iPhone 15: Ultra, USB-C, and everything else we know about Apple's 2023 iPhones - Macworld

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Every year, Apple introduces a caller iPhone line, and its instauration is the astir important lawsuit successful the Apple calendar. As overmuch arsenic Mac income are increasing and Apple’s propulsion into services is increasing, iPhone income are astatine the bosom of the company’s portfolio and service arsenic the operator for accessories similar Apple Watch and AirPods.

The iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro whitethorn person conscionable landed connected store shelves, but rumors are already heating up astir what to expect with adjacent year’s iPhone 15 line. Here’s what we’ve heard truthful far, and what we expect based connected Apple’s caller history.

iPhone 15 merchandise date

Apple usually introduces the caller iPhones connected a Tuesday oregon Wednesday astir the 2nd week of September.

Therefore, we fishy the iPhone 15 volition beryllium unveiled connected September 12 oregon 13, 2023. At slightest immoderate of the models volition apt spell connected merchantability for preorder that Friday (September 15) and beryllium disposable successful stores the pursuing Friday (September 22).

Here’s erstwhile the past fewer generations arrived successful stores:

iPhone 14: September 16, 2022
iPhone 13: September 24, 2021
iPhone 12: October 23, 2020
iPhone 11: September 20, 2019
iPhone XS: September 21, 2018

iPhone 15 Ultra

Now that Apple has introduced the Apple Watch Ultra, determination are rumors that the institution volition widen the branding to the iPhone enactment with the iPhone 15 Ultra.

That’s truly astir each determination is to those rumors truthful far. The presumption is that the iPhone 15 Ultra would beryllium the branding utilized for the “Pro Max” variant, and determination would beryllium some benignant of caller features to differentiate it. Apple did this erstwhile earlier with the iPhone 12 Pro Max, which had a somewhat amended camera than the iPhone 12 Pro.

So astir radical expect that the camera volition erstwhile again beryllium the diagnostic that sets isolated the caller Ultra phone, imaginable with a amended periscope telephoto camera (see below). The rumor mill has tons of different ideas for however Apple could marque the Ultra mentation basal out, specified arsenic faster charging oregon much storage, but astir of them aren’t substantiated by immoderate evidence. Wishlist features, if you will.

This hypothetical iPhone 15 Ultra could different beryllium thought of arsenic an iPhone 15 Pro Max–it is assumed to usage the aforesaid processor, display, and plan arsenic the iPhone 15 Pro (though LeaksApplePro reports that it could person a titanium assemblage similar the Apple Watch Ultra).

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iPhone 15 design

There are nary existent rumors to suggest that the iPhone 15 lineup volition look precise antithetic from the iPhone 14 line. Expect the aforesaid signifier and level edges, arsenic good arsenic oversized cameras connected the Pro models. We expect to spot the aforesaid 4 sizes, too: 6.1-inch and 6.7-inch modular iPhone 15, on with 6.1-inch and 6.7-inch iPhone 15 Pro.

USB-C

The EU is mandating that astir portable electronics, including phones, person to standardize astir USB-C for charging ports (if any–gadgets that lone complaint wirelessly similar the Apple Watch don’t request to add a USB-C port). Apple volition person to modulation respective products implicit time, and alternatively of making peculiar USB-C versions for Europe, volition apt conscionable alteration everything worldwide arsenic we saw precocious with the 10th-gen iPad and Siri remote. It’s expected that each iPhone 15 models volition travel with a USB-C port.

Current iPhones usage USB-C powerfulness adapters, truthful that won’t change, conscionable the USB-C to Lightning cablegram and the larboard connected the iPhone itself. The upside? Potentially faster charging and faster information transportation speeds for those that plug their iPhones into their Macs oregon PCs.

Dynamic Island

One important alteration to the show connected the non-Pro iPhones is that the Dynamic Island— that pill-shaped camera cutout that serves arsenic an important interface constituent connected iPhone 14 Pro–will travel to all iPhone 15 models. That means the non-Pro iPhones volition person the aforesaid look and interface.

Note that this doesn’t mean that the iPhone 15 volition get an always-on show oregon ProMotion, though. Those features are presently rumored to stay exclusive to the Pro models.

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iPhone 15 specs and features

Apple tests a batch of caller technologies from a batch of suppliers, and implicit clip small leaks tin sometimes springiness america a hint arsenic to what’s coming successful the adjacent iPhone. These leaks are sometimes wrong, often misunderstood, and mostly miss bundle innovations that travel the caller hardware (such arsenic Dynamic Island, wherever we lone heard astir the “pill and hole” cutout and not however Apple intended to marque usage of it).

Here’s what we presently expect to find wrong the iPhone 15 line.

Periscope camera lens

Rumors person said that Apple has been moving connected a “periscope lens” to connection a overmuch longer-range optical zoom. It’s the aforesaid exertion that allows the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra to execute specified a agelong zoom range. There hasn’t been a batch of question connected this rumor recently, but it was past suggested that this mightiness beryllium an exclusive diagnostic of the iPhone 15 Pro Max. It’s unclear whether this would necessitate a antithetic camera array layout oregon size, though the S22 Ultra’s cameras are overmuch larger than the different models.

Elsewhere, determination are definite to beryllium camera upgrades successful the iPhone 15 arsenic determination are each year. Between a beforehand camera and 3 rear cameras, you tin stake astatine slightest 1 of them volition get an improved sensor oregon lens. The lone circumstantial rumor astir the cameras close present is that the iPhone 15 Pro Max whitethorn person a periscope telephoto camera, giving an optical zoom apt determination successful the 5x to 10x range.

A17 processor utilizing TSMCs 3nm process

The adjacent large processor manufacturing exertion bump retired of TSMC (the institution that makes astir of Apple’s chips) wasn’t acceptable yet for the A16. We deliberation the A17 is apt to beryllium 1 of the archetypal mass-produced chips to usage the company’s 3nm process, which should let much transistors successful the aforesaid area, allowing Apple to cram successful much features and amended performance.

With the iPhone 14 line, Apple reserved its caller A16 for the Pro models and utilized the A15 again connected the non-Pro models. We deliberation that’s apt to proceed successful 2023, with the modular iPhone 15 utilizing the A16 processor and the iPhone 15 Pro utilizing the caller A17.

Apple’s 5G modem

Apple has been moving connected its ain cellular modem for years now, having acquired Intel’s modem portion successful 2019 for $1B. Most sources accidental Apple won’t person a competitory 5G susceptible cellular modem acceptable successful clip to beryllium portion of the iPhone 15, and we should expect different Qualcomm Snapdragon modem instead. It volition apt beryllium the Snapdragon X70.

iPhone 15 price

We expect the iPhone 15 enactment to mostly transportation connected the aforesaid prices arsenic the iPhone 14 line. With the iPhone 14 models, Apple kept the terms the aforesaid successful the U.S., but acknowledgment to speech rates and inflation, had to rise prices successful the U.K. and galore different countries.

If Apple does so re-brand the iPhone 15 Pro Max arsenic the iPhone 15 Ultra and springiness it immoderate exclusive caller features, we deliberation that volition beryllium capable of an excuse to rise prices connected that exemplary a small (perhaps $100/£100).

For reference, here’s the pricing connected the iPhone 14 line: