The iPhone 14 Pro is the successor to the iPhone 13 Pro and brings some exciting new upgrades. The new Pro iPhones will carry over the features of last year’s model — including a 120Hz display and a telephoto camera — but for buyers of the new Pro models, there’s more to come. So now is the time to compare the iPhone 14 Pro and the iPhone 13 Pro.
While the iPhone 14 hasn’t changed much, the iPhone 14 Pro gets a bunch of interesting new features, including a new Dynamic Island, an always-on display, and the A16 Bionic chip. Let’s take a look at the differences between them!
iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Design
One of the most noticeable changes to the iPhone 13 Pro is that the display notch has been replaced by Dynamic Island. It’s essentially an interactive box around a pill-shaped Face ID and front-facing camera cutout that changes size and form for different notifications, alerts, and activities.
We thought the iPhone 14 Pro would also have a more pronounced new look on the back. But now it looks like it will be essentially the same as the iPhone 13 Pro, with the now-familiar triple-lens camera mount.
The iPhone 14 Pro still has a Lightning port instead of a USB-C port for power and data transfer. On the side of the case, you’ll notice the apparent lack of a SIM card tray – that’s because Apple has decided to restrict the iPhone 14 Pro to eSIM in the US.
For color, you can initially choose from deep purple, silver, gold, or deep purple for the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max. All products feature a matte glass textured back.
iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro displays
The iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max introduce the ProMotion adaptive 120Hz display to iPhone for the first time, making the display smoother and more power efficient.
Apple offers the same features for the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max, plus a few more. While the new iPhone Pro models can still reach refresh rates as high as 120Hz, they can also be scaled down to 1Hz, while the iPhone 13 Pro models have a minimum refresh rate of 10Hz. This lower minimum refresh rate will make the iPhone 14 Pro models more power efficient because they run slower than their predecessors when needed.
This new display also supports the Always-On display you may have encountered in Apple Watch. Even when your phone is locked, you’ll see a similar widget on the lock screen in iOS 16, letting you perform full-color updates at a glance without seriously impacting battery life.
What’s more, while the iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max models are rated at 1,200 nits of peak brightness, the iPhone 14 Pro mode offers 1,600 nits, with a peak brightness of up to 2,000 nits for outdoor use. This means the new phone will perform better in challenging bright lighting conditions.
iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro cameras
All four cameras on the iPhone 13 Pro use 12MP sensors. But the iPhone 14 Pro has a 48MP sensor on the main camera, which provides higher-resolution images.
The main camera on the iPhone 13 Pro models has a maximum aperture of f/1.5, while the iPhone 14 Pro has a maximum aperture of f/1.78, which means older models can theoretically produce brighter images. The iPhone 14 Pro should produce sharper, more detailed images in low light, and the new quad-pixel sensor also supports a 2x telephoto zoom mode.
On the video side, the iPhone 14 Pro can shoot 4K at 24 fps, 25 fps, 30 fps, and 60 fps, just like you can see on the iPhone 13 Pro. The difference between the two is that the iPhone 14 Pro can now use 4K/24 fps in movie mode.
On the front, the iPhone 14 Pro has a slightly upgraded selfie camera with a maximum aperture of f/1.9, while the iPhone 13 Pro has a maximum aperture of f/2.2. It will also use the new Photonic Engine image processor to make brighter, sharper selfies.
iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Chips and Performance
The new A16 Bionic chipset will run in the iPhone 14 Pro, an upgrade from the iPhone 13 Pro’s A15 Bionic.
The A16 chip is built on a 4nm architecture, offering more transistors than the A15 Bionic’s 5nm design. This essentially means it can use more transistors in the same space, increasing performance and efficiency over its predecessor. In fact, Apple claims that the A16 consumes 20% less power than the A15, which will improve battery life and deliver 40% more power than the competition.
The iPhone 14 Pro will offer the same storage capacity as the iPhone 13 Pro: 128GB as standard, with an option to upgrade to 256GB, 512GB or 1TB.
iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro batteries
Apple says the iPhone 14 Pro Max offers a full day of battery life, which means 25 hours of video playback, the same as the iPhone 13 Pro Max on our best phone battery life list. However, there is no upgrade to the 20W charging on the iPhone 13 Pro Max.
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