iPhone 11 or 11 Pro. For serious work, I use my Sony a7III and I'm not ready to upgrade that yet either.

repleo Loc: Boston

You can capture RAW files since iPhone 6S with apps like Camera+2, Halide Camera or VSCO. These apps also give you full manual control similar to a regular camera and some have in-camera RAW editing as well.

tjw47 Loc: Michigan

Try Zooming ( optically with your Iphone ).
You start with 12mp, a 2X digital zoom cuts you down to 3mp.
Since you can't do an optical crop to fill the sensor with the image, you have to do digital cropping which cuts down the resolution.

GrandmaG Loc: Flat Rock, MI

I'll give those apps a look. Only VSCO is free, so I'll try that one first. Thanks! Oops..it's not free either, only the trial is free!

tjw47 Loc: Michigan

But you don't need to spend a $1000 and a large monthly plan to make phone calls.

In retirement, I have a VOIP system at home, costs under $5 per month unlimited calls.

Away from home, for emergency phone calls - have a Tmobile pay as you go $100 per year - smart phone was free.

Since almost everybody has free wify, have a tablet with a screen you actually can see things on. Costs nothing per month.

You can also make phone calls away from home using free wify with amazon Alexa!

blackest Loc: Ireland

Wired internet isn't possible where i live so i use prepay sims,unlimited data for 28 days when i top up by 20 euro I use 4G data so a pretty good speed at the end of 28days i swop sim cards and i have 20 euro for calls and texts which i can use anywhere.
If I need data i just take the modem with me, its usb so can run on a usb battery pack or in the car plugged into the lighter.

I keep one prepay phone with a sim for incoming calls requires a 5 euro top up every 6 months I have whatsApp on there so if its on wifi and mostly it is I can call via that for free. My biggest problem if you can call it that is having too much call credit currently around 80 euros. If i'm at home or near my modem i can even send texts via that (texts are free in the 28 day top up period).

I essentially have 2 lans at home my internal lan is based round a router with gigabit ethernet and 2.4 and 5Ghz wireless. Its gateway is a small access point thats only 100Mbit but thats enough for internet traffic and that is wirelessly connected to my 4g modem. By keeping the internet seperate from my lan internal traffic isn't slowed down by passing through the modem, it also still works when i take the modem away. I've done away with TV saving 160 euro on a license, I do have Amazon prime for free delivery mainly but it gives me access to free films and tv shows.

So all in my internet costs me 260 euro a year + 10 euro for the incoming phone. I save 160 euro just by not having a TV (i have sky news via apple tv + others) I think a landline costs 17 euro a month + 25 for internet service call it 500 euro a year + call charges, no i'm wrong the cheapest package is 60 euro a month so 720 a month + the 160, 880 + what ever mobile service i would use on top (maybe my current prepay option) so maybe 1100 a year + being mobile based I can use my connection anywhere in Europe although out of Ireland i'm limited to 6GB of data. My modem is unlocked so if that became an issue a local prepay sim for about 20 euro would be an option. Oh and usually once a month i get another 10 euro of call credit added to the current sim card balance. If there is a downside I don't get sports channels or pay per view, but that does not interest me anyway.

I guess I should also add I don't rent mobiles, I have an iPhone 6 and 7+ mainly for 4k video and using with my drone. My main phone is still an iphone 3 or 4 (it usually will go 3 or 4 days on a charge paid 5 euro for that phone). The incoming phone is an Android phone that sometimes gets used for GPS with offline maps but if I have my modem with me then it can be live data as well.

My one utility bill is for electricity , heating is via a kerosene boiler which isn't cheap but it only runs in the winter, if i had access to mains gas that is cheaper to run but then I would also pay standing charges in the summer, my oil tank is free :) Mains Electricity bills are mostly standing charges, however I use the electricity makes very little difference to the bill since units are about 20% of the cost.