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iPhone 14 and 14 Pro review: A picture is worth a thousand dollars - Ars Technica

iPhone 14 and 14 Pro review: A picture is worth a thousand dollars - Ars Technica

iPhone 14 and 14 Pro review: A picture is worth a thousand dollars - Ars Technica
Sep 21, 2022 2 mins, 0 secs

Because the iPhone 14 is such a modest year-over-year update, we’ve lumped it in with the 14 Pro in this review.

The iPhone 14’s most important advantages over the iPhone 13 are in battery life and photo quality.

Whereas the iPhone 13 advertises up to 19 hours of video playback, the iPhone 14 promises up to 20.

It’s not much of a jump (and we didn't notice it) but hey, we’ll take what we can get since few things are more important than battery life.

As for photo quality, we’ll look at some comparison shots in the camera section of this review, but here’s the quick rundown: there’s a new front-facing, TrueDepth camera with a faster aperture and support for autofocus.

The wide-angle camera on the back of the iPhone 14 has a larger sensor and a faster aperture, and it promises 49 percent better low-light photo performance than its predecessor.

On October 7, Apple plans to launch a new iPhone 14 model called the iPhone 14 Plus.

It will likely be identical to the iPhone 14, just with a 6.7-inch screen (the same size as the iPhone 14 Pro Max) instead of 6.1 inches.

This year, the iPhone 14 Plus replaces the much smaller 5.4-inch iPhone 13 mini in the flagship lineup, though Apple is still selling the iPhone 13 mini for users who prefer one-handed phones at the cost of screen size and battery life.

But if you’re on an XS or earlier, there are some substantial upgrades here; for more on those, check out our iPhone 13 and 13 Pro review from last year.

The iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max are the first devices to use Apple’s new A16 SoC, the first iPhone chip built on a 4 nm process.

The screen sizes and display resolutions for all three phones are the same as last year: 6.1 inches and 2,556×1,179 pixels for the iPhone 14 Pro, 6.7 inches and 2,796×1,290 for the iPhone 14 Pro Max, and 6.1 inches and 2,532×1,170 for the iPhone 14.

The iPhone 14 offers 800 nits of typical max brightness and 1,200 nits of peak HDR brightness—the same as the iPhone 13.

Last year, Apple introduced ProMotion to the iPhone, enabling dynamic refresh rates from 10 Hz to 120 Hz.

This feature requires the updated sensors, so it won't be available in older iPhones, but it's available across the iPhone 14 line as well as new Apple Watch models launching this year.

In any case, Apple promises modestly improved battery life in the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max.

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