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Apple iPhone 14 Pro Audio test

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We put the Apple iPhone 14 Pro through our rigorous DXOMARK Audio test suite to measure its performance both at recording sound using its built-in microphones, and at playing audio back through its speakers.
In this review, we will break down how it fared in a variety of tests and several common use cases.

Overview


Key audio specifications include:

  • Two speakers: top-center, bottom right
  • No Jack audio output
  • Dolby Atmos technology
  • Spatial Audio playback

Scoring

Sub-scores and attributes included in the calculations of the global score.


Apple iPhone 14 Pro
142
audio
145
playback
141

158

139

149

147

162

143

162

91

157

135
recording
130

147

124

146

108

157

123

170

138

145

152

166

Playback

Pros

  • Good performance in all attributes, with a great consistency across them
  • Great timbre performance overall, enriched by a deep low-end extension
  • Great dynamics performance overall
  • Very good spatial performance

Cons

  • Distortion and compression at maximum volume and when watching movies
  • Inverted stereo in music app, as in all iPhones.

Recording

Pros

  • Good timbre performance overall
  • Good performance when recording loud content such as concerts
  • Good dynamics performance
  • Good handling of artifacts overall. Wind noise reduction needs some fine-tuning but it works decently

Cons

  • Midrange rendition is too dependent on the use case, and can sound either canny or nasal depending on the app and use case
  • SNR could be greater, as main vocal content is often a bit masked by the ambient noise
  • Poor audio zoom performance


The differences between the iPhone models when it comes to audio playback and recording have usually been minimal. The same holds true now with the release of the iPhone 14 series.

Although the iPhone 14 Pro is smaller in size, it shares many of the same hardware specs as the 14 Pro Max, including the A16 Bionic chipset,

Given the similarities between the models, it’s no surprise that the iPhone 14 Pro’s overall audio score was identical to the 14 Pro Max’s score. We direct you to the full audio test results of the iPhone 14 Pro Max for all the details concerning the 14 Pro’s performance.

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