iPhone 14 Pro, here’s everything you need to know

iPhone 14 Pro, ecco tutto quello che dovete sapere. Like every year, just after the presentation of an iPhone, we start talking about the next one and this year it is the turn of the iPhone 14. It is a sort of tradition that brings together hopes disappointed by the model that becomes official, rumors that derive from sources more or less reliable and the prospects generated by the technological evolution of the context in which the iPhone is placed and which are transferred in the form of rumors in the new iPhone arriving.

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In practice, iPhone 14 will be an evolution of iPhone 13 so modest as to even suggest that there may not even be an iPhone 14, while iPhone 14 Pro will present important hardware innovations.

In this article we will focus on these innovations that will give rise to differences compared to the iPhone 14 that should be much higher than those to which the iPhone 11, iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 have accustomed us.

The name of the next iPhone Pro

The first consideration can only start with the name of the iPhone. At the moment the only one that is taken into consideration is the iPhone 14; speaking of iPhone Pro, the names to immediately come to mind are therefore iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max.

Someone speculates that there may be an iPhone 13s but since iPhone 13 is an iPhone 12s that Apple, challenging the superstitions of some countries of the world (including the United States and Great Britain), has called Phone 13, it is very difficult to imagine that the 2022 edition phone is called the iPhone 13s Pro.

After all, given that, as we will say a little below, this year’s new iPhone will be different in many respects and even more expensive than iPhone 13, giving it a name that not only generates confusion but seems to denote a modest step forward, would make no sense.

How many iPhone 14 Pro

Gone are the times when Apple released only one new model a year and the same times when it presented two models, one basic and one Pro (whatever the names of these two models were). For two years, Apple has introduced at least four new iPhones. This final year it could even introduce five if we consider that in May it presented the third generation iPhone SE.

The line of iPhones in the fall could, therefore, be this

• iPhone SE 2022
• iPhone 14
• iPhone 14 Plus (an iPhone 14 with a 6.7-inch screen)
• iPhone 14 Pro
• iPhone 14 Pro Max

As you can see, the mini model is missing. If the small Apple mobile phone not particularly well received by the public after being in a precarious situation throughout 2021, perhaps to optimize the investment, was saved at the last minute, 2022 will relegate it to history as an unsuccessful experiment.Speaking of iPhone Pro, on the other hand, there will be two models: the version with a 6.1-inch screen, or iPhone 14 Pro and the 6.7-inch version, or iPhone 14 Pro Max.

iPhone 14 Pro, how it will be done

From the design point of view, there should be no major changes in the iPhone 14 Pro compared to the iPhone 13 Pro.

The countless renderings, drawings and cases say that with the iPhone 14 Pro will not change style. They are reliable because they come directly from the iPhone factories on the initiative of some unfaithful employees who steal molds and technical models so as to allow case manufacturers to anticipate the market.

After all, Apple has changed the design of the iPhone only three times in the course of its history: with iPhone 4, with iPhone 6 and with iPhone 12. With iPhone X and the arrival of Face ID there had been news compared to iPhone 6 only because of the full screen front but the general profile of the models from iPhone 6 to iPhone 11 had remained the same.

So we should have a phone with a glass back, square edges and steel. Behind an impressive camera block and in front of a screen marked by Face ID (although here as we will see there will be some news).

Looking at the design, however, there will be a way to distinguish iPhone 14 Pro from iPhone 13 Pro and it will be the camera lock. This element in the transition from iPhone 12 Pro to iPhone 13 Pro had been made larger and protruding. The increase in size will also continue in the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone Pro Max which will have a lens platform that is 5% larger than that of the iPhone 13 Pro.

The rise from the surface of the back should be 4.17mm instead of 3.60mm; the width should go from 35.01mm to 36.73mm and the height from 36.24mm and 38.21mm.The increase will also cause some changes in the entire chassis system. According to the information and drawings found on the net, the edges of the iPhone 14 Pro will be slightly thinner and the edges more curved to accommodate the increase in the size of the block.

