| iPhone 15 Pro iPhone 15 Pro Max | |
| Brand: | Apple Inc. |
| Manufacturer: | Foxconn |
| Slogan: | Titanium. So strong. So light. So Pro. |
| Colors: |
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| Serieslabel: | Generation |
| Series: | 17th |
| Networks: | 2G GSM/EDGE, 3G UMTS/HSPA+, 4G LTE, 5G NR |
| Os: | Original: iOS 17.0 Current: |
| Predecessor: | iPhone 14 Pro / iPhone 14 Pro Max |
| Related: | iPhone 15 / 15 Plus |
| Form: | Slate |
| Soc: | Apple A17 Pro |
| Cpu: | Hexa-core (2 high-performance 3.78 GHz + 4 high-efficiency 2.11 GHz) |
| Gpu: | Apple-designed 6-core, up to 2.147 TFLOPS[1] (1398 MHz) |
| Modem: | Qualcomm Snapdragon X70 5G |
| Memory: | 8 GB LPDDR5[2] |
| Ext Display: | Always on |
| Rear Camera: | Both: 15 Pro: 12 MP, 2.8, 77 mm (telephoto), 1.0 μm, PDAF, OIS, 3× optical zoom, lidar sensor15 Pro Max: 12 MP, 2.8, 120 mm (telephoto), 1.12 μm, PDAF, 3D sensor-shift, OIS, 5x optical zoom, lidar sensor |
| Sound: | Dolby Atmos-tuned Spatial Audio |
| Connectivity: | Wi-Fi 6E (802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax) dual-band, Bluetooth 5.3 (A2DP, LE), Ultra-wideband (UWB), Thread |
| Water Resist: | IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 6 m for 30 mins) |
| Hac: | M3, T4 |
| References: | [3] |
The iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max are smartphones designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. They are the seventeenth-generation flagship iPhones, succeeding the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max.
The devices were unveiled alongside the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus during the Apple Event at Apple Park in Cupertino, California, on September 12, 2023.[4] [5] Pre-orders began on September 15, 2023, and the devices were made available to the general public on September 22, 2023.
Like the iPhone 15 and 15 Plus, the 15 Pro and Pro Max replaced the proprietary Lightning connector with USB-C to comply with European Union mandates.
The iPhone 15 Pro features the first major redesign of the outer shell of the device since the iPhone 12 Pro in 2020, featuring rounded edges, a slightly curved display, and back glass. The enclosure of the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max is made of grade 5 titanium, unlike the stainless steel frame of previous Pro models. The display bezels have also been reduced from 2.2mm to 1.55mm.[6] The phone is available in four colors: natural titanium, blue titanium, white titanium, and black titanium.[7] It is also the first premium iPhone since the iPhone X to not come in the gold color option.[8]
| Color | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Natural Titanium | ||
| Blue Titanium | ||
| White Titanium | ||
| Black Titanium |
Like the iPhone 15 and 15 Plus, the 15 Pro, and Pro Max replace the proprietary Lightning connector with USB-C to comply with the European Union mandating the use of this connector in smartphones with Directive (EU) 2022/2380 in 2022.[9] Apple had already started to introduce USB-C to its handheld devices beginning with the third generation iPad Pro, released in 2018.
The iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max support AV1 video hardware decoding.[10]
In iOS 18, the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max will be the first iPhones to be capable of supporting the new Apple Intelligence AI features, due to the increased amount of DRAM in these models and their fast 35 trillion-operation-per-second Neural Engine.[11]
The iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max feature the Apple A17 Pro system on a chip (SoC). It is built on TSMC's N3B fabrication process.[12] It features an redesigned Apple graphics processing unit (GPU) which adds hardware-accelerated ray tracing; during the reveal event, Apple announced that games such as Death Stranding, Resident Evil Village and Assassin's Creed Mirage (all games originally designed for consoles and PCs) would come to iOS in the future.[13]
The iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max use USB-C with USB 3.2 Gen 2 transfer speeds (est. up to 10Gbps / 1.25GBps),[14] [15] an improvement over the iPhone 14 Pro and the iPhone 15/15 Plus base models which only have USB 2.0 transfer speeds (est. up to 480 Mbps / 60MBps).[16]
All iPhone 15 models have support for DisplayPort Alternate Mode over USB-C video output with HDR up to 4K resolution.[3]
Previous iPhone models (from iPhone 5 until iPhone 14 Pro) had a maximum supported resolution of (slightly less than 1080p) with the Lightning Digital AV Adapter due to technical constraints of the Lightning connector.[17]
The iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max feature an Action button, replacing the mute switch that was present on every iPhone. The function of the Action button can be configured by the user. By default, the Action button toggles silent mode. Other options include opening the camera, recording a voice memo, or toggling a focus mode and more.
