My wife is rocking the 12 Pro like a champ, I see no immediate reason for concern with your approach aside from the 13 seeming underpowered from day 1.

I upgraded to the 14 on launch day due to some of the heat/performance issues the 14 hardware solved almost immediately over the 13 Pro. I must also add the 14 camera to quality was far superior to the 13 Pro.

My 2¢.

Add your own words: Settings>General>Keyboard>Text Replacement:

https://preview.redd.it/2w3xs7h8xl2c1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4258111856ae10423e9a9e14698c3ed7ac154cae

Fungus, tea tree oil or OTC anti fungal should do it.

If you have a little Vic’s vaporub (menthol) or try rubbing lemon juice on it (acidic) and let it sit.

Find a little tea tree oil and rub it on that spot. You have a little fungus there. Should clear up by the end of the day.

I always use the default settings and use the telephoto camera un-zoomed. It’s always excellent and sound is surprisingly good as well. This is merely a photo example, btw. No specific settings. I look forward to others sharing their settings. (This is from my 14PM).

https://preview.redd.it/fcqesmiuty1c1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fbdd5c48bab11ceda0ebea2ca1b03d10ad27c4e5

Pitaka carbon fiber band. Three years going strong, never one rash.

https://www.ipitaka.com/products/carbon-fiber-watch-band

There’s a bit of user “unawareness” of the type of technology in that camera. It is different looking for a reason, it’s a pretty cool reason in case you want to better understand:

https://www.pcmag.com/news/the-iphone-15-pro-max-has-a-tetraprism-camera-what-the-heck-is-that

Especially when you can simply swipe left as an action and go to the camera. Users should be able to edit/remove those buttons in the Lock Screen editor like a widget in the Wallpaper options settings menu.

https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/access-features-from-the-lock-screen-iphcd5c65ccf/ios