 Time for the iPhone 14! Can't wait to see what's new. Oh wow, it looks just like the last one. Huh, okay, A15 chip. Alright. Oh come on, just the Pro gets that? The regular 14 doesn't get it? Okay, always on display, that's just the Pro 2. I see. I mean, why even call it a 14? You could just call it a 13S. That's it. Alright. I'm gonna be blunt, there's not a whole lot to get excited about this phone. Later this fall, Apple will release a bigger version called the iPhone 14 Plus, which we'll take a look at separately. But here, we're just looking at the standard iPhone 14, and it is extremely similar to the iPhone 13. In fact, I'll just tell you now that you certainly should not upgrade if you own a 13, and you can make a really good case for just buying an iPhone 13 and saving some money if you do need a new phone right now. But there are some decent camera upgrades we can talk about, both hardware and software. There's a bigger sensor in the main camera, an upgraded selfie camera, and some changes to image processing that are supposed to help with low light performance. Let's get into the hardware upgrades first. Compared to the iPhone 13, the 14's 12 megapixel main camera lens is a little faster, f1.5 compared to f1.6, and it uses a bigger sensor to help with low light performance. It's effectively the same main camera the iPhone 13 Pro had last year, and that's all really good news. A larger sensor and aperture can gather more light, and more light means better pictures. The selfie camera gets a faster f1.9 aperture compared to f2.2, and now it comes with autofocus. And ultra-wide, well, no hardware changes to that one. As for the camera, the iPhone 13 Pro has a larger sensor, f1.5 compared to f1.6, and now it comes with autofocus. And no hardware changes to that one. As for software, Apple's touting a new technology called Photonic Engine on the iPhone 14 that moves deep fusion earlier in the image processing pipeline. I can easily see the effects on the ultra-wide camera in very low light. Photos look a lot less watercolory than the 13. On the main camera, I have a harder time seeing the difference. The iPhone 13 Pro has a larger sensor, f1.5 compared to f2.2, and now it comes with autofocus. The camera can usually use a lower ISO to get the same exposure, so images come out a little cleaner. I don't think Photonic Engine is as responsible for the improvements here as much as good old-fashioned physics. The selfie camera is substantially better too, again mostly because of better hardware. Details look much cleaner. I had a fairly sharp picture of myself on a moving ferry boat at sunset while the iPhone 13 struggled. Even the processing looks a lot better here, especially with the skin tones. There's also a new stabilization mode for video shooting called Action Mode that's designed to correct for more extreme movement than the standard mode. You can use it up to 2.8K resolution with HDR, which is cool. And it's really smooth, but I have two issues with it. The first is that it needs a lot of light. Anything in moderate indoor lighting or lower looks pretty bad. There's a setting you can toggle to boost the mode's low light capture at the expense of some stabilization, but even with it enabled, I still got a low light warning in dim situations. I can't really use it to film my toddler as I chase him around the house, which is kind of my primary form of exercise right now. The second issue I have with Action Mode is that actually, iPhone's video stabilization is already pretty good. I can see a difference when I look at footage shot side by side, but I think for most people the regular stabilization mode will work just fine, even if there is a bit of intense action. What I also knew is that you can shoot cinematic mode up to 4K now. Previously, it was capped at HD resolution. It looks okay, too. It's still a little weird, but the 24p frame rate kind of helps it pass as more film-like footage a little better. There's no change to the other video modes. There's still slow motion, time lapse, and all the usual standard video recording options, plus 10-bit Dolby Vision. This is one area where Apple can afford to stand still because the iPhone's video is some of the best in the game. So what exactly makes the 14 different from the 13? For one thing, Apple thinks it could save your life. There's a new feature called Crash Detection. Thank you, Google, for pioneering that one. And it uses data from multiple sensors to detect when you've been in a car accident. It will contact emergency services for you and your emergency contacts. We decided not to test that feature...yet. There's also a new feature coming in November that will allow you to send an emergency message via satellite if you're in an area without cell coverage. The phone's UI walks you through some questions to help first responders understand your situation, and it shows you where to point your phone to make contact with the satellite. You can even see the satellite's position changing as it moves across the sky. If the emergency services in your area don't support text communication, you'll be messaging someone at one of Apple's relay centers. The service will cost extra, though the 14 will come with two years free. It's pretty appealing to a quasi-serious hiker like me, but I'm curious how much it'll cost. So we've got new emergency features, but there's one thing missing from the 14 that the 13 offers, and that's a physical SIM card slot. For the model sold in the US, Apple is going all-in on eSIM, whether we like it or not. I didn't have any trouble converting my physical Verizon SIM on my iPhone 11 and loading it onto the 14, but things might get trickier if you're switching from Android to iPhone. eSIM is kind of a polarizing topic. It's either anti-consumer or pro-consumer, depending on how you talk to. Either way, Apple adopting it will push a lot of other manufacturers to do the same, so get comfortable with the idea of losing your physical SIM card sometime in the future, even if you aren't in Apple's garden. So we've got slightly better cameras, emergency features, and a non-existent SIM tray. That's basically the iPhone 14 right there. It looks identical to the 13. It uses an A15 Bionic chipset like last year, but with one more GPU core, and it still has a 6.1-inch standard 60Hz refresh rate display with the same storage options, the same charging speeds. You get the idea. It's good, but that's because the iPhone 13 was good, and this is more or less an iPhone 13s. For the really interesting new stuff, you'll have to step up to the iPhone 14 Pro. It has a new screen feature called the Dynamic Island, a high-res camera sensor, a really cool always-on display that shows you your wallpaper. None of that is here, and it really feels like Apple is putting more distance between the standard iPhone and the Pro models this year. There's also the iPhone 14 Plus, which is coming in October. Now, the standard iPhone will be available in the 6.7-inch size that's historically been reserved for the Pro series. If there's one thing that the great iPhone mini experiment taught us is that people love big phones, and the 14 Plus is a very big iPhone that's relatively affordable. It also comes with a bigger battery, and Apple says its battery life is the best of any iPhone. A bigger screen and better battery, those are the kinds of upgrades that a lot of people are looking for, and it'll probably appeal to plenty of people looking at the whole iPhone 14 lineup. It also makes the standard iPhone 14 feel like even more of an afterthought, especially while Apple is still selling the iPhone 13 at a lower price. With the Pro's new display features and next-generation camera, it feels like kind of a blueprint for the future of the iPhone, while the regular 14 just feels like it's stuck in the past. Apple may have introduced it as far out, but actually, it's pretty close to home. Thanks for watching. That was the regular iPhone 14. If you haven't already, head over and watch the 14 Pro review. I know Neelay and Becca have a lot to say about it. There's a ton of new stuff to talk about. I'm just, like, a little jealous.