Apple iPhone 14 has been officially launched at the company's Far Out event on September 7 (Wednesday). The Cupertino-based tech giant's latest iPhone 14 series features the iPhone 14 and the new iPhone 14 Plus and both models feature a Super Retina XDR OLED display. The iPhone 14 has a 6.1-inch screen size while the display of the iPhone 14 Plus is 6.7-inch. The iPhone 14 comes with crash detection as well.


Apple also unveiled the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max that comes with a "notch" bubble that moves around and changes size. The iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max both have thinner borders, more active area and "Dynamic Island". 


The iPhone 14 and the iPhone 14 Plus would go on preorder starting September 9; the iPhone 14 ships on September 16 while the iPhone 14 Plus would become available on October 7. The price of the iPhone 14 starts at $799 and the price of the iPhone 14 Plus starts from $899. The iPhone 14 Pro starts at $999 and iPhone 14 Pro Max at $1099 with storage variants up to 1TB. The company is also offering up to $1,000 off when buyers trade in a qualifying iPhone. Both models would be up for preorder on September 9, and become available on September 16.


India prices of the new iPhone 14 lineup 


The price of the iPhone 14 in India starts at Rs 79,900 and the iPhone 14 Plus starts at Rs 89,900. The iPhone 14 Pro starts at Rs 1,29,900 while the iPhone 14 Pro Max's price starts at Rs 1,39,900.


 



iPhone 14 Satellite Connectivity


As suggested by leaks and rumours, the same A15 Bionic with 5-core GPU that came with last year's iPhone 13 is coming to the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus. As mentioned earlier, Apple has added Satellite Connectivity to the iPhone 14 as it says "emergencies don't always happen when it's convenient". Users can hold their phone and it would find a satellite so they can communicate with rescuers and share a location which is "Emergency SOS via Satellite."




According to the tech giant, the easy accessibility of this satellite service could be a game changer for many backwoods explorers and remote search-and-rescue agencies trying to find lost people. This is included free for 2 years with the iPhone 14 in the US and Canada and it launches in November.


iPhone 14 camera details


In terms of imaging, the iPhone 14 has a new 12MP main camera with a larger sensor and larger pixels at 1.9 microns. According to Apple, there's a 49 per cent improvement in low-light capture in the new model and the night-mode exposure is twice as fast.




Apple has included a new Photonic Engine in the iPhone 14 for low-light performance. There's an enhanced image pipeline to improve low-light images.
The front sensor has also improved for low-light capture and autofocus. Apple has also brought improvements to video with a new stabilisation mode, Action Mode.


iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max specs, features and more


The iPhone 14 Pro comes in three colourways: Space Black, Silver, Gold, and Deep Purple. The iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max come with the new A16 Bionic chip. The A16, according to Apple, flexes every muscle, CPU, GPU, Neural Engine, and ISP, to perform 4 trillion operations per photo. 


The iPhone 14 Pro is made of surgical grade stainless steel, a ceramic shield and it comes with water resistance, says Apple.


As mentioned above, the "notch" bubble on the iPhone 14 Pro can "fluidly expand" into different shapes using different animations and transitions, depending on what's happening. Dynamic Island expands to notify you, and present content and controls without distracting from the app you're in. 


Both iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max support 1600 nits of peak brightness, which is the highest in any smartphone. Apple has made sure the display is very power efficient and hence added a refresh rate of 1Hz with low-power mode.




Apple has added the Always-On Display to the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max so that users can view time and other important information without raising the iPhone or tapping the display.


iPhone 14 Pro camera details


The iPhone 14 Pro has a new 12MP ultra-wide camera, more focus pixels and three times improvement in low-light capture. The flash is redesigned for adaptive behaviour based on focal length of the photo. All cameras of iPhone 14 Pro get dramatic improvement in low-light performance.