This year, iPhone 14 Plus replaced iPhone 13 mini. This phone has been particularly controversial after it was launched, and neither consumers nor the media are optimistic about this phone. In the end, the price of the iPhone 14 Plus also plunged. The 128GB version has dropped below 6,000 yuan. It was more than 1,000 yuan cheaper than when it was released in more than a month. Even the price reduction of Android phones is very rare. So, what exactly happened to the iPhone 14 Plus? Is it worth buying?
iPhone 14 Plus uses a large 6.7-inch screen, which is the mainstream size of Android phones. Apple launches iPhone 14 Plus, which will definitely not exclusively occupy users like the iPhone 13 mini, and can harvest the entire market without any effort. The iPhone 14 Plus must compete with major Android manufacturers, but in terms of product strength, the iPhone 14 Plus has no advantage over the Android phone.
The same goes for Apple's always excellent processor. The iPhone 14 Plus is still equipped with Apple's A15 processor, which has no improvement compared to the previous generation of iPhone 13 series. This year, the Android camp happened to have two magic Us, Snapdragon 8+ Gen1 and Dimensity 9000+. The iPhone 14 Plus Apple A15 has no advantage in performance compared to the two flagship chips in the Android camp. Even the GPU performance of Apple A15 was supervised by Snapdragon 8+ Gen1. The only possibility that Apple adds points in performance is iOS.
1 iPhone 14 Plus has no advantage in performance, and it is even more impossible to have advantages in other places, and it is more of a shortcoming. For example, Apple's 20W "extremely fast charging" stayed at the level of the Android camp six years ago. It took two hours to fully charge the battery. Compared with the flagship phones that can be filled in half an hour in the Android camp, the user experience directly widened the gap. Moreover, the iPhone 14 Plus also uses the Lightning interface, and the data cable versatility is also very poor. The 60Hz low refresh rate screen is not available even for a thousand-yuan phone, but the iPhone 14 Plus insists on using it.
and iPhone 12 series started, Apple changed to a right-angle border design. This design is suitable for small-screen phones such as iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 13 mini. As a 6.7-inch large-screen phone, the iPhone 14 Plus has a body width of 78.1mm, which is wider than many Android large-screen flagships. In this case, the use of right-angle frames has a serious harsh feel, which is very easy to fall off due to discomfort in the hands. Although it can be solved through the phone case in the later stage, this method invisibly increases the weight of the phone and is not advisable.
1 iPhone 14 Plus itself has great problems, 20W fast charging, does not support high refresh rate, and extremely poor feel. Apple's squeezed toothpaste everywhere, which ultimately led to the poor sales of this phone. The iPhone 14 Plus is not just a matter of price, so even if its price dips by 1,000 yuan, it is still not worth buying, after all, it has no competitiveness.
