iPhone 15 Pro has 5 big design upgrades that make iPhone 15 look boring

With little than a week to spell until Apple’s September event, it won't beryllium agelong earlier we get our first look astatine the iPhone 15 series. A dependable watercourse of rumors suggests this procreation will spot yet different incremental update to astir models, which is bad news for those reasoning of trading successful their iPhone 14 aliases older phones. 

But nan high-end action this clip around, nan iPhone 15 Pro, outshines nan modular iPhone 15 pinch respective creation tweaks that could beryllium capable to person hesitant users to upgrade. That's based connected what leaks we've seen truthful acold arsenic good arsenic a study this week from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman detailing Apple's plans. 

Apple's “Wonderlust” showcase kicks disconnected connected September 12 astatine 10 a.m. PT. Check retired our guideline on how to watch nan event, including wherever you tin find a unrecorded watercourse and what to expect. There we expect nan iPhone shaper to show disconnected its astir highly anticipated caller products, including its next-gen smartphone line, the Apple Watch Series 9, the Apple Watch Ultra 2, changes coming with iOS 17, and nan latest AirPods. 

Titanium body

One of nan biggest creation changes separating nan modular iPhone 15 and 15 Plus from nan Pro models is nan chassis material. The 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max are group to move from their accepted stainless alloy to titanium frames that are much durable and lighter, while nan regular iPhone 15 and 15 Plus will usage aluminum chassis. 

It's a long-rumored characteristic for iPhones arsenic Apple is expected to faze retired stainless alloy from nan iPhone lineup entirely. A titanium chassis could lead to a stronger yet lighter Pro iPhone, which we deliberation would beryllium an fantabulous upgrade. Some tipsters are calculating that a titanium iPhone 15 Pro would measurement 6.74 ounces, which is conscionable complete a half-an-ounce lighter than nan iPhone 14 Pro.

In this week's report, Gurman said nan titanium chassis makes nan iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max "more durable and astir 10% lighter" than their predecessors, citing unnamed sources astatine Apple pinch knowledge of nan company's plans. 

Action button

Another bold alteration rumored for nan iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max is that Apple will ditch nan longtime shut up move and switch it pinch a solid-state Action button similar to nan 1 recovered successful the Apple Watch Ultra. 

With it, you'll still beryllium capable to toggle your phone's ringer connected and off, of course, conscionable arsenic you could pinch nan shut up switch. But you'll besides beryllium capable to programme nan fastener to do a bunch of different useful functions and execute a drawstring of commands pinch the help of iOS' Shortcuts app.

Some of nan shortcuts Gurman's sources mentioned see silencing nan phone, toggling Focus mode, opening nan flashlight, launching nan camera, starting a sound recording, opening Siri shortcuts, pulling up nan integer magnifying solid and opening accessibility settings.

Smaller bezels

Smartphone manufacturers person been gradually shaving down bezels complete nan years, and Apple is nary exception. With nan iPhone 15 Pro, nan bezels surrounding nan show could get slimmed down importantly to conscionable 1.55mm, successful comparison to nan 2.1mm bezels connected nan existent iPhone 14 Pro.

To create nan slimmer bezels, Apple's employed a caller manufacturing process called LIPO, aliases low-injection unit overmolding, Gurman reports. We first saw Apple usage LIPO pinch the Apple Watch Series 7 to shave down its borders for a bigger show wide without expanding nan size of nan chassis. Rumor has it Apple plans to incorporated this tech into its iPad models down nan statement arsenic well.

A17 Chip

The iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max will reportedly battalion Apple's A17 Bionic chip for a monolithic boost successful position of capacity and artillery life. Meanwhile, nan iPhone 15 and 15 Plus will get nan slower A16 spot recovered successful past year's iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max. 

"The higher-end phones will person a capacity edge, keeping pinch Apple’s attack successful caller years," Gurman explained. "The processor will make those models snappier, but nan biggest enhancements are nan artillery life savings."

USB-C pinch faster charging than iPhone 15

Apple has confirmed that iPhones of nan early will autumn successful statement pinch caller European Union regulations and move from a proprietary Lightning charging larboard to USB-C. We expect to spot nan first of these pinch nan iPhone 15 series, wherever each 4 models are tipped to characteristic USB-C charging ports. But nan Pro models could get an further edge.

For starters, nan iPhone 15 Pro models are tipped to characteristic faster recharging velocity pinch up to 35W. For comparison, nan iPhone 14 Pro Max is constricted to charging astatine 27W while nan iPhone 14 is capped astatine 20W.  

Rumor besides has it nan iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max will upgrade to USB 3.2, pinch 20GBps information transportation speeds arsenic standard and Thunderbolt 3 connectivity. Meanwhile, nan iPhone 15 and 15 Plus will beryllium stuck astatine USB 2.0, which offers nan aforesaid 480 Mbps information transportation speeds arsenic Apple’s Lightning larboard and nan entry-level iPad 10.

Thunderbolt 3 support is peculiarly promising, arsenic this upgrade could alteration nan iPhone 15 Pro to output 4K video to an outer screen. The much precocious type of nan USB modular should besides connection amended support for outer accessories, and mixed they person a chance to move nan iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max into superior productivity devices. 

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