01/10 Update below. This station was primitively published connected January 07

iPhone 15 Pro features person been leaked by Haitong International Securities expert Jeff Pu, but the existent astonishment is Apple’s monolithic iPhone 15 camera upgrade.

In a probe enactment seen by MacRumors, Pu doubles down connected aggregate upgrades expected for the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max (potentially rebranded arsenic ‘Ultra’), each of which we person seen before: titanium chassis with solid-state measurement buttons, 3nm A17 chip, Qualcomm Snapdragon X70 modem, USB-C port and a leap from 6GB to 8GB of RAM.

While it is bully to person a important root backmost leaks we person seen elsewhere, the existent head-turner is Pu’s assertion that the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus volition upgrade to a 48-megapixel superior camera similar iPhone 14 Pro models.

Pu states that this volition beryllium a three-staked sensor, similar its Pro predecessors, which is simply a large astonishment fixed its further outgo compared to the long-running 12-megapixel sensors Apple had been using. Pu besides states that the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus models volition determination to USB-C, an upgrade initially thought to beryllium Pro-only.

But this is wherever the surprises stop, with Pu saying that modular iPhone 15 models volition again person a generation-older chipset (in this case, the A16 of the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max), and nary telephoto lens.

01/09 Update: Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman has utilized the latest variation of his Power On newsletter to uncover respective further details of the iPhone 15 line-up, arsenic good arsenic backing accusation from different smaller leakers.

Gurman states that helium expects a plan upgrade for each modular iPhone 15 models with the pill-cutout and Dynamic Island present cosmopolitan crossed the range. This is fascinating for a further reason: Dynamic Island's occurrence is partially owed to its fluidity, which greatly benefits from a precocious refresh complaint display.

Until now, ProMotion has remained a Pro-only feature, contempt it being wide adopted by importantly cheaper Android rivals for immoderate clip now. So volition this iPhone 15 upgrade besides spot some modular models yet up their show game?

In addition, Gurman backs claims that the iPhone 15 Pro models volition travel with a titanium framework (first revealed by LeaksApplePro successful October), solid-state haptic measurement buttons (ShrimpApplePro, October) and, arsenic wide speculated, each models volition power from Lightning to USB-C.

01/10 Update: Momentum is gathering astir the plan changes for Apple’s iPhone 15 range. A caller proviso concatenation study seen by The Elec states, “Apple has confirmed that it volition use their Dynamic Island camera model to each 4 iPhone 15 bid scheduled to beryllium released successful September.”

The study claims that Samsung Display’s Vietnam works volition beryllium a cardinal accumulation spouse successful ramping up this plan and has ordered instrumentality from Phil Optics to fulfill it. Samsung has travel nether expanding unit from LG and BOE implicit the past twelvemonth arsenic Apple looks to trim its dependency connected Samsung.

The study besides states that Apple is already moving connected a important show upgrade called ‘Under Panel Face ID’, which it volition present adjacent twelvemonth for iPhone 16 models. As the sanction suggests, it would let Apple to fell the Face ID cutout nether the display. This would halve the size of the existent pill-shaped cutout, leaving much country for the Dynamic Island.

Apple has been moving connected under-display optics for immoderate time. Apple filed its archetypal ‘Under Panel Camera’ (UPC) patents backmost successful 2019, adding to them successful August 2021.

Some Android smartphones already vessel with under-display beforehand cameras, astir notably the Galaxy Fold 4, but astatine present, determination remains a important trade-off successful camera performance. Something apt to beryllium a deal-breaker for Apple, which is celebrated for its signifier of not releasing caller exertion until it believes it to beryllium mature.

Apple has a delicate equilibrium to onslaught this year. The latest terms leak claims that Apple volition not trim iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus prices, contempt underwhelming income of the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus. Instead, raising request by expanding iPhone 15 Pro and Ultra pricing and truthful the spread betwixt modular and Pro models.

This is risky ploy, and Apple needs to get the worth proposition right. A 48-megapixel sensor and USB-C volition surely beryllium invited for modular iPhone 15 models. But for my money, the plan besides needs to change.

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