Apple’s exploring the potential for launching a costlier iPhone “Extremely” above the iPhone Professional and Professional Max fashions, based on Apple tracker Mark Gurman. The high-end system might arrive as quickly as 2024 with the iPhone 16 lineup.

Final September, Gurman predicted that an “Extremely” mannequin might substitute the Professional Max branding with this 12 months’s iPhone 15, however his newest principle means that Apple needs to determine a extra highly effective — and costlier — tier of iPhones. Which means the system might have an excellent increased price ticket than the iPhone 14 Professional Max, which begins at $1,099.

Throughout Apple’s earnings name final week, Apple CEO Tim Prepare dinner didn’t rule out the potential for a future value improve on iPhones. He as a substitute indicated that clients may need to pay extra to get a greater product. “The iPhone has develop into so integral into individuals’s lives,” Prepare dinner mentioned. “I believe individuals are keen to essentially stretch to get the most effective they’ll afford in that class.”

Whereas it’s nonetheless unclear what sort of options might include an “Extremely” system, Gurman speculates that it “will in all probability supply additional digital camera enhancements, a quicker chip and maybe an excellent bigger show.” It could additionally include a design that drops the charging port in favor of wi-fi charging.

As famous by Gurman, Apple’s already “giving customers a cause to pay up” by including the most effective options to its Professional and Professional Max fashions. Final 12 months, Apple made the Dynamic Island unique to the iPhone 14 Professional and Professional Max, and Gurman says Apple’s planning to make the tiers much more distinct with this 12 months’s launch of the iPhone 15.