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Apple iPhone 14 / Plus launched, equipped with A15 SoC
At the “Far Out” conference held early this morning, Apple released the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus, retaining most of the iPhone 13’s design – including mobile phones Notches for the selfie camera and Face ID sensor. The iPhone 14 starts at $799 and the iPhone 14 Plus starts at $899. Pre-orders open on September 9th, with the iPhone 14 shipping on September 16th and the iPhone 14 Plus on October 7th.
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Moreover, the US version of the iPhone 14 series models also eliminated the physical SIM tray, all using eSIM technology, instead switching to eSIM cards supported by AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon. The iPhone 14 Standard uses a 6.1-inch screen, while the iPhone 14 Plus offers a larger 6.7-inch screen. The iPhone 14 Plus model claims to offer the best battery life of any iPhone.
Both models continue to be powered by last year’s A15 Bionic chipset a major shift for Apple, which typically rolls out a new processor every year for its entire iPhone portfolio.
The iPhone 14 and new iPhone 14 Plus have the same overall design as the iPhone 13, but a larger 6.7-inch size replaces the previous 5.4-inch iPhone 13 mini size. Both models feature the same Retina XDR OLED display with True Tone display, haptic touch, and up to 1200 nits of peak brightness.
Internally, the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus use the same A15 Bionic chip as the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max, offering increased performance. On the front of the iPhone 14 camera is a new 12-megapixel ultra-wide-angle main camera with f/1.5 aperture and sensor-based stabilization.
With larger 1.9-micron pixels, Apple claims a 49 percent improvement in low-light image quality, while night mode is twice as fast. There’s also a new 12-megapixel TrueDepth camera with autofocus on the front.
Apple said it also applied Deep Fusion image processing early in the image pipeline to improve low-light performance and color rendering, calling the technology the “Photonic Engine.” Video recording also gets a new stabilization mode called Action Mode, which uses the entire sensor for gimbal-style stabilization.
Moreover, the iPhone 14 series supports the long-rumored emergency messaging via communications satellite, called Emergency SOS. The phone’s antenna can connect to satellite frequencies when the user is not within range of the phone’s signal. By customizing the short text compression algorithm, the size of the message can be reduced by 3 times.