Apple’s yearly iPhone launch is the largest date within the firm’s calendar, and expectations are excessive for the iPhone 14 within the fall of 2022.
On this article we spherical up the most recent leaks and rumors regarding Apple’s subsequent flagship iPhone launch, together with the iPhone 14’s launch date, tech specs, design modifications, new options, pricing and extra. The most recent information is that every one iPhone 14 fashions are anticipated to get an upgraded entrance digicam with autofocus and an f/1.9 aperture, whereas a controversial gap + capsule design is ready to switch the notch on the Professional fashions and the handset may acquire an always-on show. Professional fashions will additional differentiate themselves with a 48-megapixel rear digicam and A16 processor.
Whereas we look ahead to the brand new telephones to reach, you possibly can choose up a discount on the present vary with our roundup of the finest iPhone offers.
iPhone 14 launch date: When will the subsequent iPhone launch?
The iPhone 14 will virtually actually launch at Apple’s Far Out occasion on September 7.
We anticipate that following the announcement Apple the iPhone 14 collection will go up for pre-sale on Friday, September 9.
The telephones are then prone to ship from Friday, September 16. Nonetheless, it’s doable that Apple will delay the discharge of the Professional handsets, as has occurred up to now.
New iPhone names & sizes: Plus, Professional and Max
It should come as no shock that the brand new iPhone can be referred to as the iPhone 14, however the vary of names does look set to alter.
Experiences recommend that there can be modifications to the standard line up. All of the indicators recommend that the 5.4-inch iPhone mini line goes to be discontinued: Ming-Chi Kuo, for instance, has predicted that Apple will kill off the mini to introduce the Max in 2022.
Not everybody can be glad to see the again of the mini kind issue, as we clarify in our article about why we mourn the iPhone mini. It’s seemingly that some prospects will select to not improve this yr due to the shortage of a mini mannequin; Jason Snell is certainly one of them. However after reportedly disappointing gross sales of the 12 mini and 13 mini, Apple should have calculated that their numbers can be small enough that it is sensible to alter to the brand new dimension technique.
Instead of the discontinued iPhone mini can be a brand new bigger model of the usual iPhone 14, in line with experiences. This implies we’ll nonetheless get 4 fashions, however as an alternative of those being break up into one small, two medium and one giant, it will likely be two medium and two giant.
In different phrases, this lineup:
- iPhone 13 mini (with a 5.4-inch display)
- iPhone 13 (6.1-inch display)
- iPhone 13 Professional (6.1-inch display)
- iPhone 13 Professional Max (6.7-inch display)
can be changed by this one:
- iPhone 14 (6.1-inch display)
- iPhone 14 Plus (6.7-inch display)
- iPhone 14 Professional (6.1-inch display)
- iPhone 14 Professional Max (6.7-inch display)
Leaked photographs of case molds–used to design iPhone circumstances of the right dimensions–illustrate these long-rumored dimension modifications. Knowledgable Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman helps this principle, including that Apple “should get extra dramatic with [2022]’s overhaul, particularly as competitors mounts.”

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Whereas most pundits have been united of their expectation {that a} bigger model of the usual iPhone 14 will launch, there was some uncertainty about what it will likely be referred to as. Early on the experiences referred to this new mannequin as an iPhone 14 Max, however a report in August 2022 steered the–extra seemingly we predict–title iPhone 14 Plus. This would be the first Plus handset from Apple in 5 years (the iPhone 8 Plus launched in 2017). Utilizing the Plus title does make extra sense and may result in much less confusion (with Max often beating Professional in Apple’s naming conventions).
This new iPhone 14 Plus isn’t the one iPhone that can be larger. A leak in August 2022 claimed that the iPhone 14 Professional is “thick” and the Professional Max feels “like a brick,” maybe owing to the larger digicam system and in help of a bigger battery.
Actually all of the iPhones may get barely larger screens, because of slimmer bezels. Slimmer bezels across the display imply the Professional iPhones will acquire a fraction of an inch in diagonal measurement, in line with the dependable show analyst Ross Younger.
You learn that proper: the Professional Max mannequin is gaining exactly one hundredth of an inch of diagonal display dimension. Evidently, these microscopic modifications in display dimension are unlikely to be proclaimed in Apple’s advertising and marketing supplies, which is able to proceed to spherical to the closest tenth of an inch.
Telephone 14 worth: How a lot will the the brand new iPhones price?
