iPhone 14 vs. iPhone 13 - Spec Comparison
The iPhone 14 has been released with several upgrades and improvements over its predecessor, the iPhone 13. One of the most significant upgrades is the camera system, which features an improved ultrawide camera that allows for better motion freeze and better photos in low light. The front-facing camera has also received a big boost, with a new and faster F1.9 aperture compared to the iPhone 13's F2.2. Apple claims this upgrade will improve low-light picture capture by 38 percent.
The front-facing camera now features autofocus, which was previously only available on the iPhone Pro models. The iPhone 14 also introduces Photonic Engine, an enhanced image pipeline process that improves the rendering of more colors and brighter colors for low-light performance. This means that photos taken with the iPhone 14 will look better in low-light conditions.
For video recording, Apple has introduced a new feature called Action Mode, which improves stabilization during action scenes. The iPhone 13 shoots cinematic mode at 1080p at 30 frames per second, but the iPhone 14 can shoot sequences at 4K at 24 frames per second. This provides more flexibility and better video quality for users.
In addition to camera upgrades, the iPhone 14 also features a new processor, the A15 Bionic chip, which has five GPU cores compared to four on the previous model. While this is an upgrade, it may not be enough to justify upgrading from an older iPhone model. Apple has removed the SIM card tray from the iPhone 14 and instead only includes eSIM, which allows users to have multiple phone numbers and cellular accounts attached to their device.
One of the standout features of the iPhone 14 is its safety features. The iPhone 13 and 14 both feature fall detection, which has already proven to be a life-saving feature in some cases. Apple has also introduced Crash Detection, using a new high dynamic range gyroscope and accelerometer to detect when the user has been in a car crash. In this situation, the phone can alert emergency services and contacts.
There is also Emergency SOS via Satellite available on the iPhone 14, which allows users to send alerts via satellite in emergency situations even if they don't have cell service or Wi-Fi connection. This feature becomes available in November and is free for two years with an iPhone 14.
The iPhone 14 starts at $799, which is the same price as when the standard iPhone 13 was released. The larger iPhone 14 Plus starts at $899. Apple is still selling the iPhone 13s through them, starting at $599 for the 13 Mini and $699 for the standard iPhone 13.
If you have an iPhone 13 and don't really care about camera upgrades, there may not be enough reason to upgrade to the iPhone 14. However, if you want a larger screen or are due for an upgrade, this year's model is definitely worth considering. The price point of $599 or less makes it an attractive option, especially for users who want to save up for next year's update.
The iPhone 14 lineup has already gone on sale and may be available in stores near you.
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthe iPhone 14 has landed and well it isn't the biggest upgrade we've seen with new iPhone Hardware releases at first glance it doesn't seem to look that much different that's why I'm here today I'm going to list out all the differences between last year's iPhone 13 and the new iPhone 14 to help you figure out whether it's worth the upgrade from your current phone or if you want to wait until next year's model oh and if you want to get the full rundown on all of Apple's latest line of products the Apple watch 8 the ultra the iPhone 14 Pros or the airpods pro 2. be sure to check out some of the links that I'll throw up on screen at the end of the video because our reviews are already going live on our YouTube channel and we've got a lot to say now Bobby can you throw up that opening graphic so we can get into it already let's start with the elephant in the room and for some of you this may be a plus and for some of you it may be a minus but either way you look at it it is literally a plus Apple has decided to put an end to the mini after just two years it was introduced first with the iPhone 12 and instead Apple has introduced a larger model called the iPhone 14 plus this phone has a 6.7 inch screen the same size screen as the iPhone 14 pro Max in addition to that there's the standard iPhone 14 with a screen size of 6.1 inches the iPhone 14 comes in five colors midnight purple Starlight product red and blue the iPhone 13 has six colors the same product red Starlight and midnight as well as a much nicer and darker blue I must say and a pretty pink and very sexy green no apple didn't use those words all these adjectives are my own the iPhone 14 has the same matte finish aluminum casing same retina xdr display a and the same Notch as the iPhone 13. unfortunately it didn't receive the same pill-shaped Dynamic Island introduced on the iPhone 14 Pro Models and if you were hoping the new iPhone 14 would get the pro motion display introduced on the iPhone 13 Pro well you're out of luck the display is limited to just the latest iPhone 14 Pro Models and can even reach just one Hertz on its new always on display mode you can learn more about that with the video in the top right corner when it comes to water and dust resistance the iPhone 14 has the same ip68 rating as the iPhone 13. alright let's get into the juicy and exciting new upgrades cameras because that's where we're seeing the biggest changes over last year's model both in hardware and software the iPhone 14 has a new 12 megapixel main camera with a larger sensor and larger pixels it has a faster F 1.5 aperture over the iPhone 13's F 1.6 which