7 details you missed about the iPhone 14 and 14 Pro

Now that you’ve read dozens of articles about the iPhone 14 and 14 Pro and pre-ordered one of the new iPhones, here are some details you may have missed.

Apple has announced the new iPhone 14 and 14 Pro, and we’ve taken a look at a few details you may have missed. While we wait for full tests, Apple’s spec sheets, tools, and other documents are what Apple has to teach us.

If you missed Apple’s keynote, you can find all the new features in our recap.

New accelerometer up to 256g

Among the changes, the iPhone 14s uses a new accelerometer sensor designed to weigh up to 256 grams. The purpose is to detect accidents among other things.

The so-called g-force refers to loads due to strong changes in the direction of size and/or speed, for example, on the human body. 1 g (1 g = 9.81 m/s²) is the daily acceleration you feel on Earth due to gravity. According to the anecdote, when Max Verstappen collided with Lewis Hamilton at the British Grand Prix in the last Formula 1 season, 51 g was applied to the driver.

However, the iPhone not only detects g-forces, but also air pressure via a gyrometer. This allows it to effectively detect an accident and avoid false alarms if possible. The smartphone can also recognize loud noises caused by crashes, which helps improve detection. Apple has developed new special algorithms that support all variables and data.

Satellite SOS functionality is currently very limited

As the rumors claim, the iPhone already has satellite connectivity. Apple cooperates with the American company Globalstar. Like Elon Musk’s SpaceX, this American company has a constellation of satellites in low Earth orbit.

We learned that 95% of Globalstar’s network is dedicated to Apple, with the iPhone maker investing more than $450 million. Please note that there is currently a satellite connection used only for emergency careto send a message to the call center, but also for the function Place it If you lose your iPhone.

This feature is available on all iPhone 14, however available in the US and Canada only. The feature is expected to be introduced only with the iOS 16 update that will be released in November. Rest assured that it will indeed work for foreign tourists traveling to North America. Therefore, you can easily explore the great American parks.

For Americans, the option is free for two years, after which it will be paid. Given the huge investment of several hundred million dollars, it seems logical that we would find this feature all over the world. One can even imagine a real Internet connection in the long run. So there is still one exception, iPhones sold in China, Hong Kong or Macau do not have the feature. A political cause, an imagination.

Finally, Elon Musk hints at “prospective” discussions with Apple for the iPhone 14 and Starlink satellite technology. He recently explained that the Starlink network is ready to work with smartphones. So this feature may develop faster than expected.

We’ve had encouraging conversations with Apple about Starlink connectivity. The iPhone team is super smart.

Of course, if the phone’s software and hardware adapts to space-based signals, Starlink will work better than a purely mimicking cell tower.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 8, 2022

Bluetooth 5.3

Bluetooth 5.3 is on all new iPhone 14 models.

This new standard has been integrated to be fully compatible with the new 2nd generation AirPods Pro with the H2 chip, which also offers Bluetooth 5.3.

The new standard supports Bluetooth LE Audio and the LC3 codec, which is already in the beta firmware of AirPods Max. However, Apple has yet to make an official announcement regarding the use of these new standards and codecs.

(Almost) eSIM only

Another notable innovation is the lack of a SIM slot on the iPhone 14s.

At least in the US, Apple is selling the new iPhone 14 models with dual eSIM support. It’s different in France, the iPhone 14 still has a tray for the nano SIM card. Dual SIM is supported with two eSIM or nano SIM and eSIM.

48 megapixel camera that takes photos at 12 megapixels

The big change on both the iPhone 14 and 14 Pro is the 48-megapixel primary sensor, which has a native pixel size of 1.22 µm, down from the 1.9 µm of last year’s 12-megapixel sensor. Using an f/1.78 aperture, the lens also lets in less light than last year’s f/1.5 model.

This sensor is 65% larger than the iPhone 13 Pro. Not what might seem like an improvement, this increase is not due to the size of the pixels, but simply to the definition, which requires more space.

Apple uses it to take better, sharper and brighter photos 4:1 pixel shutter method At 12 megapixels. iPhone 14 fuses pixels together, making them brighter.

Fake 2x mode

When you look at the iPhone 14 Pro specs, it says “2x 12MP telephoto: 48mm, ƒ/1.78 aperture.” In addition to the 3x telephoto lens and the ultra-wide angle, there will also be a 2x telephoto lens. When you look at the back of the iPhone 14 Pro… there are only three cameras.

This x2 mode is actually digital only. Apple uses a new 48-megapixel wide-angle camera, which crops the central area of ​​the image to restore x2 zoom at a focal length of 48mm. This is what we find in the Pixel 6, for example.

The Apple A16 Bionic is more powerful than the A15, but more efficient

The iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max have Apple’s new silicon chip, the A16 Bionic, which is etched at 4 nm instead of 5 nm and has 16 billion transistors – 6.7% more than the A15 Bionic.

It gains little in terms of performance, but is said to be very effective. This explains why it compares poorly with Apple’s older chips.

In fact, the two new performance cores of the A16 Bionic CPU require 20% less power than the P-Cores of the A15 Bionic. Neural Engine increased slightly with 17 instead of 15.8 billion TOPS. For a graphics unit still equipped with five cores, Apple noted only 50% higher memory throughput.

Brightness up to 2000 cd/m² in a given situation

The A16 Bionic also features a new display engine that enables a 1Hz refresh rate, Always On, higher screen brightness, and improved anti-aliasing for Dynamic Island animations.

The standard brightness does not change, it is still 1000 cd/m² on the iPhone 14, but in the peak brightness in HDR mode, Apple has now switched to 1600 cd/m² instead of 1200 cd/m². In addition, a new open mode has been added, which should reach 2000 cd/m² at the peak.

Note that nothing changes in iPhone 14 and 14 Plus. The OLED display is the same as last year and still has a brightness of 800 cd/m² under normal conditions and 1200 cd/m² for HDR content. By the way, not much has changed in the standard iPhone 14s.

The iPhone 14 isn’t a huge upgrade. When comparing the iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 14, the question arises whether it is a good idea to skip this new generation.
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