Over time there hasn’t actually been an enormous distinction in worth between the completely different iPhone generations. The iPhone X price $999 when it launched in 2017 and the iPhone 13 Professional prices the identical $999 5 years later. Equally, the iPhone XS Max price $1,099 when it arrived in 2018 and Apple hasn’t elevated the worth of that mannequin both regardless of including an even bigger display and additional digicam. However this yr, rumors say the iPhone 14 Professional fashions are going to leap by $100 throughout the board, that means the Professional will begin at $1,099 and the Professional Max at $1,199. We think about that exterior the US the costs can be even larger (following the launch of the MacBooks earlier in 2022 costs within the UK and different international locations elevated regardless of falling or not altering within the US).
In January 2022 that Apple “is at the moment contemplating” bumping the costs of the Professional iPhones by $100 apiece, pushing the iPhone 14 Professional to $1,099 and the iPhone 14 Professional Max to $1,199. The account cites rising manufacturing prices and the necessity to present greater than a $100 distinction between the 14 Max and the 14 Professional. A additionally claimed Apple will up the worth of the Professional fashions by $100 in 2022, with the iPhone 14 Professional may begin at $1,099 and the Professional Max beginning at $1,199. With the anticipated removing of the mini mannequin, the low-end mannequin will seemingly begin at $799, whereas the iPhone 14 Max mannequin will slide in at $899.
Analyst (that’s common sale worth) is predicted to rise by 15% within the iPhone 14 technology. The removing of the $700 “mini” variant, changed by a $900+ “iPhone 14 Plus” mannequin, would account for a big portion of this. It is usually estimated that the Professional fashions, which price extra, might be huge sellers this yr, which raises the ASP.
Nonetheless, at a time when individuals are tightening purse strings and anticipating recession this may occasionally imply that iPhone gross sales are a little bit extra subdued in 2022-2023. Maybe to fight this, Apple is alleged to be getting ready to unveil an iPhone subscription service which is able to see it bundle new {hardware} with its different companies resembling Apple TV and iCloud.
Whereas we’re with regards to gross sales, there have been experiences of Apple “reducing orders” for the iPhone 14, which some have taken as a sign of sentimental demand. However because the Macalope explains, that doesn’t make a whole lot of sense: the demand is anticipated to be as excessive as ever, however there appears to be supply-chain disruption. There may not be fairly sufficient iPhone 14 handsets to go round when the launch is introduced, however that’s nothing new for Apple.
In addition to the beginning worth for the iPhone 14 being larger than the iPhone 13 mini was, it’s doable that Apple will scale back the road up of older fashions. The corporate at the moment sells the next handsets:
- iPhone 13 Professional and Professional Max – to get replaced by 14 Professional and Professional Max
- iPhone 13 – to get replaced by 14 and 14 Plus
- iPhone SE 2
- iPhone 12 – might be discontinued
- iPhone 11 – might be discontinued
The iPhone 14 is alleged to make use of the identical processor and never add any new options in comparison with the iPhone 13, so it’s doable that the iPhone 13 won’t stay within the line up.
Learn our iPhone shopping for information for assist deciding which iPhone is best for you.
iPhone 14 design: What’s going to the brand new iPhone appear like?
What’s going to the iPhone appear like in 2022? We anticipate important design modifications, at the very least for the Professional fashions. Listed here are the most recent rumors regarding the iPhone 14’s exterior look and bodily chassis.
An even bigger digicam bump, and barely thicker physique
We focus on the digicam in additional element beneath, however there’s one design characteristic coming to the 14 Professional and Professional Max that’s fully associated to the digicam: a a lot larger bump.
A in contrast an iPhone 14 Professional mock system with an iPhone 13 Professional. The photographs actually make it clear simply how a lot additional the digicam bump will protrude from the again of the iPhone 14 Professional–seemingly vital to deal with the brand new 48-megapixel vast digicam, if different rumors are to be believed. Should you look intently, it seems the physique itself is simply barely thicker as effectively. This might be excellent news for these hoping for higher battery life–thicker telephones often means larger batteries.
After all, this isn’t an official iPhone 14 Professional, only a dummy “mock” system constructed from leaked specs.
No notch: Meet the “gap + capsule” digicam cutout
The iPhone 13 vary noticed a small lower within the dimension of the notorious notch on the entrance show. However in 2022 it’s set to get replaced by one thing completely different, at the very least on the Professional fashions.
As an alternative of a notch reduce out of the highest of the display, we now perceive that the 14 Professional and 14 Professional Max could have a pair of smaller apertures for the front-facing digicam and different sensors: each a pinhole digicam and a notch, as we first heard again in October. Right here’s what which may appear like, based mostly on a picture showcasing the “gap + capsule” design that was posted on Chinese language social media in February 2022:

One other leak in Might gave us one other glimpse of the twin-hole design, and a direct comparability between the pilled-up Professional fashions and their notch-based equivalents. On this picture (sourced from Weibo, through ), we will clearly see the slight distinction in bezel thickness which is able to imply extra display area on the dearer fashions.
