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I think for about 80% of people, that is the right decision.
In December of last year, I was all for upgrading yearly, but then decided to go back to upgrading every 2 years. I don’t really have anything that will make me upgrade yearly unless Apple bring the Rose Gold color for the Pro phones and I will upgrade without hesitation.
 
nothing on that list is, a reason to upgrade. for me that is. the one thing that I want is supposed to come with the 15 and is the periscope lens (optical zoom). I might hang oil to my 13PM longer than I was thinking ...
I know I will be hanging on to my 13PM quite possibly until the 17 Ultra/PM drops (provided it has a full unobstructed screen with no Trojan horse notch hiding dynamic island and a 10x periscope.) Some competitors already have these features and this is all we can get, frankly it’s quite disappointing. Honestly have considered jumping ship but I’ve been too immersed in the ecosystem for over 10 years.
 
The reason why there are a lot of rumors floating around about the iPhone 16 line up now is because Apple is pretty much done finalizing the iPhone 15. The iPhone Product development team is currently working on the 2024 iPhone 16 lineup now. By this time, next year, we will be hearing about iPhone 17. This is normal.
Oh, so that’s how Apple operates the iPhone Product development within the iPhone lineups! Interesting (I’m new to this kind of knowledge).

  • USB-C Port - Apple is transitioning to USB-C in 2023 with the iPhone 15 models, and the iPhone 16 models will use the same technology.
Really sad that Apple caved and adopted a port that is inferior to Lightning.
USB-C’s the standard in pretty much 99% of electronics now. Lightning was good for its time back 11 years ago, but now it’s outdated.

Meanwhile, USB-C has made plenty of increases & upgrades to its technology ever since it first existed.

IMO, I think that the Pro & Pro Max models of the iPhone 15 & up will contain USB 4 (or Thunderbolt 3), which will be even better.
 
There is a decent chance the iPhone 15 will still have lightning.

The law is in 2024. It could be like the buttons.
I know you’re suspended, but USB-C on the iPhone 15 lineup’s pretty much set in stone now.



Heck, the writing was on the wall the moment that Apple had changed the port on the Siri Remote from Lightning to USB-C with the 3rd Generation Apple TV 4K that was released back on November six months ago.
 
"According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple could introduce a higher-end iPhone 16 "Ultra" to be sold alongside the iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, and iPhone 16 Pro Max."

5 freaking models in the lineup plus the probability of older models still being sold!! Apple has lost their freaking minds. I'm about done with them.
The non pro becomes the „SE“, the „Pro“ becomes the standard midrange iphone. The „Ultra“ will be what is called today „pro“.
 
The hardware is not the issue. The iPhone already blows away the competition in benchmarks. The issue is the software. iOS is so frustrating to use and limiting compared to what can be accomplished with Android 13.
 
It’s probably going to be targeted toward Health and Fitness first. That will be the main scope. Apple is far behind when it comes to gaming.
Is Apple really that far behind on gaming?

 
What are benefits of iphone 16 pro that iphone 15 pro does not have. I heard that periscope lens will only be on most expensive iphone 15 pro max but when it comes to iphone 16 lineup the periscope lens will also come on the cheaper iphone 16 pro. I don´t like special color rumored for iphone 15 pro: dark red. Does anyone knows what color is rumored for the iphone 16 pro, along with space black, sliver and gold?
 
Is it true that the camera layout will be like this?

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Where does the color rumors for the pro comes from? Who predicts the colors of the pro models? Is there any pattern with the pro model colors every year?
 
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