See also: iOS, iOS 17 and iOS 18. The iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max launched with iOS 17[18] and will be compatible with the upcoming iOS 18 due to be released in late 2024.[19] Consistent with the UK Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure regulations, it will continue to receive major software updates for a minimum of five years to at least 2028.[20]
| Model | iPhone 15 Pro Max | iPhone 15 Pro | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Picture | ||||
| Initial release operating system | iOS 17.0 | |||
| Latest release operating system | iOS 17.6 | |||
| Display | class="table-rh" | Screen Size | 6.7inches (diagonal) 6.29by | 6.1inches (diagonal) 5.77by |
| class="table-rh" | Backlight | colspan=2 | ||
| class="table-rh" | Multi-touch | colspan=2 | ||
| class="table-rh" | Technology | Super Retina XDR Display edge-to-edge OLED | ||
| class="table-rh" | Resolution | 2796 x 1290 | 2556 x 1179 | |
| class="table-rh" | Pixel Density (ppi) | 460 | ||
| class="table-rh" | Aspect Ratio | ~19.5:9 | ||
| class="table-rh" | Typical Max brightness ( ) | 1000 nits | ||
| class="table-rh" | HDR Max brightness ( ) | 1600 nits | ||
| class="table-rh" | Outdoor Max brightness ( ) | 2000 nits | ||
| class="table-rh" | Contrast ratio (typical) | 2000000:1 | ||
| class="table-rh" | Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating | colspan=2 | ||
| class="table-rh" | Full sRGB Display | colspan=2 | ||
| class="table-rh" | Wide Color Display (Display P3) | colspan=2 | ||
| class="table-rh" | True Tone Display | colspan=2 | ||
| class="table-rh" | Night Shift | colspan=2 | ||
| class="table-rh" | colspan=2 | |||
| class="table-rh" | Always-On Display | colspan=2 | ||
| class="table-rh" | HDR Display | colspan=2 | ||
| class="table-rh" | HDR 10 Content | colspan=2 | ||
| class="table-rh" | Dolby Vision | colspan=2 | ||
| class="table-rh" | Dynamic Island | colspan=2 | ||
| class="table-rh" | Taptic | Haptic Touch | ||
| Processor | class="table-rh" | Chip | Apple A17 Pro | |
| class="table-rh" | Technology Node | TSMC N3B (3 nm) | ||
| class="table-rh" | Total Cores | 6 | ||
| class="table-rh" | High Performance Cores | 2 | ||
| class="table-rh" | High Efficiency Cores | 4 | ||
| class="table-rh" | Clock Speed | 3.78 GHz | ||
| class="table-rh" | Bit | 64-bit | ||
| class="table-rh" | Motion Coprocessor | Embedded in SoC | ||
| class="table-rh" | Bus width | 64-bit | ||
| class="table-rh" | Graphics Processor | Seventh generation Apple designed 6-core GPU | ||
| class="table-rh" | Neural Engine | Seventh generation Apple designed 16-core Neural Engine (35 TOPS) | ||
| Storage | 256 GB, 512 GB, 1 TB | 128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB, 1 TB | ||
| Storage Type | NAND Flash driven by NVMe-based controller that communicates over a PCIe connection | |||
| RAM | 8 GB | |||
| RAM Type | LPDDR5 3200 MHz | |||
| Connector | USB-C | |||
| Connectivity | class="table-rh" | Wi-Fi (802.11) | Wi-Fi 6E (802.11a/b/g/n/ac/6) | |
| class="table-rh" | MIMO | colspan=2 | ||
| class="table-rh" | NFC | colspan=2 | ||
| class="table-rh" | Express Cards | colspan=2 | ||
| class="table-rh" | Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.3 | ||
| class="table-rh" | Ultra Wideband chip for spatial awareness | colspan=2 | ||
| class="table-rh" | Cellular | GSM/EDGE/UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA/Gigabit-class LTE/5G (sub-6 GHz and mmWave (US models)) | ||
| class="table-rh" | VoLTE | colspan=2 | ||
| class="table-rh" | Assisted GPS | colspan=2 | ||
| class="table-rh" | GLONASS/GNSS | colspan=2 | ||
| class="table-rh" | BeiDou | colspan=2 | ||
| class="table-rh" rowspan="2" | SIM card form-factor | Dual SIM with one Nano-SIM and one eSIM, supports dual eSIM No physical SIM card form factor in U.S. models | ||
| Dual Nano-SIM in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau | ||||
| Secure Authentication | class="table-rh" | Touch ID | colspan=2 | |
| class="table-rh" | Face ID | colspan=2 | ||
| Safety | class="table-rh" | Emergency SOS | colspan="4" | |
| class="table-rh" | Crash Detection | colspan="2" | ||
| Sensors | class="table-rh" | LiDAR sensor | colspan="2" | |
| class="table-rh" | Proximity sensor | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | Three-axis gyro | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | Accelerometer | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | Ambient Light Sensor | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | Barometer | colspan="2" | ||
| Rear Camera | class="table-rh" | Camera | 48 MP Main 12 MP Ultra Wide 12 MP 2x Telephoto (Enabled by Quad-pixel) 12 MP 5x Telephoto | 48 MP Main 12 MP Ultra Wide 12 MP 2x Telephoto (Enabled by Quad-pixel) 12 MP 3x Telephoto |
| class="table-rh" | Aperture | f/1.78 (Main and 2x Telephoto) f/2.2 (Ultra Wide) f/2.8 (5x Telephoto) | f/1.78 (Main and 2x Telephoto) f/2.2 (Ultra Wide) f/2.8 (3x Telephoto) | |
