Apple Event 2023: Apple officially unveiled the much-awaited iPhone 15 with a 48MP main camera, with a 26mm focal length, 2-micron quad pixel sensor and 100 per cent Focus pixels. The iPhone 15 comes with a new camera system, Apple said. Night mode on the iPhone 15 is getting better too. The Bionic A16 chip that powered the iPhone 14 Pro has been fitted in the iPhone 15. It uses less power than the A15 Bionic chipset. This means the iPhone 15 Pro models will be equipped with a more powerful chip. The iPhone 15 comes with colour-infused back glass and a new contoured edge. The Dynamic Island has been included in this year's non-Pro iPhone models too.
The iPhone 15 comes with an advanced portrait mode for an improved bokeh effect that will use machine learning (ML) to automatically switch to portrait mode when clicking images of animals and human subjects. The iPhone 15 has been launched at a starting price of $799 in the US, which is the same as last year's iPhone 14 base model. The base iPhone 15 Plus model is priced at $899, according to Apple. The iPhone 15 is the first iPhone model to come with a USB Type-C charging port. Apple always used Lightning cables for charging iPhone models but that has changed with the iPhone 15 series. Apple also said that USB-C charging has "become universal".
The 5-core GPU has 50 per cent more memory bandwidth for smooth graphics when streaming videos and playing games. A new 16-core Neural Engine is capable of nearly 17 trillion operations per second, enabling even faster machine learning computations for features like Live Voicemail transcriptions in iOS 17 and third-party app experiences -- all while protecting critical privacy and security features using the Secure Enclave.
iPhone 15 Pricing, Availability And Colours In India
The iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus will be available in pink, yellow, green, blue, and black colours in configurations of 128GB, 256GB, and 512GB starting at Rs 79,900 and Rs 89,900, respectively. Buyers in more than 40 countries and regions, including Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, the UAE, the UK, and the U.S., will be able to pre-order iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus beginning at 5am PDT starting September 15, with availability beginning September 22.
The iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus will be available in Macao, Malaysia, Türkiye, Vietnam, and 17 other countries and regions beginning Friday, September 29.
“iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus represent a huge leap forward with exciting camera innovations that inspire creativity, the intuitive Dynamic Island, and the A16 Bionic chip for proven powerful performance,” Kaiann Drance, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide iPhone Product Marketing, said in a statement.
“We’re also pushing the power of computational photography to new levels this year with a 48MP Main camera featuring a new 24MP default for super-high-resolution photos, a new 2x Telephoto option, and next-generation portraits.”