Go ahead that from the moment the new Cupertino device was presented, last year’s model disappeared without a trace from the Apple store. This might be one of the reasons that led us to have to buy iPhone 14 instead, but luckily we can still pick up last year’s phone from the many mobile phone dealers that work with the firm in Spain.
The big reason that would lead us, all other things being equal, to prefer the newer smartphone, are the updates.
The iPhone 14 will last you longer
If you are looking for some design changes on mobile, you will be disappointed. Apple has limited the changes and introduced a “dynamic island” design only on the Pro models. The iPhone 14 is identical to the iPhone 13sporting two rear cameras and a notch like the one that has been present in the models for years in the front.
With each passing year, Apple introduces a more advanced chip. This year as well, but the A16 Bionic is once more limited to Pro models only. In this way, the iPhone 14 comes with an A15 Bionic chipset with a slight improvement in gaming performance, compared to last year’s models. Nothing especially noteworthy.
Therefore, the only great reason that would lead us to want to buy the phone instead of the one launched in 2021 is to be sure that It will last us another year or two. As a general rule, iOS updates reach many older devices, but this has a limit. That is why, hypothetically, the versions of a future iOS 21, for example, will stop reaching the iPhone 13, while the iPhone 14, should (we insist, should) last one or two more yearss and place to watch until iOS 23.
Of course, by having the same processor, this is something that we cannot confirm 100% or for what we can put our hands on the fire, but it would be the most logical if we observe the brand’s strategy throughout history.
Other minor inducements
Regarding the rest of the improvements that the brand has implemented in its new phone, it is not that they are so exciting that we opt for the most modern smartphone. We have a hour more battery life which would later be much smaller, a new purple color, a camera of the same resolution but with a somewhat larger sensor size, and a selfie camera that follows the same fate. Beyond appearing in the list of specifications, they are not features that users will greatly perceive.
In addition, two of the most ‘vaunted’ functions of the brand in the presentation of smartphones, such as the connection via satellite and the detection of traffic accidents, do not work in Spain.
Currently, the iPhone 14 cheaperwith 128 GB, can be purchased for 1009 euroswhile the stores that sell the iPhone 13 they do it for some 850 eurosthat is, a difference of more than 150 euros.