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iPhone 15 Lineup Rumored to Feature Significantly Larger Batteries [Updated]
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That went some time ago. The current Pros are an abomination ergonomically with the stainless steel chassis (let's pick the heaviest metal 🤦♂️) and swollen camera bumps making the whole thing top heavy.
I find the regular iPhone due to its use of aluminium is fine weight-wise and much better balanced with its more sensible camera bumps.
Less space due to the larger camera modules, but it balances out with the more efficient screen. Generally the Pros still do better than the non-pros in the battery life department, despite having slightly smaller batteries
*sigh*
In before the 15 Pros are the thickest, heaviest iPhones yet with the largest camera bumps ever.
With the regular 15's getting the dynamic island and possibly a 48 MP camera, this might be a good year not to get the Pro.
In before the 15 Pros are the thickest, heaviest iPhones yet with the largest camera bumps ever.
With the regular 15's getting the dynamic island and possibly a 48 MP camera, this might be a good year not to get the Pro.
Some men's trouser pockets, especially suit pockets, and even jeans pockets, can struggle with modern iPhones. Maybe properly made, square bottomed pockets will come back into fashion.
Don't even speak about women's trousers and their silly little pretend pockets haha
Don't even speak about women's trousers and their silly little pretend pockets haha
People worried about weight well the pros will be using Titanium which will be lighter than the current build.
You mention the dynamic island like it's a pro and not a con? 👀 Can I have some of what you're smoking, please?
Well, I haven't used a phone with the dynamic island yet 🤔 So I don't actually know if it's beneficial or just a gimmick, but I remember being skeptical before switching to an iPhone with a notch and no home button, so we'll see.
In either case, mainly I just meant that the non-Pro phones are getting more similar to the Pro phones, but are thinner and lighter, so if that's a priority, it might be a worthy option. (Though knowing they won't have ProMotion until 2025 makes me think I'll probably just get the Pro anyway).
MR folks complaining about battery life - Apple puts higher capacity batteries in phones --> MR people complaining about size/weight ... so the story continues ...
But, people here believe that the 3nm process for the A17 (whatever number gets into the Pro models) is soooo power efficient, why would apple increase the battery capacity?
But, people here believe that the 3nm process for the A17 (whatever number gets into the Pro models) is soooo power efficient, why would apple increase the battery capacity?
Hopefully a 256 Pro Max stays at $1199. I can pay it outright but don't want to I need to build my credit.
Because may be it's not and that's one of the reasons moving to N3E next year. I'm really curious to see how this unfolds.
The 13 mini was a pretty big improvement over the 12 mini for me with battery life. Ideally I'd like to see Apple go with something in between the 13 mini and the 14 size, like the 5.8" on the X or Xs but with the slimmer body and bezels so it is actually smaller and lighter than the X or Xs was. One of my pet peeves with the 12/13 mini was that the screen was actually narrower than the 6/7/8/SE2/SE3 and even though the overall screen was bigger with that aspect ratio change and it being narrower didn't always feel like it. But everyone has their own opinion on what would be better.
To be fair, I think the battery life is pretty good as it is. I wasn't asking for a larger battery. I was asking for a thinner, lighter phone though... 🤷♂️
That's amazing. I wonder how they'll manage this. I was thinking the 3nm chips might lead to more miniaturization of the logic board, but that wouldn't apply to the regular 15 models as they will have last year's 5nm chips. Must be some crazy good optimization of the space inside the phone.
Not surprised mate if you’re using the mini version of the iPhone 12 (notoriously bad battery life even on the larger model) And probably a 3 year old battery to boot. There’s no really “at this point” about it. Maybe a point in 2020
13 has way better battery life (or did when the handset itself was new) and I’ve not used the 14 but would imagine it has equally good or slightly better battery life. The 15 will likely have significantly better battery life again. So at this point, or maybe September 2023 that point instead… iPhones do have great battery life
Yep… the only reason for larger battery I can think of is that they don’t want to make the Pro models smaller (screen size) and they can’t make them thinner for technical reasons, so there’s space I. The case now that they fill up with battery…
Actually, what I would really like to know is the purchase rate for 13 Mini vs the other phones. In the wild, I see the big phones all over the place. But when I am using my Mini in public, so many people say they didn't know you could still get a small size smart phone. And I read a lot where - among Apple fans who know about the Mini - there is still a lot of love for the Mini in terms of wanting Apple to continue making that size phone.
Makes me think Apple could likely double Mini sales if it was actually marketed. But that would cannibalize sales of the larger, higher margin phones. But if each product config was managed for its own profitability and margin vs the entire iPhone category, I would take the Mini and try to ensure that it remained in the one of the top two spots in monthly overall iPhone sales. I think it would be easy to do globally, but also I think that Apple knee-caps the potential of the Mini so that it can up-sell people to the larger, more expensive phone.
Well, more people want bigger battery than having a thinner and lighter phone. So majority wins I guess. Call it democracy.
I would love to see iPhone 15 mini with slightly bigger screen (from 5.4 to 5.6 inch) and much bigger battery... I've switch from iPXS to iP13mini and it's great... Why did they replace mini with plus when sales where not that bad for mini... they could leave it as mini or next SE4.
5 years ago I would have agreed. New Apple is not the same as old Apple. They have actually put function over form on many recent products. Mac Studio ports on front. MacBook Pro thicker redesign. Some of the new MacBooks have 20hr battery life. That’s not what old Apple would have done. Part of it is competition, and part is just continuing to move upmarket with certain devices.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with my 13 Pro battery!
The iPhone 15 lineup will feature significantly larger batteries across the board, according to an alleged Foxconn worker speaking to ITHome.
The information claims that the iPhone 15 will feature an 18% larger battery, iPhone 15 Plus and iPhone 15 Pro a 14% larger battery, and the iPhone 15 Pro Max a 12% larger battery. The exact capacity changes are said to be as follows:
2021 2022 2023 iPhone 13: 3,227mAh iPhone 14: 3,279mAh iPhone 15: 3,877mAh iPhone 13 mini: 2,406mAh iPhone 14 Plus: 4,325mAh iPhone 15 Plus: 4,912mAh iPhone 13 Pro: 3,095mAh iPhone 14 Pro: 3,200mAh iPhone 15 Pro: 3,650mAh iPhone 13 Pro Max: 4,352mAh iPhone 14 Pro Max: 4,323mAh iPhone 15 Pro Max: 4,852mAh
If correct, the changes would mean that the 15 Plus would increase its battery capacity lead over the Pro Max model even further, while the 15 Pro would remain the iPhone with the smallest battery. The source is without a proven track record, but the alleged capacities seem plausible, especially given the fact that this year's iPhone models are expected to get slightly thicker, providing more internal space for larger batteries. With the efficiency improvements of the A16 and A17 Bionic chips, it seems highly likely that the entire iPhone lineup could boast battery life improvements this year.
ITHome also highlighted separate information purportedly coming out of Foxconn that is circulating on Weibo saying that the iPhone 15 Pro will begin with 256GB of storage as standard, doubling the current 128GB base storage configuration. This would also be a key differentiator between the Pro and non-Pro models, since the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus are still expected to start with 128GB of storage.
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Stop making the phones bigger 😡