iPhone 14 Plus Full Review: After 1 Month | EVERYONE is WRONG!❗
foreign so Apple haven’t used a plus branding since 2017 and with the new iPhone 14 lineup they have decided to kick out the mini for its place of this iPhone 14 plus so it’s bigger better well let’s find out so in terms of design the iPhone 14 plus is essentially an iPhone 14 scaled up they even share the same thickness of 7.8 mm and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that because they are impeccably built and just looks and feels premium through and true now the flat sites house The Familiar new toggle and the volume button
which is on the left and the power button on the right there at the bottom there’s a dual speaker grilles and the lightning charge port and rumor has it is that USBC will be coming to the iPhone in the future so let’s see about that so there are key differences between the regular iPhone 14 and the 14 plus and the Pro Models firstly the old Notch is still here livid or hated and I’ve actually gotten used to it so that is fine by me but if you really need the new Dynamic Island feature then you
have no choice to go with the pro instead now speaking of which if you guys haven’t seen it I’ve done my full video review after one month
wondering what are the benefits well you benefit from a bigger display without the weight penalty of the Pro Models because at 203 grams it is substantially lighter than the pro Max which is about 40 grams heavier at 240 grams in fact this iPhone 14 plus is even lighter than the smaller iPhone 14 pro now the aluminum frame matches the color of the rear glass and now it comes with a selection of colors including the new for 2022 which is blue alongside the oldies midnight purple Starlight and product red then finally the iPhone 14 is of
course dust and water resistant with an ip68 rating now this means that the phone can survive a full immersion in 6 meter deep fresh water up to 30 minutes now for my Hardware’s perspective there are some key things that sets the iPhone 14 plus apart from its new iPhone for the lineup now for those of you who want an extra screen real estate the iPhone 14 plus comes with a 6.7 inch super retina xdr display that pushes a resolution of 2778 by 1284 pixels with a high pixel density of 458 PPI now obviously you won’t
get the pro motion display that you see on the Pro Models but you’ll get the standard 60hz refresh rate instead of this super smooth 120 hertz now it won’t probably matter so much if you don’t game a lot on the phone especially doing some hardcore multitasking but really worth mentioning is the fact that with the lower refresh rate is also less power intensive so you’ll enjoy a way better battery performance compared to any other iPhone on its lineup and I think that that is definitely a great trade-off which most people will be very happy with
and since it’s not an ltpo panel it doesn’t have the New Orleans on display as it has on the Pro Models how however based on my usage daily it still has a very impressive display that can go up to 1200 nits of brightness with an average of 800 plus nits and you still get an outstanding color accuracy deeper blacks and also very vibrant colors now Apple doesn’t talk much about the audio performance on the 14 plus but with the Dolby Atmos certified stereo speakers it sounds as good as ever especially with the larger form factor
The Sound Stage is white and the audio is crisp and Punchy and very clear which is great for music movies games and of course using the phone to make phone calls isn’t that why smartphones were created now speaking of battery performance earlier the iPhone 14 plus has the best battery life of the entire iPhone 14 lineup with apple claiming up to two days of juice and I was wondering whether or not this was true and yes Apple was absolutely spot on on this as I got an average battery life of 8 hours and 40 minutes
to 9 hours plus during a very heavy usage like playing games just watching tons of video content on the phone which indeed was a huge plus especially if you don’t really use the phone as how hardcore that I would use it now if you find yourself low on juice the phone supports up to 20 watt fast charging while it is not the highest in the industry standards but it was still very good for my usage and still one of the best when it comes to having better battery duration or better lifespan of the battery and
there’s also 15 watt charging via the max safe and up to 7.5 watts of Qi wireless charging and using the 30 watt charger you’ll be able to get about 50 of charge in about 28 minutes next the iPhone 14 plus also gets the one year old a15 bionic chipset which was lifted from the iPhone 13 Pro but with the added Graphics score so is it a problem having an old chipset on the phone well absolutely not at all because it’s exactly the same type of performance that you can expect from an iPhone it is Snappy
very responsive and will keep up with just about anything that you can throw at it including graphic intensive games like games in Impact as well now also introduced in the entire iPhone 14 series is the crash detection feature so it’s not only available for the Pro Models so that was nice which you can automatically detect when you’re having a car accident or any sort of accident and how this works is that it uses the combination of all the mechanical sensors like the gyro sensor the accelerometer and including the microphones as well where it all calculates
the right algorithm to tell if there is a crush deducted and while I personally did not test out this feature but I’ve seen lots of YouTube videos which actually did the test and it works very flawlessly now when it comes to the cameras the iPhone 14 plus features the same cameras as the iPhone 14. this means that the 12 megapixel F 1.5 main camera with sensor shift stabilization and the 12 megapixel F 2.4 Ultra wide camera on the rear is the same now obviously you don’t get a new high resolution 48 megapixel camera found on
the pros but hey not everyone needs a super high resolution of a 48 megapixel photo for your Gram right you know Instagram is that still a thing Graham now the hardware may be the same but the camera system does get the benefit of Apple’s updated image processing technology which is called the photonic engine which uses machine learning to get better and faster low light performance and better overall details now even in these photos and videos results were still very high in quality no matter the lighting condition that he was in hence it was Flagship level
in need now in terms of the camera’s performance there is a subtle difference compared to the previous model which is the iPhone 13 or even the Pro Models as well which was great to know now I did find that the low light performance was improved both in terms of the processing speed and also the overall quality and in general the rear cameras perform as how an iPhone would now as an iPhone Pro user I do miss having the optical zoom or the telephoto zoom and this may be a deal breaker for some now speaking of
video one of the coolest features on the iPhone 14 plus is the action mode which is available across all of the iPhone 14 lineup once again now this is designed to deliver very smooth action with almost gimbal-like performance where the camera does punch in quite a bit and you’ll need lots of light to have it to be properly stabilized and even though with its crop I like the fact that it still records at a higher resolution of 2.7 K compared to typically 1080p on other Android smartphones so yes the extra resolution is another huge plus
pun intended now what’s nice is there is also 4K 30 frames per second on cinematic mode which is available on this Plus or even the non-pro model both for the front and also for a rear camera and that my friends was really sweet then finally hidden in a notch up front is the updated 12 megapixel F 1.9 wide angle selfie camera which also has a new autofocus feature where the results was also very great with some tech shop photos with easy point of shoot style like how iPhone always gave similar to the rear camera lenses
as well now I do tend to favor iPhones more true to life color signs as it does deliver more natural colors especially on the skin tones for the front selfie pictures as well not as for software the iPhone 14 plus runs on iOS 16 out of the box now there is a lot to really like about this new software update and the iPhone experience feel fresh and new thanks to the new lock screen with widgets and I also loved a little useful features like the ability to unsend text and edit them and even with the
return of the battery percentage indicator as well so I did a video on what’s new on iOS 16 which I’ll link at the description and the card above so be sure to check out that video right after watching this video as contrary to popular belief there’s a lot of software features that have been implemented on this non-pro versions of the iPhone 14 models too please so yes everything you read and heard about the iPhone 14 plus being a bigger version or a bigger brother of the iPhone 14 is true now what you’re getting is the
same processor the same display technology and of course the same cameras but here’s the thing after using the iPhone 14 plus over the course of this review it has become clear that this is a definite better phone compared to its smaller sibling and for those of you who prefer a bigger phone the iPhone 14 plus is a natural choice and it is the cheapest big phone in the iPhone 14 lineup because the iPhone 14 pro Max is definitely Out Of Reach for some people especially within the price range and also not everyone needs the pro
features as well and also contrary to what people call the iPhone 14 plus SN all phone I digress now sure it does not look any different aside from the new colorway perhaps but on the performance front there is little not to live and of course the thing that really impresses me the most is the battery life going about my daily business and even during a very heavy usage this iPhone 14 plus consistently delivered two days of battery life as what Apple has mentioned so yes overall performance is excellent from The a15 Binding chipset whether or
not you’re referring to any Benchmark tests or even during a real-time usage as it is overall amazingly Snappy as it is as smooth and responsive as ever so with this if you’re looking for a No Frills bigger iPhone than the iPhone 14 plus will be perfect for you now yes it isn’t the latest and greatest from Apple but it does offer an excellent Middle Ground between the standard 14 and the 14 Pro Models without a typical Pro premium price tag so is bigger better hell yeah it is
