September 12, 2023
PRESS RELEASE
Apple debuts iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus
An enormous leap ahead for iPhone with a stunning new design that includes a sturdy, color-infused again glass and new contoured edge; the Dynamic Island; a 48MP Major digicam with 2x Telephoto; and USB‑C
CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple at this time introduced iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus, that includes an industry-first color-infused again glass with a shocking, textured matte end, and a brand new contoured edge on the aluminum enclosure. Each fashions characteristic the Dynamic Island, and a complicated digicam system designed to assist customers take incredible photographs of on a regular basis moments of their lives. A strong 48MP Major digicam allows super-high-resolution photographs and a brand new 2x Telephoto choice to provide customers a complete of three optical zoom ranges — like having a 3rd digicam. The iPhone 15 lineup additionally introduces the subsequent era of portraits, making it simpler to seize portraits with nice element and low-light efficiency. Constructing on Apple’s progressive satellite tv for pc infrastructure, Roadside Help by way of satellite tv for pc can join customers to AAA if they’ve automobile hassle whereas off the grid. With A16 Bionic for highly effective, confirmed efficiency; a USB‑C connector; Precision Discovering for Discover My buddies; and industry-leading sturdiness options, iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus characterize an enormous leap ahead.
iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus shall be accessible in 5 gorgeous new colours: pink, yellow, inexperienced, blue, and black. Pre-orders start Friday, September 15, with availability starting Friday, September 22.
“iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus characterize an enormous leap ahead with thrilling digicam improvements that encourage creativity, the intuitive Dynamic Island, and options like Roadside Help by way of satellite tv for pc that make an actual distinction in customers’ lives,” mentioned Kaiann Drance, Apple’s vp of Worldwide iPhone Product Advertising. “We’re additionally pushing the facility of computational images to new ranges this yr with a 48MP Major digicam that includes a brand new 24MP default for super-high-resolution photographs, a brand new 2x Telephoto choice, and next-generation portraits.”
A Lovely and Sturdy Design with an Superior Show
Out there in 6.1-inch and 6.7-inch show sizes,1 iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus characteristic the Dynamic Island, an progressive technique to work together with essential alerts and Stay Actions. The elegant expertise fluidly expands and adapts so customers can see the subsequent path in Maps; simply management music; and, with third-party app integrations, get real-time updates on meals supply, journey sharing, sports activities scores, journey plans, and extra. The Tremendous Retina XDR show is nice for watching content material, streaming Apple Health+ exercises, and enjoying video games. Peak HDR brightness now reaches as much as 1600 nits so HDR photographs and movies look higher than ever. And when it’s sunny, peak out of doors brightness reaches as much as 2000 nits — twice as shiny because the earlier era.
Each fashions characteristic a classy new look that’s constructed to final. For the primary time in a smartphone, colour is infused all through the again glass, creating 5 lovely colours. The again glass is strengthened with an optimized dual-ion trade course of earlier than being polished with nanocrystalline particles and etched to create an opulent, textured matte end. A brand new contoured edge on the aerospace-grade aluminum enclosure feels even nicer in customers’ arms, and the Ceramic Defend entrance cowl continues to be harder than every other smartphone glass. With a water- and dust-resistant design2 and industry-leading sturdiness options, iPhone lasts and holds its worth longer than every other smartphone. Plus, the interior design supplies highly effective sustained efficiency, whereas bettering ease and affordability of repairs.
A Highly effective Digicam to Seize Each Second in Tremendous-Excessive Decision
The superior digicam system on iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus helps customers seize on a regular basis moments and cherished reminiscences. A 48MP Major digicam shoots sharp photographs and movies whereas capturing nice particulars, with a quad-pixel sensor and one hundred pc Focus Pixels for quick autofocus. Utilizing the facility of computational images, the Major digicam offers customers a brand new 24MP super-high-resolution default, providing unimaginable picture high quality at a sensible file measurement splendid for storing and sharing. By intelligently integrating {hardware} and software program, an extra 2x Telephoto choice offers customers three optical-quality zoom ranges — 0.5x, 1x, 2x — for the primary time on an iPhone dual-camera system.
Subsequent-generation portraits on iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus characteristic sharper element, extra vivid colours, and improved low-light efficiency. For the primary time, customers can take portraits with out having to change to Portrait mode. When there’s an individual, canine, or cat within the body, or when a consumer faucets to focus, iPhone mechanically captures depth info, so customers can flip photographs into gorgeous portraits later within the Photographs app on iPhone, iPad, or Mac. For better artistic management, customers may also modify the main target level after the picture has been taken. Capturing at night time will get higher with enhancements to Night time mode, together with sharper particulars and extra vivid colours. When lighting is shiny or uneven, new Good HDR captures topics and the background with extra true-to-life renderings of pores and skin tones, whereas making certain photographs have brighter highlights, richer midtones, and deeper shadows when considered within the Photographs app. This superior HDR rendering can also be accessible to third-party apps, so photographs can look even higher when shared on-line. These enhancements profit the 48MP Major digicam, Extremely Extensive digicam, and TrueDepth entrance digicam.
