Everything we know about iPhone 15: USB-C, cameras, release date, price - Inverse

If everything goes according to Apple’s plan, the iPhone 15 (and 15 Plus, 15 Pro, 15 Pro Max) should beryllium connected way for merchandise successful the autumn of 2023.

You whitethorn beryllium reasoning it’s excessively aboriginal to commencement talking astir the iPhone 15 erstwhile the iPhone 14s and iPhone 14 Pros conscionable came retired past month, but the rumor mill keeps churning retired the speculation. Maybe you didn’t upgrade to the latest iPhone 14s oregon you need to cognize what’s coming due to the fact that you’re an aboriginal adopter. Wherever you stand, we’ve curated everything we cognize astir the iPhone 15s.

Will the iPhone 15 regenerate Lightning with USB-C? Will the iPhone 15 Pro Max yet get a amended 10x zoom lens? How overmuch volition the iPhone 15 cost? You person questions and we person answers. Let’s get informed.

How galore iPhone 15 models are coming?

Since the iPhone 12, Apple has released 4 caller models each year. The iPhone 12 and 13 came successful regular, mini, Pro, and Pro Max models. The iPhone 14 dumped the mini and replaced it with an “iPhone 14 Plus” portion keeping the others. We’re expecting Apple to merchandise the iPhone 15 successful the aforesaid models arsenic the iPhone 14.

Apple’s iPhone 15 lineup should look similar this:

• iPhone 15 (6.1 inches)
• iPhone 15 Plus (6.7 inches)
• iPhone 15 Pro (6.1 inches)
• iPhone 15 Pro Max (6.7 inches)

Which iPhone 15 models volition person the Dynamic Island?

Often-accurate show Display Supply Chain Consultants CEO Ross Young claims Apple will enactment the Dynamic Island, presently exclusive to the iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max, connected all iPhone 15 models.

“Yes, Dynamic Island expected connected modular models connected the 15,” Young wrote successful a tweet. “Still not expecting 120Hz/LTPO connected modular models arsenic proviso concatenation can’t enactment it.”

The 2nd information of Young’s tweet suggests that adjacent if the iPhone 15 and 15 Plus get the Dynamic Island, they could beryllium constricted to a slower refresh rate. Currently, the iPhone 14 and 14 Plus person 60Hz refresh rates. Meanwhile, the iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max person 120Hz refresh rates with LTPO, which means they’re susceptible of dropping down to 1Hz — LTPO is indispensable for the always-on show mode. If Apple doesn’t adhd LTPO to the non-Pro iPhone 15 displays, they mightiness not get an always-on display.

What spot and however overmuch RAM volition the iPhone 15 have?

According to a TrendForce report, Apple volition erstwhile again reserve its next-generation customized silicon — tentatively dubbed the “A17 Bionic” spot — for the pro versions of the iPhone 15. The regular non-pro iPhone 15s volition reportedly get the A16 Bionic spot that’s successful the existent iPhone 14 Pros.

As for RAM, TrendForce predicts the iPhone 15s volition travel with 6GB of RAM and the iPhone 15 Pros volition person 8GB of RAM. The further RAM successful the iPhone 15 Pros should springiness them much bandwidth for processing ample ProRAW photograph and ProRES video files, but that volition besides mean higher terms tags.

Will the iPhone 15 Pro camera person amended zoom?

Improvements to the cameras connected caller iPhones are practically a fixed present — adjacent if they’re subtle changes via a “Photonic Engine” pipeline. While we’d emotion to spot Apple marque the ever-growing camera bumps connected the iPhone 15s flush with the backside, that’s improbable to hap adjacent year.

It’s much apt Apple volition amended the camera with a amended sensor and upgrade the representation quality. Per TrendForce’s report, the iPhone 15 could athletics an other eighth optical constituent for the main lens, which would assistance heighten representation details.

Additionally, the study claims the iPhone 15 Pro Max could travel with a 10x optical zoom (a large leap from the 3x optical zoom connected the iPhone 14 Pro Max). This 10x zoom would usage a periscope lens plan akin to what galore Android phones, including the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra, person been utilizing for years.

Apple added autofocus to the selfie cameras successful the iPhone 14s. Could it marque the front-facing camera adjacent amended connected the iPhone 15s? We anticipation so!

Will the iPhone 15 person a USB-C port?

All reports look to hold that Apple volition yet bring USB-C to the iPhone 15. It’s astir damn time, but we should beryllium thanking the European Union for pressuring Apple to follow the universal standard.

More recently, Apple elder vice president of worldwide selling Greg Joswiak said during a Wall Street Journal Tech Live talk that the institution doesn’t person a prime but to comply with the EU’s ruling. Of course, there’s ever the anticipation that Apple lone releases a USB-C iPhone for Europe, truthful conscionable support your expectations successful check.

Joswiak’s “confirmation” near country for mentation and created much questions than answers.

The bigger question is whether oregon not the USB-C larboard volition enactment Thunderbolt. A USB-C larboard for charging is thing everyone seems to want, but Thunderbolt compatibility could unfastened the iPhone 15 to overmuch faster information transfers and adjacent outer show support. It would beryllium beauteous large quality if Apple brought Stage Manager to iPhone erstwhile hooked up to a display; it could enactment likewise to Samsung’s DeX mode.

Will the iPhone 15 person ‘solid-state’ powerfulness and measurement buttons?

This 1 is truly new, but wouldn’t beryllium surprising. If you cognize your iPhone history, you cognize that Apple replaced the mechanical location fastener with a “solid-state” one, starting with the iPhone 7 (and carried connected successful the iPhone 8/SE 2 and SE 3). Well, TF International Securities expert Ming-Chi Kuo says Apple whitethorn usage the aforesaid exertion to regenerate the powerfulness and measurement buttons connected “two high-end iPhone 15” — successful different words, the iPhone 15 Pros.

“There volition beryllium Taptic Engines located connected the interior near and close sides to supply unit feedback to marque users consciousness similar they are pressing carnal buttons,” Kuo tweeted. “Due to this plan change, the fig of Taptic Engines utilized successful each iPhone volition summation from the existent 1 to three. As a result, the existing Taptic Engine suppliers, Luxshare ICT (1st supplier) and AAC Technologies (2nd supplier) volition beryllium important beneficiaries.”

Kuo’s proviso concatenation checks are often accurate. Apple plans caller iPhones years successful beforehand truthful noodling astir successful the proviso concatenation is usually a telltale motion of what Apple is cooking up.

How overmuch volition the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 cost?

Apple didn’t rise the terms for immoderate of the iPhone 14 models. That mightiness alteration for the iPhone 15. Current starting prices for the iPhone 14 are below. Any increases could beryllium betwixt $100–200.

• iPhone 14: $799
• iPhone 14 Plus: $899
• iPhone 14 Pro: $999
• iPhone 14 Pro Max: $1,099

When volition Apple merchandise the iPhone 15?

Apple releases caller iPhones successful the fall. Assuming the proviso concatenation isn’t backed up, we’re expecting Apple to denote the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro astatine an lawsuit successful aboriginal to mid-September 2023 with a merchandise day aboriginal successful the month.

The iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro were announced connected September 7, 2022. Apple did a staggered release: the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Pro, and iPhone 14 Pro Max launched connected September 16, but the iPhone 14 Plus came aboriginal connected October 7.