For months we have heard various leaks and rumours surrounding Apple’s iPhone 14/Pro, but the Cupertino-based company has now officially announced their latest and greatest generation of iPhones. While the 14 serves as a modest upgrade over last year’s model, the iPhone 14 Pro comes with a whole host of improvements and changes, including what Apple is calling ‘Dynamic Island’.

Available in both 6.1 inch and 6.7 inch variants, the iPhone 14 Pro | Pro Max share a similar design to last year’s iPhone 13 Pros though with much-improved hardware across the board. The most notable visual change can be seen on the front, where the notch has been replaced by what Apple is calling ‘Dynamic Island’.

This horizontal pill-shaped camera cut-out comes with quite a few nifty software features, utilising the phone’s OLED panel to morph the cut-out into different shapes and sizes, “consolidating your notifications, alerts and activities into one interactive place.”

The display itself has seen some upgrades too, with the maximum brightness of the 120hz panel being doubled to 2000 nits at its peak. Despite this, the screen is more energy efficient than ever, allowing for the 14 Pro to include an always-on display – a long-requested feature for the iPhone.

Selfies are also getting a major boost in performance, with a new front-facing camera which features autofocus as well as a larger aperture for better depth sensing and improved low-light performance. 

Going to the back of the phone, the 14 Pro features a brand new 48MP main camera sensor, offering up to 4x the resolution of last year’s model. This also allows for the main sensor to serve as a 2x optical zoom lens (on top of the separate 0.5x ultrawide and 3x telephoto lenses). The new sensors are also capable of extracting more light from subjects, with the ultrawide seeing a 3x improvement in low-light conditions (and a 2x improvement to the main and telephoto cameras).

Unlike the regular 14, the Pros will also come with an upgraded SoC, the Apple A16 Bionic chip – meaning that despite the many new features, your phone should perform buttery smooth while maintaining an all-day battery life.

The iPhone 14 Pro / Pro Max are quite a big leap in all aspects when compared to last year’s model. Unfortunately, this does come with an added cost, with the 14 Pro starting at £1,099 and the Pro Max jumping up to £1,199. The iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max will be available to pre-order from 1PM on the 9th of September, and will begin to ship to users from the 16th.

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