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iPhone 14 merchandise time is here! Yes, the hold for Apple's latest (and greatest) smartphones is over, with the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max each present disposable to buy. The iPhone 14 Plus volition travel connected October 7.

Any iPhone motorboat time is simply a notable event, arsenic anxious buyers effort to get their hands connected the caller models. And based connected our reviews, there's plentifulness of reasons wherefore radical would privation one. 

As our iPhone 14 review, iPhone 14 Pro review and iPhone 14 Pro Max review marque clear, each 3 phones delivered large results successful our testing, making our best phones list. You'll find much connected that below.

But it's not each bully news. iPhone 14 transportation times person been delayed for immoderate people, and determination are besides reports of respective iPhone 14 bugs adjacent astatine this aboriginal stage.

Our iPhone 14 motorboat unrecorded blog volition bring you each the latest connected the caller phones arsenic radical get their hands connected them. We'll besides beryllium sharing our tips and tricks connected getting the champion from them and from iOS 16, to marque definite you person the champion imaginable acquisition today.

And if there's immoderate questions you privation answered oregon thing tested we didn't get to yet, driblet america a enactment successful the comments.

iPhone 14 reviews

iPhone 14 Pro Max

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iPhone 14 review (from $799)
Rating:
4 stars

The regular iPhone 14 is the champion caller iPhone for astir radical due to the fact that it's the astir affordable. You get faster show signifier the A15 Bionic wrong past year's iPhone 13 Pro, arsenic good arsenic an improved camera with amended low-light show (thanks to a caller Photonic Engine) and bigger sensor. The Action mode video is besides compellingly smooth. But the plan is the aforesaid arsenic past twelvemonth and you don't get a 120Hz show oregon telephoto zoom similar the Galaxy S22. 

iPhone 14 Pro review (from $999)
Rating:
4.5 stars

Meet the champion telephone nether $1,000. The iPhone 14 Pro features a almighty 48MP main camera and a beauteous show with always-on capability, making it casual to spot the time, artillery life, widgets and notifications astatine a glance. You besides get the champion show with A16 Bionic, portion the Dynamic Island is simply a fantastic replacement for the notch. But the deficiency of a SIM paper tray whitethorn annoy some, and the Photonic Engine tin beryllium a spot excessively assertive with brightening pics. 

iPhone 14 Pro Max review (from $1,099)
Rating:
5 stars

It's precise uncommon that we springiness immoderate instrumentality a 5-star rating, but the iPhone 14 Pro Max earns that grant by offering everything the iPhone 14 Pro does positive a larger show and genuinely epic artillery life. The iPhone 14 Pro Max lasted an mean of 13 hours and 39 minutes connected our web surfing test, placing it adjacent the apical of our champion telephone artillery beingness list. And you get the aforesaid blazing A16 Bionic performance, fantastic camera strategy with amended low-light show and Action mode video and Dynamic Island. 

iPhone 14 deals: champion income truthful far

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Verizon: up to $1,000 disconnected @ Verizon (opens successful caller tab)
Verizon is taking up to $1,000 each iPhone 14 models. You'll request to commercialized successful your aged telephone and unfastened an eligible 5G information program to get this deal. However, via this promo you tin get an iPhone 14 Pro for free. Plus, if you power from a competing bearer you'll get a $200 eGift card. (Current Verizon members tin get up to $800 disconnected an iPhone 14 via trade-in). 

AT&T: up to $1,000 disconnected @ AT&T (opens successful caller tab)
New and existing AT&T customers tin sound up to $1,000 disconnected immoderate caller iPhone 14 via trade-in. You'll besides request to beryllium signed up to 1 of AT&T's qualifying unlimited plans to get this deal.

Visible: $200 acquisition paper + escaped AirPods 3 @ Visible (opens successful caller tab)
Verizon-owned Visible has a beauteous saccharine woody connected Apple's caller iPhones. You'll request to acquisition your telephone astatine regular/full price, but Visible volition propulsion successful a escaped $200 virtual acquisition paper and escaped brace of AirPods 3 ($179 value). If you don't person an aged telephone to commercialized in, this is among the champion offers we've seen. 

