I purchased an iPhone 14 Pro today and the first thing I usually do is perform a benchmark using Geekbench on the new device (completely stock, not restored from backup). I was shocked to find out how bad the performance of this device actually turned out to be. Initially I thought it might just be a fluke or the device was updating itself heavily during the first several hours of operation.
Here are a few of the more disappointing results:
The first two benchmarks were done with only the Geekbench app installed on a clean device and the only running application. The last result was done while having a cellular conversation on the phone, and no apps running. The performance drops significantly while using the phone for anything it seems. I'm starting to suspect the eSim might have some type of major impact as well, since I tested a much older iPhone 11 and there was absolutely no drop in performance with it while using a physical sim card.
I'm considering returning this device since the performance is not that much better than a plain iPhone that is several years older. I'm also curious if anyone else has benchmarked their device and/or noticed a significant drop in performance while using the cellular.
Here are a few of the more disappointing results:
The first two benchmarks were done with only the Geekbench app installed on a clean device and the only running application. The last result was done while having a cellular conversation on the phone, and no apps running. The performance drops significantly while using the phone for anything it seems. I'm starting to suspect the eSim might have some type of major impact as well, since I tested a much older iPhone 11 and there was absolutely no drop in performance with it while using a physical sim card.
I'm considering returning this device since the performance is not that much better than a plain iPhone that is several years older. I'm also curious if anyone else has benchmarked their device and/or noticed a significant drop in performance while using the cellular.