The new notch will be a chameleon

A second design innovation will be on the front. iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max have long been at the center of an effort to reduce the size of the notch behind which is the hardware necessary to make Face ID work and with the launch of the iPhone 14 Pro you should finally take a step come on. We are talking about iPhone 14 Pro (and obviously also iPhone 14 Pro Max) because apparently only these two models will come with news: iPhone 14 “non pro” will continue to have the traditional notch.

However, the oval and round elements are not all there is to say about the new carving. This technical solution has been implemented in a sophisticated way by Apple by refining and filing various elements of the interface.

First, when the iPhone is turned on, the part that separates the two hardware elements will be obscured, making the notch appear as a single element. The dimensions will therefore be more or less those of the current notch with one substantial difference: the upper part will not be joined to the edge.

First of all, since the black element that joins the oval and the round hole is only a representation via software, the operating system will use it to place the power indicators of the camera and microphone. Since iPhone X these two indicators are shown to the right of the notch., Putting them in the center Apple will make them more visible to the user, bringing iPhone 14 Pro closer to the Mac, which when the camera is activated turns on an LED in the center of the upper part of the screen. green.

In addition to this, Apple will move the icons that allow, for example, to activate the self-timer or live photos, flash or exposure, when called up. This bar when activated appears at the bottom, in iPhone 14 Pro it will appear at the top.

In addition, according to an indiscretion of the latest since now with the new notch Apple has more space available, the cellular signal bar indicator will return to the top left, while the location arrow icon will be shown to the right of the bar of state. Flanked by the complete classic indicator for battery charge, both in icon and in percentage number.

Body and aesthetics of iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max

Beyond this novelty, all iPhone 14 models, including the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max, should resemble the iPhone 13, thus offering the same design with flat edges, even if some news could come for the body.

As we said above, the camera block should be larger than the current one. Probably the result of innovations in the field of camera technology itself.

Along with the flush camera, iPhone 14 Pro models, such as the iPhone 14, may have round volume buttons similar to the iPhone 4 and iPhone 5 model buttons and redesigned speaker and microphone grilles with stretched mesh cutouts instead of individual holes at the bottom of the device.

iPhone 14 Pro Max could then have bezels reduced by about 20% thick 1.95 instead of 2.42 mm as in the iPhone 13 Pro Max. The primary purpose would be to further separate the Face ID block from the edge. It is unclear why only the iPhone 14 Pro Max could benefit from this innovation.

Materials and colors

As for the construction materials, there should be no news: the front and back will be covered by a high-strength glass and the edges will be in steel. JP Morgan Chase’s hypothesis that the Apple iPhone 14 Pro would have a titanium alloy frame, a metal lighter than steel and more resistant to scratches, was ruled out for cost reasons.

Certainly, however, the arrival of new colors. In addition to the classic black, galaxy, and gold, the color of the year for the iPhone 14 Pro should be purple. Recall that a purple iPhone has already existed with the iPhone 12 line, introduced in the mid-cycle of the phone, in April 2020, but in the Pro version it would be a unique finish that would change shades based on the incidence of light. The same thing happens with the blue iPhone Pro 13, new for 2022.A small, new design detail will be in the color of the antenna bands which in the gold and purple models contrast with the frame because they are white, unlike what was seen in the iPhones of previous years.

No goodbye to Lightning

Once again the same rumor seen in the past is repeated: Apple will cancel Lighting from iPhone 14. In reality, the rumor of a farewell to the classic Apple trademark door this year was very weak and even if sooner or later we will have to get there , also for legislative reasons it is not a question that concerns the iPhone 14 Pro. It will only be discussed in 2024, according to Ming Chi Kuo when a USB-C port will arrive, already appeared on a large number of Apple products including iPads Pro, iPad Air and iPad mini.

Cameras

All iPhone 14 Pro models will certainly see improvements to the camera. Indeed iPhone 14 Pro could have the biggest news to the camera for years now. We are talking about a step forward due to new components for which, apparently, there would be some production problems that in any case should not affect the release dates.

