Every autumn, since the last decades, comes when Apple unveils a new iPhone. And it is also traditional before the arrival of summer the rumors about what the new Apple device will be like are cooking thanks to the information that may come from the production lines in China, where everything begins to prepare to manufacture the new devices.
Autumn is the time of year when Apple usually presents its new iPhone model
It is therefore time to recapitulate everything that is known so far, including the publication of some renders (photorealistic looking computer generated images) that, by gathering the most reliable data and advancing the master lines of design that are known or intuited, advance the possible aspect of The iPhone 14 that Apple will present this fall.
1-New nodgebut not for all: It should be noted, in this case, that it is the aspect that the Pro models would have, in which there would be a modification in the nodge (the notch at the top of the screen that houses the earpiece, sensors and front camera). The “non-Pro” models would maintain the current design, but the Pros would have a double nodge in the form of a lowercase letter i. The appearance shown in this render (in the image above), the work of Ian Zelbo following the guidelines of Jon Prosser, is based on the compilation of all the information available on the new device.
2-New colour: To the gold, graphite and silver colors a new one would be added, the color violet.
3-Goodbye to the iPhone Mini: The most contained size model would disappear from the range, but there would continue to be four models, as there would be two size variants in two versions, the Pro and the “non-Pro”. In this way, the following nomenclatures would exist: iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Max, iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max. Pro indicates premium features and Max a superior screen size.
4-The screens grow: iPhones currently have screens of 5.4 inches (iPhone Mini), 6.1 (iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro) and 6.7 inches (iPhone 13 Pro Max). Once the Mini disappeared, the two remaining variants (Pro and “non-Pro”), although the devices themselves would maintain the same physical dimensions, their screens could grow up to 20% by further reducing the size of the bezel, an increase in which it is also would include what corresponds to the reduction of the nodge.
5-Disappearance of the SIM: While some devices from Apple itself (such as the Apple Watch) already have the option of an eSIM, the complete disappearance of the SIM card could come, if not to all models, then perhaps to the Pro models. happened with the disappearance of the headphone jack, that space could be used in the design of the interior of the device.
6-Date of presentation and arrival on the market: Autumn is the time of year in which Apple has been presenting its new iPhone for decades, but the specific date usually varies between September and October. In addition, within each month it does not always coincide with the same week, among other issues due to the difficulties that may be experienced in the production chain. The date is usually announced the week before and is usually on a Tuesday or Wednesday. Usually the sale of the new iPhone begins on the Friday of the week following its presentation, although sometimes some models arrive several weeks or even a month later, usually the Plus, Pro, Max models…
7-Prices practically unchanged: The price difference between the different models and equivalent variants of iPhone 12 and iPhone has been minimal or in some cases non-existent. In any case, the prices may even be lower. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo advances that the top-of-the-range model, the iPhone 14 Pro Max, would come out in its base model at a price of $900, which would make it cheaper compared to the iPhone 13 Pro Max whose starting price was 1,099 Dollars.
8-Improvements in the cameras: Both the front camera and the rear cameras would improve their features and benefits. In the case of the front, the lens would have been ordered from a new supplier, the South Korean company LG Innotek.
Where there would be a significant improvement would be in the rear camera, since it would go from the current 12 megapixels to no less than 48 megapixels. It would mean quadrupling the current figure but it would also allow it to be compared with the rear cameras of many competing terminals, which have long since reached and even exceeded those figures. This 48-megapixel lens would only be available on the Pro models.
Other improvements: 3x optical zoom is already incorporated and the iPhone 14 could incorporate 10x optical zoom. Cinematic mode, ProRes quality video and new improvements in the possibilities of using the zoom would be some of the improvements that would be incorporated into the possibilities of the iPhone as a video camera.
9-LIDAR for everyone: The depth sensor that currently only appears on iPhone Pro models (as well as the 12.9-inch iPad Prod) could find its way to other iPhones.
10-More RAM: Apple never provides data on the RAM memory of its mobile devices, but it is known that the current iPhone 13 have 6 Gb of RAM. This would increase in the case of the iPhone 14 up to 8 Gb of RAM.
11-TouchID sensor under the screen: The progressive reduction of nodge points to a possible future disappearance of it, an improvement already available in some terminals that allows the entire front of the mobile to be a screen, without any type of notch or perforation to house the front camera or biometric sensors, as in the case of FaceID Manzana.
Part of the security for biometric recognition relies on Apple devices on the TouchID fingerprint sensor that could be incorporated under the screen on the iPhone 15. Some analysts advocate another solution already present in the brand’s tablets and adding to the iPhone, as is the case with the iPad, a TouchID sensor on the side activation button.
12-Survival of the Lightning port: It does not seem that Apple is going to make its proprietary port of the iPhone disappear yet, so it will be necessary to wait at least another year to see if it happens to have, like the iPad and the MacBook, a USB-C connection port or if, After the disappearance of the headphone jack and the introduction of wireless charging, the iPhone becomes a device completely devoid of connection ports. Failing that, the MagSafe charger present on iPad or Apple Pencil could be incorporated.
13-A16 processor: According to Ming-Chi Kuo’s analysis, the new A16 processors would be reserved for the Pro and Pro Max models while the rest of the range would continue to use the current A15.
14-Screen with refresh at 120 MHz ProMotion: This is a feature that is currently only offered by the Pro and Pro Max variants but which in the iPhone 14 could be extended to all models in all their variants.
