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Six months later, the iPhone 14 Pro is everything I love and hate about phones
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Apple’s Live Activities and always-on display are a showcase for what our phones could be. | Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge
The always-on display, Live Activities, and Dynamic Island tease a frictionless future where we spend less time in apps.