iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro: What the early rumors say about new features - 9to5Mac

The iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro lineups are hardly a period old, but the rumor mill is already abuzz with what to expect from the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro adjacent year. As of close now, adjacent year’s iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro are shaping up to beryllium important upgrades: USB-C, the Dynamic Island for everyone, and overmuch more…

iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus

Screen sizes

The iPhone 14 lineup made a large alteration to the disposable surface sizes, dropping the 5.4-inch iPhone “mini” enactment successful favour of a caller iPhone 14 Plus with a 6.7-inch display. While the iPhone 14 Plus is apparently selling worse than Apple had anticipated, rumors are that the institution plans to continue this strategy adjacent year.

This means that we tin expect the iPhone 15 with a 6.1-inch show alongside the iPhone 15 Plus with a 6.7-inch display.

Display features

The astir important alteration to the displays volition beryllium the addition of the Dynamic Island for the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus. Currently, the Dynamic Island is constricted to the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max. The Dynamic Island replaces the notch and, instead, opts for 2 abstracted show cutouts that are made to look similar 1 by utilizing awesome bundle integration.

But portion the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus will diagnostic the Dynamic Island, they won’t get 2 different show features that are exclusive to the “Pro” and “Pro Max” models. First, rumors are that the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus won’t get Apple’s ProMotion show exertion that offers refresh rates of 1Hz each the mode up to 120Hz.

As such, the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus besides won’t adhd enactment for an always-on display, since this diagnostic relies connected the ProMotion and LTPO show technology.

USB-C

Apple is almost certainly going to power the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus to USB-C for connectivity, replacing the decade-old Lightning connector. The switchover comes arsenic the European Union implements a caller request that each smartphones and different devices usage a communal charging port, which would beryllium USB-C for the clip being.

Camera

As of close now, the rumors are a spot unclear arsenic to what benignant of camera updates to expect from the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus. The iPhone 14 added a fistful of camera upgrades, including the Photonic Engine for improved processing and a dramatically amended front-facing camera.

We expect Apple to physique upon the existing camera hardware adjacent year, either with upgraded camera hardware oregon caller bundle features. More rumors volition look implicit the coming months.

Performance

Finally, the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus are expected to beryllium powered by the A16 Bionic spot that’s presently utilized successful the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max. This continues Apple’s strategy of bifurcating iPhone show betwixt the Pro and non-Pro models, a strategy that archetypal began this year.

The iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max got the latest A16 chip, portion the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus are powered by the A15 – though they bash get the 6-core variant from the iPhone 13 Pro.

iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max

Screen sizes and show features

What astir iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max? We’re expecting less changes present successful presumption of surface sizes and show technology. In fact, arsenic of close now, it seems similar things volition enactment the same.

This makes consciousness seeing that the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max featured melodramatic show upgrades with the summation of the Dynamic Island and always-on display. Instead, it seems similar Apple’s absorption volition beryllium connected perfecting these features portion besides bringing the Dynamic Island down-market to the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus, arsenic mentioned earlier.

One tiny plan tweak that we could spot is Apple replacing the clicky measurement and powerfulness buttons with solid-state buttons, akin to erstwhile it replaced the carnal Home fastener connected the iPhone 7 with a solid-state fastener instead.

USB-C

Just arsenic with the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus, the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max are besides expected to marque the power to USB-C. We’re inactive waiting connected immoderate much details here, specified arsenic information transportation speeds and charging speeds.

One much happening to see is the anticipation that the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max follow Thunderbolt connectivity alongside USB-C. This would lucifer the strategy Apple has taken with the iPad lineup, wherever each latest-generation models person USB-C but the highest-end iPad Pro models besides enactment Thunderbolt.

Camera

Initially, it was rumored that the iPhone 15 Pro models would diagnostic a caller “8P,” oregon 8 integrative lenses, rear-facing camera. More recent reporting says this mightiness not beryllium the lawsuit aft all. “8P” present is simply a notation to the fig of elements successful the lens. When a shaper takes an existing lens plan and adds elements, this is mostly done to trim distortion.

While it doesn’t dependable similar the iPhone 15 Pro volition person immoderate large camera upgrades, the iPhone 15 Pro Max is simply a antithetic story. The anticipation is that the iPhone 15 Pro Max volition diagnostic a caller periscope lens for the archetypal time.

Periscope lenses trust connected a prism that reflects airy to aggregate interior lenses astatine 90 degrees to the camera sensor. This allows the magnitude of the lens to beryllium overmuch longer than a telephoto lens, which results successful a overmuch amended optical zoom. The telephoto lens connected the iPhone 14 Pro models lone offers 3x optical zoom and 15x integer zoom.

For comparison’s sake, the Galaxy S22 Ultra from Samsung already has a periscope lens that enables 10x optical zoom and up to 100x integer zoom. One rumor has said Apple whitethorn opt for a 5x optical zoom. More circumstantial details for Apple’s implementation of a periscope lens connected the iPhone 15 Pro Max are unclear, but ideally, it volition bring the iPhone overmuch person to what’s already offered by Samsung’s flagships.

Performance

The iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max volition proceed Apple’s march toward adjacent much almighty Apple Silicon chips. It was archetypal reported past twelvemonth that Apple would beryllium 1 of the archetypal companies successful the satellite to adopt a caller 3nm process and that we’d spot the archetypal of these chips successful 2023.

The latest iPhone 14 Pro models usage an A16 chip, which immoderate person referred to arsenic 4nm, but it would beryllium much close to accidental that it’s a die-shrunk 5nm chip.

Next year’s iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max are expected to usage the A17 Bionic processor, which volition apt beryllium based connected the 3nm process. Shrinking the process size leads to a large alteration successful presumption of show arsenic good arsenic efficiency, which could marque for important artillery beingness improvements adjacent year.

Naming and strategy

In presumption of naming and strategy, Apple reportedly has immoderate changes successful store for adjacent year’s iPhone lineup. The institution is said to beryllium readying to further differentiate the iPhone 15 Pro from the iPhone 15 Pro Max. This is astir evident successful the camera upgrades that are rumored, but determination are surely different ways the institution could bash this too.

Additionally, there’s been speculation that Apple mightiness rebrand the highest-end iPhone to beryllium the “iPhone 15 Ultra.” This would lucifer what we saw with the Apple Watch this year, with an Apple Watch SE, Apple Watch Series 8, and Apple Watch Ultra.

Ultimately, we’re inactive successful the aboriginal days of iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro rumors. We’ll person plentifulness much implicit the adjacent twelvemonth that volition assistance further overgarment the representation of Apple’s plans.

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