This year, the iPhone 14 regular update, and the iPhone 14 Pro series has attracted most of its attractiveness due to the new Lingdong Island design and 48-megapixel main camera update. The iPhone 14 series has attracted much less attention. In addition, many people think that the iPhone 14 has not even been updated with the processor, so it is better to buy iPhone 13, which is much cheaper. As an alternative to larger screens, the more expensive price has made many people stay away from it. Is this phone really so unbearable?
, but it's just a bad price. The iPhone 14 Plus, which starts at 6999 yuan, will be sold for 7,000 yuan in 2022. If this price is placed in the Android camp, you can buy most top-end flagship phones, so users will naturally not buy it. But this price has not lasted for long. Less than a month after it was released, the price of the 128GB version has dropped to 5,700 yuan. At this time, this price finally allows us to face this phone well.
Assuming it is just an iPhone that costs more than 5,000 yuan, is it still so unbearable?
The answer is no.
First look at the performance part that has not been upgraded. iPhone 14 Plus is equipped with a previous generation A15 chip, but there is one more core of GPU, and the standard version finally used the full-blooded version of A15 this year. It goes without saying that performance is natural. Playing games like " Honor of Kings " and " Peace Elite " is really not under any pressure for it.
What about "Genshin Impact"? Although the larger body brings good heat dissipation, the performance of the iPhone 14 Plus in normal mode is actually not satisfactory. It only has an average frame rate of of 56.6fps in half an hour, and the frame rate in the second half fluctuates greatly, making the experience very poor. So we thought of the iPhone's game mode "Power Saving Mode". After turning on, the iPhone 14 Plus can actually achieve an average frame rate of 59fps during the half-hour running picture. The frame rate is very stable and the temperature is not high. The maximum temperature on the back is only 42.1 degrees, but the temperature level is just a level of temperature, which really surprises us.
It turns out that the larger body + power saving mode can really have a good experience. The iPhone 14 Plus game console is a real hit.
But all this is not important at all to me who doesn’t play mobile games.
I used iPhone 14 Plus for more than half a month, I felt the true fragrance of this phone, not these improvements in performance.
large screen, thin and light. These two adjectives seem to not exist for machines after iPhone 8 Plus. Especially for the Pro series machines, the stainless steel midframe, plus a larger camera module and battery, the 6.1-inch iPhone 14 Pro is all about 206g bare metal weight. After wearing the film and the shell, the weight reached the terrifying level of 240g. This is a 6.1-inch small screen phone. How much pressure does it put on your little finger when you hold it with one hand? After using the iPhone 13 Pro for a year, this weight completely dissuaded me from it.
and iPhone 14 Plus is a clear stream among recent generations of iPhones. It has a 6.7-inch screen and a bare metal weight of only 203g. What you feel after getting started is light, which is completely different from the excellent feel of other iPhones. The 6.7-inch large screen also makes me feel more enjoyable when watching videos outside. The parameters of the screen of
are not as good as those of the 14 Pro series, but they are still not weak. The resolution of 2778x1284, the pixel density of 458ppi, the maximum brightness of 800nits and the peak brightness of HDR of 1200nits can also have a good experience when watching HDR videos. Look back at the screen parameters of iPhone 12 Pro Max, and you will find that this is simply a screen, which is a real hammer of inventory.The larger body size of
also brings a larger battery to the iPhone 14 Plus, with a capacity of 4325mAh, which is a little bigger than the iPhone 14 Pro Max. The actual battery life of
is really unexpected. Thanks to the A15's excellent energy control and 60Hz screen, the iPhone 14 Plus has an almost abnormal battery life. Browse Weibo in one hour to consume 5% of the power, 8% of the power for video playback in one hour, 14% of the power for "Honor of Kings" in one hour, and 26% of the power for "Genshin Impact". After four hours of testing, 45% of the power remained.
This is still a test in a Wi-Fi environment. When you switch to outdoor 4G cellular data , the power consumption will definitely be much higher. I actually measured that from unplugging the power at 10 am to going home at 10 pm, going out for 12 hours, the remaining power is 20%, the screen time is close to 5 hours, and you are all going back to WeChat to browse Weibo and watch videos normally. This level is impossible for most Android phones now. This performance of the iPhone 14 Plus can make people feel very reassuring, and it is truly a complete farewell to battery life anxiety.
This is also the second reason why I chose iPhone 14 Plus. Its super long battery life allows me, a heavy mobile phone user, to use my phone with confidence and never bring this power bank when going out.
large screen, thin and long battery life. These three points are all the advantages of the iPhone 14 Plus, and the rest should be all the disadvantages.
is the imaging system first. IPhone 14 Plus has upgraded the main camera of the previous generation iPhone 13 Pro as usual, but it is still a 12-megapixel main camera. This pixel is far inferior to the Pro series that has been upgraded to 48-megapixel this year.
And the films taken, the effects of sharpening , applying, HDR, and other disgusting people are still there, without any improvement. The experience of taking photos with the original camera can be said to be a disaster level.
iPhone 14 Plus original camera main camera daytime sample
Fortunately, I bought an APP called NOMO RAW when I used iPhone 13 Pro. I used this APP to shoot, which gave me a lot of surprises.
NOMO RAW Main photographing daytime sample
NOMO RAW 2X Crop daytime sample
NOMO RAW 2X Crop daytime sample
NOMO RAW As the name suggests, you can take photos in RAW format with your mobile phone, even iPhone 13/14 that does not support ProRAW All series can be shot. Although the post-production space is far less than that of ProRAW, it is at least much better than the HEIF format directly out of the original camera.
In the settings, you can also choose to open, medium or turn off sharpening, turn off HDR photos, and even choose color space. The films taken with NOMO RAW have less sharpening effects and improved the appearance.
NOMO RAW 2X cropped night sample
NOMO RAW Another surprise I gave me was that it can call 2x lenses this time. As we all know, the iPhone 14 Pro, which has replaced the 48-megapixel main camera, provides 2x switches this time, and the 48-megapixel high-pixel cropping provides excellent picture quality support for this virtual double lens. NOMO RAW This is definitely an open API interface for Apple , which allows me to shoot twice without manually pulling it. The daily street sweeping shooting is much more convenient, but the picture quality is, how good can 12 million pixels be cut directly? It can only be said that it can be used.
NOMO RAW 2X crop night sample
I think the reason why Apple gave this API interface is also obvious. It is possible that the iPhone 15 series will use the 48-megapixel main camera of the iPhone 14 Pro series. At that time, even if there is no telephoto lens , users can still use this virtual double lens to shoot, which will naturally be much more convenient. Is the screen of
0Hz really difficult to use? High brush but difficult to use? I don't think this is the case. As a 120Hz high-refresh machine that has been using iPhone 13 Pro for a year and uses Samsung , Xiaomi and other 120Hz high-refresh machines for a short period of time, 60Hz will only make you feel stuck when you first used it. After using it for a day, you will get used to this state. Moreover, even if the iPhone 14 Pro is 80Hz refresh rate, it is not much better.
Select the 60Hz screen and replace it with the small bangs that I am more used to. I don’t need to endure the strange and impractical Lingdong Island anymore, nor do I need to worry about whether my screen is 120Hz or 80Hz. Isn’t this a kind of comfort?
iPhone 14 Plus is worth buying? At least the original price is absolutely not worth it. And if you are like me, you can buy the 512GB version for 8,199 yuan, or buy the 128GB version for 5,700 yuan during the Double Eleven promotion, which is a good price. But I always think that this is a choice that depends on demand. I want a large screen and a thin and lightweight screen, and I want a long battery life + iOS, so I only have iPhone 14 Plus to choose from, which is very cost-effective for me. If you don't have the same needs as me, choosing the iPhone 14 Pro series or other Android flagships may be more suitable for you.
