This is how iPhone 14 Pro could have been even more powerful

Our tests show that the fastest smartphone you can buy is the iPhone 14 Pro. But if The Information's(opens in new tab) sources are to be believed, ray-tracing support would have made it even better. The A16 Bionic chip that powers the iPhone 14 Pro was supposed to provide a "generational jump" for the GPU, including support for ray tracing, but Apple's developers were "over ambitious with adding new features," the report claims. Because of this, prototype units drew more power than calculations predicted, which would have made phones uncomfortably hot and negatively impacted battery life. Because of this, prototype units drew more power than calculations predicted, which would have made phones uncomfortably hot and negatively impacted battery life. According to the source, this is the reason why the performance improvement between the iPhone 13 and iPhone 14 Pro is only marginal. Potential problems were only discovered "late in development," necessitating a strong resemblance to the processor used in the non-Pro iPhone 14, as well as the previous version. It was an error that was reportedly "unique in the [Apple Silicon] group's history," which may help to explain why Apple wasn't overly vocal about generational performance increases at its September announcement. When discussing speed improvements, the corporation usually dazzles us with numbers, but this time we only heard about increased memory bandwidth. The iPhone 14 Pro would have been even more distinct from the non-Pro model if Apple had been successful in making the A16 a generational jump. Despite this, Apple is having trouble keeping up with demand for iPhone 14 Pros while iPhone 14 Plus inventory builds up in warehouses. This is because of the 120Hz display, Dynamic Island, and 48MP camera, which appear to have done a fine job of upselling consumers.