The 14 has some nice safety features such as crash detection that automatically calls emergency services if he is in a collision that you may want. Otherwise it’s pretty much the same phone as a 13 and either will do.

They’re the absolute upper limit of what I would pay for a phone case, but now that I’ve gotten a Casetify clear case, I’m convinced. As someone who bought Apple cases previously for years, the quality here is much nicer and the protection-to-bulkiness ratio has been bar-none for me so far. The anti-yellowing is magic and the customization all together justifies the price (I paid $90 each for a Venom branded case and a customized design clear case for my SO with discounts applied) against a market of Apple asking for $70 for silicon or $80 for finewoven/leather cases that never last longer than a year.