Apple’s iPhone 14 lineup is less than three months away. We expect the iPhone 14 to be unveiled in September 2022, and rumor has it we could see a redesign, the biggest camera update in years, and more. Scroll down as we round up all the iPhone 14 rumors.
What will the iPhone 14 be called?
Given that the iPhone introduced in 2021 was indeed iPhone 13 branded, we expect the 2022 iPhone to be the iPhone 14. Whether or not Apple ever returns to the “S” branding remains to be seen, but rumors indicate that the 2022 iPhone will be a big enough upgrade to warrant a new number overall.
There’s also the possibility that Apple will drop the numbers in the iPhone lineup altogether, with new iPhones simply designated by their size, “Pro” or “Non-Pro” and year of release. This will be in line with what Apple has done with the iPad lineup over the past few years.
Apple’s marketing names remain secret until the last minute. This means we’ll have to wait until 2022 to find out more about what this year’s release will be officially called.
iPhone 14: no notch, but…
The biggest change we currently expect from the 2022 iPhone is the removal of the notch cutout. The notch design was first introduced on the iPhone X and has remained unchanged ever since. The notch is where Apple places its sensors for things like Face ID.
Reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reports that Apple will lower the bar in 2022 starting with the high-end iPhone 14 Pro. Instead of a notch, the iPhone 14 will use a new “pill hole” design. Instead of the simple hole-punch cutout used in many Android phones, Apple will use a combination of a punch-hole cutout and a pill-shaped cutout.
This will allow Apple to cram in the front-facing camera and Face ID hardware, as well as increase the available screen real estate. In March, it was exclusively revealed that the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max will have slightly larger screens. This was also confirmed by analyst Ross Young.
iPhone 13 Pro – 6.06″ iPhone 14 Pro – 6.12″ iPhone 13 Pro Max – 6.68″ iPhone 14 Pro Max – 6.69″
Here is the technology currently in the notch of the iPhone:
Infrared camera Illuminator Proximity sensor Ambient light sensor Speaker Microphone Front camera Spot projector
In the report, Young explained:
We now believe that Apple will have a punch-hole + tablet design on the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max models. The smaller hole won’t be invisible… The two-hole concept will be unique to Apple, as will the notch, unlike any Huawei tablet.
The tablet hole design may not be as ambitious as some hoped, but it’s the next step in the process of making a truly full-screen iPhone without any notches.
No Touch ID
While early iPhone 14 rumors indicated that Apple would add Touch ID to the iPhone under the display, that doesn’t seem to be the case anymore. A more recent report by Ming-Chi Kuo says that Apple was instead forced to delay under-display Touch ID until 2023.
Apple has seen “lower-than-expected development progress” in its work to integrate Touch ID into the iPhone display, Kuo said. It’s also possible that Apple is taking a less ambitious approach and integrating Touch ID into the iPhone’s power button, much like the iPad Air and iPad mini. But ultimately, Touch ID is not expected to be a feature of the iPhone 14 this year.
iPhone 14 offers the biggest camera upgrades in years
According to Kuo, the iPhone 14 will also include major improvements to the front camera. The biggest change will be an update to the autofocus features of the front camera. More details are unclear here, but the iPhone’s front camera can catch up with the rear camera.
As for the rear camera, Kuo says the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max will be upgraded to 48 megapixels, up from the 12 megapixel sensor in the iPhone 12.
Even though the sensor has a resolution of 48 megapixels, it is possible that output images from the iPhone will still be 12 megapixels. Like some Android phones, Apple can use a smart upscaling algorithm that takes the raw 48MP data and produces a 12MP output image with more detail and less noise.
Kuo believes the video camera system will also be upgraded for the iPhone 14, supporting 8K recording for the first time.
Camera bump is here to stay
Although early reports indicated that some iPhone 14 models would not have a camera bump, this is no longer believed. In fact, the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max are both expected to have larger camera bumps than their predecessors.
Kuo explained this by stating that wide camera upgrades were to blame:
The main reason for the 14 Pro/Pro Max’s larger and more prominent rear camera bump is the upgrade to a 48MP wide-angle camera (up from the 13 Pro/Pro Max’s 12MP). The diagonal length of the 48MP CIS will increase by 25-35%, and the height of the 7P lens of the 48MP will increase by 5-10%.
iPhone 14 to use Lightning
For several years, reports have suggested that Apple might introduce an iPhone without a port. This iPhone will not have a Lightning port – instead, it will be completely wireless. It was once rumored that this would happen in 2021, but this did not happen.
The portless iPhone is rumored to be something Apple is still testing, but it’s still a few years away from that point. In fact, Apple is expected to move to USB-C in 2023. But the iPhone 14 coming this year will still use Lightning.
Apple is rumored to be upgrading Lightning data transfer rates to USB 3.0 starting with the iPhone 14 Pro this fall. USB 2.0 supports transfer rates of 480 Mbps, while USB 3.0 supports transfer rates up to 5 Gbps. With the advent of 8K video recording, higher bit rates become a necessity.
While some rumors have suggested that the iPhone 14 may use a new chip manufactured using 3nm technology, this is no longer expected. Apple’s chip partner TSMC is currently expected to use an advanced 5nm manufacturing process for the chip in the iPhone 14, which will likely be called the A16.
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iPhone 14 performance: a major change
The iPhone 14 lineup is expected to mark a major shift in differentiation strategy between “Pro” and “non-Pro” models.
For the first time, Apple is expected to update the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max to only the latest processor. These two models are expected to be upgraded to the A16 chip, while the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Max will keep the same A15 chip in the current iPhone 13 line.
The A16 chip inside the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max will be manufactured on the same 5nm process as the A15, which is also the same as the A14. This limits the performance improvement over last year, but that doesn’t mean we won’t see any improvements.
Release Date: When will the iPhone 14 be released?
With the exception of the iPhone 12, which was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, new flagship iPhones are usually announced and released in September. According to Kuo, the iPhone 14 will be released sometime in the second half of 2022. As such, the iPhone 14 lineup is likely to be announced in September 2022.
Kuo also predicts that the iPhone 14 Max, or whatever it will eventually be called, will cost less than $900.
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