The Pro variants of the iPhone 14 will feature faster LPDDR5 RAM memory chips
While both Pro and non-Pro models will be equipped with 6GB of memory, the non-Pro models will come with LPDDR4 RAM while the Pro units will sport the faster LPDDR5 RAM components. And the Pro models will still come with a telephoto camera giving those phones a trio of rear-facing lenses compared to the two on the back of the non-Pro iPhone 14 models.
Non Pro-iPhone 14 on left versus iPhone 14 Pro model on right
Apple has allegedly told suppliers that initial sales of the iPhone 14 series will top those of the iPhone 13 series. Currently, we are in the time of the year (July-August) when iPhone sales slow down due to the upcoming introduction of the next iteration of the device that takes place in September. This July, shipments of the iPhone 13 series were 33% higher than the number of iPhone 12 shipments delivered last at the same time a year ago, which could be a sign that demand for the device continues to rise.
The Apple iPhone 13 was the most popular smartphone during Q1 2022 with the iPhone 13 Pro Max in second place
A tipster recently disseminated a tweet calling for Apple to unveil the 2022 iPhone series on September 13th, 2022 allowing us to guess that pre-orders will start on September 16th with a release date of September 23rd. That would be extremely close to last year’s September 14th unveiling date, September 17th pre-order date, and September 24th release date which covered the U.S. and more than 30 other countries.
It will be interesting to see whether Apple’s decision to clearly mark the differences between the non-Pro and Pro iPhone 14 models results in more users turning to the premium models. There are several rumors regarding price hikes for the iPhone 14 series with one calling for a $100 across the board raise to a range starting at $899 and up for the iPhone 14 to $1,199 and up for the iPhone 14 Pro Max.