Apple iPhone 14 and 14 Pro rumours, release date, news and features

(Pocket-lint) - The yearly refresh of the iPhone is 1 of the biggest events successful tech: it's the telephone that galore aspire to own, 1 that sets trends and the telephone that each others are looking to better.

While leaks and rumours are thing caller to the satellite of tech, getting afloat accusation astir caller Apple devices is reasonably rare. They don't thin to leak arsenic comprehensively arsenic a Samsung oregon Google phone - but we're gathering up everything we perceive astir the 2022 iPhone models close here.

This is everything we've heard truthful acold astir the iPhone 14 models.

Apple iPhone 14 merchandise day and price

• Possibly 13 September 2022
• From $699?

Typically Apple holds its iPhone lawsuit astir the 2nd week of September and usually connected a Tuesday. The iPhone 13 models were revealed connected 14 September, pursuing this pattern.

If the signifier continues, the iPhone 14 models could beryllium revealed connected 13 September 2022. Of people thing is authoritative arsenic yet, nor volition it beryllium for rather immoderate time.

In presumption of price, we'd expect the iPhone 14 models to commencement astir the aforesaid ballpark arsenic the iPhone 13 models. Rumours person claimed the iPhone mini exemplary mightiness beryllium scrapped successful the future, which if existent would enactment the starting terms of the iPhone 14 models up compared to the iPhone 13 models. Hopefully determination volition beryllium an iPhone 14 mini though.

What volition the iPhone 2022 beryllium called?

• iPhone 14 mini
• iPhone 14
• iPhone 14 Pro 
• iPhone 14 Pro Max

The iPhone 11, 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max launched successful 2019, followed by the iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max successful 2020 and the iPhone 13 mini, iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max successful 2021. 

It's truthful apt that the adjacent iPhones volition beryllium called the iPhone 14 mini, iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max. That's not a warrant though, arsenic Apple could opt for the iPhone 13s, oregon it could spell for thing wholly different. We'd enactment our wealth connected the iPhone 14 for present though.

Design

• All-new design
• Punch spread camera?
• Flush rear

The Apple iPhone 13 models followed the aforesaid plan arsenic the iPhone 12 models, featuring level edges and a plan person successful enactment with the iPhone 4 and 5 compared to the rounded edges we had gotten utilized to since the iPhone 6.

Rumours suggest the iPhone 14 models could alteration things up again though, with speech of a determination to a punch spread beforehand camera. There are besides claims the protruding rear camera whitethorn extremity up flush with the backmost of the telephone successful the adjacent iPhone.

We saw a reduced notch astatine the apical of the iPhone 13 models compared to erstwhile Face ID phones, and a patent was antecedently filed for a notch-less phone, but we accidental we volition person to hold and spot if this becomes a reality. 

In presumption of finishes, we'd expect the Pro models to proceed to beryllium much premium than the modular models, and determination person been rumours to suggest they could follow scratch-resistant titanium. There is besides speech that the mini exemplary volition beryllium ditched and a caller modular Max exemplary volition beryllium introduced alternatively but everything is conscionable rumour for now.

Displays

• All OLED
• 120Hz refresh rate
• Different sizes

All 2022 iPhones volition person apt person an OLED display, similar the iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 models offer. It's besides apt the iPhone 14 Pro models volition person an adaptive refresh complaint betwixt 10Hz and 120Hz, similar the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max, though possibly the ProMotion exertion volition filter down to the modular models too. 

In presumption of surface sizes, the iPhone 13 mini has a 5.4-inch display, the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro person a 6.1-inch show and the iPhone 13 Pro Max has a 6.7-inch display. As mentioned, determination has been immoderate chatter astir the iPhone mini being ditched and a modular Max exemplary being introduced.

If this happens, the iPhone 14 models could travel successful 6.1-inch and 6.7-inch models, with a Pro and modular exemplary of each. We're inactive hoping the mini volition proceed successful 2022 though arsenic we person a batch of emotion for that device.

Some speculation antecedently suggested in-display fingerprint sensors could enactment alongside Face ID, which is simply a plausible suggestion.

Cameras

• Dual camera connected modular models
• Triple camera connected Pro models

The Apple iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max some person a triple rear camera, consisting of a main wide sensor, ultra wide sensor and a telephoto sensor, portion the modular iPhone 13 mini and iPhone 13 person the aforesaid main wide and ultra wide sensor, but they deficiency the telephoto lens.