A16 Bionic: Confirmed, Highly effective Efficiency
The quick and environment friendly A16 Bionic chip brings confirmed efficiency to iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus, powering the Dynamic Island, computational images capabilities, and extra. With two high-performance cores that use 20 % much less energy and 4 high-efficiency cores, the 6-core CPU is quicker than the earlier era and simply handles intensive duties whereas delivering extraordinary battery life. The 5-core GPU has 50 % extra reminiscence bandwidth for easy graphics when streaming movies and enjoying video games. A brand new 16-core Neural Engine is able to almost 17 trillion operations per second, enabling even sooner machine studying computations for options like Stay Voicemail transcriptions in iOS 17 and third-party app experiences — all whereas defending important privateness and security measures utilizing the Safe Enclave.
Expanded Security Capabilities for Peace of Thoughts
The iPhone 15 lineup gives important security capabilities to supply help when it issues most, together with Crash Detection3 and Emergency SOS by way of satellite tv for pc.4 At the moment accessible in 14 nations and areas on three continents, Emergency SOS by way of satellite tv for pc has made a big influence in customers’ lives. This groundbreaking security service will come to Spain and Switzerland later this month.
Constructing on this progressive satellite tv for pc infrastructure, iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus introduce Roadside Help by way of satellite tv for pc. Starting within the U.S., when a consumer has automobile hassle and mobile and Wi-Fi protection aren’t accessible, they’ll now connect with AAA, the nation’s largest roadside help supplier.5 An intuitive interface, together with a brief questionnaire to seize essential particulars, will transmit the knowledge by way of satellite tv for pc so AAA can message with the consumer immediately and dispatch assist to their precise location. Entry to Roadside Help by way of satellite tv for pc shall be included without cost for 2 years. Service is roofed in accordance with AAA membership, however can also be accessible individually for nonmembers.6
Highly effective Connection Capabilities
The iPhone 15 lineup gives handy new methods to cost, discover buddies in busy locations, and keep linked whereas touring. Each fashions use a USB‑C connector, a universally accepted customary for charging and transferring information, permitting the identical cable to cost iPhone, Mac, iPad, and the up to date AirPods Professional (2nd era). Customers may also cost AirPods or Apple Watch immediately from iPhone with the USB‑C connector.7 Each fashions assist MagSafe and future Qi2 chargers for wi-fi charging.
Each fashions characteristic the second-generation Extremely Wideband chip, enabling two iPhone units with this chip to attach at 3 times the vary as earlier than. This opens up a brand new manner to make use of Precision Discovering for Discover My buddies, so iPhone 15 customers can share their location and discover one another, even in crowds. Precision Discovering is constructed with the identical privateness protections that customers have come to belief in Discover My.8
iPhone 15 fashions proceed to ship a high-quality, superfast 5G expertise9 and improved audio high quality on cellphone calls, together with these made on FaceTime or third-party apps. Sound high quality will get even higher when customers choose Voice Isolation to come back by way of loud and clear, even when they’re someplace noisy.
iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus have eSIM, a extra handy and safe different to a bodily SIM card, with assist from greater than 295 carriers. When touring the world, customers can keep linked by way of reasonably priced worldwide roaming plans from their current provider, or buy pay as you go eSIM plans in over 50 nations and areas, together with Australia, Italy, Thailand, and extra.
That includes iOS 17
iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus characteristic iOS 17,10 making iPhone much more private and intuitive with new capabilities:
- The Cellphone app will get main updates with Contact Posters, which permits customers to customise how they seem to their contacts, and Stay Voicemail, which leverages the facility of A16 Bionic to see real-time on-device transcription as somebody leaves a voicemail. Customers may even choose up the decision whereas the caller is leaving their message.
- Messages will get a brand new stickers expertise, extra highly effective search, transcription of audio messages, and Verify In, which permits customers to mechanically notify family and friends once they have made it to their vacation spot safely.
- NameDrop offers customers a brand new manner to make use of AirDrop to extra simply share contact info by merely bringing two iPhone units collectively. The identical gesture can be utilized to AirDrop content material and extra.