T-Mobile: free w/ trade-in @ T-Mobile (opens successful caller tab)
The Magenta web is offering galore discounts connected Apple's full iPhone 14 lineup. You tin either get 1 escaped with trade-in + prime Magenta Max plans oregon you tin bargain 1 and get $700 disconnected different iPhone 14 erstwhile you activate 2 caller lines (or activate a caller enactment for an existing account). 

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One of the questions I got connected my iPhone 14 Pro Max reappraisal connected YouTube was whether the Dynamic Island is pugnacious to scope erstwhile utilizing 1 hand. My reply was yes, but Apple already has a solution connected the mode to marque things easier.

As reported by 9to5Mac (opens successful caller tab), the iOS 16.1 beta integrates the Dynamic Island into the Reachability diagnostic nether settings. So erstwhile you crook the diagnostic on, the Island volition really determination on with the remainder of the show halfway down the screen. That's a useful upgrade. 

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iPhone 14 vs iPhone 14 Pro Max backmost  cameras

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Like immoderate caller iPhone, the iPhone 14 is not immune to motorboat time issues. An iPhone 14 bug was initially preventing users from mounting up their devices implicit Wi-Fi. But this occupation has seemingly been addressed.

According to The Verge (opens successful caller tab), Apple has released an iOS 16.0.1 update that "should resoluteness immoderate activation oregon migration issues facing owners of the caller iPhone." However, enactment that users whitethorn request to update and reconstruct their phones utilizing a Mac oregon PC to lick this problem.

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iPhone 14 Pro ever  connected  show  enactment    document

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Whoops! It looks similar Apple itself was alert of the rumors that the iPhone 14 Pro bid was going to person dual cutouts astatine the apical of the screen. As reported by MacRumors (opens successful caller tab), Apple has been showing a punch spread and pill shaped cutout for the iPhone 14 successful assorted enactment documents, adjacent though the caller Dynamic Island uses a azygous cutout.

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iPhone 14 vs. Samsung Galaxy S22

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As bully arsenic the iPhone 14 is, it's not needfully the champion telephone successful its terms range. Case successful point: the Samsung Galaxy S22. Samsung's $799 handset offers a 120Hz show and 3x telephoto zoom, 2 features the regular iPhone 14 lacks.

Here's a speedy overview of four ways the Galaxy S22 beats the iPhone 14. But we besides spell implicit wherever Apple beats Samsung. Plus, we person a afloat face-off coming up this play to state a definitive winner. 

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A graphic showing the caller   iPhone lineup pursuing  the motorboat  of iPhone 14.

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With immoderate caller iPhone motorboat you'll find that Apple gives immoderate older phones the axe. So beryllium definite to spot our overview of the iPhones Apple has discontinued (opens successful caller tab) pursuing the iPhone 14's release. 

The iPhone 11 is nary more, and there's nary iPhone 12 mini, either. The iPhone 11 going distant hurts astir arsenic there's nary coagulated sub-$500 iPhone successful Apple's lineup present with a surface size 6 inches oregon bigger. 

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iPhone 14 vs iPhone 14 Pro Max

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The iPhone 14 is simply a bully phone, but you should truly cognize astir each of the differences betwixt it and the iPhone 14 Pro earlier you buy. Our iPhone 14 vs iPhone 14 Pro (opens successful caller tab) examination breaks it each down truthful you'll beryllium capable to marque the astir informed decision.

Here's the gist. The iPhone 14 Pro has a clump of exclusive features, including always-on display, Dynamic Island and a 48MP main camera. But that's not all. 

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iPhone 14 Pro Max

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We conscionable finished a mates of much artillery tests connected the iPhone 14 Pro Max, and we person bully news. Apple's 6.7-inch flagship lasted an fantabulous 13 hours and 39 minutes connected average, which puts this telephone connected our best telephone artillery life list. 

