iPhone 15 rumours: Everything we hear about Apple’s next phone

The iPhone 15 lineup probably won’t arrive until fall 2023, but there are plenty of questions about what to expect from Apple’s next-gen phone. Will the iPhone 15 have a USB-C port? Will Apple raise iPhone prices in 2023?? Will it even be called “the iPhone 15”? No one outside of Apple knows for sure, but the rumor will certainly fuel our curiosity until Apple hosts the next iPhone event. Here are some of the biggest and most credible rumors we’ve seen so far, to paint a picture of what we might see from the iPhone 15.

iPhone 15 design: Adopting USB-C charging

The hottest design rumor to date is about the iPhone’s charging port, given the European Union’s decision that iPhones sold in the region will have to switch to a USB-C port by 2024. The question is whether Apple will switch all iPhone models to USB-C or only those sold in the EU. Apple already changes iPhone models regionally, as it did with the iPhone 14: the US version has an electronic SIM card, while other variants retain the SIM slot.

But Techsponential analyst Avi Greengart thinks Apple has good reason to move all iPhones to USB-C in the future. “There are bigger ecosystem, security and accessory considerations with the power/data connector, so I think Apple is more likely to move all iPhones [globally] to USB-C within the iPhone 16 timeframe to comply with European regulations,” said Greengart.

iPhone 15 design: Dynamic Island extends to all models

Apple is expected to continue selling four iPhone models with the iPhone 15 line. Rumors point to a generally similar design across the board, except the iPhone 14 Pro’s shape-shifting cutout, known as the Dynamic Island , should make its way to all models.

This rumor comes from display analyst Ross Young, who also said in a September Tweeter that he doesn’t expect the base iPhone 15 models to have a higher refresh rate like Apple’s iPhone Pros because the supply chain can’t support it.

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iPhone 15: Solid-state buttons are coming to iPhone 15 business models

Noted Apple watcher Ming-Chi Kuo, an analyst at TF International Securities, expects Apple to further differentiate its Base and Pro models in the coming years. He expects that to happen by giving iPhone 15 Pro models solid-state volume and power buttons instead of the standard keys found on today’s devices, he said. he writes in a Tweeter in October.

The solid-state buttons, which Kuo says will be similar to the home button on the iPhone SE and iPhone 7, mimic the feel of pressing a button using haptic feedback. The apparent advantage of this type of button is that it also protects against water ingress.

iPhone 15 camera: the periscope-style telephoto lens is coming

Another prediction from Kuo has made the rounds, but this time it’s the iPhone 15’s camera. The analyst predicts that the iPhone 15 Pro Max will get a periscope-style telephoto lens. This type of telephoto lens allows for higher optical zoom levels, with Kuo predicting that 6x optical zoom could arrive in the iPhone 15 Pro Max. The iPhone 14 Pro Max’s optical zoom is limited to 3x, which lags rivals such as the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra’s 10x optical zoom.

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iPhone 15 price: high, high and far?

Prices have risen dramatically since the original iPhone arrived in 2007. And it could happen again in 2023 with the iPhone 15, but not in the way you might think. Pricing for the standard iPhone 15 is currently expected to remain the same, according to analysts who previously spoke with CNET.

However, the upper limit of the price range could be pushed higher if the rumors of a luxury iPhone 15 Ultra turn out to be true. The rumored Ultra model could potentially replace the iPhone 15 Pro Max next year, writes Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. This matches Kuo’s predictions, who is waiting for apple to further differentiate between the iPhone Pro and iPhone Pro Max models. Prices in the US currently range from $829 for the entry-level iPhone 14 (128GB) model all the way up to $1,599 for the highest-end iPhone 14 Pro Max with 1TB of storage.

Read more: What Apple could do with iPhone 15 prices in 2023

iPhone 15: Launch and release schedule

Apple holds its annual iPhone event in September almost every year, so we expect the schedule to stay the same for the iPhone 15. New iPhones are usually released soon after, usually on the Friday of the following week. Sometimes Apple staggers release dates for specific models, especially when introducing a new design or size. It is therefore possible that the iPhone 15 lineup will have more than one release date.

Here’s what we know:

• Apple tends to hold its events on Tuesdays or Wednesdays. Apple’s iPhone 14 event took place on Wednesday, September 7, while its iPhone 13 event took place on Tuesday, September 14.
• iPhone release dates are usually a week and a half after Apple’s announcements.
• Typically, new iPhones come out on a Friday, around the third week of September. For the iPhone 13, pre-orders started on September 17 and the phones went on sale on September 24.

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