Major iPhone 15 leak teases more details about Apple’s next flagship phones
A lot to take in
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It’s almost the bigiPhone 15day, and with Tuesday’s launch event now rapidly approaching, we’ve got a whole host of extra rumors for the fourApplephones that are expected to be unveiled on September 12.
This comes from the usually reliable Mark Gurman atBloomberg, who has done a full preview of the upcoming launch event: most of these leaks we’ve heard before in some form, but there’s some interesting extra information included here too.
Gurman says every new iPhone 15 model will come with an upgraded U2 ultra-wideband chip, replacing the U1 in theiPhone 14handsets. That should mean more accurate device tracking through the Find My app that Apple offers.
In addition, Gurman predicts the most expensive model will indeed be the iPhone 15 Pro Max rather than the iPhone 15 Ultra. We’ve beenhearing both namesfor a few months now, but it would seem the Ultra moniker won’t be appearing this year.
Cameras and batteries
Previous rumorshave suggested the iPhone 15 Pro Max will get a periscope zoom lens on one of its cameras, and this latest report indicates it’ll offer “around 6x” zoom. That’s up from 3x on the current models, so it’s a substantial upgrade.
Gurman also follows up onearlier reportsby saying that the iPhone 15 Pro and the iPhone 15 Pro Max models will indeed make the switch to a titanium frame from stainless steel. Apparently this will make the Pro models around 10% lighter than their predecessors.
The Bloomberg article also mentions that the battery life savings will be the “biggest enhancement” that the new A17 Bionic chips in the Pro models bring with them, so expect these handsets to last longer than the 23 hours and the 29 hours maximums offered by the iPhone 14 Pro andiPhone 14 Pro Maxrespectively.
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We’ve now got a very good idea of what Apple is going to be revealing next week: for a full recap, head to our hubs for theiPhone 15, theiPhone 15 Plus, theiPhone 15 Proand theiPhone 15 Pro Max, which we’ll keep updating as the big day approaches.
Dave is a freelance tech journalist who has been writing about gadgets, apps and the web for more than two decades. Based out of Stockport, England, on TechRadar you’ll find him covering news, features and reviews, particularly for phones, tablets and wearables. Working to ensure our breaking news coverage is the best in the business over weekends, David also has bylines at Gizmodo, T3, PopSci and a few other places besides, as well as being many years editing the likes of PC Explorer and The Hardware Handbook.
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