TechScape: Apple plays it safe with the iPhone 14 – thanks to crash detection
Your device may be able to call emergency services if you get into trouble. It's a genuine technological leap in a field where innovation is in short supply
Once, the launch of a new iPhone was a fulcrum around which my work calendar pivoted. A launch like that of the iPhone 14 last week would dictate the shape of the week, and not just because at least one member of the tech team had to be in San Francisco to cover it.
Even at the peak of its importance, it was a delicate dance. Each new iteration of the bestselling smartphone in the world is clearly an important event in the sector. New features and capabilities announced by Steve Jobs and, later, Tim Cook, can make or break billion-dollar industries overnight.
One smartphone is the same as the next. It has a camera, a screen, it plays music, runs apps and games, shoves the internet in the palm of your hand and forms a conduit for all your life to flow through. But if you broke it and bought a new one, it would do more or less exactly the same, perhaps in a dazzling new colour.
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