allows for better motion freeze and better photos in low light the iPhone 14's ultrawide camera is very similar to the one on last year's iPhone 13 they both have an aperture of f 2.4 the front-facing camera has gotten a big boost on the iPhone 14. it has a new and faster F 1.9 aperture compared to the iPhone 13's F 2.2 Apple says this upgrade will improve low light picture capture by 38 percent it also now has autofocus with the new iPhone lineup Apple has introduced photonic engine an enhanced image pipeline process that improves the rendering of more colors and brighter colors for low light performance shooting video on the iPhone 14 has a few improvements over the 13. Apple has introduced a new video recording option called action mode which improves on stabilization during action scenes they've also upgraded cinematic mode adding the ability to shoot sequences at 4K at 24 frames per second the iPhone 3 13 shoots cinematic mode at 1080p at 30 frames per second besides cameras there are a few other internal upgrades the iPhone 14 is getting the same chip as last year's iPhone 13 Pro the a15 bionic chip it's a step up from the iPhone 13's a15 bionic chip this processor has 5 GPU cores that's one more than its predecessor for storage there's no upgrade I'd like to have seen at least a bump in the base model storage to 256 or a one terabyte option you'll only see that on the 14 pro Apple has completely removed the SIM card tray from this year's line of iPhones the iPhone 14 now only has esim you'll be able to have multiple phone numbers and cellular accounts attached to an iPhone and the process of moving your older number to a new phone should now be as simple as placing the new phone next to the older one the iPhone 13 has a physical SIM tray in addition to its e Sim there are a couple new features where the iPhone 14 really stands out ahead of the 13 and that's with some new safety features the iPhone 13 and 14 both have fall detection which has already proven to be a life-saving feature and I actually came out with a video talking about it and how the Apple watch Saved My Life I'll throw that video down in the description as well up in that corner anyway with the new iPhone 14 Apple has introduced crash detection using a new high dynamic range gyroscope and a high GeForce accelerometer the iPhone 14 can sense when the user has been in a car crash and alert emergency services and emergency contacts hopefully you'll never need to use this feature but it's nice to know it's right in your pocket next there's emergency SOS via satellite the entire iPhone 14 lineup has the ability to send out alerts via satellite in emergency situations even if you don't have cell service or Wi-Fi connection as long as you have a clear view of the sky here's how it works because it takes minutes to send messages over satellite the phone will ask you a series of questions to get the information most valuable to Emergency Services once finished the phone will send your answers phone battery life and medical ID if it's set up to Emergency Services if you want to learn more about setting up medical ID I also went over that in my Apple watch video that I mentioned earlier linked down in the description this satellite service becomes available in November and is free for two years with an iPhone 14. the iPhone 14 is already on sale and may be available in a store near you it starts at the same price as when the standard iPhone 13 was released at 7.99 and the larger iPhone 14 plus starts at 8.99 Apple is still selling the iPhone 13s through them you can get the 13 mini starting at 5.99 or the standard iPhone 13 for 6.99 here's what I'm thinking if you have an iPhone 13 and don't really care much about the camera grades there really aren't enough updates to Warrant the switch to an iPhone 14. if you want a larger screen then maybe the iPhone 14 plus is something you should look at if you have an even older model say the 11 or the 12 then you have a lot of choices this year and you can decide to pay as low as 5.99 for an upgraded phone and save the money for next year's update which could prove to be a bit more exciting than this year we have got a lot of iPhone and Apple product videos live on the channel already I'll throw some up right here and we've got more coming so be sure to subscribe to CNET right down there give this video a like if you found it helpful I'm Justin for CNET and I'll talk to you laterthe iPhone 14 has landed and well it isn't the biggest upgrade we've seen with new iPhone Hardware releases at first glance it doesn't seem to look that much different that's why I'm here today I'm going to list out all the differences between last year's iPhone 13 and the new iPhone 14 to help you figure out whether it's worth the upgrade from your current phone or if you want to wait until next year's model oh and if you want to get the full rundown on all of Apple's latest line of products the Apple watch 8 the ultra the iPhone 14 Pros or the airpods pro 2. be sure to check out some of the links that I'll throw up on screen at the end of the video because our reviews are already going live on our YouTube channel and we've got a lot to say now Bobby can you throw up that opening graphic so we can get into it already let's start with the elephant in the room and for some of you this may be a plus and for some of you it may be a minus but either way you look at it it is literally a plus Apple has decided to put an end to the mini after just two years it was introduced first with the iPhone 12 and instead Apple has introduced a larger model called the iPhone 14 plus this phone has a 6.7 inch screen the same size screen as the iPhone 14 pro Max in addition to that there's the standard iPhone 14 with