The pair of vanilla iPhone 14s were a bit of a disappointment as they came with the same old 12MP cameras among other complaints. That could change in the next generation as the pair of vanilla iPhone 15s will have 48MP stacked sensors in their main cameras, according to a report by Jeff Pu of Haitong Intl Tech Research.

This will give vanilla phones better zoom capabilities, though they still won’t be as good as the pros as telephoto lenses will remain exclusive to more expensive models (as will LiDAR).

In fact, the iPhone 15 Pro Max is expected to have a 6x periscope lens in addition to the 3x telephoto lens. Additionally, the new Pros are expected to switch to Apple’s 3nm A17 chipsets (and jump from 6GB to 8GB of RAM), while the iPhone 15 and 15 Plus will simply switch to the current A16 chips.

The main camera of the iPhone 14 Pro/Pro Max
The main camera of the iPhone 14 Pro/Pro Max

All four models are expected to have USB-C ports to comply with the impending change in EU regulations. However, there will still be a difference between them: Ming-Chi Kuo says only the Pros will have USB 3.2 speeds (so vanilla models will be limited to USB 2.0, just like all iPhones right now).

Other expected differences are titanium cases for the Pro models (instead of stainless steel), which can also come with a virtual volume switch and power buttons (similar to the Home button on the iPhone SE).

According to Pu, the iPhone 15 series will be in stores from September 23 (at least that’s the goal Apple has set itself right now).

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