Thought to upgrade to iPhone 14 Plus, but NO! I don’t see the point in waiting

Since I spend more time on my MacBook, a few years ago I realized that it is best for me to change Apple smartphones every three years. Not more often.

I still have an iPhone 11, so it’s time to choose a mobile device from the new 2022 lineup.

Before the presentation, I was sure that I would stop at the iPhone 14 Plus: Pro-chips have always been superfluous for me, I don’t like the steel case, I don’t want to spend a lot.

But after using the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro, I realized that wrong.

Highlighted subsequent pros and cons of the iPhone 14 Plus, which will start selling approximately exactly. I think wait it makes no sense.

✅ 1. iPhone 14 Plus has plenty of power for years to come

I’m sure the iPhone 14 Plus will definitely be relevant for at least five years

As I wrote above, today I still use the iPhone 11. After updating to the first version of iOS 16, I found that there was enough performance for normal interaction with the new system.

Apps opened faster than on iOS 15.

However, after switching to the first test version of iOS 16.1, such a device is again as fast as before.

The iPhone 11 uses the Apple A13 chip, which is still dragging on. The “heart” of the iPhone 14 Plus was the pumped Apple A15, which enough for another three years and even more.

Moreover, it is assumed that mobile chipsets today lose more in energy efficiency, and not in speed, which has reached too high levels.

❌ But Apple uses the past chip in the iPhone 14 Plus

If you want a bigger smartphone, this year there are not one, but two options at once: iPhone 14 Pro Max or iPhone 14 Plus

It is important to understand that in 2022, the problems of the chipset market were revealed, which manifest themselves even during the active outbreak of the pandemic.

Apple for the first time divided smartphones into one line not only in terms of cameras, screen quality and other conditionally secondary features, but also visits.

I have no idea why Apple installed old chips in the base iPhone 14 – even from the iPhone 13 Pro

The iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max are built around Apple’s redesigned A16, which improves power efficiency, uses a co-processor for discovery, and more.

To buy a new Apple smartphone according to today’s taste, you need to understand that it contains the largest amount of iron. In the case of the iPhone 14 Plus, the calculation for this will not happen even with a large income.

By and large, iPhone 14 Plus – a simplified version of the iPhone 13 Pro Max. It has the same chip, the same common camera in the rear module. Maybe then it makes sense to look for last year’s flagship in the remnants?! …

✅ 2. New traditional small “bangs” for Face ID

A small “bangs” attracts if you switch to an old smartphone

If you go to the iPhone 14 Plus from the iPhone 11, then, as it will be done, not only a larger screen, but also a smaller notch will be a big plus.

Apple switched to it in the iPhone 13 line, and the current generation uses exactly the same “unibrow”.

Of course, no more useful information was obtained from the found cutout for True Depth.

But with direct detection head-on still nice to use more relevant corollary.

Moreover, the smaller the notch, the more it shows up on the big screen. On a 6.7-inch iPhone 14 Plus, it will be almost invisible.

❌ The new standard for Apple smartphones has become Dynamic Island

Dynamic Island will be on all Apple smartphones in the future

It is important to understand that the iPhone 14 Plus is a transitional device, as the iPhone 8 Plus once was. An excellent smartphone, which, however, seems far from advanced compared to the flagship.

The place of the Historical “bangs” in the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max was taken by the “tablet” Dynamic Island with a lot of enlarged chips that are great to beat the neckline.

Judging by the latest reports from insiders, it is this approach that will cover the entire line of Apple smartphones in the future.

start with iPhone 15, Dynamic Island will be recordedit will become the new standard.

The big question is why then the device was assembled in a deliberately lost form factor.

It is also sad that the iPhone 14 Plus does not have ProMotion technology, which accelerates the screen refresh rate to 120 Hz. Yes, and Always-On is only for the Pro line. And the brightness is 2000 nits…

✅ 3. iPhone 14 Plus is positioned as the most autonomous

Apple’s two most autonomous smartphones this year in one image: iPhone 14 Plus and iPhone 14 Pro Max.

In 2022, Apple introduced its most autonomous smartphones. This, to a greater extent, was achieved through the use of a large number of batteries.

The company does not officially disclose the accumulation of batteries in its smartphones, but they still get into the network. Sometimes even before the official presentation.

The iPhone 14 Plus has a 4325 mAh battery. This is even more than the flagship iPhone 14 Pro Max with 4323 mAh.

By choice of Apple data, iphone 14 plus in some modes really lasts longer than the iPhone 14 Pro Max.

For example, listening to music with its help lasts an average of about 100 hours versus 95 hours for a much more expensive gadget. In fact, on paper.

❌ But it has a slight difference with other used smartphones

This year, all smartphones are autonomous enough to choose a gadget not on this basis.

If you choose the most autonomous new Apple smartphone, it still makes sense to pay attention to the iPhone 14 Pro Max.

