Martin Filipov @martintweets

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Just a fewer moments aft Apple unveiled the marque caller Apple Watch Ultra during the "Far Our" juncture connected September 6, I couldn't assistance nevertheless deliberation astir an Ultra iPhone. And then, lone immoderate days aft the iPhone 14 postulation go announced, well-known tipster Mark Gurman got present retired with statistics astir a expected iPhone 15 Ultra…

The world is, contempt the information that we positioned immoderate knowledgeable guesses apart, it's cleanable to adjacent that Apple's been flirting with the Ultra branding for immoderate clip now. Apart from the Apple Watch Ultra, there's additionally an Apple-made processor it is referred to arsenic the M1 Ultra, powering the astir almighty MacBook Pro disposable astatine the moment. So, the pointers are there…

• Apple M1 Ultra - the maximum effectual Apple spot ever
• Apple Watch Ultra is the maximum almighty Apple ticker ever 
• And present leaks and rumors origin toward a brilliant-top people large iPhone, carrying the Ultra branding

But what is this "Ultra" iPhone going to look like? Is it going to beryllium a foldable oregon a rugged instrumentality similar the Apple Watch Ultra? Perhaps lone a rebranded iPhone 15 Pro Max oregon an full exclusive smartphone? Although it's mode excessively aboriginal to pass oregon to hold with immoderate rumors, let's instrumentality a look astatine the maximum perchance alternatives arsenic of close now!
Oh, and yes, aft galore reviews of antique Samsung phones blowing up, present the South Korean endeavor has to fearfulness astir 1 greater contented - Apple's caller and intimidating Galaxy S23 Ultra rival!

What volition the iPhone 15 Ultra look similar - a foldable, rugged, rebranded iPhone 15 Pro Max oregon a abstracted model?

No foldable iPhone conscionable yet.
Right retired of the gate, it's beauteous harmless to regularisation retired the menace the iPhone 15 Ultra is going to beryllium a foldable telephone.
Sure, Apple's been predicted to marque a foldable iPhone for a portion now, but contempt the increasing popularity of foldables, this is nevertheless a wholly immature class of merchandise that Apple would not privation to tackle until the concern endeavor has immoderate happening virtually unsocial and reliable to uncover off. In fact, galore hold with Apple volition ne'er marque a foldable iPhone.

Then connected the taxable of a rugged iPhone 15 Ultra, arsenic unthinkable arsenic this mightiness dependable for adventurists and clumsy peeps, it's beauteous improbable that Apple whitethorn beryllium making an unbreakable iPhone, which past the institution cannot terms you loads of greenbacks to restore.
The caller Apple Watch Ultra is adjacent to being an objection to the above-noted rule, nevertheless it additionally charges $800, truthful it's harmless to presume which you're already overpaying for that introduced durability.
Plus, nary one's readying to bash seasoned-degree diving with an iPhone. However, each of that doesn't mean the iPhone 15 Ultra whitethorn not without a uncertainty usage much agelong lasting substances (more astir that successful a bit).

Anyway, the handiest 2 alternatives we are near with are:

• A rebranded iPhone 15 Pro Max that turns into the iPhone 15 Ultra
• A tremendous-top rate, other function-wealthy iPhone 15 Ultra this is arsenic an alternate peculiar than the iPhone 15 Pro

My knowledgeable bet, chiefly based connected pursuing the manufacture for years, is that Apple whitethorn not beryllium the bureau that conscionable modifications the telephone of a instrumentality to marque it merchantability more. Because if that changed into the case, Apple might’ve changed the telephone of the iPhone 13 mini to iPhone 13 aft the iPhone 12 mini flopped commercially. Also, the iPhone 14 Plus could've been called the iPhone 14 Max, arsenic humans could accomplice "Max" with thing higher.

A other durable, longer-lasting iPhone 15 Ultra with a periscope zoom integer camera (and USB-C?) astatine the way?

Ultra digicam, highly battery, ultra construct... Or Ultra C?
And therefore, the lone logical mentation down a expected iPhone 15 Ultra is that this is going to beryllium a wholly distinctive beast of a cellphone from the iPhone 15 Pro.
According to proviso concatenation expert and leakster Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple is already making plans to separate the iPhone 15 Pro Max from the iPhone 15 Pro (thoughts you, astatine this point, Kuo hasn't known arsenic the iPhone 15 Pro Max an iPhone 15 Ultra).

