IPhone 14

Compatible networks3G / 4G LTE / 5G NRFirst released14: September 16, 2022; 19 months ago (2022-09-16)
14 Plus: October 7, 2022; 19 months ago (2022-10-07)Availability by region14:
14 Plus:
PredecessoriPhone 13 / 13 MiniSuccessoriPhone 15 / 15 PlusRelatediPhone 14 Pro / iPhone 14 Pro MaxTypeForm factorSlateDimensionsMassOperating systemOriginal: iOS 16.0
Current: iOS 17.4.1, released March 21, 2024^[1]System-on-chipApple A15CPUHexa-core (2x3.23 GHz Avalanche + 4x2.02 GHz Blizzard)GPUApple-designed 5-core, up to 1.713 TFLOPS^[2]ModemQualcomm X65 5G^[3]Memory6 GB LPDDR4X^[4]Storage128, 256, 512 GB NVMeRemovable storageNoneSIMBatteryChargingQi wireless charging (7.5 W)
Lightning fast charging (20 W)
MagSafe wireless charging (15 W)DisplaySoundStereo speakers, Spatial Audio, Dolby AtmosRear cameraFront cameraConnectivityWi-Fi 6 (802.11ax (a/b/g/n/ac)) dual-band, Bluetooth 5.3 (A2DP, LE), Ultra-wideband (UWB)Data inputsWater resistanceIP68 dust/water resistant (up to 6m for 30 minutes)OtherSAR

• 1.15 W/kg (head)
• 1.16 W/kg (body)

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The iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus are smartphones designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. They are the sixteenth-generation iPhones, succeeding the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Mini, and were announced during Apple Event, Apple Park in Cupertino, California, on September 7, 2022, alongside the higher-priced iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max flagships. The iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus feature a 6.1-inch (15 cm) and 6.7-inch (17 cm) display, improvements to the rear-facing camera, and satellite connectivity for contacting emergency services when a user in trouble is beyond the range of Wi-Fi or cellular networks.^[12][13] The iPhone 14 was made available on September 16, 2022,^[14] and iPhone 14 Plus was made available on October 7, 2022, priced at $799 and $899 respectively and was launched with iOS 16.^[9][15] Pre-orders for the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus began on September 9, 2022.^[16] Along with the 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max, the iPhone 14 and 14 Plus are the last iPhones to feature the Lightning port, as their successors, the iPhone 15 and 15 Plus (announced on September 12, 2023), use a USB-C port instead, per European Commission regulation.^[17][18]

The iPhone 14 does not have a "Mini" version like its predecessor, the iPhone 13 Mini. Instead, Apple has reintroduced a larger dimension iPhone 14 named the iPhone 14 Plus. Apple has not introduced a Plus model iPhone since the iPhone 8 Plus in 2017. iPhone 14 and 14 Plus models (as well as iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max models) sold in the United States drop support for physical SIM cards, making them the first iPhone models since the CDMA variant of the iPhone 4 to not come with a discrete SIM card reader, requiring activation by way of eSIM.^[19]

History

The iPhone 14 was originally rumored to come with 6.1-inch and 5.4-inch display size options. However, when the iPhone 14 was unveiled, no smaller display option was available. This may have been due to underwhelming sales of the iPhone 12 Mini and iPhone 13 Mini. Instead, a larger 6.7-inch display size option was added to the lower-priced iPhone 14 lineup.^[20][21] The new 6.7-inch variant of the iPhone 14 was named "iPhone 14 Plus", rather than "iPhone 14 Max", which was predicted by previous rumors.^[22][23]

The iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus were officially announced at Apple's "Far Out" event, along with the iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max, Apple Watch Series 8, Apple Watch SE (2nd generation), Apple Watch Ultra, AirPods Pro (2nd generation) and an update to Apple Fitness+ via a virtual press conference filmed at Apple Park in Cupertino, California on September 7, 2022.^[24][25]

Apple started taking pre-orders on September 9, with general availability from September 16 for the iPhone 14 and October 7 for the iPhone 14 Plus.^[26]

Design

The iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus have an identical design to the iPhone 13, although the US models lack a physical SIM tray.

The iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus are available in six colors: Blue, Purple, Midnight, Starlight, Yellow, and Product Red.^[28] Purple is a new color replacing Pink used on the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Mini. The yellow option was added on March 7, 2023.^[29]

Colour	Name
	Blue
	Purple
	Midnight
	Starlight
	Yellow
	PRODUCT(RED)

Hardware

iPhone 14 and 14 Plus are available in three internal storage configurations: 128, 256, and 512 GB. Both models have 6 GB of RAM, an increase over the previous iPhone 13 and 13 mini models' 4 GB of RAM. The iPhone 14 and 14 Plus have the same IP68 rating for dust and water resistance as their predecessors.^[8]

Chipset

The iPhone 14 and 14 Plus use a 5-nanometer Apple-designed system on a chip, the A15 Bionic, while the iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max have a faster A16 Bionic.^[30][31]

The iPhone 14's A15 chip has a 6-core CPU, 5-core GPU, and a 16-core Neural Engine. It is identical to the A15 in the previous year's iPhone 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max,^[30][31] which has more memory and an additional GPU core compared to the A15 in the non-Pro iPhone 13 models.^[32][33]

The iPhone 14 was the first flagship model since the 2008 iPhone 3G whose chip was unchanged from the previous year.^[30] The Verge's Mitchell Clark attributed the unchanged chip to an attempt to maintain costs during the ongoing chip shortage and inflation surge. Clark also said the A15 "still outperforms the latest chips from Qualcomm and Google in most benchmarks", though the older chip may lead to the iPhone 14 receiving fewer updates, similar to what happened with the iPhone 5C from 2013.^[30][31]

Display

The iPhone 14 features a 6.1-inch (155 mm) display with Super Retina XDR OLED technology at a resolution of 2532 × 1170 pixels and a pixel density of about 460 PPI with a refresh rate of 60 Hz. The iPhone 14 Plus features a 6.7-inch (170 mm) display with the same technology at a resolution of 2778 × 1284 pixels and a pixel density of about 458 PPI. Both models have typical brightness of up to 800 nits, and a max brightness of up to 1200 nits.^[8]

Cameras

The iPhone 14 and 14 Plus feature the same camera system with two cameras: one front-facing camera (12MP f/1.9), and two back-facing cameras: a wide (12MP f/1.5) and ultra-wide (12MP f/2.4) camera, with the wide and front-facing cameras having a faster aperture than the iPhone 13. The front-facing camera also has autofocus for the first time.^[34]

The cameras use Apple's latest computational photography engine, called Smart HDR 4. Users can also choose from a range of photographic styles during capture, including rich contrast, vibrant, warm, and cool. Apple clarifies this is different from a filter because it works intelligently with the image processing algorithm during capture to apply local adjustments to an image, and the effects will be baked into the photos, unlike filters which can be removed after applying.^[8]

The camera app contains Cinematic Mode, which allows users to rack focus between subjects and create (simulate) shallow depth of field using software algorithms. It is supported on wide and front-facing cameras in 4K at 30 fps and 60 fps.^[8]

An "action mode" feature was added to extend the electrical video stabilization. When activated, a smaller crop of the image sensor is read out for video recording. While reducing the field of view, a wider area around it can be used as buffer against shakes. The area read out from the image sensor is moved between frames to counteract hand movements.^[35]

Battery

The iPhone 14 is equipped with slightly longer battery life compared to the iPhone 13. According to Apple, the iPhone 14 (3,279 mAh) can provide up to 20 hours of video playback,^[36] 16 hours of streaming video playback, and 80 hours of audio playback. Its predecessor, the iPhone 13 (3,240 mAh), is rated for up to 19 hours of video playback, 15 hours of streaming video playback, and 75 hours of audio playback. The larger iPhone 14 Plus (4,325 mAh) variant provides up to 26 hours of video playback.^[37]

Software

The iPhone 14 and 14 Plus originally shipped with iOS 16. The latest version of iOS, iOS 17, which was revealed at Apple's WWDC 2023 event, was released to the public on September 18, 2023, and is compatible with the iPhone 14 and 14 Plus.^[38] The next-generation Qi2 wireless charging standard has been added to the iPhone 14 and 14 Plus with the update to iOS 17.2.^[39]