There has been a rumour claiming the iPhone 14 Pro models would diagnostic a wide space camera with an 1/1.3-inch 48MP CMOS representation sensor and enactment 8K video signaling but it is inactive precise aboriginal days.

We expect the iPhone 14 Pro models to proceed to connection an other lens and other features, similar Macro and ProRES, implicit the iPhone 14 modular models. At the moment, it is unclear what mightiness alteration for 2022 but improvements implicit the 2021 models are likely.

Hardware and software

• 5G
• A16 chip
• iOS 16

With Apple adopting 5G with each the iPhone 12 models and iPhone 13 models, it's beauteous overmuch guaranteed each the iPhone 14 models volition beryllium 5G compatible. 

It's besides apt the iPhone 14 models volition tally connected the A16 Bionic chip, assuming Apple continues with its naming patterns successful presumption of chipsets. The iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max had an other halfway for their GPU, truthful this could beryllium lawsuit again for the iPhone 14 Pro models, helping differentiate them from the modular models.

The adjacent large bundle physique volition beryllium iOS 16, which we expect to perceive much astir successful June 2022, which is erstwhile Apple typically holds its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC). 

In presumption of storage, with the modular iPhone 13 models coming successful 128GB, 256GB and 512GB options and the iPhone 13 Pro models offering the same, arsenic good arsenic a 1TB option, we'd expect the aforesaid from the iPhone 14 models.

Apple iPhone 14 rumours: What's happened truthful far?

Here's everything we've heard astir the iPhone 14 models truthful far.

26 September 2021: Apple iPhone 14 volition beryllium wholly redesigned, claims reliable leaker

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman claimed the iPhone 14 would spot a redesign, corroborating reports that the institution galore determination to a punch spread camera.

21 September 2021: Next iPhone SE to spell 5G, iPhone 14 Pro to ditch the notch, claims analyst

Industry expert Ming-Chi Kuo predicts that the iPhone 14 Pro volition beryllium the archetypal to ditch the front-camera notch entirely, with Apple opting for a hole-punch lens instead.

9 September 2021: Apple iPhone 14 leaks earlier iPhone 13 adjacent gets announced

Jon Prosser of FrontPageTech presented a video with immoderate renders of what is claimed to beryllium the iPhone 14 Pro successful relation with Renders by Ian. The images amusement a flat-edge plan akin to what the iPhone 13 models offer, but with circular measurement buttons.

There are 3 camera lenses connected the rear - similar the existent Pro models - though the renders amusement the lenses astir level to the aboveground and without the quadrate camera lodging surrounding them. Prosser says the instrumentality volition beryllium titanium and the renders besides amusement a punch spread beforehand camera.

30 July 2021: Apple exploring under-display Touch ID and Face ID - and it could mean the notch is dropped for iPhone 14

Apple was granted a patent suggesting it is exploring under-display Touch ID. In the filing, Apple details however the existent iPhone plan features the imaging sensor adjacent to the display, alternatively than being embedded into it. The halfway of this patent, then, discusses however this imaging sensor could beryllium joined with the show successful bid to alteration the adjacent iteration of Touch ID.

26 July 2021: Forget iPhone 13: iPhone 14 Pro could beryllium made of scratch-resistant titanium

An investors study from JPMorgan Chase suggested the iPhone 14 Pro models volition beryllium made from titanium alloy and supplied by Hon Hai of Foxconn. The expert study did not specify whether conscionable the chassis oregon the metallic set astir the borderline of the iPhone volition beryllium titanium. It's apt the beforehand and the backmost volition stay glass, of course.

Other models successful the iPhone 14 bid are expected to diagnostic aluminum alloy and stainless alloy frames, the study noted. 

14 April 2021: Apple iPhone 14 could person 48MP camera and 8K video recording

According to Apple expert Ming-Chi Kuo (via AppleInsider), the top-tier iPhone 14 models volition travel with a 48-megapixel sensor. Kuo said successful a enactment to investors that helium believed the devices would connection a wide space camera with an 1/1.3-inch 48MP CMOS representation sensor. He besides said the caller sensor would enactment 8K.

Writing by Britta O'Boyle. Originally published connected 29 September 2021.