| class="table-rh" | Pixel Size for Main camera | 1.22 μm (48 MP) 2.44 μm (Quad-pixel 12MP) | ||
| class="table-rh" | Sensor Size for Main camera | 1/1.28" | ||
| class="table-rh" | Optical Image Stabilization | |||
| class="table-rh" | Auto Image Stabilization | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" rowspan="2" | Element Lens | Seven-element lens (Main and 2x Telephoto) | ||
| Six-element lens (Ultra Wide and 5x Telephoto) | Six-element lens (Ultra Wide and 3x Telephoto) | |||
| class="table-rh" | Night Mode | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | Deep Fusion | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | Photonic Engine | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | Apple ProRAW | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | Macro mode | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | Photographic Styles | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | Optical Zoom | 0.5x, 1x, 2x, 5x | 0.5x, 1x, 2x, 3x | |
| class="table-rh" | Digital Zoom | Up to 25x | Up to 15x | |
| class="table-rh" | Autofocus | |||
| class="table-rh" | Panorama | Up to 63 MP | ||
| class="table-rh" | Portrait Mode | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | Portrait Lighting | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | Lens Cover | Sapphire crystal lens cover | ||
| class="table-rh" | Burst Mode | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | Flash | Adaptive True Tone flash | ||
| class="table-rh" | Live Photos | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | Wide Color Capture | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | HDR for photos | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | Video Recording | 4K at 24 fps, 25 fps, 30 fps or 60 fps 1080p HD at 25 fps, 30 fps or 60 fps | ||
| class="table-rh" | Cinematic video recording with shallow depth of field | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | Extended Dynamic Range Video | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | Dolby Vision HDR Video | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | ProRes Video | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | Optical Image Stabilization for Video | |||
| class="table-rh" | Action Mode | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | Optical Video Zoom | 0.5x, 1x, 2x, 5x | 0.5x, 1x, 2x, 3x | |
| class="table-rh" | Digital Video Zoom | Up to 15x | Up to 9x | |
| class="table-rh" | Slow-motion video | 1080p at 120 fps or 240 fps | ||
| class="table-rh" | Audio Zoom | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | QuickTake Video | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | Time-lapse video with stabilization | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | Cinematic video stabilization | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | Stereo Recording | colspan="2" | ||
| Front Camera | class="table-rh" | Camera | 12 MP TrueDepth | |
| class="table-rh" | Aperture | f/1.9 | ||
| class="table-rh" | Autofocus | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | Portrait Mode | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | Portrait Lighting | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | Night mode | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | Deep Fusion | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | Photonic Engine | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | Photographic Styles | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | Animoji and Memoji | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | Live Photos | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | Wide color capture | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | Retina Flash | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | Video Recording | 4K at 24 fps, 25 fps, 30 fps or 60 fps 1080p HD at 25 fps, 30 fps or 60 fps | ||
| class="table-rh" | Slow-motion video | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | Extended Dynamic Range Video | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | Dolby Vision HDR Video | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | ProRes Video | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | HDR for photos | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | Cinematic video stabilization | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | Auto Image Stabilization | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | FaceTime | colspan="2" | ||
| Audio | class="table-rh" | Playback | Spatial Audio | |
| class="table-rh" | Dolby Atmos | colspan="2" | ||
| class="table-rh" | 3.5 mm Jack | colspan="2" | ||
| HAC Rating | M3, T4[21] [22] | |||
| Compatible with Made for iPhone Hearing aids | colspan="2" | |||
| Live Listen | colspan="2" | |||
| Materials | class="table-rh" | Front | Black glass front | |
| class="table-rh" | Back | