Yearly, Apple introduces a brand new iPhone line, and its introduction is crucial occasion within the Apple calendar. As a lot as Mac gross sales are rising and Apple’s push into companies is growing, iPhone gross sales are on the coronary heart of the corporate’s portfolio and function the motive force for equipment like Apple Watch and AirPods.

The iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Professional might have simply landed on retailer cabinets, however rumors are already heating up about what to anticipate with subsequent yr’s iPhone 15 line. Right here’s what we’ve heard to date, and what we count on primarily based on Apple’s current historical past.

iPhone 15 launch date

Apple often introduces the brand new iPhones on a Tuesday or Wednesday across the second week of September.

Due to this fact, we suspect the iPhone 15 shall be unveiled on September 12 or 13, 2023. At the very least a few of the fashions will seemingly go on sale for preorder that Friday (September 15) and be stocked in shops the next Friday (September 22).

Right here’s when the previous couple of generations arrived in shops:

• 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 value

We count on the iPhone 15 line to largely stick with it the identical costs because the iPhone 14 line. With the iPhone 14 fashions, Apple stored the worth the identical within the U.S., however because of trade charges and inflation, needed to elevate costs within the U.Ok. and lots of different international locations.

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

• iPhone 14: $799/£849
• iPhone 14 Plus: $899/£949
• iPhone 14 Professional: $999/£1099
• iPhone 14 Professional Max: $1099/£1199

If Apple does certainly re-brand the iPhone 15 Professional Max because the iPhone 15 Extremely (see under) and provides it some unique new options, we predict that can show sufficient of an excuse to boost costs on that mannequin, maybe $100/£100. A tweet by LeaksApplePro in November 2022 mentioned it expects the iPhone 15 Extremely to “value considerably extra to fabricate than iPhone 14 Professional Max.” That doesn’t essentially imply it is going to value extra, however it’s indication that it’d.

iPhone 15 Extremely

Now that Apple has launched the Apple Watch Extremely, there are rumors that the corporate will prolong the branding to the iPhone line with the iPhone 15 Extremely.

That’s actually about all there may be to these rumors to date. The belief is that the iPhone 15 Extremely could be the branding used for the “Professional Max” variant, and there could be some type of new options to distinguish it. Apple did this as soon as earlier than with the iPhone 12 Professional Max, which had a barely higher digicam than the iPhone 12 Professional.

So most individuals count on that the digicam will as soon as once more be the function that units aside the brand new Extremely telephone, potential with a greater periscope telephoto digicam (see under). The rumor mill has a lot of different concepts for the way Apple might make the Extremely model stand out, comparable to sooner charging or extra storage, however most of them aren’t substantiated by any proof. Wishlist options, if you’ll.

This hypothetical iPhone 15 Extremely might in any other case be regarded as an iPhone 15 Professional Max–it’s assumed to make use of the identical processor, show, and design because the iPhone 15 Professional (although LeaksApplePro studies that it might have a titanium physique just like the Apple Watch Extremely).

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iPhone 15 design

There aren’t any present rumors to counsel that the iPhone 15 lineup will look very completely different from the iPhone 14 line. Anticipate the identical form and flat edges, in addition to outsized cameras on the Professional fashions. We count on to see the identical 4 sizes, too: 6.1-inch and 6.7-inch commonplace iPhone 15, together with 6.1-inch and 6.7-inch iPhone 15 Professional.

Buttons

In accordance with a rumor by Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple would possibly swap to solid-state buttons for the iPhone 15 Professional and Extremely fashions, very like the House button on the iPhone SE. Kuo says Apple will add a pair of Taptic engines on both aspect of the telephone to imitate the texture of a clickable button.