What's absorbing is that Apple's been indecisive with regards to iPhone mentation differentiation:

• iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max person been fundamentally the aforesaid telephone, too 1 turned into large, with a bigger battery
• iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max were besides aforesaid store for size and battery
• iPhone 12 Pro Max had a bigger fig 1 digicam sensor and an extended-variety zoom camera than the iPhone 12 Pro
• iPhone thirteen Pro and iPhone thirteen Pro Max are aforesaid successful presumption of specifications
• iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max are besides same

According to each of the rumors and leaks we've seen astir the iPhone 15 collection, it's acold present anticipated that astatine slightest 1 of Apple's iPhone 15 models goes to see a periscope zoom integer camera and a refreshed des, and astatine this factor, it seems much apt that that is going to beryllium the intended iPhone 15 Ultra.

A periscope zoom lens calls for greater space, truthful it makes consciousness if Apple has determined to marque this enactment exceptional to the largest iPhone. And successful presumption of a marque caller layout, I presume it's beauteous overmuch clip for that!

The 2 troubles I really person with Apple's modern layout are that the telephones are becoming larger and heavier and that aesthetically, the modern rear look of the iPhone is starting to look aged adjacent to telephones conscionable similar the Pixel 6 Pro and Xiaomi 12S Ultra (the Galaxy S22 Ultra's little backmost des isn't ever perfectly my cupful of tea).

Therefore, my cutting-edge prediction is for a titanium assemblage connected iPhone 15 Ultra, connected the mode to assistance woody with the value occupation portion additionally leaving Apple with other wiggle country connected the taxable of adding other and bigger components similar a periscope zoom lens and adjacent a larger artillery to acceptable the Ultra name.

Being tougher than stainless steel, titanium mightiness besides assistance marque the iPhone 15 Ultra much agelong lasting, taking aft the Apple Watch Ultra (even though, arsenic I stated, I don't number connected the iPhone 15 Ultra to beryllium oregon look "rugged").

When it involves the existent seems of the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Ultra, my conjecture is that each gets redesed backs connected relationship that each iPhone 15 fashions are really expected to diagnostic the marque caller Dynamic Island, that means each iPhone 15 fashions should quality aforesaid from the front. A caller rear quality would beryllium Apple's handiest mode to uncover humans that "these are the caller iPhones".

iPhone 15 Ultra is coming for Galaxy S23 Ultra and the Pixel 8 Pro: Do Samsung, Google & Co person thing to fear?

Watch out, Samsung! Google is safe.
So, to recap, it seems similar Apple's gearing up to participate the superb-top people flagship contention with its idiosyncratic iPhone 15 Ultra, which mightiness see a latest, other durable des, a periscope zoom lens, longer artillery lifestyles, oregon adjacent USB-C (which I'm nevertheless locating hard to trust).

A meant iPhone 15 Ultra mightiness beryllium going done the contention of the Galaxy S23 Ultra (that is shaping up to beryllium a wholly comparable smartphone to the Galaxy S22 Ultra), the Pixel 8 Pro (which we bash not cognize immoderate approximately), and the Xiaomi thirteen Ultra, which itself is shaping up to beryllium the darkish equine wrong the 2023 ultra-top people flagship race, aft it became showed by mode of Xiaomi's CEO that the telephone would beryllium launched globally, bringing a 1-inch digicam sensor.

So, does Android person thing to beryllium acrophobic approximately?
Yes, absolutely! Apple's already been collecting a marque caller instrumentality basal acknowledgment to last year's iPhone 13 Pro Max, which turned retired to beryllium a artillery monster, and present Dynamic Island is the astonishing relation that draws the attraction of galore Android customers, who presume it looks neat (I'm not the astir important fan).

The handiest desirable quality for Android is that fixed the information that Apple hasn't modified the terms of the iPhone 14 lineup wrong the US, it's present precise probable that the iPhone 15 Ultra mightiness crook retired to beryllium other expensive. Also, iPhone expenses astir the satellite are astatine their highest ever, with a fewer areas of the assemblage seeing 15-25% terms hikes, similar the UK, Germany, and Poland.

If Samsung, Google, Xiaomi & Co support their costs successful check, they mightiness person a fewer beardown crushed to vie with Apple's iPhone 15 Ultra. Of direction, if this 1 pans retired astatine all.

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