Specifications

Model		iPhone 14 Plus	iPhone 14
Picture
Initial release operating system		iOS 16.0
Latest release operating system		iOS 17.4.1
Display	Screen Size	6.68 in (170 mm) (diagonal) 6.06 by 2.8 in (154 by 71 mm)	6.06 in (154 mm) (diagonal) 5.54 by 2.56 in (141 by 65 mm)
	Backlight	—
	Multi-touch	Yes
	Technology	Super Retina XDR Display all-screen OLED
	Resolution	2778 x 1284	2532 × 1170
	Pixel Density (ppi)	458	460
	Aspect Ratio	~19.5:9
	Typical Max brightness ( cd⁄m2)	800
	HDR Max brightness ( cd⁄m2)	1,200
	Outdoor Max brightness ( cd⁄m2)	-
	Contrast ratio (typical)	2,000,000:1
	Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating	Yes
	Full sRGB Display	Yes
	Wide Color Display (Display P3)	Yes
	True Tone Display	Yes
	Night Shift	Yes
	ProMotion Display	No
	Always-On Display	No
	HDR Display	Yes
	HDR 10 Content	Yes
	Dolby Vision	With HDR
	Dynamic Island	No
	Taptic	Haptic Touch
Processor	Chip	Apple A15 Bionic
	Technology Node	5 nm (N5P)
	Total Cores	6
	High-Performance Cores	2 x Avalanche
	Energy-Efficiency Cores	4 x Blizzard
	Clock Speed	3.23 GHz
	Bit	64-bit
	Motion Coprocessor	Embedded in SoC
	Bus width	64-bit
	Graphics Processor	Fifth generation Apple designed 5-core GPU
	Neural Engine	Fifth generation Apple designed 16-core Neural Engine (15.8 TOPS)
Storage		128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Storage Type		NAND Flash driven by NVMe-based controller that communicates over a PCIe connection
RAM		6 GB
RAM Type		LPDDR4X 2133 MHz (34.1 GB/s)
Connector		8-pin Lightning connector
Connectivity	Wi-Fi (802.11)	Wi-Fi 6 (802.11a/b/g/n/ac/6)
	MIMO	Yes
	NFC	With Reader Mode in background
	Express Cards	With Power Reserve
	Bluetooth	Bluetooth 5.3
	Ultra Wideband chip for spatial awareness	Yes
	Cellular	GSM/EDGE/UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA/CDMA EV-DO Rev. A (some models)/Gigabit-class LTE/5G (sub-6 GHz and mmWave (some models))
	VoLTE	Yes
	Assisted GPS	Precision Dual-frequency
	GLONASS/GNSS	Precision Dual-frequency
	BeiDou	Precision Dual-frequency
	SIM card form-factor	Dual SIM with one Nano-SIM and one eSIM, supports dual eSIM No physical SIM card form factor in U.S. models
		Dual Nano-SIM in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau
Secure Authentication	Touch ID	No
	Face ID	Yes
Safety	Emergency SOS	Via Satellite (U.S., Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, U.K., Australia, Austria, Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and Portugal only)
	Crash Detection	Yes
Sensors	LiDAR sensor	No
	Proximity sensor	Yes
	Three-axis gyro	High dynamic range gyro
	Accelerometer	High-g accelerometer
	Ambient Light Sensor	Yes
	Barometer	Yes
Rear Camera	Camera	12 MP Main 12 MP Ultra Wide
	Aperture	f/1.5 (Wide) f/2.4 (Ultra Wide)
	Pixel Size for Wide camera	1.9 μm (12 MP main)
	Sensor Size for Main camera	1/1.7"
	Optical Image Stabilization	Sensor-shift optical image stabilization for main camera
	Auto Image Stabilization	Yes
	Element Lens	Seven-element lens (Main) Six-element lens (Ultra Wide)
	Night Mode	Ultra Wide, Main, and Night Mode Portrait
	Deep Fusion	Ultra Wide, Main
	Photonic Engine	Yes
	Apple ProRAW	No
	Macro mode	No
	Photographic Styles	Yes
	Optical Zoom	0.5x, 1x
	Digital Zoom	Up to 5x
	Autofocus	100% Focus Pixels (only Main)
	Panorama	Up to 63 MP
	Portrait Mode	With advanced bokeh and Depth Control
	Portrait Lighting	With six effects (Natural, Studio, Contour, Stage, Stage Mono, High‑Key Mono)
	Lens Cover	Sapphire crystal lens cover
	Burst Mode	Yes
	Flash	Adaptive True Tone flash
	Live Photos	Yes
	Wide Color Capture	Yes
	HDR for photos	Smart HDR 4
	Video Recording	4K at 24 fps, 25 fps, 30 fps or 60 fps 1080p HD at 25 fps, 30 fps or 60 fps
	Cinematic video recording with shallow depth of field	4K at 25 fps or 30 fps
	Extended Dynamic Range Video	60 fps
	Dolby Vision HDR Video	60 fps
	ProRes Video	No
	Optical Image Stabilization for Video	Sensor-shift optical image stabilization for main camera
	Action Mode	Yes
	Optical Video Zoom	0.5x, 1x
	Digital Video Zoom	Up to 3x
	Slow-motion video	1080p at 120 fps or 240 fps
	Audio Zoom	Yes
	QuickTake Video	Yes
	Time-lapse video with stabilization	Yes
	Cinematic video stabilization	4K, 1080p and 720p
	Stereo Recording	Yes
Front Camera	Camera	12 MP TrueDepth
	Aperture	f/1.9
	Autofocus	Yes
	Portrait Mode	With advanced bokeh and Depth Control
	Portrait Lighting	With six effects (Natural, Studio, Contour, Stage, Stage Mono, High‑Key Mono)
	Night mode	Yes
	Deep Fusion	Yes
	Photonic Engine	Yes
	Photographic Styles	Yes
	Animoji and Memoji	Yes
	Live Photos	Yes
	Wide color capture	Yes
	Retina Flash	Yes
	Video Recording	4K at 24 fps, 25 fps, 30 fps or 60 fps 1080p HD at 25 fps, 30 fps or 60 fps
	Slow-motion video	1080p at 120 fps
	Extended Dynamic Range Video	30 fps
	Dolby Vision HDR Video	4K at 60 fps
	ProRes Video	No
	HDR for photos	Smart HDR 4
	Cinematic video stabilization	4K, 1080p and 720p
	Auto Image Stabilization	Yes
	FaceTime	Yes
Audio	Playback	Spatial Audio
	Dolby Atmos	Built-in speakers and headphones with Spatial Audio
	3.5 mm Jack	No
HAC Rating		M3, T4[40][41]
Compatible with Made for iPhone Hearing Aids		Yes[40][41]
Live Listen		Yes[40][41]
Materials	Front	All models have black glass front
	Back	Glass back
	Side	Aluminum
Colors
Power		3.86 V 16.68 W·h (4,323 mA·h)[5]	3.87 V 12.68 W·h (3,279 mA·h)[5]
Fast Charging		20 W, up to 50% charge in 30 minutes (20 W adapter sold separately)
Wireless Charging		MagSafe and Qi wireless charging
Resistant		IP68 (Maximum depth of 6 meters up to 30 minutes)
Dimensions	Height	160.8 mm (6.33 in)	146.7 mm (5.78 in)
	Width	78.1 mm (3.07 in)	71.5 mm (2.81 in)
	Depth	7.8 mm (0.31 in)
Weight		203 g (7.2 oz)	172 g (6.1 oz)
Total greenhouse gas emissions		68 kg CO2e[42]	61 kg CO2e[43]
Hardware strings		iPhone14,8	iPhone14,7
Model number		A2886 A2632 A2885 A2896 A2887	A2882 A2649 A2881 A2884 A2883
Announced Date		September 7, 2022
Released Date		October 7, 2022	September 16, 2022
Discontinued Date		In production
Unsupported Date		Supported

