The iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max are wooing customers this year with one small feature pasted on their foreheads – the Dynamic Island. It is a simple yet clever idea of masking the two cutouts hosting the front camera as well as the TrueDepth sensors, and has drawn eyeballs for its unique implementation. The Dynamic Island is so influential that some Android phone makers are now willing to copy it. As cute as this small dynamic pill is, it simply loses out on the charm the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4's folding action does.
I have used both of these phones over the last two months, and it has been clear – Samsung's gimmick has turned out to be more useful in everyday lives than Apple's shape-shifting pill. You may argue that the Galaxy Z Fold 4 is even better with its larger displays and that is certainly true – who doesn't love a tablet in their pocket, folded! But it is the Galaxy Z Flip 4's flip phone form that is easier to use, and most importantly – it is fun to use. Even after a month, there is quite nothing as fun as the Galaxy Z Flip 4.
Whether you root for Apple every September or Samsung throughout the year, it is a no-brainer that innovation is actually happening in the Samsung camp. Yes, the iPhone 14 Pro Max that I am using right now is a brilliant smartphone to use – it has a great set of cameras, nice battery life, is a smooth performer, and is solidly built. If you want a good smartphone, I can blindly recommend the iPhone 14 Pro, or the Pro Max.
But I can't deny that the iPhone 14 Pro is simply boring; not that boring is bad but phones can be fun, eh? The iPhone is simply not fun, especially if you settle for the non-Pro models this year. The Dynamic Island on the iPhone 14 Pro brings some sense of fun in
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