iPhone 14 Pro review: Unboxing and first impression

At the beginning of September, Apple officially introduced four new iPhones, of which the iPhone 14 Pro has now arrived. Compared to the previous model, not much has changed, but Apple has still made a few subtle changes.

On the one hand, Apple wants to further improve the display and the cameras, and a lot has also happened with the processor. The most obvious change, however, concerns the design on the front, because after five years, Apple has finally said goodbye to the notch, at least on the Pro iPhones. Instead, the "Dynamic Island" not only gives it a new look, but also a few new features. We will soon take a closer look at all of this in a detailed test report. In this article, we will first unpack the smartphone and then report on our first impression after three days of use.

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Unboxing

The sales box is again nice and compact this year and looks very high quality. However, it is now white and no longer black like the previous Pro models.

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There isn't really much to report about the unboxing, because Apple has delivered almost nothing since the iPhone 12. In addition to the iPhone itself, you will only find a Lightning cable and paper items in the scope of delivery. Neither a power adapter nor a case is included, which is really weak for the recommended retail price of 1.299 euros.

iPhone 14 Pro first impression

The iPhone 14 Pro has made an excellent impression so far. I'm not a huge fan of the angular casing because it creates a slightly sharp-edged feeling in the hand, but I'm very impressed by the looks alone. It feelsproIt is of high quality and, due to its relatively compact size, can still be operated quite well with one hand, which is unfortunately only the case with a few smartphones these days prois possible without any problems.

The display is just plain fun. Colors are reproduced extremely naturally and Apple definitely hasn't said too much about the brightnessproAdded to this is a smooth refresh rate of 120 Hertz, which significantly improves the user experience. Together with the new Apple A16 Bionic processor, the iPhone 14 Pro is one of the fastest smartphones on the market.

So far, however, I have had rather mixed feelings about “Dynamic Island”. On the one hand, I feel that the front is much nicer now and the animations around the cut-out are extremely well done by Apple, but I can't really talk about the functions in everyday life profit. In my opinion it's (so far) more of a gimmick.

Those were my first impressions after a few days of everyday use. I can't report anything concrete about the battery life at the moment and I definitely have to take a closer look at the camera. All of this and much more will be covered in a few weeks in my test report and in a detailed camera comparison with the Vivo X80 Pro to examine in detail.