iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus Reportedly Feature Enhanced Version of A15 Chip

[applewatchpro]

48mp camera and 8k video?

- Photos with less noise, yes please. Don't care what stats accomplish it.
- I supposed in 10 years I'll be happy that the video I shot today was in 8k.

 

[werealldumdums]

Starting to look like a “s” year.

Nah. Maybe for the base models but the pros are definitely getting a facelift

 

[mabhatter]

A15s chip?

I would guess a binned A15 chip. Pro models get extra cores and base model with the same chips binned to A14 specs. Apple doesn't really reuse A chips in flagship iPhones. They simply make too many of them every year not to benefit from every possible savings they can get from volume.

Also Apple only makes Pro models for one year. They're not going to make a custom chip for just one iPhone, one year unless it's binned from something else.

 

[mabhatter]

If you doing heavy graphic things then you may notice a difference. As phones age you notice the difference. Also the extra GPU increases the benchmark by more than 2%.

Honestly the battery is the limiting performance factor, not the GPU for the last few years. An A14 is easily last Gen console level now... for about 30 minutes until it drains your battery and you get second degree burns because it's jammed in a tiny iPhone.

 

[doach]

Uh, no.

Somebody already mentioned they are likely getting more RAM. 6 GB in the iPhone 14, vs. 4 GB in the iPhone 13.

Plus the rumour is there will be no mini this year. There will be a 6.7" Plus, so no, not the same display.

Because of the Plus, there will be a different battery. I betcha the iPhone 14 Plus will have significantly improved battery life over the iPhone 13.

And the rumour is the iPhone 14 is getting a new front facing camera.

To put it another way, this is a HUGE upgrade for the non-Pro series. Biggest in years in fact. I wouldn't be surprised if the iPhone 14 Plus is the number one top seller in Q1 2023. (Not necessarily Q4 2022 though, because the Pro series may have a 1 month head start.)

And they are getting last years pro model main cameras.

 

[ian87w]

Better power management, 1x extra GPU core from 13 Pro and maybe higher clock speed with 6GB RAM.

with software update you mean only the clock speed increase which the rumours clearly show it's not only limited to.

It's basically the A15 on the 13 Pro, but with more efficient newer 5G modem. So Apple can claim better "efficiency" in cellular tasks.

 

[ian87w]

Apple should get into the camera business instead of superimposing the camera business onto their phones.

The iphone (and smartphone in general) has decimated the consumer point and shoot digital camera market. Making iphones is more profitable for Apple than making a standalone camera.

 

[Wanted797]

I would guess a binned A15 chip. Pro models get extra cores and base model with the same chips binned to A14 specs. Apple doesn't really reuse A chips in flagship iPhones. They simply make too many of them every year not to benefit from every possible savings they can get from volume.

Also Apple only makes Pro models for one year. They're not going to make a custom chip for just one iPhone, one year unless it's binned from something else.

It was a joke that it will be a A15 but they’ll brand it as A15s

 

[lugworm]

Nah. Maybe for the base models but the pros are definitely getting a facelift

Says who ?

 

[grouch]

I'm pretty sure they know what they are doing and are very profitable doing it.

I would hope so. I can't imagine most phone users think that a larger camera bump is a selling point. Just need a case to compensate...