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The iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max

Apple did an event and announced on September 7, that the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max are Apple’s new high-end flagship smartphones, being sold alongside the lower-cost iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro models are much more feature rich than the iPhone 14 models, offering camera technology improvements, better display capabilities, a faster A16 Chip, and a lot more.

Both phones of iPhone 14 Pro models, the 6.1 and 6.7-inch look like the iPhone 13 Pro models featuring flat edges, stainless steel enclosure, a textured matte glass back, IP68 Water Resistance, and a Ceramic Shield-protected display, but the camera bumps are larger to accommodate new lenses.

Apple did something awesome this year and the notch no longer exists in the TrueDepth camera system, with Apple instead adopting what it calls the Dynamic Island, a pill-shaped cutout at the front of the display that houses camera equipment and can change in shape and size using software depending on what’s on the screen, which is the best thing iPhone 14 Pro models has.

When Apple created the great Dynamic Island, they said that Dynamic Island is meant to blend the line between hardware and software which is a wonderful idea of blending hardware and software, It is able to adapt in real-time, showing alerts, notifications, and activities in the space where the notch used to be, there is still hardware under there, but the TrueDepth camera takes up less space and the Dynamic Island makes it blend into the background by taking better advantage of the screen, Dynamic Island can show payment confirmations with Face ID, Maps directions, phone calls, music information, and Live Activities like sports scores, timers, and more, plus it can be interacted with using a tap and hold gesture.

Dynamic Island

Apple in September 16,2020 since iOS 14 has launched, iPhones have displayed a green dot on the right side of the notch when the camera is actively being used by an app, on the iPhone 14 Pro models, this privacy indicator is now shown within the new pill-shaped Dynamic Island cutout.

With this manufacturer of iPhone 14 Pro models Apple relocated the camera indicator, it can be seen in Apple’s video introducing the iPhone 14 Pro when the built-in camera app is opened, and there is also an image of it in Apple’s press release for the device, the green dot means either the camera or both the camera and the microphone are being used by an app on the iPhone, according to Apple.

This green dot do appear directly beside the front camera on the iPhone 14 Pro models is similar to the green light that appears next to a MacBook’s webcam when active, providing a more consistent experience across the devices.

Apple add an orange dot that will appear within Dynamic Island when an app is actively using the iPhone’s microphone only.

It’s worth noting that footage shown during Apple’s event suggests that the green and orange dots will appear to the right of the battery icon in the status bar, at least when Dynamic Island is already in use by other apps, such as for Live Activities.

Only and Exclusively to the iPhone 14 Pro models, Dynamic Island replaces the traditional notch found on all iPhone 13 models, helped by software, the cutout morphs into different shapes and sizes for things such as incoming phone calls, alerts, notifications, Face ID authentication, timers, turn-by-turn navigation, Live Activities, and more.

All four iPhone 14 models will be available to pre order this Friday, September 9 at 5:00 a.m, Pacific Time and the devices will begin arriving to customers and launch in stores on Friday, September 16, except for the slightly delayed 14 Plus model.

Super Retina XDR Display

There is a  lot of great feature with the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max with the new Super Retina XDR display with updated ProMotion technology that allows for an Always-On display, a First For An iPhone, the Always-On display is made possible through a new 1Hz to 120Hz refresh rate along with improved power-efficient technologies, when the Always-On display is active, the time, widgets, and Live Activities remain available at a glance at all times, and the wallpaper is dimmed to lower refresh rate to save battery life.

And as a added bounce to the Always-On technology, the iPhone 14 Pro’s Super Retina XDR display offers higher peak HDR brightness at up to 2000 nits, which puts it on par with the Pro Display XDR, it offers the highest outdoor peak brightness of a smartphone, and it is twice as bright as the iPhone 13 Pro when in sunny conditions.

