Apple launches the iPhone 14, always connected by satellite for emergencies but a victim of inflation

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Five years it has taken the

to lose the "notch", the "eyebrow", that tab at the top of the screen that housed the front camera and the

biometric sensor .

It remains in the

, the entry models of the new generation of Apple phones announced this Wednesday and that will be available in stores next week.

In the new

, however, it has been replaced by a small notch in the form of a smaller pill that can grow depending on the use that is being made of it or the active application.

Apple calls it "dynamic island".

It is the most obvious design change in these new phones but by far not the only one.

The new

, the most important products of the apple company and the phones that have the most influence in the smartphone market, also feature new processors, sizes and features.

But they do so in a very complex year due to inflationary pressure and the strength of the dollar, which have led the company to significantly raise the prices of devices in Europe, although they remain unchanged for some models in the US.

To get an idea of ​​​​the rise, suffice it to say that no

can be obtained in Spain for less than

.

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For starters, perhaps the most surprising of all these new features is that now all

include a satellite connection service for emergencies.

These are the first

with which it is possible to communicate even when there is no coverage from conventional telephone operators, using predetermined messages and text compression to take advantage of the lower bandwidth available on satellite connections.

This new function is designed to help lost users or those who have suffered an accident and need to be in an area with ample visibility of the sky.

An emergency center operated by

will receive the messages and route them to local emergency services.

The service will only be available initially in the US and

and will not start until November.

THE IPHONE 14 REPEATS PROCESSOR

As in previous years, there are basically two product families in this generation of

.

The

are the entry models, with two rear cameras and fewer features.

The

includes one more sensor in the camera and better features.

The most important change of the

is that, this year, it changes the size.

Apple abandons the

model and will have two phones with the same sizes as the Pro range, 6.1 inches for the iPhone 14 and 6.7 inches for the

.

The size change means the

has more battery life and can get up to 24 hours of active use, according to the company.

The phone uses the same

processor that last year's

had, including many of the improvements aimed at the camera.

Phones have two cameras.

There is a 12-megapixel wide angle that opens a new larger sensor with a larger aperture, which allows more light to be captured in the shot and speeds up the photo taking in night mode.

It is accompanied by an ultra wide angle that has also improved in quality.

The front camera has also changed.

It has

and includes autofocus for the first time.

In the video section, there is a new action mode that simulates the use of an external stabilizer and is much more powerful than previous models.

In the US, this

will completely eliminate the SIM tray, becoming the first

to work exclusively with

.

In Europe, however, it will be possible to continue using a physical SIM.

It can be reserved from this Wednesday and will be available next week for the small screen version.

In Spain it will cost 1,009 euros, although in the US it has maintained the 799 dollars from last year (prices in the US do not include taxes, which depend on the state where it is purchased).

For the

, which starts at 1,159 euros, we will have to wait until October.

IPHONE 14 PRO, ALWAYS ON

This year the Pro range has several changes.

In addition to the "dynamic island," the phones have a new OLED display that can always stay on and is capable of displaying up to 2,000 nits of brightness.

In these models, Apple will include a new processor in this phone, the

.

Manufactured in a 4nm lithographic process, it has 20% less power-hungry compute cores, more memory bandwidth, and more advanced graphics and imaging coprocessors.

Overall, Apple's mobile processors are the most advanced in the industry, and the

marks a significant leap in power from the

, which is still the industry leader a year later.

One of the biggest changes to these new iPhones will be in the camera.

The

has a 65% larger main sensor and 48-megapixel resolution.

This new resolution allows you to capture more detail and recover the 2x zoom of the camera, which is now done in a hybrid way, mixing optical and digital magnification.

As in last year's model, the camera module also includes a 3x telephoto lens, which remains at 12 megapixel resolution.

Completing the camera suite is an ultra-wide angle that is now brighter and has a larger sensor and lens detail, and a new redesigned flash with twice the brightness.

The

can be reserved from today and will be available next week.

The price of the basic model starts at 1,319 euros.

In the case of the

it will be 1,469 euros.

NEW AIRPODS

Alongside the phones, Apple has introduced the successor to the

headphones .

They have a fairly similar design to the previous ones, with a small control stick that now includes a new capacitive control that allows you to raise and lower the playback volume by sliding your finger.

They are equipped with a new chip, the

, which improves not only audio quality, but also noise cancellation and transparency mode, and has 33% more autonomy, providing 6 hours of continuous playback and up to 30 hours with the battery in the case.

The new

will be available from next week at a price of 299 euros.

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