iPhone 14 has been released for a long time. Recently, many friends often ask me which one is worth buying, iPhone 14 or iPhone 13?
I can understand why there is such a question. After all, the gap between iPhone 14 and iPhone 13 is too small, so small that it is difficult for you to use iPhone 14 as an iterative model to view it.
First of all, let’s take a look at the price. The iPhone 14 currently has a 128GB starting version price of 5,999 yuan. There is no discount for the new phone. It is expected that there will be no big drop in Double 11 this year; the iPhone 13 has an official drop of 600 yuan, and 128GB only costs 5,399 yuan, which has a more advantage in price. Therefore, which one is more worth buying from the so-called iPhone 14 or iPhone 13, mainly depends on whether the upgrade of iPhone 14 is worth the extra 600 yuan. Let me take a look at these upgrade points below!
01 Fully-blooded version A15+ cooling, has the gaming experience improved?
iPhone 14 compared to iPhone 13 is the processor and heat dissipation. First of all, the processor has been replaced by A15 to a full-blooded version of A15. The full-blooded version of A15 has 5 GPU cores, which has one more GPU core than ordinary A15. The theoretically, the graphics capabilities are more outstanding.
This is also reflected in the running score. The iPhone 14's 3D Mark Wild Life Extreme score has indeed improved a little, so is there a better performance in terms of games?
first talk about the answer, but in fact there is no!
iPhone 14 Half-hour Genshin Impact Average frame rate 56.2fps
iPhone 13 Half-hour Genshin Impact Average Frame Rate 59.7fps
Image Average Frame Rate 59.7fps
Image Frame Rate 59.7fps
Image Frame Rate 14 Half-hour Genshin Impact Average Frame Rate 59.7fps6
Image Frame Rate 59.7fps6
Image Frame Rate 14 Half-hour Genshin Impact Average Frame Rate 56.2fps, which is lower than the score when I first got my phone. It may be related to the recent new system version (iOS 16.0.2). In comparison, iPhone 13 (iOS) The score of 16.0.1) meets the consistent level of A15, and can run above 59fps throughout the whole process, and the experience is still very smooth. In terms of heat dissipation, from the perspective of disassembly, the design of iPhone 14 is indeed very different from that of iPhone 13. It adopts a sandwich structure and adds an aluminum plate between the screen, the battery and the motherboard, similar to the metal middle frame commonly used in Android phones, which is theoretically beneficial to body heat dissipation.
iPhone 14 half hour Genshin Impact back shell temperature
iPhone 13 half hour Genshin Impact back shell temperature
Half hour Genshin Impact back shell temperature
Half hour Genshin Impact back shell temperature
Half hour After "Genshin Impact", the maximum temperature of the iPhone 14 rear shell reached 50.1℃, while the iPhone 13 is 47℃. Combined with the previous game frame rate, the heat dissipation effect of this metal plate is actually not very obvious. Should the phone heat or heat, and the game frame rate is not very stable.
Therefore, compared with the pile of materials on the heat dissipation, different versions of the systems have a greater impact on the gaming experience. From this point alone, we can see that if you just play games, there is indeed no obvious difference between the experience of iPhone 14 and iPhone 13, even if the configuration parameters of the former are better.
02 A larger 12 million main camera, has the photography experience improved?
After chatting about the game, let’s talk about taking photos.
First of all, the iPhone 14 has indeed upgraded some camera configurations. Although the main camera and ultra-wide angle are still 12 million pixels, the main camera sensor is larger in size and also uses a brand new light image engine.
light image engine can help mobile phones select the best pixels and blend them in multiple exposures. It can retain richer image data. In essence, it is an image generation algorithm based on RAW domain multi-frame synthesis + AI algorithm. Of course, this depends on a more powerful ISP to quickly and accurately process these original image data. The advantage is that even if we are in a dark light environment, we can take vivid photos.
iPhone 14 main camera dark-light sample
iPhone 13 main camera dark-light sample
The author also tried it with curiosity. Judging from the dark-light test, the overall brightness of the iPhone 14 sample is indeed higher, the color saturation is higher, and the grass is greener, but the overall picture quality and appearance are not far from that of the iPhone 13. If you don’t even look closely, the difference between them is not particularly obvious.In short, the iPhone 14, supported by the light image engine and larger sensor, has not brought much improvement in photography, which may disappoint many consumers.
Finally, there is something to say:
Compared with iPhone 13, iPhone 14 has certain upgrades in all aspects. In addition to the processor and photography mentioned above, iPhone 14 has a larger battery, and its battery life has been improved, but the range is very small, so the experience gap is even smaller. Secondly, the front camera finally supports autofocus, so focusing is easier when shooting Vlog or video. There is also a car accident detection. This function is interesting, but it has little impact on daily experience.
In short, in my opinion, these upgrade perceptions are not very obvious, and it is difficult to bring a significant improvement in experience. Therefore, it is not wrong to say that the iPhone 14 is the same as the iPhone 13 in terms of experience. Therefore, if you are an iPhone 13 user, there is no need to upgrade to iPhone 14; of course, if you want to choose one of the two, it is recommended to give priority to the iPhone 13 with higher cost performance. If you are not short of money, the iPhone 14 as a new phone is still quite good.
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