Apple's 2022 6.1-inch OLED iPhone with the A15 Bionic chip (with a 5-core GPU), an improved low-light main camera, Crash Detection and Emergency SOS via satellite, launched at $799. Reviewers called it a minor step over the iPhone 13, and many owners later reported battery health falling faster than they expected.
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It depends on how you will use it. 70% would buy it again, which means roughly 30% would not. Battery health dropped faster than on the iPhone 13 series for many owners.
The phone itself still feels smooth and its camera holds up, but its similarity to the cheaper iPhone 13 becomes hard to ignore. By the one-year mark, battery health readings in the 80s and low 90s were a common worry in owner threads.
Battery health dropped faster than on the iPhone 13 series for many owners. Last base iPhone with Lightning instead of USB-C.
Worth it for: Upgraders from an iPhone 12 or older; Buyers who want satellite sos; Refurbished-phone shoppers. Think twice if: Iphone 13 owners; Heavy users who keep one battery for years; Buyers wanting usb-c.
Our reading of how sentiment moves across an ownership period, drawn from the sources below. It is an editorial estimate, not tracked longitudinal data.
| At purchase | 7.8 / 10 |
|---|---|
| First week | 7.8 / 10 |
| One month | 7.6 / 10 |
| Six months | 7.3 / 10 |
| One year | 7.0 / 10 |
| Two years or more | 6.8 / 10 |
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Argues the $799 iPhone 14 adds little beyond satellite SOS, Crash Detection and modest camera gains, reusing the A15 and notch, so the $699 iPhone 13 is the better buy.
Rounds up TechCrunch, The Verge and CNBC: capable, smooth and good at photos, but widely seen as an 'iPhone 13s' with the headline features kept for the Pro.
August 2023 report collecting journalist accounts that the iPhone 14 and 14 Pro lost battery health faster than the iPhone 13 series within their first year.
A 2023–2024 owner thread, mostly Pro models, where battery health readings after one to two years range from the high 90s down to the low 80s, with some complaining of faster drain.
A refurbisher's guide calling it still a good buy with 5G, a strong camera and iOS updates expected to around 2029, while noting it is the last model with Lightning.