Reviews & Comparisons

Great gaming hardware, graceful limits, lukewarm under load — and no invented frame rates. Check the battery, then play.

Superbly bright, sharp and lab-confirmed — with one flicker caveat for sensitive buyers. Apple’s ratings vs independent measurements, plus what a screen repair costs.

Beautifully built, honestly heavy, and one bad drop from a $499 lesson. Steel frame vs glass panels, IP68 reality, and the checks that matter on a used unit.

Apple’s battery claims describe a new iPhone 14 Pro — 23 hours of video, 20 streamed, 75 of audio — but every unit on sale in late 2026 has a four-year-old battery. The figure that matters is the individual unit’s health percentage against Apple’s 80% threshold.

The iPhone 14 Pro camera is a genuine triple: a 48MP main, a macro-capable ultra wide and a dedicated 3x telephoto, plus LiDAR and an autofocus front camera. DXOMARK’s launch-era test scored it 146 overall, with video its strongest suit at 171.

Just over four years after its September 2022 release, the iPhone 14 Pro’s long-term story splits cleanly: the steel frame, ProMotion display and triple camera hold up, while the battery and the $499-launch-fee back glass decide the price. A launch-day unit’s standard warranty expired in September 2023.

Apple discontinued the iPhone 14 Pro in September 2023, so there is no new-from-Apple route any more: the normal routes today are remaining channel stock, a used unit, or a refurbished unit. The storage ladder has four rungs — 128GB, 256GB, 512GB and 1TB — and the launch starting price was $999 for 128GB, a historical anchor, not today’s price.

A protector for this phone is a fit decision first: the sheet must name the iPhone 15 itself, cover its 6.1-inch panel, and place its sensor cut-outs for this model’s Dynamic Island and TrueDepth array — 15 Pro sheets do not fit. No product is named or priced in this criteria guide; instead, six use-case categories and a three-point fit test let you judge any protector on the maker’s own page.

The case question for this phone is a fit question first: a case must name the iPhone 15 itself, clear its dual-camera pill module, and handle its Ring/Silent switch — 15 Pro, 15 Pro Max, Plus and 16-series cases do not fit. No product is named or priced in this criteria guide; instead, five use-case categories and a four-point fit test let you judge any case on the maker’s own page.