a screen size of 6.1 inches the iPhone 14 comes in five colors midnight purple Starlight product red and blue the iPhone 13 has six colors the same product red Starlight and midnight as well as a much nicer and darker blue I must say and a pretty pink and very sexy green no apple didn't use those words all these adjectives are my own the iPhone 14 has the same matte finish aluminum casing same retina xdr display a and the same Notch as the iPhone 13. unfortunately it didn't receive the same pill-shaped Dynamic Island introduced on the iPhone 14 Pro Models and if you were hoping the new iPhone 14 would get the pro motion display introduced on the iPhone 13 Pro well you're out of luck the display is limited to just the latest iPhone 14 Pro Models and can even reach just one Hertz on its new always on display mode you can learn more about that with the video in the top right corner when it comes to water and dust resistance the iPhone 14 has the same ip68 rating as the iPhone 13. alright let's get into the juicy and exciting new upgrades cameras because that's where we're seeing the biggest changes over last year's model both in hardware and software the iPhone 14 has a new 12 megapixel main camera with a larger sensor and larger pixels it has a faster F 1.5 aperture over the iPhone 13's F 1.6 which allows for better motion freeze and better photos in low light the iPhone 14's ultrawide camera is very similar to the one on last year's iPhone 13 they both have an aperture of f 2.4 the front-facing camera has gotten a big boost on the iPhone 14. it has a new and faster F 1.9 aperture compared to the iPhone 13's F 2.2 Apple says this upgrade will improve low light picture capture by 38 percent it also now has autofocus with the new iPhone lineup Apple has introduced photonic engine an enhanced image pipeline process that improves the rendering of more colors and brighter colors for low light performance shooting video on the iPhone 14 has a few improvements over the 13. Apple has introduced a new video recording option called action mode which improves on stabilization during action scenes they've also upgraded cinematic mode adding the ability to shoot sequences at 4K at 24 frames per second the iPhone 3 13 shoots cinematic mode at 1080p at 30 frames per second besides cameras there are a few other internal upgrades the iPhone 14 is getting the same chip as last year's iPhone 13 Pro the a15 bionic chip it's a step up from the iPhone 13's a15 bionic chip this processor has 5 GPU cores that's one more than its predecessor for storage there's no upgrade I'd like to have seen at least a bump in the base model storage to 256 or a one terabyte option you'll only see that on the 14 pro Apple has completely removed the SIM card tray from this year's line of iPhones the iPhone 14 now only has esim you'll be able to have multiple phone numbers and cellular accounts attached to an iPhone and the process of moving your older number to a new phone should now be as simple as placing the new phone next to the older one the iPhone 13 has a physical SIM tray in addition to its e Sim there are a couple new features where the iPhone 14 really stands out ahead of the 13 and that's with some new safety features the iPhone 13 and 14 both have fall detection which has already proven to be a life-saving feature and I actually came out with a video talking about it and how the Apple watch Saved My Life I'll throw that video down in the description as well up in that corner anyway with the new iPhone 14 Apple has introduced crash detection using a new high dynamic range gyroscope and a high GeForce accelerometer the iPhone 14 can sense when the user has been in a car crash and alert emergency services and emergency contacts hopefully you'll never need to use this feature but it's nice to know it's right in your pocket next there's emergency SOS via satellite the entire iPhone 14 lineup has the ability to send out alerts via satellite in emergency situations even if you don't have cell service or Wi-Fi connection as long as you have a clear view of the sky here's how it works because it takes minutes to send messages over satellite the phone will ask you a series of questions to get the information most valuable to Emergency Services once finished the phone will send your answers phone battery life and medical ID if it's set up to Emergency Services if you want to learn more about setting up medical ID I also went over that in my Apple watch video that I mentioned earlier linked down in the description this satellite service becomes available in November and is free for two years with an iPhone 14. the iPhone 14 is already on sale and may be available in a store near you it starts at the same price as when the standard iPhone 13 was released at 7.99 and the larger iPhone 14 plus starts at 8.99 Apple is still selling the iPhone 13s through them you can get the 13 mini starting at 5.99 or the standard iPhone 13 for 6.99 here's what I'm thinking if you have an iPhone 13 and don't really care much about the camera grades there really aren't enough updates to Warrant the switch to an iPhone 14. if you want a larger screen then maybe the iPhone 14 plus is something you should look at if you have an even older model say the 11 or the 12 then you have a lot of choices this year and you can decide to pay as low as 5.99 for an upgraded phone and save the money for next year's update which could prove to be a bit more exciting than this year we have got a lot of iPhone and Apple product videos live on the channel already I'll throw some up right here and we've got more coming so be sure to subscribe to CNET right down there give this video a like if you found it helpful I'm Justin for CNET and I'll talk to you later\n"