Anything supra 11.5 hours is considered excellent. Stay tuned for much results for each the caller iPhones! 

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iPhone 14 Pro Max

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Early benchmarks earlier the iPhone 14's accomplishment suggested that it mightiness not beryllium arsenic almighty arsenic radical hoped.

We needn't person worried, though — due to the fact that ain benchmarks archer a precise antithetic communicative astir conscionable however almighty the A16 Bionic truly is. 

In short: Apple has solidified its pb successful the mobile system-on-chip space, due to the fact that the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max are the fastest and astir almighty phones ever. Get the afloat communicative successful our iPhone 14 benchmarks trial report.

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Action mode is different caller iPhone 14 feature, and the champion mode to amusement it disconnected is to simply ticker immoderate footage with it turned connected and off. And it’s beauteous casual to do; you conscionable property a fastener successful the camera app erstwhile signaling video, and you should spot creaseless and dependable video, arsenic if you were utilizing a gimbal.

Running up this incline connected a path, you tin spot that the video is overmuch much unchangeable with Action mode turned on. With it off, it looks similar I’m veering wildly from broadside to side. Our iPhone 14 Pro Max review has much comparisons for you to cheque out.

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Ever wondered what the wrong of an iPhone 14 Pro Max looks like? No, don't spell prying disconnected the backmost of your caller phone, that's not a bully idea. Instead, instrumentality a look astatine the supra iPhone 14 Pro Max teardown video by PBKreviews (opens successful caller tab), which takes isolated the caller instrumentality piece-by-piece to comparison it with the iPhone 13 Pro Max

It's fascinating worldly if you're funny successful what's wrong your telephone alternatively than conscionable what it tin do.

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Emergency SOS via outer  connected  iPhone 14

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The iPhone 14's Emergency SOS via Satellite option is different caller diagnostic for Apple's latest handset, and this one's disposable connected each models alternatively than conscionable the Pro. 

It presently has constricted planetary coverage, successful that it's lone disposable successful the U.S. and Canada, but bully quality is connected the way: the iPhone 14's outer connectivity could beryllium coming to much countries this year.

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iPhone 14 Pro Dynamic Island

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The Dynamic Island is interactive, too. Long pressing this country brings up much controls, specified arsenic playback, truthful you don’t person to support jumping betwixt aggregate apps oregon swipe down from the apical of the screen. 

It gets better. As third-party developers pat into Apple’s Live Activites API, you’ll beryllium capable to spot the presumption of your Lyft ride, the people from your favourite NFL squad oregon the ETA for your nutrient transportation order. Now that’s smart, and it worked good successful our testing.

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iPhone 14 Pro Max

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Another large caller iPhone 14 diagnostic is the Dynamic Island recovered connected the 2 Pro models. You’re going to beryllium proceeding this connection a lot, truthful let's interruption down what it means. Dynamic Island is the replacement for the notch connected the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max. 

This pill-shaped cutout doesn’t conscionable location the TrueDepth camera and tech for Face ID; it delivers info and changes signifier connected the fly. You could commencement a timer and spot the countdown timepiece towards the apical of your screen, oregon medium creation for the euphony playing oregon the adjacent crook for Apple Maps.

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iPhone 14 Pro always-on display

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You mightiness deliberation from the sanction that the always-on show volition ever be… well, on. But Apple has now confirmed that determination are immoderate instances wherever the always-on show volition temporarily crook off

There are 8 of these, including erstwhile your iPhone is look down, successful a pouch oregon container and erstwhile Low Power Mode is switched on, with the thought being that disabling the diagnostic astatine these times volition assistance you sphere artillery beingness connected your phone.

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iPhone 14 Pro Max

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A fewer bugs and immoderate (inevitable) delays aside, it's beauteous overmuch each bully quality arsenic acold arsenic the iPhone 14 scope goes. In fact, determination are truthful galore positives — peculiarly with the Pro models — that it's hard to cognize wherever to start.

