iPhone 14 series launch globally at Apple’s ‘Far Out’ event. iPhone 14 series from Apple comprises four models, iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, and iPhone 14 Pro Max. iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro are the smaller models, the iPhone 14 Plus and iPhone 14 Pro Max are the ones aim at those who prefer larger screens.
The iPhone 14 series also include the first series of iPhone Pro handsets that have got a redesign on the front since iPhone X.
The notch has replace by a pill-shape hole-punch cutout that has the front camera and Face ID technology.
The non-pro models come with last year’s Apple A15 Bionic SoCs, the iPhone 14 Pro models get the latest Apple Bionic A16 SoC.
The iPhone 14 series come with E-sim activation without Wi-Fi in the US.
iPhone 14 series in the US will not have a SIM tray.
The iPhone 14 series also come with satellite emergency communication technology that can be use to send SOS message over satellite.
The feature will be starting in US and Canada and it will be free with iPhone 14 for two years.
All the iPhone 14 series also come with crash-detection feature that will automatically dial emergency services when a user is unconscious or unable to reach their iPhone.
Price in India
- iPhone 14 price in India starts at Rs. 79,900
- iPhone 14 Plus price in India starts at Rs. 89,900.
- iPhone 14 Pro price in India starts at Rs. 1,29,900
- iPhone 14 Pro Max starts at Rs. 1,39,900.
iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus comes in Blue, Midnight, Purple, Starlight, and (PRODUCT) RED colour options.
iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max will be available for purchase in Deep Purple, Gold, Silver, and Space Black colour options.
The iPhone 14 pre-orders will begin 8th September 2022.
The iPhone 14 will go on sale starting 16th September 2022 and the iPhone 14 Plus will go on sale from 7th October 2022.
iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max preorders start on 9th September 2022 and they will be available for purchase from 16th September 2022.
The iPhone 14 series can be purchase from Apple online store and through Apple Authorised Resellers.
Specifications
iPhone 14
The iPhone 14 gets a flat-edge aerospace-grade aluminium frame, with Ceramic Shield material on the front, and IP68 dust and water resistance rating.
The iPhone 14 comes with a 6.1-inch Super Retina XDR OLED display which is said to be better in terms of brightness and colour reproduction as compared to last year’s handset.
iPhone 14 is said to offer 1200nits peak brightness and support for Dolby Vision.
The iPhone 14 gets the last year’s Apple’s proprietary A15 Bionic SoC that powers the last year’s iPhone 13 series.
Apple continues to offer the Face ID technology as the only biometric security option to unlock the phone.
The Apple does not officially disclose the amounts of RAM and the battery capacities of each model.
Apple says that the iPhone 14 and the iPhone 14 Plus will be able to deliver more run time as compare to last year’s iPhone models.
iPhone 14 gets a 12-megapixel wide-angle camera that combines a 1.9um sensor and an f/1.7 aperture aperture lens.
There is a 12-megapixel sensor pair with f/2.4 aperture ultra-wide angle lens with 120-degree field-of-view.
Apple says there is new 12-megapixel front TrueDepth camera with f/1.9 aperture lens.
The Apple also has a few camera trick which include improved video recording with a new stabilisation feature, called Action Mode.
This mode uses the phone’s motion sensors to better correct video.
The Cinematic mode is now available in 4K at 30fps and 4K at 24fps.
Apple also has the better low-light performance, due to the new Photonic Engine.
iPhone 14 is claim to have improve low-light performance up to 2x on the ultra-wide camera, 2x on the TrueDepth front camera, and 2.5x on the main camera.
iPhone 14 applies computational benefits of Deep Fusion in the imaging process.
There is also an improve True Tone flash that is 10 percent brighter, Apple says.
iPhone 14 Plus
The iPhone 14 Plus features similar hardware to the iPhone 14 except the bigger screen size and battery backup.
The iPhone 14 Plus gets 6.7-inch Super Retina XDR OLED display and Apple claims that the iPhone 14 Plus are said to have the best battery life ever in an iPhone.
iPhone 14 Plus has A15 Bionic SoC that powers the vanilla iPhone 14 and the camera setup is also identical on both models.
iPhone 14 Pro
Apple has use surgical-grade stainless steel that’s said to be abrasion and corrosion-resistant.
The iPhone 14 Pro gets a 6.1-inch Super Retina XDR Always-On OLED display with Apple’s ProMotion refresh rate feature.
The iPhone 14 Pro can scale as low as 1Hz in order to provide a combination of smoother motion and power-efficient system.
iPhone 14 Pro display also offers the highest outdoor peak brightness in a smartphone: up to 2,000 nits, which is twice as bright as iPhone 13 Pro.
The iPhone 14 Pro comes with Ceramic Shield front cover which is to be tougher than any smartphone glass.
The major difference in display is the introduction of a pill-shape hole-punch cutout in place of the famous trend-setting notch.
Apple is calling it Dynamic Island, an “interactive space” that expands for notifications alongside other information such as music player, calling interface, Maps, among others.
The Apple says that the feature works with third-party apps.
Apple’s new in-house A16 Bionic SoC which is said to be the most powerful chip in a smartphone.
iPhone 14 Pro has two high-performance cores and four high-efficiency cores.
The new 6-core CPU is claim to be up to 40% faster than the competition.
The A16 Bionic SoC also features an accelerate 5-core GPU with a claim 50% more memory bandwidth and a new 16-core Neural Engine capable of nearly 17 trillion operations per second, Apple says.
Apple says that the CPU, GPU, Neural Engine, and image signal processor work together to support the new camera hardware and perform up to 4 trillion operations per photo.
Apple has gone a step ahead to refresh the camera hardware of the iPhone 14 Pro.
There is a new 48-megapixel main camera with second-generation sensor-shift optical image stabilisation and a 12-megapixel telephoto camera with 3x optical zoom, f/2.8 aperture lens and optical image stabilisation.
The third camera is a 12-megapixel sensor with f/2.2 aperture ultra-wide angle lens that has 120-degree field-of-view.
The quad-pixel sensor combines four pixels into one pixel for maximum light intake.
Which also enables a 2x Telephoto option and the new machine learning model allows the iPhone 14 Pro to shoot ProRAW.
iPhone 14 Pro also has Photonic Engine that is claim to offer a better low-light performance up to 2x on the main camera, up to 3x on the ultra wide camera, up to 2x on the telephoto camera, and up to 2x on the TrueDepth front camera that has 12-megapixel sensor and f/1.9 aperture lens.
iPhone 14 Pro Max
The iPhone 14 Pro Max equip with nearly the same hardware as the iPhone 14 Pro, the iPhone 14 Pro Max is an option for those who prefer larger displays.
The top-of-the-line iPhone 14 Pro Max gets a 6.7-inch Super Retina XDR OLED display with the same Apple’s ProMotion refresh rate feature.
iPhone 14 Pro Max gets a triple rear camera and all new machine learning and photography mode as the iPhone 14 Pro.