Apple also updated the chip to a A16 Bionic Chip in the iPhone 14 Pro models, and this marks the first time that Apple has used different chips for the iPhone 14 and the iPhone 14 Pro, The A16 bionic chip is the first chip built on the new 4-Nanometer Process, bringing speed and efficiency improvements to the iPhone 14, the A16 has a faster 6-core CPU, an accelerated 5-core GPU with 50 percent more memory bandwidth, and an updated 16-core Neural Engine that performs 17 trillion operations per second.

48-Megapixel Wide Camera

As for the camera system, Apple has added a 48-Megapixel Wide camera with a quad-pixel sensor that adapts to the photo being captured, so the detail of a 48-Megapixel photo is compressed into a 12-Megapixel photo, every four pixels is combined into one large quad pixel for even better low-light performance, the 48-Megapixel lens also enables a 2x Telephoto mode that uses the middle 12-Megapixels for full-resolution photos with no digital zoom, this joins the existing 3x zoom enabled by the dedicated Telephoto lens, which has also been improved by ages.

All of this combination can add a great value which makes the iPhone 14 Pro models cameras to be able to shoot at the full 48MP with ProRAW, enabling the new iPhones to take impressive professional photos, second-generation sensor-shift optical image stabilization reduces shake and blur, and a new 12-Megapixel Ultra Wide camera has larger pixels for sharper images with more details and a better macro mode.

For the front camera, TrueDepth front-facing camera has an improved f/1.9 aperture for better low-light selfies and videos, and it supports autofocus for the First Time, the Adaptive True Tone flash has been redesigned with an array of Nine LEDs that change patterns based on the lens focal length, features like Night mode, Smart HDR 4, Portrait Mode, and Photographic Styles continue to be available.

Let’s mention the chip that work perfectly with Apple’s A16 Chip powers a Photonic Engine that improves low-light performance across all of the lenses in the iPhone 14 Pro models, the Telephoto, Wide, and front-facing TrueDepth cameras offer 2x better low-light performance with the Photonic Engine, while the Ultra Wide lens supports 3x better low-light performance, the Photonic Engine expands on Deep Fusion and provides impressive detail while preserving subtle textures and providing improved color.

Finally the video capture on this great mix-up cameras system, there’s an Action Mode that provides smooth-looking video with better image Stabilization than ever before, Action Mode is able to adjust to Significant Shakes, motion, and vibrations, even when a video is captured in the middle of the action, Cinematic Mode has been improved and is available in 4K at 30 FPS and 4K at 24 FPS.

Connectivity and Battery and A16 Bionic Chip

With the A16 Bionic Chip, Apple has launched and added to the iPhone 14 Pro models, including a dual-core accelerometer that can measure up to 256Gs, the accelerometer and a high dynamic range gyroscope power a Crash Detection feature that can contact emergency services if you’re in a serious accident and can’t reach your iPhone, Apple also uses other sensors to power this feature, so the barometer detects changes in cabin pressure, the GPS watches for speed changes, and the microphone can listen for car crash noises.

With the new Emergency SOS Via Satellite that Apple has added, and it’s an option that allows the iPhone 14 to connect directly to satellites for communication purposes in emergency situations when WiFi and cellular are not available, Emergency SOS Via Satellite works in open areas with few trees, and it allows users to send texts to emergency personnel, it is free for two years and works in the U.S. and Canada, satellite connectivity can also be used to share your location with friends and family in Find My when you’re out hiking or camping in remote areas.

The WiFi connectivity that Apple added to the iPhone 14 Pro models, supports 5G connectivity (sub-6GHz and mmWave in the United States), and they use a new Qualcomm X65 modem, in the United States, iPhone models ship without a physical SIM card as carriers now use eSIM.

Apple improved the battery life with the new iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max, and it lasts an hour longer than the iPhone 13 Pro models, the iPhone 14 Pro lasts for up to 23 hours when watching videos such as Netflix, and the Pro Max lasts for up to 29 hours when watching videos.

