Apple has typically reserved its biggest and best smartphone experiences for the iPhone Pro Max line. In particular, if you want the largest display and the longest battery life of any iPhone, you usually have to pony up for Apple's top-shelf device. That changes this year with the introduction of the Apple iPhone 14 Plus, a new handset in the iPhone lineup that brings you the big-screen experience at a slightly lower price. While we believe the iPhone 14 Pro Max ($1,099) and its powerful new features are worth the extra money, as well as our Editors' Choice award, the iPhone 14 Plus is a respectable alternative with only a few drawbacks at a more budget-friendly price.
DIFFERENT, BUT THE SAME Apple sort of pulled a 180 with the iPhone 14 Plus. Over the last few years, the iPhone lineup has included a vanilla model, a miniature version of the vanilla model, and then the Pro and Pro Max models. This year, Apple nixed the mini, likely due to poor sales, in favor of the Plus, a larger variant of the vanilla iPhone 14 ($799) in the same way the Pro Max is a bigger version of the Pro ($999). Before now, the only way to get the largest iPhone was to go with the Pro Max. The 14 Plus gives big-iPhone lovers a more affordable option.
The iPhone 14 Plus measures 6.33 by 3.07 by 0.31 inches and weighs in at 7.16 ounces. It’s noticeably bigger than the iPhone 14 (5.78 by 2.82 by 0.31 inches, 6.07 ounces), but just about even with the iPhone 14 Pro Max in terms of dimensions (6.33 by 3.05 by 0.31 inches) if not weight (8.47 ounces). Competing devices in this category include the Google Pixel 6 Pro (6.45 by 2.99 by 0.35 inches) and the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (6.43 by 3.07 by 0.35 inches).
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