iPhone 14 leaks have already revealed a lot of changes, ranging from the radical and controversial to the expensive and the bizarre. But now potentially Apple’s shocking design decision has just been revealed.
In a new exclusive, respected site The Elec, has revealed that the iPhone 14 will — once again — miss out on a high refresh rate 120Hz ProMotion display. And in an era where high refresh rate displays are common even on mid-range smartphones, that’s a big gamble.
And the gap between the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro models looks set to grow even further. According to a new report from Engadget Japan, Apple is planning to upgrade both the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max to 8GB RAM. This is a significant step-up after Apple stuck with 6GB for both the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro. It also pushes iPhones into the territory of Android smartphones, which have used greater RAM for many years. It is a well argued point that iOS requires less RAM than Android to run efficiently but the pattern is a little more nuanced than that. Notably, the respected PhoneBuff speed tests regularly show that Android flagships narrow the performance gap significantly as their additional RAM comes into play. This is far more representative of normal use, compared to standard benchmarking software. Moreover, RAM is critical to other others — notably cameras — so it will be intriguing to see whether Apple has big plans for the iPhone 14 line-up in this area after a relatively incremental generational upgrade last year.
Breaking this down, The Elec explains that Apple screen supplier BOE will increase its business with Apple because “it will be supplying 6.06-inch low-temperature polycrystalline silicon (LTPS) thin-film transistor (TFT) OLED panels for the upcoming iPhone 14 series.”
Furthermore, unless Apple plans to break with tradition, the company likes to pair the functionality of its non-Pro models. This means The Elec’s news that the iPhone 14 will have an LTPS panel, strongly suggests the new iPhone 14 Max will have one as well.
Apple stalwarts will say anyone desperate for ProMotion can get an iPhone 14 Pro model but it isn’t so simple this year. Recent leaks have revealed that iPhone 14 Pro models will have a polarizing i-shape cutout to replace the notch and they are also tipped to be more expensive.
It looks like iPhone fans will have some tough decisions to make in 2022.
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