In August, photographs surfaced that present the 2 holes linked by a black bar, suggesting that Apple could remove the area between them. That may make the iPhone 14 extra notch-like and symmetrical, however we don’t know for positive but if that’s the ultimate design for the iPhone 14 Prios show.
The modifications to the notch will at the very least spruce up the design for the Professional fashions, however, whereas notch-haters will in all probability recognize the brand new look, the enduring notch would possibly change into a motive to decide on the iPhone 14 over the iPhone 14 Professional.
New shade choices for the iPhone 14 & 14 Professional
Yearly when Apple introduces a brand new iPhone it modifications the colour variants considerably. There’s additionally a transparent distinction between the colours of the Professional and non-Professional iPhones, with the Professional fashions often being extra metallic. Right here’s what the colour choices have been for the previous few years:
- 2021 iPhone 13 & mini: inexperienced, pink, blue, Midnight, Starlight, crimson
- 2021 iPhone 13 Professional & Max: Alpine Inexperienced, Silver, Gold, Graphite, Sierra Blue
- 2020 iPhone 12 & mini: purple, blue, inexperienced, black, white, crimson
- 2020 iPhone 12 Professional & Max: Pacific Blue, Silver, Gold, Graphite
- 2019 iPhone 11: purple, yellow, inexperienced, black, white, crimson
- 2019 iPhone 11 Professional Max: Midnight Blue, Silver, Gold, House Grey
Annually the staff at Apple comes up with new colours and new names for these colours. Prior to now the corporate has stated that it takes inspiration from the colours which are deemed trendy that season. The seem like daring shades of orange, crimson, pink, yellow and inexperienced, so maybe this seasons crop of Apple telephones can be daring and brightly coloured.
This yr there are rumors that the iPhone 14 Professional can be coming in a deep purple shade (a lot darker than that of the 12). Darkish blue can be rumored as a brand new Professional shade. It’s additionally stated that the iPhone 14 Professional will are available in a brand new shade that can have an iridescent sheen that modifications its hue relying on the sunshine.
iPhone 14 specs: What options will the subsequent iPhone have?
One of many tech group’s favourite video games is figuring out what enhancements and improvements Apple will provide you with every year for its new iPhones.
Apple exams many new applied sciences, however whether or not they make it into the iPhone or not has to do with an advanced net of technical feasibility, price, availability of components from suppliers, and extra. Listed here are the strongest clues we have now in regards to the options and spec upgrades you might even see within the iPhone 14.
At all times-on show
One recurrent rumor is that Apple is planning to provide the iPhone an always-on show. Moderately than turning off utterly once you press the facility button or go away the system idle for a couple of minutes, the display would stay lit always, albeit–assuming Apple follows the identical system it makes use of on the Apple Watch Collection 5 and later–with a dimmer, simplified interface to protect battery life.
That is an outdated perennial rumor, nevertheless it turned notably well-liked in 2021, when the characteristic was closely rumored to seem on the iPhone 13. Though it did not materialize that yr, some pundits consider it has been delayed moderately than deserted, and that it may but make an look this yr.
Up to now, so imprecise. However issues bought extra concrete on the finish of Might 2022, when educated leaker Mark Gurman nailed his colours to the mast with a selected prediction: iOS 16 features a revamped, customizable lock display with widgets, good for an always-on show. This variation won’t be accessible retrospectively to current iPhones, Gurman says, however can be restricted to the iPhone 14 Professional and 14 Professional Max solely.
For extra details about Apple’s plans for an at all times on show learn: Will the iPhone get an always-on show?
Digicam upgrades
Massive modifications are apparently coming to the iPhone’s digicam within the iPhone 14. Whereas the 2 traces are anticipated to retain the identical setup—twin digicam in the usual iPhone 14 and triple-camera within the iPhone 14 Professional—Apple is planning a giant leap for the higher-end fashions. Leaked schematics present an enormous digicam bump on the Professional fashions, protruding 4.17mm from the again of the case for a complete thickness of 12.02mm, a couple of milimeter thicker than the iPhone 13 Professional.
In line with Kuo, Apple is alleged to be contemplating a 48MP sensor for the usual vast digicam, which might mix the pixels’ mild assortment in a 2×2 grid when in a low-light state of affairs (producing a 12MP photograph). The digicam would reportedly be able to capturing 8K video, at the very least on the Professional fashions. Kuo additionally says the entrance digicam will acquire (f/1.9 as an alternative of f/2.2). A late leak claims the digicam is superb in vivid mild, however that Apple nonetheless has work to do for Night time mode.