Front camera with new sensor

Apple Ming-Chi Kuo says Apple will upgrade the iPhone 14 Pro’s telephoto lens from a 6-element, to a 7-element module. More importantly, Kuo also believes that the iPhone Pro 2022 models will be equipped with a 48-megapixel wide-angle camera, which would represent a fundamental improvement over the current 12-megapixel camera, with 8K video recording capability.

The new sensor, like many other innovations, also reserved for Pro models, would be a historic turning point since the last time Apple updated the maximum resolution of the sensor was with the launch of the iPhone 6s. Even if the resolution is not everything (Apple gradually introduced qualitative improvements in the field of photography using other components and especially the processor) it is however a pillar if you think of the phone as a camera.

The 48 megapixels of the iPhone 14 Pro models will be accompanied by a feature that will allow in some situations to take 12 megapixel photos, probably through a process known as pixel-binning, which merges data from smaller pixels on the camera’s image sensor into a “super-pixel” for better sensitivity in low light conditions. In practice, when there is little light, iPhone will reduce the resolution by increasing the fidelity of the shot.

Front camera

It should be noted that the front camera will also have some new features. According to Ming Chi Kuo, the aperture of the iPhone 14 Pro lens should increase from the current f / 2.2 to reach f / 1.9, at the same time the fixed focal length would be abandoned to adopt an autofocus AF system. All of this will make a better depth of field effect possible in Portrait mode for both photos and videos.

Instead, the autofocus function will improve the quality of video calls, both through Apple FaceTime and with other major platforms for video calling and video conferencing.

The screen is always on

iPhone 14 Pro should inherit the screen of the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max so much that they are almost indistinguishable, despite OLED panels of higher quality than those that will be mounted in the iPhone 14.

However, it must be said that according to analyst Ross Young, one of the leading screen experts in the world with 25 years of experience in the sector, the screens will be formally larger both due to a very small retouching at the edges and due to the reduced size of the notch. : we are talking about a screen of 6.12 “instead of 6.06” and of 6.69 “instead of 6.68”.

The real news will be in another detail: the always-on display that should accompany the new screen lock. To date, there is extremely precise information on how it will work from an interface point of view.

In general, to understand how this latest software novelty works, which also emerges from the iOS 16 code, just think of how it works like Apple Watch 7 which has the display always on. In summary, the screen enters a low-power mode, eliminating colors and graphic embellishments, at the same time ensuring privacy. But even when turned off, it continues to provide essential information: time, appointments, notifications and so on.

From a technical point of view, the display, as highlighted by the analyst Ross Young, to reduce consumption will reduce the refresh rate from today’s 10Hz minimum to only 1Hz. Equally low energy consumption corresponds to this very low frequency. Probably the processor can also intervene in the support of this feature with some specific optimizations.

Processors and components

There is also a lot of information, how detailed and when accurate we will know at the time, on the internal components of the new iPhones. One we will certainly see is the new GPU

The A16 processor

In fact, Apple will continue to evolve its chips: and therefore the A16 Bionic chip will debut on the iPhone 14, the successor to the A15 Bionic launched with the iPhone 13.

Asked to join some rumors that the A16 will not be superior to the A15 in terms of performance, it seems that the launch and use of the new processor will be just a marketing move after all. While showing what kind of model the iPhone 14 Pro actually is … Pro differs from the “non-Pro” model also in CPUHowever, it should not be forgotten that, performance aside, the new A16 would have the purpose of supporting a whole series of functions of the iPhone 14 Pro

In addition, a recent rumor, rebounded from Korea, speculates that if it is true that the processor of the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max will not be faster than the current ones, a new cooling technology that would make an important contribution to performance. Recall that according to some sources, Apple is working on vapor chamber technology, a rumor that this indiscretion helps to rekindle.

However, the difference in processor adopted by Apple for the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro seems destined to become structural and lasting. In the future, Apple would always put an older processor on entry level iPhones and the new one on iPhone Pros. This scenario is the same as in the iPad world where the Pro models have a more advanced processor than the non-Pro models.

