iPhone 14 & 14 Pro Screen Compatibility

Hi Scott,

Generally one of the main differences between the standard and "pro" models is the screen. In the case of the iPhone 14 the specs are very close, but on iPhones close isn't good enough. If you go through the official Apple specs for the two screens, here's what they say.

iPhone 14

• Super Retina XDR display
• 6.1‑inch (diagonal) all‑screen OLED display
• 2532‑by‑1170-pixel resolution at 460 ppi

The iPhone 14 display has rounded corners that follow a beautiful curved design, and these corners are within a standard rectangle. When measured as a standard rectangular shape, the screen is 6.06 inches diagonally (actual viewable area is less).

iPhone 14 Pro

• Super Retina XDR display
• 6.1‑inch (diagonal) all‑screen OLED display
• 2556‑by‑1179-pixel resolution at 460 ppi

The iPhone 14 Pro display has rounded corners that follow a beautiful curved design, and these corners are within a standard rectangle. When measured as a standard rectangular shape, the screen is 6.12 inches diagonally (actual viewable area is less).

The differences here are very slight, but definite. the 14 has a resolution of 2532 x 1170 while the 14 Pro sports 2556 x 1179. The size is ever so close, but again not quite the same; the 14's diagonal comes in at 6.06 inches while the 14 Pro lists 6.12 inches.

Outside of size, there are other features that get added to the Pro model that the 14 doesn't get.

iPhone 14

• HDR display
• True Tone
• Wide color (P3)
• Haptic Touch
• 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio (typical)
• 800 nits max brightness (typical); 1200 nits peak brightness (HDR)
• Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
• Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously

iPhone 14 Pro

• Dynamic Island
• Always-On display
• ProMotion technology with adaptive refresh rates up to 120Hz
• HDR display
• True Tone
• Wide color (P3)
• Haptic Touch
• 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio (typical)
• 1000 nits max brightness (typical); 1600 nits peak brightness (HDR); 2000 nits peak brightness (outdoor)
• Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
• Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously

The Dynamic Island is the cutout for the front sensors; in the Pro model they've reduced the area of the cutout which means the 14 sensors won't have the opening they need to see out of the screen.

Again, one of the big selling features to get you to buy a Pro model is that they have better displays, and Apple doesn't let you buy a 14 Pro screen and pop it onto a 14; it just won't work. The 14 doesn't have the hardware or software interfaces to support the extra features and it's doubtful the Pro screen will even connect up properly to the 14 in the first place.

So the TL;DR version is no, they're not interchangeable.