The iPhone 14 Pro Is Not What We Expected: First Look

It’s a side of Apple we know all too well — one which takes aggressive decisions with features and specifications and leaves the market to decide whether it’s willing to stomach them or not. Sometimes, that strategy works. Other times — like the decision to junk all the ports bar USB-C from the MacBook Pro with Touch Bar — Apple later gracefully backtracks. With carriers so eager to push eSIM, though, it’s hard to imagine, like the headphone jack, a physical SIM slot ever returning to Apple’s smartphones.

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The big question anybody looking at the iPhone 14 Pro will be asking is, of course, whether it’s worth the upgrade. After all, we’re still in the midst of a global pandemic, and plenty of people are facing an uncertain winter of high fuel bills and worse. You’d be forgiven for wondering whether it’s the right time to pick up a $999+ smartphone.

I can’t speak to everyone’s financial status, but I can say that 2022’s Pro-badged iPhone lineup feels a lot more worthy of the name than they have before. Up to $1,000 of trade-in credit in the U.S. will take some pain off the sticker, at least. For a final decision either way, stay tuned for the full SlashGear review.