Rumored iPhone 15 Pro Design With Thinner Bezels, Thicker Camera Bump and USB-C Port Shown Off in Renders

[dampfnudel]

Not looking forward to a bigger camera bump (or the rumored price increase). It’s already a little too big on the 14 Pro which I’m now considering to buy. I can live with lightning another couple of years and I keep hearing the periscope lens won’t make to the smaller phone until the iPhone 16 Pro next year. Besides, I do like purple and that color probably won’t be an option for the 15 Pro.

 

[ian87w]

Snooze.

Maybe we need to move beyond annual phone updates (across all brands). Nothing has been interesting for years.

Disagree.
Although iPhone 14 users might not find iPhone 15 appealing, there are a lot of users with much older iPhones, 12 and older. Every year, there will be users with 4 to 5 year old iPhones looking for an upgrade. Yearly refreshes are still necessary.

What doesn't need a yearly releases is iOS. Apple should just remove the version numbers in their marketing, and do continuous silent updates. Just like Google Chrome. Nobody knows what version Google Chrome is now, and nobody cares. The yearly iOS releases have forced the team to always come up with new tent-pole features, sacrificing stability and bugs.

 

[onemorechris]

If the phone cant lay flat on a flat surface, its broken. (phones have been broken for a while). My next phone will the 13mini, because my hands are the same size they were in 2014.

 

[krspkbl]

Urgh that camera bump is disgusting.

"jUsT puT a CaSe On iT!"

 

[Smartass]

Sorry but the camera bump is out of control. It’s very prominent on my 14 pro, I can’t imagine it being any bigger than it is without looking even more absurd. If they can’t work out the periscope they should just stick with the current camera configuration for the 15.

The problem is, that people want better and better photo capabilities from their phones, and sooner or later, you cant thin it out anymore, since the issue becomes physics itself.

 

[Smartass]

If the camera is actually going to be THAT thick... I think I might just want the phone a tad thicker (and increase battery life) so that the phone isn't so top HEAVY or wobbling all over my desk when I tap it. Even a phone case won't make that bump flush....

They could've kind of solve this problem by moving camera module to the middle, but im guessing theres already too many vital components that cant be moved elsewhere

 

[lk400]

Nope. All variants of iPhone 15 will have USB-C. It's not just "Pro" thing.

And thats a good thing.

I don’t think it is a good thing. I have never had a problem with any lighting connection. Yet after a few years, all of my usb C connections seem to come loose. I think I’ll wait this one out.

 

[lk400]

I get what you mean and had the same concerns but the way Apple does USB-C ports is for some reason different than pretty much everyone else. I have had USB-C ports loosen on me with time but none on Apple devices. The 2016 MacBook Pro we have is perfectly fine after plugging and unplugging several times a day for 5 years and still makes the satisfying click on plug in that most USB-C ports lose over time.

Thanks for pointing this out. I do notice that my MacBooks and iPads are in much better shape than similar aged pcs that I have. Maybe I’m pessimistic or overreacting, but I definitely like the simplicity of the Lightning

 

[3530025]

Yet after a few years, all of my usb C connections seem to come loose.

In Apple devices? Really? Are you using good cables?

Never experienced this. I'm connecting and disconnecting cable multiple times a day in my MacBook and Android phone. The cable still hold very well in the port. Even in the 5-years old Android phone...

 

[GraXXoR]

Is that a camera bump or are you just or are you just pleased to see me?

 

[JulianL]

If the camera is actually going to be THAT thick... I think I might just want the phone a tad thicker (and increase battery life) so that the phone isn't so top HEAVY or wobbling all over my desk when I tap it. Even a phone case won't make that bump flush....

Exactly my thinking. One argument against Apple making the main body a bit thicker and using the extra space for a bigger battery is that it would increase the overall weight of the phone and some people consider especially the Pro Max too heavy already. Personally I’m OK with the weight (just) but if the rumour of Apple moving to a titanium chassis for the Pro is true then that reduction in chassis weight could offset the weight gain from a bigger battery Which makes your suggestion 100% acceptable for me.

I really hope this rumour of an even bigger camera bump is false because the appearance of the 14 Pro/Pro-Max is already verging on the cartoonishly absurd to my eyes and I dread to think how it would look if it got even bigger.

 

[JohannesO]

I miss the days of the phone sitting flat on my desk

me to

 

[0lf]

• flat sides ✅
• rounded edges ✅
• narrower ✅ (even narrower than the X it seems)

Seems to go in the right direction for handling confort.

About camera protrusion, as long as it is smaller than the magsafe wallet (7mm) it is ok.

About camera, it seems nobody has presented information beyond the periscope in the big model. So I wonder what is new here.

 

[Coochie Boogs]

Damn that camera bump, Apple is better than this. It’s been atrocious for years now, and other manufacturers seem to do a much better job.

 

[pcd213]

Really great to see thinner bezels. Samsung was running laps around Apple on that front.

