Iphone order of release7/13/2023 ![]() ![]() That’s been all-but confirmed by a shareholder letter from Cirrus Logic, the company long-believed to be supplying the haptic hardware. He wrote in April 2023 that due to “unresolved technical issues” the solid-state buttons were being ditched, and that the Pro models will ship with the same old physical buttons we know and love. However, the ever-reliable Ming-Chi Kuo has thrown some water over those flames. So what’s going on with those volume buttons then? Leakers have long agreed that Apple was introducing new solid-state volume buttons on the 15 Pro and Pro Max, which would provide haptic feedback to users instead of actual moving parts. The rumour originated via leaker ShrimpApplePro, who took to Twitter to claim that the iPhone 15 Pro phones will have titanium sides, a serious upgrade even compared to the stainless steel finish of the iPhone 14 Pro range. The iPhone 14 range certainly looks premium, but the same could be said of the near-identical iPhone 13 and iPhone 12, which is to say that it has been a few years since Apple updated the design of its smartphone range – but that could change with the iPhone 15. That won’t matter to you too much unless you have a Wi-Fi 6E router – or regularly connect to one at work, perhaps – but it is an important bit of future-proofing Apple is already behind the competition on, and it looks like only the Pro models are catching up. The report doesn’t specify which phones will get a bump, but previously the company had reported that the iPhone 15 Pro will jump from 6GB of RAM up to 8GB, so that’s still the best guess.Īnother possible Pro perk comes from leaker Unknownz21, shared via MacRumors, who found an antennae diagram that appears to reveal that the Pro models will be getting an upgrade to the faster and more reliable Wi-Fi 6E standard this year, while the two cheaper phones won’t. ![]() That means more RAM, and faster performance. “Internally, the company has discussed doing just that,” he writes, “potentially in time for the 2024 iPhone release.” However, Mark Gurman has since reported on Bloomberg that the Ultra will be a fifth iPhone model, sitting above both the Pro and Pro Max in the range, but that if so it wouldn’t be introduced until next year’s range. That could match up with the price hike rumour above. Some believe that Apple will adopt the Ultra name in a bid to further separate it from the rest of the iPhone range, much in the same way that the Apple Watch Ultra is above and beyond what’s offered from the standard Apple Watch Series 8. One complicating element here is whether Apple is re-branding the Pro Max to the Ultra, which would give it more of an excuse to up the price. So, an announcement on September 5 or 6 would likely mean a release date of September 15, while an announcement on September 12 or 13 would probably mean a shipping date of September 22.The possibility of a price hike for the Pro or Ultra models lines up with comments made by Tim Cook himself, discussing the willingness of fans to pay extra for premium models during an earnings call: “I think people are willing to really stretch to get the best they can afford in that category.” More specifically, based on past form prior to the iPhone 14 launch, the iPhone 15 line will likely go on sale on the Friday of the following week. As with the iPhone 14, the shipping dates for the iPhone 15 will probably be just over a week later. That means September 5 or 12 are quite likely launch days for the iPhone 15 in 2023 (both dates are Tuesdays), though September 6 and 13 are possibilities, too. The 2022 (read: iPhone 14) edition of Apple’s September event fell on September 7, with three of the four iPhone 14 models announced at the time going on sale just over a week later, on September 16 (the iPhone 14 Plus became available on October 7). ![]() However, we can use the dates of bygone Apple events to predict when this year’s Apple event might take place, and therefore when the iPhone 15 could hit shelves.Īpple generally picks the first or second week of September for its annual iPhone launches, and usually opts for a Tuesday, though occasionally the company goes for a Wednesday. Apple will announce the release date for the iPhone 15 at its annual launch event, which is typically held in September, but the company isn’t likely to share a save-the-date for that event until sometime in August 2023. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |