Apple is expected to launch its iPhone 14 series in India and other markets later this year. Apple will launch four models this year with a slight revamp.
The company is expected to scrap the 'iPhone mini' model this year. Instead Apple will reportedly launch the iPhone 14 Max with a larger screen alongside the vanilla iPhone 14.
The company will also launch the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max this year. Apple has already introduced its iOS 16 software and the new iPhones are expected to come with support for the same. Here is everything we know about the Apple's upcoming iPhone 14 series as of now.
iPhone 14: Expected launch event
Apple is expected to launch the iPhone 14 series in September as part of its launch event. As part of this years event, Apple is expected to launch the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Max, iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max.
iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Max: Specifications and features
The iPhone 14 and the iPhone 14 Max are still expected to sport the notch this year. The iPhone 14 Max will most likely feature a 6.7-inch display. Apple is not expected to equip the non-Pro models with support for 120Hz refresh rate.
The iPhone 14 and 14 Max will likely get a 12MP dual-camera setup. There will be a 12MP main camera setup along with a 12MP ultrawide camera sensor.
As far selfies are concerned, the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Max models are expected to get a 12MP front camera. Under the hood, the iPhones may be powered by an upgraded version of the A15 Bionic chip.
The iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max may get rid of its notch this year. Apple is expected to replace the notch with a punch hole and a pill-shaped cutout for the front camera and the Face ID sensors.
The iPhone 14 Pro will most likely pack a 6.1-inch OLED ProMotion display, whereas the iPhone 14 Pro Max could come with a 6.7-inch ProMotion display.
As far as cameras are concerned, Apple is rumored to make some improvements to the iPhone 14 Pro models camera setup. The iPhone Pro models may feature a 48MP main camera sensor which could be larger than the iPhone 13 Pro models.
Other cameras on the Pro models could include a 12MP ultrawide camera and a 12MP 2.5x telephoto camera. Additionally, there have been rumors that Apple might introduce a periscope camera on the Pro models.
The Apple iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max are expected to be powered by the A16 Bionic chipset. The upgraded 4nm processor will come with performance improvements over the A15 chipset and will be more efficient than the A15 Bionic chip. The phones will likely come with up to 8GB RAM.
As per a recent report, the iPhone 14 Max 6GB + 128GB model will be priced at $899 / €879 / Rs72,000
iPhone 14 Name
Apple is reportedly prepping four devices for 2022 and most probably ditching the Apple iPhone mini lineup for good. New here is the large affordable iPhone, which could either be called iPhone 14 Max or, as some recent rumors claim, iPhone 14 Plus, essentially resurrecting the name that Apple gave to its first 5.5 inch iphone all the way back in 2014.
Here's a purported iPhone 14 lineup:
- iPhone 14 6.1″ — the base iPhone, a logical continuation of the iPhone 11, 12, and 13
- NEW! iPhone 14 Max (Plus) 6.7″ — a larger version of the iPhone 14 with dual cameras and bigger battery
- iPhone 14 Pro 6.1″ — the triple-camera iPhone 14 with all the bells and whistles in a manageable size
- iPhone 14 Pro Max 6.7″ — a largest version of the 14 Pro with premium features and longer battery life
Apple iPhone 14 Camera
New sensors comin in
As per famed Apple insider Ming-chi Kuo, Apple is planning a massive camera upgrade for the iPhone 14 family. Notably, Apple is planning to bring a new and much larger sensor for the main camera, a massive 1/1.3-inch 48MP sensor. This sensor is expected to grace the top-tier iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max flagships.
- iphone 14 camera: what to expect
The main wide-angle camera is the most likely to benefit from the larger sensor first, though the improved camera tech would likely trickle down to the ultra-wide and telephoto cameras in subsequent iPhones down the line. Of course, the Pro models will always be one step ahead.
"We believe that the new 2H22 iPhone may support direct 48MP output and 12MP (four cells merge output mode) output simultaneously," says Ming-Chi Kuo. "With 12MP output, the CIS pixel size of the new 2H22 iPhone increases to about 2.5um, which is significantly larger than the iPhone 12 and iPhone 13, and larger than existing Android phones, and close to the DSC level."
This would be the largest camera sensor ever fitted on an Apple iPhone. Thanks to quad pixel-binning, it should provide superb low-light image quality that would play extremely well with the Night mode of the iPhone 14. It looks like Sony will be supplying these new sensors, whereas LG will be tasked with the production of the camera modules for the iPhone 14 themselves.
What's more, the new sensor will theoretically allow for 8K video capture with the main camera. At the moment, iPhones can only capture up to 4K video at 60 fps. We are not sure whether 8K will actually arrive this year, though, as insiders have said it might not.
All of these nifty camera improvements will however result into increased costs for Apple, which are likely to trickle down to the end-user. It's logical to expect that only the top-end iPhone 14 Pro/Pro Max will get the new and improved camera tech first.
However, all four iPhone 14 models are anticipated to have a new front camera that features auto-focusing. Since the front camera on all prior iPhones was fixed-focus, this would be a welcome upgrade that would let you to take selfies and make video calls with a deeper depth of field. Leaks claim that the new front camera will feature an f/1.9 aperture rather than the f/2.2 aperture that was previously utilized, which should let more light in. However, they don't specify the resolution.
iPhone 14 Touch ID
One of the most significant changes for the iPhone 14 over its predecessors would be the return of Touch ID. Only rather than get integrated into a power button, it would supposedly be embedded under the iphone14's Display, much like a lot of fingerprint sensors on the best Android phones.
But the jury is still out on how likely this is. Analyst Ming chi kuo reckons that there wont be an Iphone without Touch ID, or under-display Face ID, for another few years. This would have been pretty disappointing, as during these mask-wearing times, having an alternative to Face ID is very handy.
But with IOS 15.4, Apple has made it so that Face Id can recognize a legit user even when they are wearing a mask it works remarkably well, meaning Apple may have bypassed the need for fingerprint-centric biometrics.
It is important to note that Apple has not confirmed anything at this point, so we will have to wait a while longer to know more.
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