But to prime 1 astatine random, however astir the caller iPhone 14 Pro always-on display?

This shows you a low-brightness mentation of your existent fastener screen, allowing you to cheque your notifications, your iOS 16 fastener surface widgets, and of people the clock.

It's thing Android phones person had a mentation of for immoderate time, but nary look rather arsenic pretty, oregon amusement rather arsenic overmuch astatine once, arsenic the AOD Apple's developed.

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There's besides a bug that reportedly affects iMessage and FaceTime. According to 9to5Mac (opens successful caller tab), this tin permission users incapable to person messages and calls, oregon iMessages to beryllium sent with the generic greenish bubbles to different iPhone users.

Fortunately, determination is simply a hole for this one, which we item successful our iPhone 14 merchandise time bugs article.

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iPhone 14

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So what tin you look guardant to if you bash person a shiny caller iPhone 14 successful your mitts today? Well, mostly tons of precise bully things, but besides a mates of flimsy negatives.

We'll commencement with the negatives, conscionable due to the fact that they're freshly reported. For instance, it seems there's an iPhone 14 activation bug which mightiness beryllium causing the set-up process to neglect for immoderate people. 

This comes from MacRumors (opens successful caller tab), which says it's seen an interior Apple memo wherever the iPhone 14 doesn't link to unfastened Wi-Fi networks erstwhile being acceptable up. The workaround is to alternatively usage a PC oregon Mac for that portion of the process, which isn't the astir elegant solution. Hopefully Apple volition benignant this contented retired quickly.

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iPhone 14 vs iPhone 14 Pro Max

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The information that truthful galore radical privation to get their hands connected the iPhone 14 Pro models is hardly a astonishment — successful fact, we deliberation the quality betwixt the basal exemplary and its much costly siblings is greater than ever.

Why? Well, determination are aggregate reasons including the information that the Pro replaces the divisive notch with the truly clever Dynamic Island, the camera upgrade to a 48MP sensor and the accrued artillery life.  

Here, our Global Editor successful Chief Mark Spoonauer explains wherefore the iPhone 14 Pro is mode amended than iPhone 14.

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iPhone 14 Pro

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Nor is the concern conscionable atrocious for radical looking to bargain immoderate iPhone 14 Pro models contiguous — adjacent immoderate radical who preordered those phones are being told they mightiness not get their handset connected time.

According to 9to5Mac, multiple iPhone 14 preorders person been delayed astatine the 11th hour. Many person contacted them to explicit their vexation astatine the estimated transportation dates slipping to September 23. And immoderate person adjacent been pushed backmost to September 30.

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A screenshot showing iPhone 14 Pro Max delays

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In the U.K., for instance, wherever Apple stores are already open, I tin bid an iPhone 14 Pro close present and prime it up from my section outlet tomorrow. However, the iPhone 14 Pro Max is showing arsenic unavailable to cod from immoderate of the 12 nearest stores.

There are nary specified problems with the basal iPhone 14: that's readily disposable for prime up time successful aggregate colors and configurations. 

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ModelEstimated transportation day (U.S.)Estimated transportation day (U.K.)
iPhone 14September 20September 21
iPhone 14 Plus October 7October 7
iPhone 14 Pro October 17-24October 18-25
iPhone 14 Pro MaxOctober 24-31October 25-November 1

Good morning, and invited to Tom's Guide's iPhone 14 motorboat time unrecorded blog. 

Let's commencement by talking astir hold times. As the array supra shows, immoderate caller iPhone 14 models are acold easier to get clasp of than others. For instance, if you bid the basal iPhone 14 today, it should beryllium delivered arsenic soon arsenic adjacent week. But if you privation the iPhone 14 Pro Max, you mightiness person to hold until the extremity of October to get your hands connected it! 

In-store availability is perchance amended than that, but it volition beryllium connected which exemplary you privation and wherever you are. Either way, it's wide that the Pro models are successful greater request than ever this year. 

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