New Snapdragon X65 modem for G5

IPhone 14 models are expected to use the Qualcomm Snapdragon X65 modem, which is the world’s first 10 Gigabit 5G modem and antenna system for smartphones. This new component should also reduce consumption significantly compared to the models in circulation today. It remains to be seen whether instead there is an acceleration of the launch of the first Apple modem based on technologies purchased from Intel, although it is still more likely that this will happen in 2023.

Memory and Ram

With the iPhone 13 Pro, Apple has added a new 1TB storage tier, while rumors now suggest that with the iPhone 14 update, Apple may add a 2TB variant. The source is not always accurate, so it should be greeted with some skepticism. What is certain is that there is already a 2 TB model on the iPad. But the cost to pay is off the charts. Applying such a top-up on an iPhone could bring the cost of the top models to a completely unacceptable threshold.

It is possible, but not certain, that the starting point of the memory of the iPhone 14 Pro could be 256 GB. This could help justify, at least partially, the price increase we are talking about a little below.

What seems certain is that the iPhone 14 Pro will have 6GB of high-performance RAM. This is an LPDDR5 memory which will mean better and more energy efficient performance than the standard models.

Virtual sim

Furthermore, among the rumors that have appeared in recent weeks there is also that according to which there would be no physical SIM slot, in favor of use only with eSIM. If such a solution might be acceptable in some markets it would be totally inapplicable in others. It’s hard to think that a version of the iPhone without physical SIM cards can be launched in Italy and Europe.

Greater autonomy

The iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro could offer better battery life and have Wi-Fi 6E connectivity thanks to the new 5G chip. In fact, the latest iPhone 13 already have a much higher autonomy than the iPhone 12. Given the introduction of functions such as the screen always on and a new, more capable processor, we tend to think that any advantage in terms of battery saving will end up being absorbed. from the new functions.

Charging at 30W

iPhone 14 Pro Max will recharge at 30W. An Asian leaker says it, thus feeding the hope of a greater speed in restoring the battery.

In reality, the feature is not entirely new. iPhone 13 Pro already today at the beginning of the process recharges at 27W even if Apple has never said anything specific about it.

An increase in wattage throughout the process, even assuming that the power is progressively reduced in order not to damage the battery. it would be really important. Currently the largest of the iPhones, iPhone 13 Pro Max, takes about 30 minutes to bring the battery capacity from zero to 50%. Full recharging normally takes about an hour and forty minutes. With a 30W power supply and a phone running 30W from start to finish, these times would be reduced.

Price of iPhone 14 Pro

As far as the price is concerned, if we were referring to what happened in the past years we would say that the price list could be identical to that of the current iPhone 13. In reality, never like this year there is the almost certainty that iPhone 14 Pro costs significantly more. more than previous models.

The components will be inherently more expensive (this is the case with the camera) then there is the problem of inflation that has affected all countries of the world and the United States in particular. We must not forget the chip crisis that continues by reducing availability and increasing prices. Finally, there is a significant increase in raw materials; steel, aluminum and some noble minerals used in components, have skyrocketed costs together with the price of energy raised both for war and for dynamics related to the macroeconomic system.

In the face of all this, it seems an illusion to think that iPhone 14 Pro could cost the same as iPhone 13. Only how much more it can cost remains uncertain. Trusted analyst Ming Chi Kuo says the increase could be “on average” (so speaking of all iPhone 14 models, including the non-Pro version) of 15%. Since according to some information iPhone 14 should cost the same as iPhone 13, this 15% would be all on the shoulders of those who decide to buy an iPhone 14 Pro.

If this were true, an iPhone 14 Pro could cost at least 130 euros more than an iPhone 13 Pro. An iPhone 14 Pro Max in its top configuration with 1 TB of memory could easily exceed 2000 euros.

Hoping that Apple does not even decide to make up for the increase in the value of the dollar which has also grown by 10% over the last few months, so much so that today the euro is below par with the greenback.