iPhone 14 addition to the range of iPhone line up by apple is proven to have the least features and design to impress the iPhone lovers, arguably boring, making iPhone 13 more in limelight again.
Hype around the news of the launch of the new iPhone seems forever and around the globe people curiosity increases to see what Apple has to offer this year. If you are double minded that “Should I buy iPhone 14 or stay with iPhone 13”, you landed at the right spot.
Keep reading for detailed comparative analysis to make the right choice between iPhone 14 and iPhone 13, importantly is it worth the price?
Price
iPhone 14 at $799 for 128GB variant no surprises as it retails same as iPhone 13 at its launch while now iPhone 13 is offered at $699. Luckily iPhone 13 is still sold on apple store worldwide as Apple only discontinued pro and promax variants. So what you will get in extra $100? Lets find out
Colors and Design
iPhone 13 is available in six colors Pink, starlight, green, blue, midnight and (product) Red while iPhone 14 offers same 2 colors Midnight and starlight while Blue color, (Product) Red color are deeper/darker and Brand-New Purple color.
Design of iPhone 13 and iPhone 14 is almost same no significant differences, as you cannot differentiate by looking at, if in same color, the same ceramic shield, aluminum body & shiny back, even the rear cameras are located exactly at the same spot and notch is of same dimension as well.
So, as far as design is concerned there is no significant difference other than iPhone 14 is lighter than iPhone 13 and slightly thick. The only significance change is the absence of sim tray in USA models.
Display
Again no difference as Apple adopt the same template. Both models has same 6.1” OLED display with HDR support, brightness of 800bits at max and peak at 1,200 nits. So, there is no difference whatsoever however iPhone 14 Pro features dynamic island replacing notch.
Processor
Every Apple event everyone expects to have the new chipset but in iPhone 14 it’s the same Bionic A15 Chip as found in iPhone 13 it’s another reason to skip iPhone 14.
Just the little difference is Bionic A15 Chip is iPhone 14 is the one which was in iPhone 13 Pro models and has a graphic boost of 20% due to 5-Core GPU.
Camera
In this department iPhone 14 has some edge over iPhone 13 which is not noticeable from eye as the 12MP Dual diagonally placed cameras are at exact same location. So the slight change in the aperture in main lens like iPhone 14 sporting ƒ/1.5 as in iPhone 13 Pro models. I have no idea what it means but the answer is easy, lower the f-stop means iPhone 14 lets in more light in the camera, making improved low light and night mode pictures.
If we see in detail the front selfie camera of iPhone 14 it has the smaller aperture f 1.6 compared to iPhone 13 f 2.2 adding autofocus feature which may add some depths to the selfies.
One worth mentioning feature is the Action Mode which has the better stabilization feature to your videos with the help of a little cropping.
Battery Life and Storage
iPhone 13 offers 16 hours of straight video streaming while due to the improvement in iPhone 14 it can go upto 20 hours of video playback 01 hour more compare to iPhone 13, 16 hours of video streaming while iphone 13 has 15 hours of video streaming and 80 hours of audio playback compares to 75 hours in iPhone 13. iPhone 14 battery is slightly bigger in size than its predecessor to accomplish these figures.
Charging speed as claimed by Apple to be 50% charge in 30 minutes with a 20W adapter or higher. Both models support MagSafe range of products offered by Apple.
iPhone 14 and iPhone 13 both comes in same storage capacity 128GB, 256GB and 512 GB.
Is the New iPhone 14 Worth Your Money?
Hmm with same displays, processors, cameras and identical designs will make you think that is it worth to gear up to iPhone 14 while putting a dent to your pocket. All features and hardware improvements are more directed towards Pro models and iPhone 14 seems to be the same iPhone with the new packaging.
Moreover if you are still looking to jump to iPhone 14 you must consider the bigger models like iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 ProMax.