USB-C

The EU is mandating that the majority moveable electronics, together with telephones, need to standardize round USB-C for charging ports (if any–devices that solely cost wirelessly just like the Apple Watch don’t have to add a USB-C port). Apple should transition a number of merchandise over time, and as a substitute of creating particular USB-C variations for Europe, will seemingly simply change every little thing worldwide as we noticed just lately with the Tenth-gen iPad and Siri distant. It’s anticipated that every one iPhone 15 fashions will include a USB-C port.

Present iPhones use USB-C energy adapters, in order that gained’t change, simply the USB-C to Lightning cable and the port on the iPhone itself. The upside? Probably sooner charging and sooner information switch speeds for those who plug their iPhones into their Macs or PCs.

Dynamic Island

One important change to the show on the non-Professional iPhones is that the Dynamic Island— that pill-shaped digicam cutout that serves as an essential interface aspect on iPhone 14 Professional–will come to all iPhone 15 fashions. Meaning the non-Professional iPhones may have the identical look and interface.

Be aware that this doesn’t imply that the iPhone 15 will get an always-on show or ProMotion, although. These options are presently rumored to stay unique to the Professional fashions.

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iPhone 15 specs and options

Apple exams lots of new applied sciences from lots of suppliers, and over time little leaks can generally give us a clue as to what’s coming within the subsequent iPhone. These leaks are generally fallacious, typically misunderstood, and customarily miss software program improvements that accompany the brand new {hardware} (comparable to Dynamic Island, the place we solely heard in regards to the “capsule and gap” cutout and never how Apple meant to utilize it).

Right here’s what we presently anticipate finding contained in the iPhone 15 line.

Periscope digicam lens

Rumors have mentioned that Apple has been engaged on a “periscope lens” to supply a a lot longer-range optical zoom. It’s the identical expertise that permits the Samsung Galaxy S22 Extremely to attain such an extended zoom vary. There hasn’t been lots of motion on this rumor just lately, however it was final prompt that this is perhaps an unique function of the iPhone 15 Professional Max. It’s unclear whether or not this may necessitate a special digicam array format or measurement, although the S22 Extremely’s cameras are a lot bigger than the opposite fashions.

Elsewhere, there are certain to be digicam upgrades within the iPhone 15 as there are yearly. Between a entrance digicam and three rear cameras, you possibly can guess at the least one in every of them will get an improved sensor or lens. The one particular rumor across the cameras proper now could be that the iPhone 15 Professional Max might have a periscope telephoto digicam, giving an optical zoom seemingly someplace within the 5x to 10x vary.

A17 processor

The following main processor manufacturing expertise bump out of TSMC (the corporate that makes most of Apple’s chips) wasn’t prepared but for the A16. We expect the A17 is prone to be one of many first mass-produced chips to make use of the chip producer’s 3nm course of, which ought to enable extra transistors in the identical space, permitting Apple to cram in additional options and higher efficiency.

With the iPhone 14 line, Apple reserved its new A16 for the Professional fashions and used the A15 once more on the non-Professional fashions. We expect that’s prone to proceed in 2023, with the usual iPhone 15 utilizing the A16 processor and the iPhone 15 Professional utilizing the brand new A17.

Reminiscence

After the iPhone 14 Professional stored the identical 6GB of reminiscence because the iPhone 13 Professional, Trendforce studies that the iPhone 15 Professional/Extremely fashions will get 8GB of RAM. The non-Professional fashions are anticipated to have the identical 6GB of RAM as this yr.

Apple’s 5G modem

Apple has been working by itself mobile modem for years now, having acquired Intel’s modem unit in 2019 for $1B. Whereas it was initially rumored that Apple might have a aggressive 5G succesful mobile modem prepared in time to be a part of the iPhone 15, current rumors counsel that gained’t be the case. Again in Might, Ming-Chi Kuo reported that the event of the modem had hit a “roadblock,” and Mark Gurman reported in November that Qualcomm is predicted to offer “nearly all of new modems” for the iPhone 15. We should always count on one other Qualcomm Snapdragon modem as a substitute, most definitely the Snapdragon X70.