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iPhone 14: 6 Things You Need To Know About Apple’s New Release
The iPhone 14 series are expected to succeed the iPhone 13 series at next month’s Apple event. The new handset is set to get some considerable new features, improvements, as well as the removal of some well-known design elements, according to early reports.
Apple is set to release the phone on September 7, alongside a host of other products. However, here is everything you need to know about the iPhone 14.
- Outside design
The iPhone 14 will retain the flat sides and curved rectangular shape that it has now, though it could lose other features too. There may be some tweaks – such as the repositioning of the camera lenses – but the same rough design will stay.
Numerous reports suggest that Apple has finally got rid of the notch that is cut out of the top of the display in the new devices. Instead, all the components that are hidden in there – the facial recognition sensor and the front-facing camera – could be stuck into a small cutout in the top of the screen, allowing the display to go all the way up.
- Inside specs
On the inside, the phones could change less than usual. For instance, only the Pro models are due to get the new A16 chip, with the non-Pro models staying on the iPhone 13’s A15. The A16 might only be a limited improvement over its predecessor.
Apple might make up for that with improvements to the camera system. The Pro models could get a hugely upgraded wide camera, which would allow for both bigger pictures and better pictures in the dark. The front lens might also get an upgrade.
- Features
Maybe the biggest for the iPhone 14 could be an always-on display. That has been suggested not only by multiple reports, but also by the upcoming iOS 16 release, which appears to include design features intended to make the most of that display, by showing important updates.
- Sizes
The sizes are also expected to change this year. The Mini is thought to be getting killed off – it has, according to reports, never sold anywhere near as well as the bigger ones – and instead Apple will offer the phones in just two sizes.
The sizes are likely to be the same as the Pro models are already in a 6.1-inch normal phone and a 6.7-inch Max one.
- Release date
While that has changed somewhat in recent years – since the pandemic, Apple’s usually regular release schedule has become a little less regular – it will likely be on a similar schedule, if not the exact same.
This year, it looks like the event will be on 7 September, with the phones being released a week later, though that is still subject to change. The launch event will probably be an entirely or mostly online affair, as it has been since the pandemic.
- Price
In terms of predictions, pricing is the exact opposite: nothing must be set in advance, in theory Apple can change it around right up until the day the new phones are announced. While it probably will not be quite so last minute, any predictions should certainly be viewed with some skepticism.
Everything has been getting more expensive in recent months and that includes electronic devices. Apple tends to resist increasing its prices, though, the iPhone 14 will probably be slightly but not substantially expensive than the iPhone 13.
Apple is updating its flagship product at a risky time for the industry when smartphone sales have begun to flag as consumers cope with inflation and a shaky economy. However, Apple appears to be faring better than its peers: The iPhone sold well last quarter, and the company has signaled to suppliers that it does not foresee a drop-off in demand.
