iPhone 14 | Everything We Know (Release date, Price, Specifications)

 

The iPhone 14 is about a month away so here's everything that we know so far. Let's start with the potential event dates because that will be coming up sooner than you think there have been rumors pointing to September 6th or the 7th a few days after labor day but traditionally apple doesn't really like to do that all too often and even last year they actually had the event scheduled the following week but according to Bloomberg's mark german apple is, in fact, planning to hold its first fall event on Wednesday, September 7th which will likely again feature the iPhone 14 models as well as the apple watch series 8.

Now, this year apple should again introduce four phones but the lineup is going to be a little bit different. We can expect to see a 6.1-inch iPhone 14 and a 6.1-inch iPhone 14 pro as well as a 6.7-inch iPhone 14 max and the pro counterpart in the iPhone 14 pro max. Instead of a mini iPhone, we're going the complete opposite this year and getting non-pro larger iPhones.

Another big change will in fact take place with the notch or in this case the removal of the notch in favor of a new pill-shaped cutout which will house the face id dot projector and other face id components and then a second circular cutout will accommodate the front-facing camera. The non-pro models are expected to continue with the standard notch so if you're a big fan of it well then you might want to consider going with a non-pro model.

Now last year the iPhone 13 pro models received 120-hertz pro motion technology and that will continue to be exclusive to the pro models again this year as well as a new always-on-display feature. Now with the always-on-display technology ios, 16 wallpapers will feature a sleep state that will darken the wallpaper to use less energy, the darker tint will be suitable for a dimmed always-on-display and it will likely activate and turn brighter when the display is actively turned on.

The iPhone 14 pro models are also expected to get an upgrade in the chassis department with an upgrade from stainless steel to titanium. The non-pro models will continue to stick with aluminum but it looks like the frame of the pro models and again another exclusive pro model feature is going to get a little bit more durable with that upgrade to titanium.

Now if we go ahead and look at the back of the iPhone from a camera perspective Apple is expected to introduce a 48-megapixel camera up from 12 which is kind of a big jump here with 8k video recording capabilities. There could also be some good improvements to the telephoto lens and we may see a better ultra-wide camera as well. Now the 48-megapixel wide main sensor the telephoto lens improvements and the lidar scanner will continue to be pro-only features. Again apple is trying to distance itself much more so than in years past with the pro and non-pro phones. Now as for the front-facing camera all models will get an improved lens with a wide aperture and autofocus capabilities.

In addition to those camera improvements and the notch changes the iPhone 14 pro models could get an updated a16 chip while the non-pro models will continue to use the a15 chip that's currently found in the iPhone 13 lineup. If this happens it will mark the first time that apple has put a faster chip in a pro-iPhone model and with past devices both standard and pro phones have used the exact same chip and it's also rumored that these pro models will offer eight gigabytes of ram so as you can see by the theme here it really looks like apple is paying more attention and adding in these pro features to the pro models and kind of forcing people's hands for those who want those features at an upgrade.

There have also been a few minor rumors out there like the wi-fi 6e making its way into these new phones for 2022. Two terabytes of storage could now be possible which is up from one terabyte last year for the pro models and it might look like the new iPhone 14 might not come with a physical sim slot but instead strictly rely on e-sim. Apple will also increase the prices of the iPhone 14 pro models, no shock there compared to the iPhone 13 pro models. According to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Quo, while he stopped short of providing exact pricing Quo said that the average selling price of the iPhone 14 lineup as a whole should increase by about 15%. If an iPhone 14 pro and pro max pricing go up by around 10 the 14 pros could start at around 10.99 and the iPhone 14 pro max would start at around 11.99 but the exact pricing is again not known just an estimate so look at about a 10 to 15%. Price increases depending on which phone you go with prior rumors have suggested that the standard iPhone models will not see price increases so there is a benefit there for the non-pro models. If you decide to make that jump this year you shouldn't see a price increase.

Of course, I would love to know your thoughts on everything that we know about the iPhone 14 down in the comments below. Now that you have kind of all this information does it look like you might go from maybe you being a non-pro user to a pro phone because of all these new changes, again I would love to know your thoughts on those comments? See ya!