iPhone 14

The iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus are smartphones designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. They are the sixteenth generation of iPhones, succeeding the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Mini, and were announced at the Apple Event in 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. The iPhone 14 was made available on September 16, 2022 and iPhone 14 Plus will be available on October 7, 2022 respectively, and will launch with iOS 16. Pre-orders for the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus began on September 9, 2022.

The iPhone 14 Plus replaces the iPhone 13 Mini in Apple’s lineup. It is the first iPhone to bring back the "Plus" moniker 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.

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

Pre-orders began on September 9, with iPhones available from September 16 for the iPhone 14 and October 7 for the iPhone 14 Plus.

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

The iPhone 14 and 14 Plus will be available in five colors: Blue, Purple, Midnight, Starlight, and Product Red. Purple is a new color replacing Pink used on the iPhone 13 and 13 Mini.

Hardware

Chipset

The iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus are equipped with the Apple A15 Bionic system on a chip, the same variant used on the 2021 iPhone 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max.] The iPhone 14 and 14 Plus feature a 6-core CPU, 5-core GPU, and 16-core Neural Engine. 

Display

The iPhone 14 features a 6.1-inch (15 cm) 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 60Hz. The iPhone 14 Plus features a 6.7-inch (17 cm) display with the same technology at a resolution of 2780×1284 pixels and a pixel density of about 458 PPI. Both models have typical brightness up to 800 nits, and max brightness up to 1200 nits.

Cameras

The iPhone 14 and 14 Plus feature the same camera system with three 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.

Battery

The iPhone 14 provides 16 hours of video playback, while the Plus variant provides 20 hours of video playback.

Software

See also: iOS 16

iPhone 14 and 14 Plus will ship with iOS 16.