TechPhonesiPhonesiPhone 14 Pro vs iPhone 13 Pro: worth the upgrade?The iPhone 14 Pro is everything we wanted, but the price is going up outside the USWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechPhonesiPhonesiPhone 14 Pro vs iPhone 13 Pro: worth the upgrade?The iPhone 14 Pro is everything we wanted, but the price is going up outside the USWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
The iPhone 14 Pro is everything we wanted, but the price is going up outside the US
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
(Image credit: Apple)
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In ouriPhone 13 Pro reviewwe described it as the “Goldilocks of theiPhone13 range”, delivering “the very best of iPhone features in a body that is a bit more pocket-sized and hand-friendly without sacrificing any major features.” But now there’s a newer model, theiPhone 14 Pro. How do they compare? Let’s find out.
iPhone 14 Pro vs iPhone 13 Pro: price and release date
The iPhone 13 Pro was launched in 2021 with a starting price of £949 / $999 / AU$1,699. And surprisingly the price has stayed the same for the iPhone 14 Pro – or at least, it has in the US, where it’s still $999. In the UK it now starts at £1,099 and AU$1,0749 in Australia.
Pre-orders for the iPhone 14 Pro begin on 9 September, and will be available from 16 September.
iPhone 14 Pro vs iPhone 13 Pro: design
The iPhone 13 Pro was available in Sierra Blue, Graphite, Gold, Silver, Alpine Green with a textured glass back and stainless steel frame. This time around the options are Space Black, Silver, Gold and a new Deep Purple.
The other dramatic difference is that in the iPhone 14 Pro, the display is always on. It dims without losing skin tones if you’ve used photos of people as your wallpaper, and it enables you to see your Lock Screen widgets as well as any active alerts for travel, sports scores and so on.
The new iPhone 14 Pro gets the same crash detection and (in the US and Canada) satellite connectivity for emergencies.
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iPhone 14 Pro vs iPhone 13 Pro: cameras
The iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max are even better. The main camera now has a 48MP quad-pixel sensor that uses pixel binning to create “superpixels”, clusters of four pixels that act as one and as a result capture more light. This feature is adaptive so in bright light you’ll get the full 48MP but in very low light you’ll get 12MP - albeit 12MP that’s much, much clearer than any previous iPhone. That 48MP is now available for ProRAW shooting too. There’s also a redesigned flash that’s up to two times bright and that adjusts itself according to the camera’s focal length.
Apertures here are f/1.78 on the main camera, f/2.2 on the ultrawide and f/1.78 and f/2.8 on the 12MP 2x and 3x telephoto respectively.
For video there’s an update to Cinematic Mode that enables you to use 4K at 30fps, and there’s also 24fps to match moviemaking standards. And the new Action Mode promises gimbal-style tracking of action shots without an actual gimbal; if it’s as good as it looks in the demo it could be quite something.
iPhone 14 Pro vs iPhone 13 Pro: performance and battery
The processor in the iPhone 13 Pro is Apple’s A15 Bionic, a 6‑core CPU with 2 performance and 4 efficiency cores, 5 GPU cores and a 16-core Neural Engine.
The iPhone 14 Pro gets the A16 Bionic, which once again is 6-core but claims to be 40% faster than the closest competition. The 5 GPU cores have 50% more memory bandwidth than before, and the high performance cores use 20% less power than in the A15.
Apple, as ever, promises “all day battery life”.
iPhone 14 Pro vs iPhone 13 Pro: display
The screen in the iPhone 13 Pro is a 6.1-inch OLED Super Retina XDR with a resolution of 2,532 x 1,170 at 460ppi. It’s a ProMotion display with a 120Hz refresh rate, 2,000,000:1 contrast and max HDR brightness of 1,200 nits, and it has True Tone and P3 Wide Colour gamut.
The iPhone 14 Pro display is the same size but it’s brighter – up to 2,000 nits outdoors and 1600 nits peak HDR – and this time around the refresh rates are adaptive from 1HZ to 120Hz. It has thinner borders than before and the aforementioned Dynamic Island.
iPhone 14 Pro vs iPhone 13 Pro: early verdict
If you want the most powerful iPhone, the iPhone 14 Pro is it. We’re sold: the combination of that always-on display, even better low light photography and more efficient processing means it’s rocketed to the top of our wish list. However, you can expect to see some serious deals on the iPhone 13 Pro until stocks run out, and while the iPhone 14 Pro is better its predecessor was the best iPhone you could buy until just a few hours ago. If the price is right it remains a brilliant pro-level smartphone.
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