It’s not because our page is called The free Android. It must be recognized that Apple did not surprise as much with the iPhone 14 as with previous generations of its smartphone, and that’s good; it is not possible to revolutionize the market every year, it is not healthy for the market nor for our pockets.
[El iPhone 14 Pro falso ya existe y sí, usa Android y se puede comprar antes que el original]
Moreover, Apple continues to be one of the most influential brands in the industry, and all it needs to do is make a decision and the rest will follow the same path (as happened with mobile chargers, for example) . For all this, we cannot turn a deaf ear to Apple’s presentation today.
The news of the iPhone 14, on Android
Fortunately, we no longer live in a market that blindly follows Apple’s lead. In many aspects, Android manufacturers are already more innovative than Apple, such as the implementation of folding screens.
This does not mean that many have paid close attention to the presentation and are preparing new phones that they will copy or imitate the iPhone 14 somehow. Other cases are different, developments that have been in the works for years and will simply arrive more or less at the same time on iPhone and Android. Next, we’ll look at some of these trends.
New trend: the pill replaces the notch
With the launch of the iPhone X and its all-screen design, Apple implemented one of the most controversial design decisions in industry history, the notch or notch that penetrates the screen and houses the sensors and the front camera. There was no shortage of Android phones that copied this, often for no real technical reason, but today most opted for the hole in the display and next to it the iPhone 13 had a somewhat outdated design.
The dynamic island is the great novelty of the iPhone 14 Pro
The iPhone 14 Pro finally says goodbye to the notch by replacing it with a new design that will be talked about: the pill, officially called “Dynamic Island”. In fact, there are two holes in the screen, a small one which houses the camera and a larger one with the necessary sensors for FaceID, face unlocking. By software, the two holes “come together” and form a pill shape that takes up less space than the “notch”; size varies and can display notifications of apps and system functions.
We have no doubt that this design will be copied by some Android manufacturers, probably in the lower ranges. After all, there are still recent versions that use the notch, like the Vivo V23, when they have more than one front camera.
It should be noted that this new pill design is only available if you pay more. the apple has decided continue to use the notch on the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus, the “cheapest” models, to call them something.
Android came first: gigantic cameras
Photography is a fundamental factor when choosing a new mobile, and if taking photos is important to you, the iPhone 14 will certainly be on your list of possible purchases, especially since one of the main novelties resides in the camera set, which is bigger than ever.
And by “big” I mean size. The set of cameras now occupies a good part of the back of the device, and the result is somewhat questionable, at least in terms of design, since the rest of the mobile has not changed compared to the iPhone 13. The main sensor is 65% larger, to capture as much light as possible; It also features pixel-binning, a technology that joins four pixels into one that Android phones have used for years.
On the design side, it is clear that the use of increasingly large sensors is a trend that already existed in Android, and you only have to see phones like the Oppo Reno 8 Pro that we tested this week to find out.
New trend: goodbye to the SIM card
For the first time, all iPhones sold in the United States will have to use eSIM, the digital version of the SIM card. Apple hasn’t said whether it will make the same decision in all markets, but it’s expected that at least some will continue to support traditional SIM cards.
iPhone 14 will only use eSIM in the US
The eSIM is stored in the mobile’s memory and comes with some controversy, as one cannot simply change cards, but it brings benefits such as the ease of switching between carriers directly from the mobile itself. same.
So far, no Android manufacturer has dared to remove the SIM card slot from their phones, even though eSIM support is present in the system. Hopefully, as more countries with more carriers take the plunge, more Android makers will also make the jump.
Android came first: the screen is always on
The iPhone 14 Pro finally receives one of the most used functions of Android, the screen always on, or ‘always on display’. Apple took so long because it wanted to find a solution that consumed less battery, and it achieved it with a screen capable of reaching a refresh rate of only 1 Hz, in addition to better control brightness.
Always-on display is new in iPhone 14
Of course, one might wonder if this implementation is so good that the wait was worth it; Of course, Apple presents it as a less battery-intensive option than the competition, which generally opts for an entirely black screen taking advantage of the characteristics of OLED panels.
New trend: satellite communication
One of the big new features of the iPhone 13, satellite communication has the potential to save many lives, providing connectivity without the need for phone coverage.
The satellite connection has the great advantage of providing coverage in areas where there are no antennas, simply by having a clear view of the sky, but it generally requires devices specially designed for this task. Apple boasts of having designed custom components to add this function to the iPhone 14, with functions such as the one that tells us where we should point the mobile to obtain the best connection.
Satellite connection on iPhone 14
Due to the low data transfer rate, the function is limited to predefined messages, which allow us to notify the emergency services in case we find ourselves trapped or lost. We may also share our location with other users without sending a message.
The truth is that this technology is not new, and technically Apple is not the first to do something like this. Also this week, Huawei introduced the new Huawei Mate 50, capable of sending and receiving messages, as well as receiving map routes, via the Beidou satellite network in China. Similarly, Apple will initially offer this service only in the United States and Canada.
We’re going to see more satellite connections in future Android phones, and we’re not just saying that. Android 14, the next version of the system, will come with support for these serial connections, so that manufacturers do not have to develop it themselves like Huawei did.
Android came first: mobiles, big please
The iPhone 12 Mini experience will go down in history as one of Apple’s great failures, trying to swim against the tide by launching a relatively small mobile for what we were used to.
The low sales of the Mini models are just before being officially confirmed today, with the unveiling of the iPhone 14 Plus, a new large-screen model based on the same hardware and cameras as the base iPhone 14. So Apple now offers two 6.1-inch phones (a Basic and a Pro) and two 6.7-inch models (a Basic Plus and a Pro Max). It’s confusing, but it’s easy to get the picture: iPhones are bigger than ever, just like Android has been for years.
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