In April, a put up on Weibo () claimed that the vast digicam sensor can be 20 p.c bigger than iPhone 13 Professional. Along with the 48MP lens, that seemingly means the iPhone 14 Professional will take extraordinarily detailed photographs in vivid mild whereas nonetheless counting on night time mode to seize low-light photographs.
Whereas the Professional fashions have been beforehand rumored to incorporate a “periscope” lens with variable zoom, says that characteristic received’t arrive till the 2023 iPhone (presumably the iPhone 15).
A16 processor
Each new iPhone has a brand new A-series system-on-chip (SoC) however within the case of the iPhone 14 this is probably not the case. Experiences recommend that the iPhone 14 Professional and Professional Max are destined to get a brand new chip, however the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus could retain the A15 – latest rumors recommend solely the Professional fashions will get the latest chip.
The A16, as it’ll seemingly be referred to as, might be one of many first large-scale processor releases to make use of TSMC’s 3-nanometer manufacturing course of, which ought to assist enhance efficiency, effectivity, and battery life. Nonetheless, steered Apple would possibly follow a 5nm course of attributable to struggles with TSMC’s “cutting-edge manufacturing method.”
You possibly can learn all in regards to the new chip’s anticipated efficiency in our information to the A16.
If the non-Professional fashions use the identical A15 discovered within the iPhone 13 Professional fashions that will be a doubling-down of the technique Apple launched with the iPhone 13 technology, when the Professional fashions bought a barely completely different chip for the primary time: their model of the A15 featured 5 moderately than 4 GPU cores, and 6GB of RAM moderately than 4GB. Nonetheless, it might be unprecedented for certainly one of Apple’s new flagship iPhones to come back with the earlier yr’s A-series chip.
That is prone to set a precedent for the long run, too. Ming-Chi Kuo has predicted that “The most recent processor chip can be unique to iPhone high-end fashions sooner or later, so a excessive cargo proportion of iPhone high-end fashions would be the norm.” As he notes, that is all a part of a technique to push extra prospects into shopping for the costlier Professional fashions.
Improved battery life
In June, a rumor from TheGalox on Twitter claimed that the iPhone 14 Professional could have a 3,200mAh battery (up from 3,095mAh within the iPhone 13 Professional) and the iPhone 14 Professional Max could have a 4,323mah battery (down very barely from the 4,352 mAh within the iPhone 13 Professional Max.
Additional experiences have steered that the iPhone 14 Professional would possibly supply 1-2 hours extra battery life than the predecessor (the iPhone 13 Professional provides as much as 22 hours whereas the iPhone 13 Professional Max can amongst 28 hours).
As regards to battery life, the Chinese language-language website Financial Every day Information believes the iPhone 14 will get a battery life increase because of enhancements in 5G expertise. The most recent 5G elements are smaller and extra energy-efficient than those used within the earlier technology of iPhones, liberating up area within the chassis and enabling Apple to slot in a bigger battery.
One other battery associated change: charging capabilities could enhance. Proper now you possibly can cost at 20W, however 30W charging is seemingly coming, which could save 10-Quarter-hour of charging time.
Apple is broadly anticipated to improve the RAM allocation in its flagship iPhones, however there are two differing theories as to the way it will do that.
Rumors from South Korea circulating in February 2022 steered that Apple deliberate to bump the Professional and Professional Max handsets from 6GB of RAM within the 13-series technology to 8GB for the 14-series. The usual fashions, in the meantime, would bounce from 4GB to 6GB.
A in June 2022, nevertheless, claimed that every one 4 new fashions could have 6GB of RAM; the Professional fashions, moderately than gaining any extra RAM, will as an alternative be upgraded to characteristic sooner LPDDR5 (versus LPDDR4X within the iPhone 14). This faster-RAM principle was backed up by a in July 2022, and now seems to be the extra prone to truly occur.
As much as 2TB of storage
Apple has solely simply damaged the terabyte barrier, providing a cool 1TB as the highest storage tier on the iPhone 13 Professional and 13 Professional Max for the primary time ever. However optimistic rumormongers suppose Apple will blast previous that milestone and double up once more to 2TB in 2022.
This principle relies on early testing exercise at provider companions. However we’re not fully satisfied.
mmWave 5G
iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 fashions bought within the US supply mmWave (or millimetre wave) 5G, however elsewhere this way isn’t accessible. As an illustration, customers within the UK depend on the slower sub-6GHz model of 5G, which US customers get along with mmWave.
