The sketch of the next iPhone 15 and 15 Pro continues to take shape with details that seem to converge in the same direction. Analyst Jeff Pu has trained a list novelties to expect on the next generation. Several of these criteria had already been mentioned a few weeks or months ago by his colleagues and others are legal obligations for Apple.
The 2023 range would retain the principle inaugurated last year with the withdrawal of the mini and the arrival of a Plus model. It is not as easy to deviate from a train already launched, even though the 14 Plus does not seem to meet the expected success after the first months of marketing.
The iPhone 15 and 15 Plus would inherit the A16 processor from the 14 and 14 Pro while the 15 and 15 Pro would switch to an A17 inaugurating 3 nm engraving. This process – brand new at TSMC – would reduce the load on the battery by up to 35%.
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These Pro models would also use 8 GB of RAM compared to 6 currently (the 15/15 Plus would not exceed 6 GB). Qualcomm would still care this year of the network part with its modem Snapdragon X70 (the same Jeff Pu once suggested that this modem might be a future version you X70).
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The photo part would be an opportunity to once again mark the differences between the models. The 15 and 15 Plus would recover the 48 mpx sensor introduced this year on the 15 Pro. As for the 16 Pro Max, it would be the first from Apple to use a 12 mpx periscope system – with lenses aligned parallel to the body rather than perpendicular – to improve the optical zoom capabilities.
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Inevitably, under European pressure, USB-C would dislodge the Lightning connector, which has been in use since 2012. But the 4 new iPhones may not be equal to USB-C in terms of performance if a previous claim by Ming-Chi Kuo.
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Jeff Pu also takes up the rumor of an evolution of the chassis with the use of fixed side buttons rather than mechanical. The feeling of pressure being simulated by small haptic motors judiciously positioned. As Apple did from the iPhone 7 with the Home button. One way in particular to make the phone more resistant to the entry of liquids and dust.
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Finally, the analyst in turn speaks of the use of titanium for the outer frame of some of these models, probably the Pro models. Or only on the Pro Max? Which we will see over the next few months if there is a chance that it will be renamed in favor of the term “Ultra” to distinguish it in addition to its little neighbor. All these pretty people would be in store for the weekend of September 23.