Satellite connectivity

Apple's new Emergency SOS via satellite service for iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro models uses the spectrum in L and S bands designated for mobile satellite services by ITU Radio Regulations. When an iPhone user makes an Emergency SOS via satellite request, the message is received by an orbiting satellite operated by Globalstar. The satellite then sends the message down to ground stations located across the globe.^[12]

As of November 2022, Globalstar operates a constellation of 25 satellites in low Earth orbit, with plans to enhance this in the future via its partnership with Apple.^[12][44]

The service became available to US and Canada on November 15, 2022, and to the UK, Germany, Ireland, and France on December 13, 2022.^[45] From May 15, 2023 the service became available in Australia and New Zealand.^[46]

Criticism

Crash Detection false positives

Crash Detection is a feature built into the iPhone 14 that is designed to detect severe car crashes and automatically initiates an emergency phone call 20 seconds after it is detected unless the user cancels it.^[47] Since its release, there have been many reports saying that the feature was automatically turned on during rollercoaster rides, due to the fact that the rides suddenly stop after going at high speeds, acting the same way a car crash does.^[48][49]

Emergency dispatchers have received many false alarm calls from iPhone 14 and Apple Watch users who have been skiing safely. In Colorado, a wave of false 9-1-1 calls led Aspen Mountain to advise device owners to upgrade their operating systems or disable the feature.^[50] In Japan's Hida Mountains, emergency dispatchers reported 134 false emergency calls, more than 14% of the total emergency call volume, between December 16, 2022, and January 23, 2023, attributed to Crash Detection triggering while an iPhone 14 owner was skiing.^[51]

Repairability

While the iPhone 14 was originally lauded for its innovative new hardware design and recommended by iFixit, concerns over software limitations on parts not authorized by Apple caused iFixit to decrease their evaluation to a 4/10 or "not recommended" in September 2023.^[52][53]

See also

• List of iPhone models
• History of the iPhone
• Comparison of smartphones
• Timeline of iPhone models

References

External links

• iPhone 14 – official website

Preceded by iPhone 13 / 13 Mini

iPhone 16th generation alongside iPhone 14 Pro / 14 Pro Max

Succeeded by iPhone 15 / 15 Plus