4 types of storage are available on the iPhone 14 Pro models and they are 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB storage capacities, MagSafe charging up to 15W continues to be supported, and fast charging over Lightning is available with a 20W or higher charger, the iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max also support WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.3.

The price is a good bargain, the iPhone 14 Pro models come in deep purple, silver, gold, and space black, and pricing starts at $999, Pre-orders begin on Friday, September 9, with a launch to follow on Friday, September 16.

A16 Bionic – CPU

The core component of a processor is the transistor, the Nanoscopic electronic switch that turns electrical pulses into zeros and ones that can represent data and logical operations, this is the neuron of any microprocessor, and so the more neurons you have, the more powerful the processor.

Being able to squeeze 16 Billion-with-a-B transistors onto a mobile chip is nothing short of extraordinary, especially when you compare it to the Apple M2 Chip, which packs in 20 Billion.

Which makes the A16 Bionic at about 80% of the transistor density of the Apple M2, but even more important is the size of those transistors.

The core of the A16 Bionic is built using TSMC’s 4nm node, as opposed to the 5nm node used to fabricate the Apple M2, which means that even though the A16 Bionic die is smaller than the M2’s, it still comes reasonably close to density parity in absolute terms.

This also enables a 5-core GPU and a 16-core neural engine to sit on the SoC along with the central processor, and while the A16 Bionic’s GPU is half the size of the M2’s it should still prove highly capable of some impressive graphics, especially for a mobile phone processor.

The neural engine, meanwhile, is the same size as the M2’s, and this is where a lot of the improved power of the phone may show itself, especially when it comes to editing photos and videos on the fly.

Apple didn’t put any figures on the table but showed a chart comparing the CPU performance of the A16 Bionic against its three-year-old A13 Bionic Chip and the nearest competitor of 2022, most likely referring to Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, from the chart, you can gauge that the CPU on the A16 Bionic is almost 25-30% faster than the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, do note that this headway is in terms of single-core performance, in a multi-core scenario, the difference should reduce to 10 to 15% when compared to SD 8+ Gen 1.

In addition, Apple said that its efficient cores consume one-third of the power of the competition, possibly compared to the new Cortex-A510 core in the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, Apple also said that the performance cores on the A16 Bionic use 20% less power than A15 Bionic.

As emphasized by Apple during the keynote, it’s focusing on power efficiency with the A16 Bionic Chip, despite that, the A16 Bionic has a performance lead of around 30% over the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, and we don’t see the gap closing anytime shortly.

A16 Bionic – GPU

On the GPU side of things, Apple is sticking with its 5-core GPU design, but it has enhanced the memory bandwidth by 50%, which means that the A16 Bionic can smoothly handle graphics-intensive titles without breaking any sweat, it has also included a new display engine to drive the always-on display on the iPhone 14 Pro series.

The Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 comes with a new Adreno 730 GPU, which supports Snapdragon Elite Gaming, volumetric rendering, HDR gaming, and more, it also includes a dedicated Frame Motion Engine for sustained graphics performance even at a higher refresh rate.

Having said that, as per our previous-gen comparison, the 5-core GPU on the A15 Bionic was 50% faster than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, and with A16 Bionic’s updated GPU, the margin remains almost the same, in the GPU department, I would say, the A16 Bionic is miles ahead of the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1.

Conclusion

Apple has beaten all other smartphones, the design the specs rather than the performance, and when talking about the cameras system Apple also can easily beat the other systems compared to this one.

Dynamic Island adds a wonderful-looking interface and a great experience, especially the awesome animations of all the apps that go up when finishing using them.

The rare camera with a 48-Megapixel is a huge upgrade for Apple, the cameras of iPhones in the market already can’t be compared to the other cameras that a smartphone has, and now with the 48-Megapixel Apple can proudly kick any camera system with ease.

And at last, the pricing range, let’s be honest we did expect a higher price range but as always Apple surprised their users with a normal price range that was not expected.