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Apple is preparing to hold the Apple Autumn Conference in September. The specifications of the new iPhone 15 series have been leaked in advance. Recently, Apple’s internally confidential iPhone 15 Pro design drawings have also been exposed on the Internet. It was revealed in advance, let’s take a look at the important changes.
Apple’s internal iPhone 15 design leaked!Full exposure of body appearance, size and design details
From the latest iPhone 15 design drawing data, it can be found that as early as mid-May 2023, Apple had already determined the appearance size and design of the iPhone 15, and the information column further disclosed that the iPhone 15 Pro model code is iPhone 16,2.
This design information also presents the actual size and shape specifications of the iPhone 15 Pro in detail. Although the design looks similar to the iPhone 14 Pro, there are many obvious changes in the iPhone 15 Pro design files.
According to the analysis of the iPhone 15 Pro design drawing, it can be seen that there will be four obvious differences in appearance:
1. Larger and thicker body
From the size data of the iPhone 15 Pro, it can be found that the thickness of the body is slightly higher than that of the previous generation iPhone 14 Pro, from 7.85mm to 8.24mm. If the lens height is also included, the body thickness of the iPhone 15 Pro will increase slightly. Reach 12.75mm.
It will cause the body of the iPhone 15 Pro to become thicker, which is expected to be related to its titanium middle frame, new lens and action buttons, which will lead to new adjustments in the length and width of the overall body to adapt to these hardware changes.
2. The corners of the fuselage are more rounded
Due to the increase in the thickness of the iPhone 15 Pro body, the design drawing also shows that the corners of the middle frame will also be more rounded. The advantage is that it can make the user feel more comfortable to hold and put it in the pocket more easily.
With the slight increase in the thickness of the iPhone 15 Pro body, the design drawing also reveals that the corners of the middle frame will become more rounded. This small design adjustment will bring many benefits, which can further improve the user’s grip comfort, and it will also help to put the iPhone 15 Pro in the pocket more easily.
iPhone 15 Pro frame on the left and iPhone 14 Pro frame on the right
3. Action button instead of mute button
Recently, a lot of news has shown that in addition to the iOS 17 code, the mute button on the side of the iPhone 15 Pro will be replaced by an “action button”, which allows users to customize various shortcut functions. Through the latest design drawings, this Innovative changes have also been further confirmed.
4. USB-C charging port
Although the iPhone 15 Pro design drawing does not indicate that the bottom is changed to a USB-C charging hole, judging from the earlier iPhone 15 USB Type-C components, it is enough to prove that the iPhone 15 adopts the USB-C interface specification. (Extended reading: Apple iPhone 15 USB Type-C parts exposure, 3 highlights and specifications at a time)
The appearance design of this year’s iPhone 15 Pro can be roughly determined from the design drawings. At present, the specifications of this year’s Pro series can be roughly determined. It has A17 chip, USB-C charging hole, titanium metal frame, ultra-narrow screen frame, customizable action buttons, and 8G memory. Improvements like the periscope 6x optical zoom telephoto lens (Pro Max only).
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