We know you love your old phone, but it might be time to switch.
Apple has released the iPhone 15 with a new design and features, but the previous generation, the iPhone 14, is still an excellent phone. And if you’re thinking of upgrading from an iPhone as old as the iPhone 11, the iPhone 14 will still be an incredible upgrade at a new lower price. Here’s how last year’s flagship compares to iPhone 11. Apple iPhone 14iPhone 14 vs iPhone 11: Design
These two iPhones come with quite noticeably different aesthetics. The iPhone 11 shares the same curved lines as the iPhone X, Xs, and Xr, while the iPhone 14 uses the flat-edged design that was introduced with the iPhone 12 and has a smaller notch than the 11. The phones are similar, but the iPhone 14 definitely looks more modern, with sharper lines that hark back to the golden era of iPhone design that debuted with the iPhone 4.
Here’s how the two compare in terms of dimensions:
iPhone 14: 146.7mm x 71.5mm x 7.8mm; 172g
iPhone 11: 150.9mm x 75.7mm x 8.3mm; 194g
As you can see, the iPhone 11 is taller, fatter, and thicker than the newer model, plus it’s more than 20 grams heavier too.
Both have many similarities, sporting a 6.1-inch display, dual rear cameras, Lightning port, and aluminum chassis, and come in a variety of colors (white, black, green, yellow, purple, and red for the iPhone 11; Midnight (black), Starlight (silver), blue, purple, yellow and red for the iPhone 14). In a nutshell, they both look like iPhones, but the iPhone 14 looks like a newer one.iPhone 14 vs iPhone 11: Display
While both phones have a 6.1-inch screen, there are some significant upgrades on the iPhone 14. Firstly, the display on the newer model is OLED rather than the lower-quality LCD on the 11. The iPhone 14 also has a higher resolution, HDR, a greater contrast ratio, and is significantly brighter.
iPhone 14
2532×1170 resolution (460ppi)
2,000,000:1 contrast ratio
800 nits max brightness (typical), 1200 nits peak brightness (HDR)
iPhone 11
1792×828 resolution (326ppi)
1400:1 contrast
625 nits max brightness
That’s not to say that the display on the iPhone 11 is bad, but the years between the models have seen Apple ramp up the quality on the superior panel of the iPhone 14. The new range also comes in a larger variant, the iPhone 14 Plus, which boasts a 6.7-inch OLED panel for those who want even more space on their display.