Yes, when listening to music, according to Apple, it still plays the iPhone 14 Plus, but it wins in other indicators.

Watching videos online iPhone 14 Pro Max should work up to 5 hours, and offline – up to 3 hours.

By most official parameters, the iPhone 14 Pro Max is Apple’s most autonomous smartphone in 2022

Of course, in practice, these figures have something in common with objective reality, and it is unlikely that such indicators will be achieved in real life.

However, in the case of the case, it can still be concluded that iPhone 14 Plus is far from the most autonomous. Even though it looked like it.

✅ 4. Brushed aluminum almost does not scratch and weighs less

The basic line will definitely be more practical than the Pro in daily collection

In my collection there were aluminum Apple smartphones, steel ones. Before the iPhone 11, for example, I myself used the iPhone XS Max.

I remember perfectly how the polished steel on the edges of the gadget looked after a year of use. She was covered with small scratches and other “surprises”.

Anodized aluminum in this plane is much more practical. Even after three years with the iPhone 11, I still have it almost in its original form.

The dimensions are comparable, but the weight with the iPhone 14 Pro Max seems to be too much

There are no scuffs, no marks from covers, no chips or anything else on aluminum. As practice shows, the situation is exactly the same for others.

It’s obvious to me: brushed aluminum cooler than polished steel.

I have no idea why Apple needs polished steel. It couldn’t be matte. It seems that companies would not have become less premium smartphones from this.

❌ But the color scheme in the basic linear category is childish

“Proshki”, which occupies a special place for a year in a row

Apple is very skillful in persuading its customers to purchase more expensive models.

To do this, she, among other things, uses the color scheme. At the core of the iPhone 14 the palette of nature is more youthful and even somewhat childish.

The iPhone 14 Pro line uses only strict shades. They are more serious – for adults and serious.

Preferably a classic black or silver smartphone. If you choose from the range of iPhone 14 Plus, you can only choose a very dark blue or white with a milky “taste”.

In the iPhone 14 Pro line, I want to pay attention to the new purple, which seems not only interesting, but also serious and noticeable.

✅ 5. iPhone 14 Plus is relatively affordable on Pro background

iPhone 14 Plus, sort of, you can choose because of the price

Of course, when choosing a smartphone, like everyone else, I always pay great attention to the cost. Still, I interact more often with a MacBook, and not a mobile gadget, so it should not be very expensive.

Of course, all the basic Apple smartphones from the iPhone 14 line have noticed more expensive ones than the gadgets from the Pro line.

Between the basic templates of the iPhone 14 Plus and iPhone 14 Pro Max in American realities difference 200 dollars. In domestic, when prices settle down, they will turn into 20 thousand rubles.

For this money, by and large, you can buy another mid-budget Android device or even AirPods Pro 2nd generation in addition to the iPhone 14 Plus when captured.

Yes, cost still plays a very important role today.

❌ But it is too expensive in itself and illiquid in absentia

This year between Apple smartphones, the minimum difference in cost

I choose a new smartphone with the expectation of 3 years of use. The difference is 20 thousand rubles. rub. when 556 rub. per month. For this money today you can buy a burger.

If you calculate the dependency on usage, the difference between the iPhone 14 Plus and iPhone 14 Pro Max is really minimal. At the same time, in the technological plane, they almost disappear between them.

Moreover, it is also important to accept the exceptional liquidity of the device in the secondary market.

The alarm is already sounding in the West device in a new form factor is not particularly in demand. Even the iPhone 13 mini, which failed in sales, performed better.

Interest in the iPhone 14 Plus in the secondary market will be lower, and this will reduce the share in the price of the iPhone 14 Pro Max with a further replacement or even eliminate it altogether.

To sum up: reflections on the iPhone 14 Plus very briefly

❶ Large power reserve, but last year’s chip. She will show you in the future.

❷ Traditionally cool Face ID, but not Dynamic Island. All future Apple smartphones will be equipped with a “tablet”, under which the software is already being finished.

❸ The most autonomous, but the difference is not so big. In practice, the iPhone 14 Pro Max can work even longer – especially with Always-On disabled.

❹ Cool matte frame, but “childish” line of colors. Aluminum in Apple smartphones does seem more practical, but the classic colors are the solution.

❺ Relatively affordable, but expensive and illiquid. The iPhone 14 Plus, given all its requirements, really turned out to be too expensive.

In the end, the iPhone 14 Plus will be the final step in Apple’s notched smartphones before moving completely to Dynamic Island.

The iPhone 14 Plus is very similar to the iPhone 8 Plus – a good device, but not of particular interest after the iPhone X.

That is why today I am still more inclined to purchase the iPhone 14 Pro or iPhone 14 Pro Max.

I decide on the diagonal, I’m looking for normal prices, I take it. It remains to understand, purple or black. The iPhone 14 Plus is good, but apparently not for me.