The iPhone 14 looks like a significant step up from the iPhone 11 but it’s not a clean sweep.
Apple has finally taken the wraps off the iPhone 14 – and an awful lot of iPhone 11 owners will be taking note.
Does the latest iPhone look like a worthwhile upgrade? We’re not quite ready with our full review yet, but we do have all the facts and figures to help you make a decision on that iPhone 14 pre-order.
Let’s break down how these two phones compare in the areas including price, design, performance, camera, and battery life.
The iPhone 14 is set to land on September 16. Prices start from $799 / £849 / AU$1,399 for 128GB of storage, while 256GB will set you back $899 / £959 / AU$1,579. The top 512GB model will cost $1,099 / £1,179 / AU$1,899.
Those in the UK and Australia may notice that they’re paying over the odds for the newest iPhone, compared to its US pricing – but Apple isn’t the only company that’s hiked prices in some key markets other than the States this year (looking at you Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Z Flip 4).
In the other corner, we have the iPhone 11, which arrived in shops three years prior, on September 20, 2019. Pricing at that time started at $499 / £489 / AU$849 for 64GB of internal storage, moving up to $549 / £539 / AU$929 for 128GB and $749 / £749 / AU$1,249 for 256GB.
This is as good an illustration as any of how prices for flagship phones have risen in recent years. Of course, Apple no longer offers the iPhone 11 as new, but you might still be able to source a brand-new unit from an established third-party retailer for significantly less than those launch prices.
In brief, then, the iPhone 11 is a much cheaper phone than the iPhone 14. So does the iPhone 14 justify the additional expenditure?
The iPhone 14 sticks to Apple’s recent design philosophy, which first appeared with the launch of the iPhone 12 two years ago. This makes the comparison with the iPhone 11 an interesting one.
While the iPhone 11 owes much to the iPhone 6 era, with curved edges and a display that melts away into the body, the iPhone 14 is all flat surfaces and right angles. This makes the iPhone 11 more comfortable in the hand, but less easy on the eyes.
The iPhone 11 is the bigger phone all-round at 150.9 x 75.7 x 8.3mm, while the iPhone 14 measures 146.7 x 71.5 x 7.8mm. The older model is heavier, too, at 194g next to the iPhone 14’s 172g.
Both phones are available in a light purple color option, which is an interesting parallel. Another is that both adopt the same distinctive Apple display notch – although the iPhone 14’s unit is significantly smaller, and its display is surrounded by a smaller bezel.
