SpecEagle review · Apple

iPhone 14 review: iPhone 14 — incremental year, Crash Detection.

SpecEagle Editorial·Sep 2022·$799
Overall
78/100
Class rank
#12 of 31
Tier
Premium
Buy?
At the right price
The verdict, up front

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

80/100

80/100 — right at the average for premium phones of 2022.

TypeSuper Retina XDR OLED, 60 Hz
Size6.1 inches
Resolution2,532 × 1,170 px

02Camera

81/100

81/100 puts it above the 77-point average for premium phones of 2022.

Main12 MP, f/1.5, OIS
Ultrawide12 MP, f/2.4
Selfie12 MP autofocus

03Performance

83/100

83/100 puts it above the 79-point average for premium phones of 2022.

ChipsetApple A15 (5-core GPU)
RAM6 GB
Storage128 / 256 / 512 GB

04Battery

80/100

80/100 — right at the average for premium phones of 2022.

Capacity3,279 mAh
Wired~20 W Lightning
Wireless15 W MagSafe

05Build

87/100

At 87/100 this is one of the strongest build showings among premium phones of 2022 — 8 points above the cohort average.

06Value

73/100

73/100 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.

What works
  • Crash Detection + emergency SOS satellite.
  • Brighter sensor than 13.
  • Light at 172 g.
  • Long iOS support left.
What doesn't
  • Same A15 as 13 Pro.
  • 60 Hz still.
  • Lightning port.
  • Notch unchanged.
Cross-shop it against
Realme GT Neo 5
$449 · score 83/100

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? .