Since the release of the iPhone 14 series, many people think the Pro series is more worth buying, because the Pro series adopts a new Lingdong Island design, as well as Apple's A16 chip and 48MP main camera. And in most people's opinion, the standard iPhone 14 has almost no upgra

Since the release of the iPhone 14 series, many people think the Pro series is more worth buying because the Pro series adopts a brand new Lingdong Island design, as well as Apple A16 chip and 48MP main camera.

And in most people's opinion, the standard iPhone 14 has almost no upgrades and is not worth buying. For example, it adopts a bang design like the previous generation, and also uses the previous generation Apple A15 chip.

Next, we will analyze it in a comprehensive way to see how the iPhone 14 is like? Is it worth buying?

Appearance design

If you are from an old iPhone, you will get a brand new design in iPhone 14 models. But if you compare it with iPhone 13, they are the same. It is the same boxy design, including a similar-looking camera module with the lens placed diagonally. The only thing that can be distinguished from the previous generation is that it can only look at the color. iPhone 14 has added "new blue" and "new purple", which can be distinguished from the previous generation models.

Apple moved to a dynamic and smaller gap in the Pro series this year, which Apple called Lingdong Island. But the iPhone 14 retains the regular notch. I found the iPhone 14 to be built with a reliable quality, and its boxy design makes it easier to operate and use compared to the older iPhones.

Personally, I don't like big phones, so I think the size of the iPhone 14 is perfect. It is compact and can easily fit in the jeans pocket, making it comfortable all day with one hand.

display

The screen of the iPhone 14 is similar to what we saw in iPhone 13, but compared to the iPhone 11 and earlier you have, you will find that your screen experience has changed a lot.

iPhone 14 is equipped with a 6.1-inch super retina XDR display, the material is OLED. Although it does not reach the 2000 nit peak brightness on the Pro model, its 1200 nit HDR brightness is enough. The iPhone 14 provides an excellent viewing experience in all lighting conditions, including in the sun. Indoors, I found that a brightness level of around 50% is enough.

Considering that Apple introduced a 120Hz display in the Pro model last year, I would like to see a faster refresh rate screen on the iPhone 14 model, but that is not the case. On the contrary, the iPhone 14's screen remains at 60Hz, but the viewing experience is still good.

Camera

If you compare the iPhone 14 camera to last year's iPhone models, it hasn't changed much. However, for older iPhone users, things have changed a lot, especially in low-light photography. Sunlight shooting has also been significantly improved.

iPhone 14 has two rear cameras: the main camera and an ultra-wide-angle camera. Both use a 12MP sensor, the aperture of the main camera has been improved, and a new light image engine has been introduced, which has a more thorough image parsing and the photos taken are also more realistic and beautiful. For example, the red flower in the pot is clear and delicate, and the red is very beautiful.

front 12MP camera has added an automatic focus function. When taking selfies, the focus is faster and more accurate, and the selfies are more beautiful.

Core Performance

If you are using an older iPhone, another major upgrade to iPhone 14 is core performance. The phone uses the A15 Bionic chipset, which also runs last year’s iPhone 13 series. But Apple said that the chips used to run iPhone 14 models provide about 18% improvement in performance compared to the iPhone 13. In terms of details, the iPhone 14 uses the same A15 chipset, but adds a 5-core GPU for better gaming performance.

There is another point here: iPhone 14 RAM is 6GB, while iPhone 13 RAM is 4GB.

A15 Bionic chip is a powerful chip that can handle multitasking and gaming well. So, when it comes to performance, using the iPhone 14 is very smooth.

battery

Although iPhones have provided first-class performance and camera experience for many years, the battery has been a problem, especially on smaller iPhones.

Although the battery capacity of the iPhone 14 is not much improved based on the previous generation, from 3095mAh to 3279mAh, Apple said that the iPhone 14 can last 20 hours when playing videos, 1 hour more than the previous generation.

However, a disappointing factor is that there is still no fast charging support, which has become very common on Android phones. Like the iPhone 13, the new iPhone 14 only supports 20W fast charging.

Conclusion

Now the question is, is iPhone 14 worth buying?

For this problem, in my opinion, it varies from person to person.

iPhone 14 is not suitable for people who already have iPhone 13. Apple knows this, the iPhone 13 is already a very good phone, and now, as the price drops, it is more fragrant.

However, people who are still using some older iPhone models, such as iPhone 11 or iPhone XR, for these users, from all aspects mentioned in the article, the iPhone 14 is worth buying.