The iPhone 15 series arrives as scheduled, with an even larger Pro series that is more popular

The iPhone 15 series is here, including a bigger and more popular Pro series

【phoneauto】The Apple Autumn Event officially began at 1 a.m. Beijing time on September 13, 2023. At this event, Apple brought us the new Apple Watch with gesture control support and the latest generation of iPhone. However, there is no doubt that the iPhone 15 is the highlight of this event.

Like last year, this year’s iPhone 15 series is still composed of four products: iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, and iPhone 15 Pro Max. The screen sizes remain at 6.1 inches and 6.7 inches respectively.

In terms of appearance, I think the new iPhone 15 series can be described as a familiar taste with a different recipe. The familiar taste refers to the continuation of the overall ID design advantages of the previous generation, while the different recipe refers to the differences in details.

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Firstly, for the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus, both models adopt a “floating island” design, no longer featuring a notch screen like the previous generation. It can be said that they have achieved a “unified” front panel design among products of the same generation. In addition, in terms of screen brightness, these two products have a standard brightness of 1600 nits and can reach a brightness of 2000 nits under sunlight, which is twice that of the previous iPhone 14.

As for the back panel, the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus have new color options, including pink, yellow, blue, and black. These colors are relatively light and low in saturation, giving a fresh and elegant feel.

On the higher-end Pro series models, the most notable change is the adoption of a 5th-grade titanium alloy frame, the same material used on Mars rovers, as the body frame material. This material has excellent properties of lightness and durability, making the iPhone 15 Pro the lightest Pro model to date.

In addition, the Pro series models have a difference from the standard version, which is the already exposed pressure-sensitive mute button. In addition to switching between the default mute and ring modes, this newly designed button also has more possibilities. Users can assign new functions to this button through shortcuts.

In terms of performance, the self-developed A series chips have always made the iPhone stand out. This time is no exception. The standard version is equipped with the A16 bionic chip, while the Pro series is equipped with the latest 3nm process A17 Pro chip, which is currently the industry’s first 3nm chip. The built-in new generation 6-core Pro-level graphics processor enables the iPhone to support hardware-level ray tracing technology, thereby improving its performance in games. At this press conference, Apple also used “King of Glory”, “Original” and “Collapse·Star Sky Railway” for demonstration and explanation.

In terms of interfaces, after much anticipation, the iPhone 15 series finally adopts the USB-C interface. Users can finally use a single charger to charge the entire Apple family, and even the iPhone 15 can charge Apple Watch or AirPods. However, it should be noted that the Pro series uses a completely new USB controller, so its transmission speed is up to 10Gb/s, while the standard version still uses USB 2.0, so there is a difference in transmission speed between the two.

In addition, the iPhone 15 series also supports satellite SOS emergency calling function, and users can update their location in the app to wait for road assistance. Unfortunately, this function is currently unavailable in mainland China.

For Apple, imaging has always been its strong suit, especially in video recording, where it has no equal in the industry. With the standard version this time, the main camera has been upgraded from 12 million pixels in the previous generation to 48 million pixels, with higher resolution and a larger sensor. Therefore, the iPhone 15 series has added a 2x lossless zoom effect, which is a significant improvement for a dual-camera digital series.

In addition, the improvement of the portrait mode in the iPhone 15 series is visible to the naked eye, and now there is no need to manually switch to portrait mode. When shooting subjects such as people or pet cats and dogs, the iPhone automatically captures depth information. Users can immediately choose to generate portrait photos with beautifully blurred backgrounds, or adjust them to portrait photo effects in the Photos app after taking the photos.

In this product, I believe that the biggest improvement is the imaging function of the Pro series. The main and wide-angle lenses of the Pro and Max are the same, but the Pro has a newly added 77mm equivalent focal length lens, and the Pro Max has a 120mm equivalent focal length lens, giving users more shooting options.

Just as Apple says – 3 lenses bring you the experience of 7 lenses, including different focal lengths of macro, 13mm, 24mm, 28mm, 35mm, 48mm, and 120mm. In addition, to prevent glare during shooting, anti-reflective coatings have been added to the entire series.

In my opinion, the Pro series of the all-new iPhone 15 series is more worth buying, as the changes and improvements in the digital series are relatively small, with only the main camera upgraded to 48 million pixels and the upgrade to Dynamic Island being the more obvious upgrades and improvements.

As for the new Pro series, the addition of a new material – titanium alloy – makes the Pro series even more durable and lighter. For users who like large screens but are afraid of putting more “burden” on their thumbs, the iPhone 15 Pro series is a good choice. In addition, the Pro series is equipped with the industry’s first 3nm chip – A17 Pro, which successfully supports hardware-level ray tracing technology. Coupled with the imaging capabilities of multi-focal length lenses, it is believed that the Pro series will be more popular than the digital series this time.

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