Our iPhone is used for practically everything, and it has become quite a tool that helps us be more efficient, have fun and even many of us, in our work. In fact, I have just recently started a new professional stage and to do so I have had to adapt my workspace at home a little.
A new table, rearranging the furniture… Yes, I have visited Ikea more times this last month than my parents’ house. Measure goes, measure comes. And you know what never comes with me? The subway. I always forget it at home. Fortunately, the iPhone has for a few generations now measuring application with millimeter precision. I’ve put it to the test, and I’ll tell you if you can trust it.
Apple’s Measurements app turns your iPhone into a meter
The Measurements App It has been with us for many years and comes pre-installed on your iPhone, so you probably have it in your Apps library. If you can’t find it, you may have uninstalled it at the time. For redownload this app To measure on your iPhone, just go to the App Store and search for Measurements.
The measurements application is very easy to use, you simply have to open it and move the iPhone for a few seconds for the stay. Then, aim for what you want to measure and press +. Scroll to the other end and you’re done. You will have already measured what you need with your iPhone.
What iPhone model do you have? Depending on which one, you can trust more or less
The measurements application is available even for older iPhones such as the iPhone there is a big jump in reliability of measurements starting with iPhone 12 Pro and all subsequent Pro models.
This is due to the LiDAR scanner that high-end iPhone models have. This scanner launches millions of points of light and collects them to know how long it takes to go and return. It is somewhat more complicated than bats, for example, or a highway radar. Deep down, it is something more complex, but I’m sure you understand it 100%. That is whye iPhone models that are really suitable for measuring with total reliability are:
- iPhone 12 Pro
- iPhone 13 Pro
- iPhone 14 Pro
- iPhone 15 Pro
If you have, for example, an iPad Pro from 2020 onwards, It also comes built-in with a LiDAR scanner. So you can also use it with total reliability.
A meter, an iPhone with and without LiDAR, will there be differences in the measurements?
The moment of truth arrives and we test an iPhone 15 without a LiDAR scanner, an iPhone 15 Pro with a scanner LiDAR and a traditional subway. First we are going to measure a small object. A box from an Apple case four inches wide.
The iPhone 15 subtracts one centimeter from the actual measurement
As you can see, the iPhone 15 Pro matches the measurement of the traditional meter. However, The iPhone 15, by not having LiDAR, makes a mistake of one centimeter. If we move to a larger measurement, this percentage of difference increases. In this case, I have measured a table that is 1.60 meters wide.
The iPhone 15 subtracts four centimeters from the real measurement
The iPhone 15 Pro once again matches the measurement of the meter, while theThe iPhone 15 makes the mistake of subtracting four centimeters to the table. So with this, we can reach the conclusion that if you have an iPhone 12 Pro or later (and as long as it is Pro), you can fully trust on your iPhone to measure with this App.
If, on the other hand, you have another non-Pro model or prior to iPhone 12, you can use it as a guide. As you can see, it does not differ by three or four centimeters. Depending on what you are going to use the measure for, it can serve you without any problem.