{"id":15709,"date":"2023-07-03T16:12:46","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T15:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15709"},"modified":"2026-07-02T10:59:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T09:59:46","slug":"should-i-buy-an-iphone-14-or-wait-for-the-iphone-15-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/2023\/07\/03\/should-i-buy-an-iphone-14-or-wait-for-the-iphone-15-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Should I buy the iPhone 14 or the iPhone 15?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re looking to find out the difference between iPhone 14 and iPhone 15, you\u2019ve come to the right place! We\u2019re comparing the iPhone 15 vs 14 to see which is best and if either is worth the upgrade.<\/p>\n<p>However, if you&#8217;re already set on giving the new iPhone 15 a miss, get your hands on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/store\/apple-iphone-store\/\">refurbished iPhone<\/a> for way less than new, including a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/store\/category\/mobile-phones\/apple\/iphone-13\/\">refurbished iPhone 13<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/store\/category\/mobile-phones\/apple\/iphone-12\/\">refurbished iPhone 12<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/store\/category\/mobile-phones\/apple\/iphone-11\/\">refurbished iPhone 11<\/a> and more! We&#8217;ve even got 100s of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/store\/mobile-phones\/\">refurbished phones<\/a> to check out too.<\/p>\n<p>Keep reading to find out more!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">In this blog:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#display\">Display and performance<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#design\">Design<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#battery\">Battery<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#cameras\">Cameras<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#final-thoughts\">Final thoughts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The baseline iPhone 15 has a few key upgrades when compared to Apple\u2019s previous iPhone 14 flagship model. While the iPhone 14 offers some excellent hardware such as Apple\u2019s A15 bionic processor, a dual camera setup and an impressive Super Retina XDR OLED screen, it seems the newer iPhone 15 has some extra features up its sleeve.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"display\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Display and performance<\/h2>\n<p>The iPhone 15 features the Dynamic Island, a feature which Apple held exclusively for the Pro and Pro Max iPhone 14 models.<\/p>\n<p>Another difference between iPhone 14 and iPhone 15 is the processor, with the iPhone 15 sporting the A16 processor that was only available on the 14 Pro and Pro Max models.<\/p>\n<p>While the news of the A16 processor becoming available on the flagship model is positive, the bad news is that the \u00a0Pro and Pro Max sport a newer A17 Bionic chip.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"design\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Design<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/design-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15711 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/design-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/design-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/design-2-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/design-2-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The iPhone 15 sports a smaller bezel, with the mute button being swapped out for a new customizable Action button. Apple also changed the charging port of the iPhone 15 (and all future iPhone models) from the standard Lighting port to USB-C.<\/p>\n<p>If your household has a mix of Apple and Android devices, then you\u2019ll benefit from the switch as Android chargers will now be compatible with the new iPhone. However, if you\u2019ve spent years curating an Apple-only ecosystem, this change is likely to be more of a hindrance.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"battery\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Battery<\/h2>\n<p>The iPhone 13 uses a 3,227mAh battery, which is almost identical to the iPhone 14\u2019s 3,279mAh battery &#8211; so we didn&#8217;t expect to see much difference between the iPhone 15 vs 14. However, the iPhone 15 has a 3,349 mAh battery, so it did receive a slight battery improvement.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"cameras\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Cameras<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cameras.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15712 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cameras.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cameras.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cameras-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/cameras-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The iPhone 14 boasts a 12MP main and 12MP ultra-wide set of rear cameras, while the iPhone 15 sports a 48MP main and 12MP ultra-wide. If you want a camera upgrade but don&#8217;t fancy paying the high Pro prices, the iPhone 15 is definitely worth considering.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"final-thoughts\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Final thoughts<\/h2>\n<p>When it comes to deciding on the iPhone 15 vs 14, it&#8217;s up to you to decide whether it&#8217;s worth the upgrade (but we think it is!)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Decided on which iPhone you\u2019re upgrading to? Whichever device you\u2019ve chosen, upgrade for less with musicMagpie! You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/sell-mobile-phones\/sell-my-iphone\/sell-iphone-14\/\">sell iPhone 14<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/sell-mobile-phones\/sell-my-iphone\/sell-iphone-13\/\">sell iPhone 13<\/a> and plenty of other iPhone models with us for cash towards your new phone. And if you\u2019re planning on upgrading to the iPhone 14, why not switch to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/store\/category\/mobile-phones\/apple\/iphone-14\/\">refurbished iPhone 14<\/a> to save money?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re looking to find out the difference between iPhone 14 and iPhone 15, you\u2019ve come to the right place! We\u2019re comparing the iPhone 15 vs 14 to see which is best and if either is worth the upgrade. However, if you&#8217;re already set on giving the new iPhone 15 &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":15710,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2168,1048,4],"tags":[2237,2349],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15709"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15709"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18523,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15709\/revisions\/18523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmagpie.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}