iPhone 15 rumors: Everything you need to know - iMore

We mightiness not yet person officially seen what Apple has successful store for the 2022 iPhone 14 lineup, but attraction is already turning to what comes next. That'll astir apt beryllium an iPhone 15 lineup for 2023 and if aboriginal rumors are accurate, we could spot immoderate large changes.

We're inactive astir a twelvemonth out, but here's everything we already cognize astir iPhone 15.

iPhone 15 processor

If Apple follows the aforesaid way it acceptable retired connected with iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro we tin expect the iPhone 15 to usage the aforesaid A16 Bionic arsenic the iPhone 14 Pro. The iPhone 15 Pro, however, is apt to payment from an all-new A17 chip, continuing the differentiation betwixt Pro and non-Pro models.

Those A17 chips are expected to use caller 3nm chips from long-time spot supplier TSMC, apt improving powerfulness depletion and reducing the magnitude of vigor they make during use. The 3nm process offers chips with velocity boosts of up to 15% utilizing the aforesaid magnitude of power, oregon powerfulness savings of 30% astatine the aforesaid velocity arsenic 5nm.

iPhone 15 show & sizes

Rumors arsenic of September 2022 person Apple bringing the Dynamic Island to each iPhone 15 models, not conscionable the Pro arsenic was the lawsuit with iPhone 14 Pro. That's according to DSCC expert Ross Young who usually has a bully way grounds with these things.

That doesn't mean that the basal iPhone 15 models volition get a 120Hz refresh complaint oregon an Always-On Display, though. For that, you're going to privation iPhone 15 Pro.

If Apple follows the precedent acceptable with the iPhone 14 lineup, we tin expect a 6.1-inch iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro to beryllium joined by 6.7-inch iPhone 14 Plus and iPhone 14 Pro Max.

iPhone 15 plan and USB-C

It's inactive aboriginal days for iPhone 15 rumors, but each indications close present are that we shouldn't expect immoderate large departures from the iPhone 14 models which themselves are akin to iPhone 13. There could beryllium a mates of notable changes, though.

We already covered Apple's expected determination distant from the notch entirely, but possibly the biggest alteration volition travel successful the mode we complaint our iPhone 15 models.

Both Bloomberg's Mark Gurman and expert Ming-Chi Kuo person suggested a power is successful the offing, with the EU and perchance even Brazil acceptable to mandate a communal connector for each phones and akin accessories, including AirPods.

"Apple Inc. is investigating aboriginal iPhone models that regenerate the existent Lightning charging larboard with the much prevalent USB-C connector, according to radical with cognition of the situation, a determination that could assistance the institution conform with looming European regulations," Gurman says.

Previous rumors of the instrumentality of Touch ID look to beryllium unfounded, astatine slightest successful presumption of iPhone 14. It mightiness marque a instrumentality successful the future, but Face ID is expected to beryllium the lone biometric authentication strategy offered successful 2023.

iPhone 15 Ultra?

While Apple has truthful acold utilized the Pro Max sanction for its high-end model, caller rumors person that changing successful 2023.

Following connected from the motorboat of Apple Watch Ultra, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman believes Apple could rename iPhone 15 Pro Max to iPhone 15 Ultra. It isn't wide what different changes we could expect, but determination are suggestions the high-end iPhone 15 volition diagnostic a caller camera strategy — 1 utilizing a periscope arsenic outlined below.

iPhone 15 5G modem

We've been proceeding for years that Apple would power to 5G modems designed in-house astir 2023, but that present seems improbable to hap successful clip for iPhone 15. A caller study by expert Ming-Chi Kuo claims that Apple's 5G modem "may person failed," meaning it volition instrumentality with Qualcomm successful 2023. Further reports by expert Jeff Pu backmost that up, with Qualcomm parts present expected to beryllium utilized for iPhone 15 and iPhone 16.

Kuo goes connected to accidental that Apple volition proceed to enactment connected getting its ain 5G modem acceptable with the purpose of replacing Qualcomm eventually.

iPhone 15 cameras

We don't yet cognize everything determination is to cognize astir the iPhone 15 cameras, but we're being told to expect Apple's archetypal periscope camera successful astatine slightest the Pro models — perchance just the iPhone 15 Pro Max. That comes via expert Jeff Pu who claims that the power would let 5x optical zoom. It's imaginable that the exertion could let for adjacent 10x zoom, however.

Companies similar Samsung already usage periscope cameras successful their flagship phones to connection accrued zoom capabilities. Periscope cameras enactment by expanding the region betwixt the camera's lens and sensor by moving successful overmuch the aforesaid mode arsenic a periscope successful a submarine. Having the 2 components astatine specified a region successful a accepted configuration would necessitate the iPhone 15 itself to beryllium importantly thicker, thing Apple doesn't want, and a periscope plan negates.

iPhone 15 colors

We don't cognize an atrocious batch astir what the iPhone 15 colors volition be, but we tin usage past iPhones arsenic an thought of what to expect.

If Apple sticks to form, expect the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max to beryllium much sedate colors, similar successful immoderate from of achromatic oregon gray, with metallic and golden successful determination arsenic well. One further colour volition apt articulation them — for iPhone 13 Pro, that was Sierra Blue. For iPhone 14 Pro, it was Deep Purple.

The iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus are apt to get the amended colors, successful immoderate eyes. That means vibrant colors including a (Product) RED enactment that ever looks great, nary substance which iPhone it's on.

iPhone 15 storage

Apple's retention plans volition apt beryllium connected assorted things, not slightest the outgo of parts by the clip we get person to a release. 

The existent question is whether the lower-end enactment volition change. Expect that to mostly beryllium controlled by immoderate data-hungry camera features that are added to the caller models, portion a 2TB enactment astatine the top-end is simply a possibility.

iPhone 15 price

We're inactive a agelong mode from Apple making the iPhone 15 pricing public, but we tin expect figures to beryllium astir that of erstwhile high-end iPhones. That means a starting constituent of astir $1,000 for the Pro models and a debased extremity of astir $800 for the modular models.

We'll cognize much arsenic we get person to release, however, with changing economical situations and ostentation perchance impacting Apple's plans. The institution didn't summation the terms of iPhone 14 implicit iPhone 13, astatine slightest successful the United States. But planetary markets did spot a terms hike owed to section speech rates against the dollar.

iPhone 15 merchandise date

If Apple keeps to tradition, we tin expect the iPhone 15 lineup to beryllium announced successful the archetypal week oregon truthful of September with pre-orders opening a fewer days later. Then the caller iPhones should spell connected merchantability the pursuing Friday.

For reference, Apple announced the iPhone 14 lineup connected September 6 and marque them disposable for pre-order connected September 9. They past went connected merchantability connected September 16.