The Apple iPhone 14 series is finally here! Apple officially announced that it will hold an autumn conference at 10 a.m. 9/7 Western Time (1 a.m. 9/8 Taiwan time). The much-anticipated iPhone 14 series is expected to be officially released. The invitation to Apple’s 2022 autumn conference features the words “Far Out” printed in stardust-filled space. Does it mean that the iPhone 14 series will launch surprising new functions and features?
What new features and differences are rumored to be in the iPhone 14 series? Here’s a summary:
The invitation to APPLE’s 2022 autumn conference is printed with the word “Far Out” in the stardust-filled space, highlighting that extremely unusual new products will appear in the depths of space. Judging from the current rumors of new products such as the iPhone 14 series, Apple Watch S8/SE2/ Pro and Apple Air Pod Pro 2…Although both the iPhone 14 Pro series and Air Pod Pro 2 are expected to receive new upgrades, it is unclear whether there will be any unusual new products or new features related to the starry sky.
Apple’s new products are in the stardust-filled space. Does this mean that the iPhone 14 Pro series will support 5G NR NTN satellite network functions? Moderators believe that it is not yet mature for mobile phones to support 5G NR NTN, and the chance is quite slim.The following is a summary of the major tipsters’ specific explanations of the differences between the new iPhone 14 series:
1. iPhone 14 Max replaces 14 mini and launches a new purple color!
There will be four new models in the iPhone 14 series, including the 6.1-inch iPhone 14, the 6.7-inch iPhone 14 Max, the 6.1-inch iPhone 14 Pro and the 6.7-inch iPhone 14 Pro Max. Among them, the original “iPhone mini” model will be replaced by the iPhone 14 Max, and the iPhone 14 will be the most entry-level model.
The tipster “Jioriku” revealed that the entry-level model of iPhone 14 will be launched in 6 colors, namely green, purple, blue, black, white and red, of which purple will be the main new color.
2. The front screen of the Pro series adopts a “punch-hole + pill” design, and the camera is upgraded to 48 million pixels:
It is rumored that the front screens of iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max will adopt a “hole” + “pill” design. The punch-hole design is to retain the Face ID facial recognition function, and the pill design is used to accommodate the front lens and infrared (IR) lens.
In the camera part, the front lens specifications will have AF autofocus capabilities; the iPhone 14 Pro will be equipped with a 48-megapixel camera, and the size of the image sensor will also be larger.
3. The Pro series has built-in A16 bionic chip and LPDDR5 memory:
iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max are rumored to use the latest A16 Bionic processor and “LPDDR 5” high-end memory specifications, while the other two models use A15 Bionic processor + “LPDDR 4X” memory specifications.
The Apple A16 Bionic processor will be based on TSMC’s N4P node process, which is more advanced than the N5P node process currently used by Apple A15 Bionic. The number of transistors will increase from 15 billion to 18 to 20 billion, and will be upgraded to the ARMv9 instruction set. It is expected that CPU performance will increase by about 15%. In terms of GPU, Apple A16 may have the opportunity to upgrade from the original 5-core GPU to a 6-core GPU, which can increase performance by 25-30%.
4.Support Bluetooth 5.2 and LE Audio:
Recently, Mark Powell, CEO of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), announced that the next-generation Bluetooth standard LE Audio low-power audio transmission released in 2020 has finally officially entered the market after testing. Since Apple Music already supports lossless sound quality streaming, AirPods Pro/Max are limited by the existing Bluetooth specifications and still cannot fully support high-resolution sound quality. The latest news is that Air Pod Pro 2 will support the LE Audio function, and the iPhone 14 series has also been upgraded to Bluetooth 5.2 that can support the LE Audio function.
LE Audio is based on the Bluetooth V5.2 specification. Its main features are the new high-quality, low-power audio decoder LC3, which makes the device more power-saving/more stable in connection, supports multi-stream audio (Multi-Stream Audio), supports broadcast audio (Broadcast) technology, and provides strong support for hearing aids.
5. Price: Due to exchange rate issues, the price will definitely increase!
In terms of price, it was previously reported that the starting price of the iPhone 14 Pro series will be $100 (NT$3,021) higher than the previous generation, but there are also rumors that the original price will be maintained. However, compared with last year when the iPhone 13 was launched, the US dollar-to-Taiwan dollar exchange rate was NT$27.64 per US dollar, the current exchange rate is NT$30.22 per US dollar, and the exchange rate alone has increased by 9.34%. If nothing unexpected happens, even if the iPhone 14 series remains at the same price as the iPhone 13 model, it is estimated that the price in Taiwan may increase by 10% just based on the exchange rate.
6.iOS16:
As usual, Apple will release the release time of the official versions of iOS 16, watchOS 9 and tvOS 16 at the iPhone 14 series conference. It is expected that the official version of iOS 16 will be launched on September 12.
Source: KOCPC Chinese