Pro models completely without buttons: What is already known about the iPhone 15

Professional models completely without buttons.
What is already known about the iPhone 15

By Klaus Wedekind
11/24/2022, 19:22

There are interesting forecasts and rumors about the upcoming iPhone 15. The Pro variants in particular may not only look different than before, but also feel very different. But something is going on with the standard models too, and all new iPhones are getting a change.

Although Apple is still around ten months away from introducing its new iPhones, the development of the devices has been underway for a long time and production is being planned and prepared. That is why there are not only rumors about the next generation, but also concrete forecasts.

Dynamic Island and USB-C for all iPhones

The iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus are rumored to be barely changed. It’s very likely that they’ll get one or more new colors and the A16 chip that powers current Pro models. It wouldn’t be a surprise if Apple’s Normals also lose the previous notch next year and the real depth camera is surrounded by the “dynamic island” like the iPhone 14 Pro duo.

Not just because the unerring Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicted that it’s certain that all future iPhones won’t have a Lightning connector, but instead a USB-C plug. Marketing chief Greg Joswiak told the “Wall Street Journal“, one will become the EU regulation Double to uniform load standard.

Professionals with a faster USB standard

Apple probably planned this step anyway, since the connection is outdated and has stopped at the USB 2.0 level, allowing data transfers of up to 480 megabits per second (Mbit/s). On USB-C sockets, on the other hand, up to 40 gigabits per second (Gbit/s) is possible, with the fastest Thunderbolt interface ever developed by Apple.

However, a uniform USB-C port does not mean that all iPhone 15s have a turbo plug. Kuo anticipates that standard devices will remain at USB 2.0 speeds. For professionals, on the other hand, expect at least USB 3.2 or Thunderbolt 3.0 (20/40 Gbit/s). This means that the best Apple smartphones will stand out even more from regular devices than is already the case.

iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max without physical buttons

And that will probably be the case with the layout as well. Ming-Chi Kuo predicts that professionals will no longer have physical buttons, instead using touch surfaces to control volume and power button functions.

However, users should still have the feeling of pressing actual keys. That’s why, according to Kuo, the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max will have vibration motors (taptic motors) on the left and right sides of the interior of the frame, which will work similarly to Touch ID on the iPhone 7 and 8 and the two devices. SE latest.

of the leaker @ShrimpApplePro There is a rumor that the Pro models could have a titanium frame instead of steel, which above all would make the devices lighter. Also, the edges of the back should be rounded at the corners. The leaker has been right many times in the past, but points out that his information is very vague.

Especially unique periscope telephoto lens

In the Android world there have been flagships for a long time, their telephoto cameras periscope telephoto lens have, with iPhones this should be the case for the first time in the next year. Kuo suspects that this will be a particularly exclusive feature reserved for the iPhone 15 Pro Max.

Since a telephoto lens also requires more space, in which the light beam is deflected by an angle of 90 degrees with a prism or mirror, it could only fit in the large flagship. And because it’s supposed to be a bit more unique than the iPhone 5 Pro, it may not be called the Max anymore, but the iPhone 15 Pro Ultra, he writes.”Bloomberg“—expert Marc Gurman.

No return of Touch ID

According to Gurman, the return of Touch ID in the form of an under-display sensor, which has been simmering in rumors for some time, won’t exist on the iPhone 15 either.MacRumors“According to Apple, instead, it is working on a hidden Face ID with a camera under the screen. Samsung is developing the corresponding panels. But first of all, the next generation of the Galaxy Z foldable be equipped with technology.

Ming-Chi Kuo was also hoping for Touch or Face ID under the iPhone’s screen by next year. In the spring change However, he predicted that Apple would not use either technology in 2023 or 2024.