If the rumours we’ve heard are correct, this yr’s iPhone 15 lineup might be getting some fairly vital design adjustments. Whereas we’re not anticipating the type of wholesale redesign we noticed with the iPhone 12, it seems that Apple has some good touches in retailer to refine the design, particularly the place its flagship iPhone 15 Professional fashions are involved.
Among the many issues we’re anticipating from the iPhone 15 Professional is a brand new titanium body with solid-state buttons for quantity and energy reasonably than mechanical ones. It’s presumed these would use haptic suggestions to present customers a way of urgent the button, much like the method Apple makes use of for the House Button on the iPhone SE.
A number of of us are additionally predicting that the iPhone 15 Professional and iPhone 15 Professional Max will function an much more expansive edge-to-edge display screen, which implies even thinner bezels, probably with some curvature on the edges, much like the latest Apple Watch fashions.
Precisely How Skinny Will These Bezels Be?
There hasn’t been a lot mentioned about exactly how a lot thinner the iPhone 15 Professional bezels may get, but when the data shared by a latest leaker is appropriate, the bigger iPhone 15 Professional Max may find yourself breaking the document for the thinnest bezels ever discovered on a smartphone.
That document is presently held by the Xiaomi 13, which has a black fringe of 1.81mm between the display screen and the precise body. Nonetheless, a considerably dependable leaker generally known as Ice Universe reveals that the bezels on the upcoming iPhone 15 Professional Max shall be lowered to simply 1.55mm.
To place that in perspective, the iPhone 14 Professional has a bezel width of two.17mm. Ice Universe additionally notes that Samsung’s Galaxy S22 and Galaxy S23 got here in at 1.95mm. So, if this info is appropriate, the iPhone 15 Professional Max stands to beat that by a wholesome margin.
Curiously, this info solely refers back to the bigger iPhone 15 Professional Max, so it’s unclear if the bezels will nonetheless be barely bigger on the 6.1-inch iPhone 15 Professional. As counterintuitive because it sounds, a bigger display screen truly does depart extra room for smaller bezels.
The usual iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus are anticipated to retain the identical bezel dimensions as their iPhone 14 counterparts. Though some rumours recommend they’ll get the curved edges, the jury continues to be out on that one; there’s each indication they’re not getting the higher display screen know-how of the Professional fashions, and it’s doable the curved edge design might be tied to that.
Nonetheless, stories recommend the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus will get the Dynamic Island that got here to final yr’s iPhone 14 Professional lineup. That’s a major design change by itself, so Apple might not have to do rather more than that to set the iPhone 15 aside. Additional, Apple nonetheless likes to maintain the iPhone Professional designs a minimum of a small step forward of the usual fashions, and thinner bezels could be a visual differentiation this yr.
In line with MacRumors, which first shared this report, Ice Universe has beforehand supplied correct CAD renders and dimensions, suggesting the iPhone 15 Professional Max could have a thinner digicam bump, and should even shrink barely in top and width. That will be in step with having a smaller bezel if Apple maintains the identical display screen measurement discovered on this yr’s iPhone 14 Professional Max.
[The information provided in this article has NOT been confirmed by Apple and may be speculation. Provided details may not be factual. Take all rumors, tech or otherwise, with a grain of salt.]