It’s official: the iPhone 14 is here. Following months of leaks and speculation, Apple formally announced the latest summation to its smartphone lineup during its “Far Out” lawsuit connected Wednesday, wherever the institution besides gave america a glimpse of the long-rumored Apple Watch Ultra, a new Apple Watch SE, and the second-gen AirPods Pro.

Apple’s caller iPhone 14 bid consists of the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, and iPhone 14 Pro Max. Preorders for each of the phones volition commencement connected September 9th, with the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Pro, and iPhone 14 Pro Max slated to get connected September 16th. The iPhone 14 Plus, meanwhile, won’t beryllium disposable until October 7th.

The iPhone 14 and 14 Plus bring distant a fig of changes to the iPhone lineup, including exigency messaging via outer and amended artillery life, portion retaining Apple’s A15 Bionic chipset. The premium iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max, connected the different hand, besides tout the aforementioned outer functionality successful summation to a caller 48MP main camera, an always-on display, and adjacent a notch replacement that displays notifications successful existent time.

However, fixed each telephone differs truthful overmuch successful presumption of features and pricing — the entry-level iPhone 14 starts astatine $799 — you whitethorn beryllium wondering which exemplary is close for you. To assistance you marque consciousness of Apple’s crowded lineup, we’ve summarized and compared the specs of each exemplary (along with the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Mini from past year). And portion we haven’t formally reviewed the iPhone 14 arsenic of yet, we person published our archetypal hands-on impressions if you privation a person look astatine Apple’s forthcoming flagships.

Both the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max travel with an always-on display. Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge

New features, artillery life, and much

Regardless of which iPhone 14 exemplary you buy, determination are a fewer changes and features that use crossed the board. The US models, for instance, no longer diagnostic a carnal SIM tray but spell each successful connected eSIMs instead, which shouldn’t interaction those connected a large bearer but could beryllium to beryllium a hindrance with immoderate providers. In addition, the full iPhone 14 lineup runs connected iOS 16 retired of the box, truthful you’ll beryllium capable to, say, edit sent messages and adhd widgets to your fastener surface nary substance which telephone you buy.

All of the caller phones volition besides enactment satellite-based Emergency SOS starting successful November. This volition marque it imaginable to nonstop messages via connection satellites erstwhile you don’t person a compartment signal. While it’s a premium service, those who acquisition an iPhone 14 exemplary volition beryllium capable to usage the diagnostic for escaped for 2 years. Additionally, each telephone successful the iPhone 14 lineup — arsenic good arsenic the Apple Watch Series 8 — offers the quality to automatically link you with exigency services if it detects you’ve been progressive successful a car accident.

Apple’s satellite-based Emergency SOS diagnostic is simply a archetypal for the iPhone. Image: Apple

Yet that’s wherever galore of the similarities end. In summation to price, each of the phones alteration successful presumption of artillery beingness and size. The iPhone 14, for example, starts astatine $799, but for $100 more, you tin bargain the iPhone 14 Plus, which comes with a larger 6.7-inch show and longer artillery life. The iPhone 14 Plus offers up to 26 hours of video playback connected paper, arsenic opposed to the iPhone 14, which maxes retired astatine 20 hours. Interestingly, the iPhone 14 Plus artillery adjacent beats the artillery beingness connected the $999 iPhone 14 Pro, which supposedly offers a maximum of 23 hours of video playback. This means the cheaper iPhone 14 Plus boasts artillery beingness lone 2nd to the $1,099 iPhone 14 Pro Max, which offers up to 29 hours.

The iPhone 14 (left) and the iPhone 14 Plus (right). Image: Apple

Similarities abound

However, successful different ways, the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus aren’t each that different. They some usage past year’s A15 Bionic chipset and stock the aforesaid dual-camera system, which consists of a caller ultrawide camera and a 12-megapixel main shooter. Both besides diagnostic a caller 12-megapixel TrueDepth camera with autofocus that tin seizure radical shots from a greater distance. Apple besides claims that it has improved low-light representation prime by 49 percent and made Night Mode up to doubly arsenic accelerated — thing we person yet to trial retired successful practice. Each telephone successful the iPhone 14 lineup features Apple’s caller Action Mode arsenic well, which should stabilize video portion you’re signaling overmuch successful the aforesaid mode a gimbal would. All of the models besides athletics a cinematic mode that tin grounds 4K solution astatine 30fps and 4K astatine 24fps.

Unlike the modular iPhone models, the iPhone 14 Pro features a three-camera array. Photo by Allison Johnson / The Verge

If you’re looking for a much almighty camera system, though, look to the iPhone 14 Pro lineup. While the 6.1-inch iPhone 14 Pro is lighter and smaller than the 6.7-inch iPhone 14 Pro Max, they connection the aforesaid three-camera strategy and 48MP main camera, which is the archetypal clip we’ve seen specified a sensor successful an iPhone. The Pro models are besides equipped with Apple’s caller A16 Bionic spot and a 1TB retention option, which is absent from the iPhone 14 and 14 Plus. They besides diagnostic an always-on, 120Hz ProMotion precocious refresh complaint show that does distant with the notch. In its place, you’ll find a pill-shaped cutout called the “Dynamic Island” that tin determination astir and show assorted notifications, alerts, and activities successful existent time.

By the numbers

That’s conscionable a glimpse of immoderate of the main differences separating each exemplary successful the iPhone 14 lineup. For a much thorough breakdown, however, we’ve gathered each the applicable specs truthful you tin comparison them for yourself successful the illustration below. We’ve adjacent included the last-gen iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Mini if you’re reasoning astir upgrading from 1 of past year’s models. Although, support successful caput that the iPhone 13 Mini whitethorn beryllium the past of its kind.

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