- StandBy offers customers a customizable full-screen expertise with glanceable info designed to be considered from a distance when iPhone is on its facet and charging. With assist for Stay Actions, Siri, incoming calls, and bigger notifications, StandBy is ideal for a nightstand, kitchen counter, or desk.
iOS 17 delivers many extra updates, together with Journal,11 a brand new app that helps iPhone customers mirror and follow gratitude by way of journaling; enhancements to autocorrect and Dictation; better safety for Non-public Shopping in Safari; password and passkey sharing with iCloud Keychain; pet recognition in Photographs; and way more.
Higher for the Surroundings
iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus are designed with the setting in thoughts. As Apple continues to work towards its 2030 objective of creating each product carbon impartial — from design to manufacturing to buyer use — the corporate is prioritizing clear electrical energy throughout the complete provide chain and designing merchandise with recycled and different low-carbon supplies. iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus now use much more recycled content material, with one hundred pc recycled cobalt within the battery and one hundred pc recycled copper in the primary logic board, copper wire within the Taptic Engine, and copper foil within the inductive charger in MagSafe — all firsts for iPhone. Each fashions additionally embrace 75 % recycled aluminum within the enclosure, one hundred pc recycled uncommon earth components in all magnets, and one hundred pc recycled gold within the USB‑C connector in addition to the gold plating and tin soldering in a number of printed circuit boards. The iPhone 15 lineup meets Apple’s excessive requirements for power effectivity and is freed from mercury, PVC, and beryllium. Over 99 % of the packaging is fiber-based, bringing Apple nearer to its objective of fully eradicating plastic from its packaging by 2025.
To additional scale back influence on the planet, Apple will now not use leather-based in any new Apple merchandise, together with iPhone equipment. Apple is introducing a brand new FineWoven Case with MagSafe and FineWoven Pockets with MagSafe, produced from a sturdy and chic microtwill with a delicate, suedelike really feel. The fabric is produced from 68 % post-consumer recycled content material and has considerably decrease carbon emissions in comparison with leather-based.
Pricing and Availability
- iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus shall be accessible in pink, yellow, inexperienced, blue, and black in 128GB, 256GB, and 512GB storage capacities, beginning at $799 (U.S.) or $33.29 (U.S.) monthly, and $899 (U.S.) or $37.45 (U.S.) monthly, respectively.12
- Apple gives nice methods to save lots of and improve to the most recent iPhone. Clients within the U.S. can get $200-$650 (U.S.) in credit score once they commerce in iPhone 11 or later and improve to iPhone 15 or iPhone 15 Plus by visiting the Apple Retailer On-line, or at an Apple Retailer location. To see what their machine is value and for phrases and circumstances, clients can go to apple.com/store/trade-in.
- Clients can get iPhone 15 for as little as $0 (U.S.) monthly once they commerce in an iPhone 11 or later with choose U.S. carriers. For eligibility necessities and extra particulars, see apple.com/store/buy-iphone/carrier-offers.
- Clients in additional than 40 nations and areas, together with Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, the UAE, the U.Okay., and the U.S., will be capable of pre-order iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus starting at 5 a.m. PDT this Friday, September 15, with availability starting Friday, September 22.
- iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus shall be accessible in Macao, Malaysia, Türkiye, Vietnam, and 17 different nations and areas starting Friday, September 29.
- FineWoven Pockets with MagSafe and FineWoven Case with MagSafe will each be accessible for $59 (U.S.) in 5 new colours for the iPhone 15 lineup: black, taupe, mulberry, pacific blue, and evergreen. Along with an iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus Clear Case, accessible for $49 (U.S.), a Silicone Case with MagSafe shall be accessible for $49 (U.S.) in black, storm blue, clay, gentle pink, guava, orange sorbet, cypress, and winter blue.
- iOS 17 shall be accessible as a free software program replace on Monday, September 18.
- Out there beginning on September 18, iCloud+ will supply two new plans: 6TB for $29.99 (U.S.) monthly and 12TB for $59.99 (U.S.) monthly, offering extra storage to maintain recordsdata, photographs, movies, and extra protected, accessible, and simple to share. The brand new plans are nice for customers with massive picture and video libraries or these utilizing Household Sharing, and can present entry to premium options, together with Non-public Relay, Conceal My E-mail, Customized E-mail Domains, and HomeKit Safe Video assist.
- Clients who buy iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus will obtain three free months of Apple Arcade and Apple Health+ with a brand new subscription.
About Apple
Apple revolutionized private know-how with the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984. At present, Apple leads the world in innovation with iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV. Apple’s 5 software program platforms — iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS — present seamless experiences throughout all Apple units and empower individuals with breakthrough providers together with the App Retailer, Apple Music, Apple Pay, and iCloud. Apple’s greater than 100,000 staff are devoted to creating one of the best merchandise on earth, and to leaving the world higher than we discovered it.
