problems in iphone 14

I'm still extremely excited about

the new phones especially the new camera

hardware and the software with that

photonic engine there are a few areas

that i came away a little bit

disappointed by but to caveat this is

not my review that'll be coming in a few

days just a few points to be mindful of

okay number one let's talk about dynamic

island which i can't wait to visit next

year but in the meantime this was

definitely one of the most surprising

new features i don't think anyone

predicted this the notch has become this

pill-shaped cutout which i must admit

does instantly make the pros more modern

and futuristic-looking although i do

appreciate the huawei p40 pro from a

couple of years ago had a similar

looking hole punch but apple have taken

it a step further and it's become a new

kind of notification bar and as it stays

on top you can have your timers step

counters navigation your music always

there at a glance

i genuinely think it's a really cool

feature and it also of course kind of

separates it visually from the iphone 13

pros the 12 pros 11 pros it's subtle but

it is still one of the most significant

redesigns we've seen since the iphone

10. however there are a couple of things

to keep in mind yes the surface area of

the new cutout is smaller than the old

notch but because it sits lower from the

top of the screen it actually somehow

feels more intrusive especially on the

smaller 6.1 inch pro we do get a bit of

the screen back above the pill but

that's just kind of wasted space and it

could end up even more distracting for

videos and games full screens than that

traditional notch also at launch there

are only a handful of apps that actually

make use of the dynamic island i have no

doubt more will be added over time and

most music apps like spotify should work

straight away i'm told but other

developers will need to update their

apps to support it so it might take a

little while to become properly useful

and finally i wonder if touching and

prodding the island will end up leaving

fingerprints and smudges all over your

selfie camera and also while the size of

the island looks better suited to the

pro max it could be tricky to reach up

and use one-handed

okay number two and we still have the

lightning port now in its what 10th year

and also no change to charging time it

still takes 30 minutes to get 50

even on new iphones although the good

news is according to apple's numbers all

iphone 14s are getting an extra hour of

battery

my only concern is if the iphone 15s

next year do transition to usbc which i

expect they will given the eu law

restrictions coming into force unless

they go fully portless but that's a

whole other story but that would then

mean these new four teams become a bit

outdated straight away and in fact right

now only the airpods the basic ipad and

the iphone still use lightning okay

number three and i have to hold my hands

up because i actually made a mistake in

my first impressions video i said that

the prices hadn't changed and we haven't

if you're in the us but unfortunately

here in the uk we're looking at a

between 70 and 150 pound price hike and

also in the eu it's even more so while

i'm very jealous of my u.s friends

globally the prices have gone up the

good news though is the still very

capable iphone 13 is now cheaper and

also the new 14 plus model which is 100

more than the standard 14 is a much more

affordable way of getting a big screen

and much longer battery without shelling

out for the pro max

to be fair a price increase isn't that

surprising given inflation and

everything that's going on in the world

basically i'm just jealous of my us

friends although for number four one

change my u.s friends may not be so keen

on is the removal of the sim card tray

all iphone 14s in the us are now e-sim

only which is quite a significant move

now for most people this isn't really a

problem it's easy to transfer from a

physical sim to an e-sim and there are

advantages like quicker switching

between networks however if you travel a

lot then you'll know the convenience of

being able to go to a booth at the

airport and pop in a prepaid sim card

which you can still do with e-sims but

it's not as common around the world

number five and i am actually really

excited about the new 14 plus i think

it's gonna be really popular but i was a

little bit confused by apple's

statements saying it was the longest

lasting iphone you could buy which kind

of suggested it might even be the pro

max iphone 14 plus lasts even longer

throughout your day with the best

battery life ever in an iphone but in

fact looking at apple's own numbers like

video playback the pro max still has a

good three hour advantage over the 14

plus certainly they're both fantastic

and in reality we're probably talking

about the number one and then number two

longest lasting phones that you can

actually buy but i just felt apple's

marketing was a little bit unclear and

speaking of which at number six

considering this apple event was called

far out there were obviously lots of

rumors about astrophotography longer

zoom lenses and of course that satellite

link but what actually happened was we

got that nifty new satellite sos feature

which is technically very impressive but

there are a couple of big caveats it's

only coming to the us and canada for the

time being and also it'll only be free

for two years after that it'll be a paid

service although we don't know how much

also i was a bit disappointed we didn't

see a new telephoto lens with a longer

optical zoom like five or ten times

instead we have this new two times zoom

option having said that even without a

longer optical zoom i am confident the

much wider aperture of the telephoto

lens together with that new photonic

engine will mean that photos up to the

maximum 15 times digital zoom should be

noticeably higher quality although i

can't wait to test this properly

number seven and while i have my fingers

crossed on one hand for that longer

optical zoom on the other hand i was

crossing my fingers for pro motion 120

hertz across the full lineup but no such

luck unfortunately the regular 14 and

the 14 plus are still limited to 60

hertz which does feel slow in comparison

and given the prices for a brand new

2022 phone it's a little disappointing i

mean granted the average user may not

care all that much but considering

you'll often get 120 hertz on android

phones that cost half the price it's a

bit frustrating although the pro models

have had a slight upgrade the refresh

rate can now adjust between 1 and 120

hertz which will improve efficiency and

also means the new always on display can

have a really low battery impact

how many things is that number eight and

as you guys know the 14s are sticking

with last year's a15 chip albeit the

beefier five core gpu version which

previously was only on the pros the

thing is though the a15 is already

incredibly fast and actually in apple's

event the graphs they were using to

compare use the a13 versus the a16 to

show the improvement so right now we

don't really know just how much faster

the a16 is going to be over the a15 but

i'm guessing it's not going to be an

awful lot so on paper sticking with the

a15 may be a bit disappointing but in

reality i don't think it's going to be a

big deal number nine and i'm really

happy to see that cinematic mode video

now supports 4k 24 and 4k30 plus we have

the new action mode for ultra steady

video although that does limit the

resolution to 2.8k i'm really excited to

test these out but one feature that

still seems to be missing is the ability

to pause and resume video recording

which you can do on many android phones

and also i'd love to have seen the

ability to switch between the front and

rear cameras while recording i mean

iphones offer the smoothest transitions

between lenses on any phone but i just

wish that could include switching to the

front especially with a new upgraded

truedepth selfie camera

and finally number 10 and really this is

just a piece of consumer advice i would

avoid buying anything until you see

reviews maybe you can place an order

watch the reviews and then make your

mind up with you keep it or not but the

reason i say this particularly for the

new iphones is for me at least i reckon

it's the camera upgrades that are the

most significant improvement and that's

also one of the things you can't really

test at a hands-on event you can't take

away any of the photo samples so until i

get the 14s here and i can do some

camera comparisons and review it

properly it's hard to quantify just how

much of an upgrade is going to be until

we see what that camera can do so i

guess the point is make sure you hit

that subscribe button and watch as many

reviews as possible before you spend

your hard-earned cash but to finish i do

want to stress that highlighting these

problems doesn't mean you shouldn't buy

one or get excited about the new iphones

it's just that with any product there's

always room for improvement and also

right now as money is tight for so many

people it is also worth considering the

value of these new phones and whether

it's a better option to hold off for

another year or perhaps go for a cheaper

model like the iphone 12 or 13. but what

do you think are you tempted to buy one.