That will change with the iPhone 14. We reported again earlier than the launch of the iPhone 13 that Apple had made a big order for mmWave antenna, which steered that the UK and different international locations would get sooner 5G with the iPhone 13. However ultimately the expertise was stored a US-only possibility.
In April 2021 the analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicted that help for mmWave can be rolled out in much more international locations as a part of the launch of the iPhone 13 fashions. He talked about Canada, Australia, Japan and “main European cellular operators,” which can embrace the UK. Possibly Kuo’s radar was barely off, and mmWave will make its worldwide debut within the iPhone 14 as an alternative?
So, what’s the massive cope with mmWave? Nicely, the theoretical most pace for mmWave is 1-2 gigabits per second, in comparison with the 100-400 megabits provided by Sub-6 GHz. Nonetheless, Sub-6GHz provides a for much longer vary, which is to the advantage of customers exterior the massive cities. Now we have a separate article the place you possibly can learn in regards to the 5G protection issues confronted by the iPhone within the UK.
Now we have a good suggestion, by the best way, of the elements Apple will use to supply this improved 5G connectivity, with the newly up to date X65 anticipated to seem within the iPhone 14. That is fascinating as a result of it permits using mmWave and sub-6GHz 5G on the identical time, and provides unprecedented speeds of as much as 10Gb/s and even improved energy effectivity.
Satellite tv for pc connectivity
When Apple named its September 7 occasion ‘Far Out’ with a space-themed backdrop the hypothesis turned rife that the corporate would make a space-related announcement. It’s thought that this might relate to utilizing satellites to position emergency telephone calls. The service might be used for these instances when you possibly can’t connect with a community the iPhone 14 is rumoured to have the ability to use satellite tv for pc connectivity to make emergency calls. This characteristic was truly rumored for the iPhone 13, however Apple didn’t have the offers in place with the carriers again then, in line with analyst .
Wi-Fi 6E
Wi-Fi 6E is much like Wi-Fi 6, which the final three generations of iPhone already help. But it surely provides compatibility with the 6Hz band, rising bandwidth, enhancing speeds and decreasing interference.
In line with a July 2021 report from the Taiwanese website DigiTimes, the late-2021 iPhones have been thought to characteristic help for the new Wi-Fi 6E wi-fi normal. However this didn’t occur, suggesting that it might be one of many new options within the iPhone 14 vary–and in November 2021 Ming-Chi Kuo gave this principle his backing.
DigiTimes wasn’t the primary website to foretell Wi-Fi 6E in iPhones, with Barclays analysts forecasting the identical improve again in January 2021.
The loss of life of the Lightning port
The concept Apple will ditch the Lightning port on the iPhone and have no ports in any respect has been rumored since earlier than the iPhone 12 was launched. On this idea, moderately than depend on cables for charging, all energy can be delivered wirelessly. This may immediately render many equipment and energy banks redundant, however Apple has by no means been shy about making unpopular selections up to now. That would but change into a actuality, however not within the close to future.
Within the meantime, a extra seemingly possibility is that Apple will ditch Lightning and substitute it with USB-C, because it’s already carried out on most of its iPads. The EU has been on the warpath for some time about proprietary charging requirements, and a draft regulation forcibly standardizing smartphone ports was rumored in August 2021. This got here a step nearer in September 2021, when the EU Fee offered a invoice to unify charging cables. This might legally oblige Apple to provide a USB-C iPhone on the market in Europe–or to base all its new iPhones on USB-C in order to keep away from the manufacturing inefficiency of creating a couple of design.
Certain sufficient, Ming-Chi Kuo has now gone on document with a that Apple will certainly change from Lightning to USB-C on its iPhone, though this received’t occur till 2023. Meaning the iPhone 14 could have an Lightning port, however it will likely be the final iPhone to take action.
Folding screens
An embryonic clamshell design at the moment referred to as the iPhone Flip is in improvement at Apple HQ. Prolific leaker Jon Prosser says it’s harking back to the Galaxy Z Flip, and can are available in “enjoyable colours.” However he additionally warns that it received’t launch in 2022, ruling out the iPhone 14.
The evaluation firm Omdia has additionally predicted that Apple will launch two foldable iPhone fashions in 2023. Our personal Samuel Nyberg, nevertheless, thinks that Apple won’t launch a folding iPhone. Make amends for the most recent rumors in our foldable iPhone information hub.
For a deeper dive into the long run, learn Samuel Nyberg’s evaluation piece: The subsequent 20 years of the iPhone.