- The show has rounded corners that comply with a stupendous curved design, and these corners are inside a typical rectangle. When measured as a typical rectangular form, the display is 6.06 inches (iPhone 15) or 6.68 inches (iPhone 15 Plus) diagonally. The precise viewable space is smaller.
- iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus are splash-, water-, and dust-resistant. They have been examined underneath managed laboratory circumstances, and have a ranking of IP68 underneath IEC customary 60529 (most depth of 6 meters for as much as half-hour). Splash, water, and mud resistance aren’t everlasting circumstances. Resistance would possibly lower because of regular put on. Don’t try to cost a moist iPhone; confer with the consumer information for cleansing and drying directions. Liquid harm isn’t lined underneath guarantee.
- Crash Detection is designed for four-wheel passenger car crashes with sure mass, G-force, and pace profiles in keeping with extreme, life-threatening crashes. It was designed for extreme, life-threatening, high-impact entrance and rear collisions, sideswipe, T-bone, and rollover crashes. Crash Detection is accessible worldwide on iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Professional, iPhone 15 Professional Max, iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Professional, iPhone 14 Professional Max, Apple Watch Sequence 9, Apple Watch Extremely 2, Apple Watch Sequence 8, Apple Watch Extremely, and Apple Watch SE (2nd era).
- Emergency SOS by way of satellite tv for pc and Discover My by way of satellite tv for pc are at the moment accessible in 14 nations and areas, together with Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Eire, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, the U.Okay., and the U.S., and shall be accessible in Spain and Switzerland later this month.
- Emergency SOS by way of satellite tv for pc and Roadside Help by way of satellite tv for pc have been designed to be used in open areas with a transparent line of sight to the sky. Efficiency could also be impacted by obstructions reminiscent of timber or surrounding buildings.
- Roadside Help by way of satellite tv for pc is launching within the U.S. with AAA and is included without cost for 2 years beginning on the time of activation of a brand new iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Professional, iPhone 15 Professional Max, iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Professional, or iPhone 14 Professional Max. This satellite tv for pc service requires iOS 17. AAA could cost for roadside help providers. iPhone 15 and iPhone 14 customers who aren’t AAA members can benefit from Roadside Help by way of satellite tv for pc on a pay-per-use foundation for AAA’s roadside help providers.
- iPhone 15 helps 4K at 60 fps HDR video output utilizing a USB‑C Digital AV Multiport Adapter to permit customers to connect with an HDMI show, whereas additionally connecting a typical USB machine and a USB‑C charging cable.
- Precision Discovering for Discover My buddies requires Extremely Wideband and is not accessible in all nations or areas. With iOS 17, Precision Discovering shall be accessible to Apple Watch Sequence 9 and Apple Watch Extremely 2 customers to assist them find their iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Professional, or iPhone 15 Professional Max. Later this fall, iPhone 15 customers will be capable of use Precision Discovering for Discover My buddies to find family and friends sporting Apple Watch Sequence 9 and Apple Watch Extremely 2.
- An information plan is required. 5G, Gigabit LTE, VoLTE, and Wi-Fi calling can be found in choose markets and thru choose carriers. Speeds are primarily based on theoretical throughput and differ primarily based on web site circumstances and provider. For particulars on 5G and LTE assist, clients can contact their provider or go to apple.com/iphone/mobile.
- Some options will not be accessible for all nations or all areas. View a whole checklist at apple.com/ios/feature-availability.
- Journal is coming in a software program replace later this yr.
- Pricing for iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus features a $30 connectivity low cost that requires activation with AT&T, T‑Cellular, or Verizon. Out there to certified clients and requires 24-month installment mortgage once they choose Residents One or Apple Card Month-to-month Installments (ACMI) as cost sort at checkout at Apple. Clients want to pick out AT&T, T‑Cellular, or Verizon as their provider once they take a look at. An iPhone bought with ACMI is all the time unlocked, so clients can swap carriers at any time. Topic to credit score approval and credit score restrict. Taxes and transport aren’t included in ACMI and are topic to their card’s variable APR. Extra Apple Card Month-to-month Installments phrases are within the Apple Card Buyer Settlement. Extra iPhone Funds phrases are right here. ACMI isn’t accessible for purchases made on-line at particular storefronts. The final month’s cost for every product would be the product’s buy worth, much less all different funds on the month-to-month cost quantity. ACMI financing is topic to vary at any time for any cause, together with however not restricted to installment time period lengths and eligible merchandise. See assist.apple.com/kb/HT211204 for details about upcoming modifications to ACMI financing.
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