iPhone 14 review: iPhone 14 — incremental year, Crash Detection.
A genuinely minor upgrade — but still a solid mid-life iPhone.
iPhone 14 mostly inherits the 13. Worth it for Crash Detection and satellite SOS in supported regions, otherwise the 13 at lower price is just as good.
01Display
80/10080/100 — right at the average for premium phones of 2022.
02Camera
81/10081/100 puts it above the 77-point average for premium phones of 2022.
03Performance
83/10083/100 puts it above the 79-point average for premium phones of 2022.
04Battery
80/10080/100 — right at the average for premium phones of 2022.
05Build
87/100At 87/100 this is one of the strongest build showings among premium phones of 2022 — 8 points above the cohort average.
06Value
73/10073/100 is one of the weaker value results among premium phones of 2022 — 6 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
- Crash Detection + emergency SOS satellite.
- Brighter sensor than 13.
- Light at 172 g.
- Long iOS support left.
- Same A15 as 13 Pro.
- 60 Hz still.
- Lightning port.
- Notch unchanged.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 31-phone cohort of premium devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .