iPhone 15 Professional would possibly get a titanium body, thinner bezels, and a worth hike

Some large modifications are anticipated to return to this 12 months’s iPhone 15 Professional lineup — however they could come alongside a worth hike, too. In Bloomberg this morning, reporter Mark Gurman confirmed a handful of particulars which were floating round all 12 months about what to anticipate when the subsequent iPhone lineup is introduced in simply over a month.

The brand new Professional fashions will each include titanium frames, as a substitute of stainless-steel, making them stronger and lighter, in response to Gurman. Their screens will even have thinner bezels, due to a brand new show expertise, shrinking the scale of the black border by a few third. (Earlier leaks show what that might look like.) And as beforehand reported, anticipate the mute swap to be swapped out for a customizable button and the Lightning port to be replaced by USB-C.

That may all come at a worth, although. Gurman says he expects a worth improve exterior the US, and “wouldn’t rule out a worth improve within the US,” both. That follows reporting earlier this week and an analyst note suggesting costs might go up by as much as $200 in the case of the Max mannequin.

Gurman mentions two different large upgrades coming to Apple’s units this 12 months. The usual iPhone mannequin is anticipated to drop the notch in favor of the Dynamic Island, bringing it extra on par with the Professional fashions. (Previously rumors urged it’ll be caught at a 60Hz refresh fee, although, as a substitute of 120Hz just like the Execs — and nearly all comparably priced Android telephones.) Gurman additionally experiences that the subsequent Apple Watch processor, the S9, can have a “pretty sizable efficiency bump,” marking the primary notable velocity enhance since 2020.

Apple usually pronounces its new iPhones and Apple Watches in mid-September. They’ll be going up towards Samsung’s new lineup of folding and flipping telephones, which were just updated this week.