This year, Cupertino is upping the ante with the upcoming “Pro” lineup, introducing a range of new features that are firsts for the iPhone
Apple is set to host its autumn launch event on Tuesday at its Cupertino, California headquarters, during which it’s anticipated to reveal new devices, including the iPhone 15. The event’s main highlights are expected to be the two premium “pro” models featuring titanium casings and enhanced cameras, as revealed by insiders. Here are the five significant alterations we anticipate in Apple’s iPhone 15 Pro models.
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Titanium casing
Apple’s Pro iPhones are already leading the way in design by using stainless steel for their mid-frame. This year, Cupertino is taking it a step further with the upcoming “Pro” lineup, which will feature titanium frames instead of stainless steel, enhancing their strength and reducing weight.
USB-C
Apple has been progressively substituting Lightning ports with USB Type-C ports, commencing with iPads. In this iteration, the complete iPhone 15 series will adopt a USB Type-C port. This shift is prompted by recent European regulations mandating a standardized charging port. Nonetheless, the manner in which Apple implements the transition to USB-C for the iPhone remains to be observed. Apple has already begun shipping newer iPads and MacBooks with USB-C charging capabilities.
Periscope lens
Apple intends to maintain a triple camera configuration, featuring dedicated telephoto, wide-angle, and ultra-wide-angle lenses in the iPhone 15 Pro series. The primary wide-angle camera is expected to resemble its predecessors, boasting a 48 MP resolution. However, the iPhone 15 Pro Max is rumored to introduce a novel periscope zoom lens, providing an impressive 6x optical zoom capacity. In contrast, competing smartphones, notably Samsung’s Galaxy S23 Ultra, employ a combination of periscope lenses and digital lenses for zooming purposes.
LIPO Display
The Apple iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max showcase an updated display with slimmer bezels. This achievement is made possible through the utilization of a novel OLED screen manufacturing method called the Low-Injection Pressure Over-Moulding (LIPO) process, which is also reported to reduce the thickness of the display panel. A Bloomberg report underscores that this new display, crafted using the LIPO process, has managed to trim the bezel width from 2.2 mm to 1.5 mm. This development allows Apple to provide users with more screen space and brings them closer to achieving a fully bezel-less iPhone.
A17 Bionic
Both the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Ultra will be driven by the A17 Bionic chip, marking the first chip produced by the renowned foundry TSMC using its advanced 3nm process node. The A17 Bionic is reported to provide a notable enhancement of 10 to 15 percent in both CPU and GPU performance.
