First iPhone 15 Bad News Revealed In New Apple Leak - Forbes

iPhone 15 leaks person already revealed respective exciting design and performance improvements coming to Apple’s next-generation smartphones. But it looks similar a large 1 is not.

Following the leak of multiple iPhone 15 specifications past week, respected expert Ming-Chi Kuo has changeable down speech of a large one: an upgraded eight-element (8P) superior camera. And this raises doubts astir different upgrades successful the leak.

Kuo was responding to a leak by chap expert TrendForce, that claimed an 8P lens is coming to iPhone 15 models, on with a caller periscope lens exclusively for the the flagship Pro Max/Ultra model, a leap to 8GB RAM and a “comprehensive” modulation to USB-C. But Kuo said helium believes that “the rumored iPhone 15 Pro series's adoption of an 8P lens won't apt travel true.”

Kuo has not replied to requests from his circa-100,000 Twitter followers to remark connected the different aspects of the TrendForce leak, but, fixed his fantabulous way record, it does telephone TrendForce’s accusation into question.

What does an 8P lens do? Increasing the fig of elements successful a lens enables wider apertures to beryllium used. In turn, this increases the magnitude of airy that tin beryllium gathered, which should pb to amended pictures successful each conditions. The downside is much elements means much complexity, and Apple lone conscionable moved to a 7P lens with the iPhone 14 Pro models.

That said, with Apple wide tipped to present a stellar caller iPhone 15 Ultra flagship which widens the spread to the iPhone 15 Pro, introducing a superior superior camera for that exemplary made a batch of sense.

On the flip side, Kuo has been incorrect before, and the iPhone 15 lineup is inactive tipped to bring much innovation than has been seen successful caller years, including dual front-facing cameras and a titanium chassis for Pro/Ultra models, the removal of measurement and powerfulness ‘buttons’ for capacitive alternatives (codename ‘Bongo’) and a displacement to USB-C.

All these upgrades are expected to summation prices, but dispersed crossed the magnitude of a 2-3 twelvemonth bearer declaration that is apt to bash little harm than different twelvemonth of underwhelming basal models.

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