Share iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max have finally landed after a deluge of leaks and rumours. At its ‘Wonderlust’ event, Apple took wraps off its most premium iPhone 15 Pro lineup, which comes with one big change: USB-C. For the first time ever, Apple has equipped an iPhone with USB-C technology, ditching its proprietary Lightning connector. The USB-C port is available across the entire iPhone 15 series, but only the Pro models get the highest charging speed ever on an iPhone. Another big change is the departure of the Ring/Silent toggle in favour of a new Action button. Of course, the new iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max feature Apple’s most powerful mobile chip yet, A17 Bionic.
“The most pro iPhone we’ve ever created,” said Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook during his keynote speech from Apple Park in Cupertino.
The iPhone 15 Pro starts at Rs 1,34,900 in India now, which is slightly higher than the price of the iPhone 14 Pro at launch. But the iPhone 15 Pro Max will cost you Rs 1,59,900 onwards in India. In the US, the iPhone 15 Pro starts at $999 — same as previous models, but the iPhone 15 Pro Max now starts at $1,199 for the 256GB version. Apple said the price of the iPhone 15 Pro Max is the same as the 256GB storage model of the iPhone 14 Pro Max. Customers in India, as well as select other countries such as the US and Canada, will be able to pre-order iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max beginning at 5:30 pm IST on Friday, September 15, with availability beginning Friday, September 22.
The new iPhone 15 Pro lineup uses a Titanium design, which Apple claims uses the “most premium material” it has ever used. Not only does this material make the Pro models lighter than previous ones, but it also offers “incredible” durability. The iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max have new contoured edges and thinnest bezels ever on an iPhone. Apple claims the new Pro models use the toughest glass-based materials in the industry.
The iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max retain the 6.1-inch and 6.7-inch displays from their previous counterparts but in a tougher casing that is made of “grade 5 titanium.” Apple said it has used a new thermomechanical process to bind the aluminium on the inside to the titanium on the outside of the new Pro models. The coatings on iPhone 15 Pro took up to 14 hours to complete, per Apple. Apple also claims the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max are more repairable, thanks to a new internal architecture that uses 100 percent recycled aluminium. You get the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max in black titanium, white titanium, blue titanium, and natural titanium finishes.
The iPhone 15 Pro lineup retains the Dynamic Island, as well, but Apple has made some improvements. The Dynamic Island now gives visual feedback. There still is a Super Retina XDR Display with ProMotion on the displays of the Pro models. Apple claims the displays have extreme dynamic range and support Always-On Display (AOD).
While the overall footprint of the new iPhone Pro models remains the same as last year’s models, Apple has tweaked the design to include a new Action Button. Replacing the toggle that lets you put your iPhone on silent or ring mode, the new Action button can let you reassign it to the camera, voice recorder, or any accessibility feature of your choice. It is like a physical version of the AssistiveTouch. You just need to hold it down to reprogramme it.
The iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max come with a USB-C port, marking the death of the Lightning connector for good. The standard iPhone 15 models, too, have it. But the Pro models, Apple claims, are the first ones to come with 10Gbps transfer speeds, which will be helpful when transferring heavy video files.
Powering the Apple iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max is a brand-new Apple Silicon-based A17 Bionic. The company claims it is the “industry’s first 3nm chip,” hosting 19 billion transistors and including a 6-core CPU. Two of these are high-performance cores while the rest four are high-efficiency cores. Apple says the chip is 10 percent faster for single-threaded performance in any phone. Neural Engine has also become faster and better. The A17 Pro has dedicated engines for ProRes, which is one of the marquee camera features of the Pro models.
On the basis of the improvements in the new Apple A17 Bionic chip over the A16 Bionic, the iPhone maker is making some very tall claims. During the keynote, Apple said the iPhone 15 Pro lineup can even challenge some high-end PCs, thanks to a redesigned GPU. According to the company, the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max bring “true-to-life gaming to the palm of users’ hands with console titles never before seen on a smartphone, like Resident Evil Village, Resident Evil 4, Death Stranding, and Assassin’s Creed Mirage.”
Apple says the iPhone 15 Pro line has the company’s best cameras yet. They are still a combination of a 48MP main camera, a 12MP ultrawide camera, and a 12MP telephoto camera. However, Apple has made several enhancements to the entire system on the new Pro models. It now includes seven distinct lenses, which help the main sensor take better low-light photos, reduce lens flare, and produce full-res HEIF photos with the help of Apple’s AI. You can now change the default lens of the camera app from 24mm to 28mm to 35mm for the main camera. The telephoto lens now offers up to 5x optical zoom with a 120mm focal length. Even though that is nothing to make Samsung worry (Galaxy S23 Ultra offers 100X zoom), it is an important upgrade for iPhone loyalists.
The cameras can also shoot 4K 60fps ProRes videos and save them either on the phone’s storage or external storage using the USB-C port. Apple claims the iPhone 15 Pro can work as a professional camera for creators and filmmakers.
Author Name | Shubham Verma
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