Perhaps with the use of titanium in addition to the ever so slightly rounded edges, I may feel more comfortable going caseless. We’ll see…

I’m due for an upgrade in July of 2024, so I’ll naturally wait for the iPhone 16 Pro. Very saddened to hear, however, that the early rumors are saying no periscope lens on the normal Pro size. Maybe I’ll win on the under the screen front-facing camera, but I’m not holding my breath.

 

[RSB96]

Thin bezels are a joy to behold.EIt'sEspEsper I hope it's something like that and not like last year, they said "reduced bezels" and it was unnoticeable.

The camera thing already seems like an exaggeration to me, since it seems that the cameras protrude practically the width of the chassis.

 

[cocky jeremy]

The thinner bezels look really nice.

I can't wait for the day they're gone.

 

[Lounge vibes 05]

This has been discussed so many times. People who only have USB-C would have a whole heap of cables. Sure, is it possible to get away with 1? Maybe (doubtful), but we’re talking about living in the real world. And let’s not get started on dongles. I went overseas for 6 weeks with 5 cables and only one was lightning.

Let’s see….
iPad USB C, Headphones USB C , MacBook USB C, Power-bank (stupid Micro USB rubbish), iPhone Lightning
That, my friend is reality.

Off topic? USB C is in the title and you brought it up! As far as being a personal attack; No. Ridiculous, just because you don’t agree with me, doesn’t mean I am attacking you. I was just pointing out that the benefit for a phone going USB C is marginal. Otherwise Apple would have done it years ago. 🤦🏻‍♂️

My AirPods case lasts 3+ days on a single charge, and only takes about an hour or so to fully charge up. I charge the case while I use the headphones during the day, not that difficult.
My MacBook Air usually lasts me about 20 hours spread across two or more days. I can just charge it while I’m using it, not that big of a deal.
My phone and Watch are charged overnight on a two in one MagSafe charger.
My Apple TV remote gets charged… like twice a year.
At the moment, I need a USB-C charger for the remote, a MagSafe charger for the Mac, and a lightning cable for everything else.
Once the iPhone and AirPods switch over, I’ll need one.
And if my battery ever dies when I’m not home, no more playing the “hey does anyone happen to have an Apple charger” game because USB-C is universal.

 

[OneBar]

How about we at least flush up the back with the initial bump step and increase battery capacity since it's supposed to be able to charge other things as well? Doesn't do much good to charge your Air Pods if it kills your phone batt to do so.

 

[ninethirty]

The problem is, that people want better and better photo capabilities from their phones, and sooner or later, you cant thin it out anymore, since the issue becomes physics itself.

For the vast majority of people, the cameras in the iPhone 14 are more than enough, for probably years. Beyond that, given how thick the cameras are getting, Apple needs to consider a better design, perhaps something horizontal across the top, so at least when the phone is laying on a flat surface, that it doesn't wobble.

As it is, the 14pro is basically a corn hole board at this point.

 

[spcopsmac21]

It's crazy! The camera bump is almost as thick as the phone itself. Total Sabotage! However, I like it. Reminds me of iPhone X.

Is identical to the 14PM 😂😂😂😂😂

 

[spcopsmac21]

They are out of ideas … but financially (Wall Street) stuck with force releasing a “new” phone lineup every year.

Yea I’m looking at a boring render of the same phone I bought last year with a larger pump? WHY?? It’s identical to the phone I’m using now with a new port and a thicker camera? I don’t need a new door stop. I need a phone with a better overall complete redesign. Because I absolutely hate my 14PM. Terrible to hold. Awkward to take pictures with. Too heavy, one hand use is abysmal.
If we’re getting exactly what we got last year but USBC and the horrific dynamic island. Why even keep an iPhone. Android devices have come a long way. I can get a phone that’s just as fast and has a camera that blows my severely over priced 14PM out of the water for 1/3rd the price

How, and why? I like the arrangement, and it is the most distinctive. When you see someone using a phone and just see the cameras, you know it is an iPhone — this is not true with other phones.

who cares what other people think when they see your cameras? Who cares? If you care about things like that then. Well….. that’s basic

 

[spcopsmac21]

I honestly don’t mind it. But It’s massive. Do you guys agree?

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It’s disgusting. If a graduate student showed this to their professor they would get laughed at.

 

[blairh]

I have too. They are absolutely not.

You will be proven wrong in the end. If you don't see the potential of foldables then that is your issue. The category is already growing year over year.

 

[spcopsmac21]

Hard disagree. Actually not even disagree. This is empirically incorrect.

Buttons always fail. Especially iPhones ones. Solid state buttons and trackpads are consistent. Same click on year 7 as year one.

Nope. Solid state buttons have less points of failure. But tend to be nightmares to work on and replace after they have been sandwiched into a bezel and glued in layers between things. Engineer here. Solid state buttons work great. But nothing and absolutely nothing replaces the tactile response of a button. It hits the brain in a different way.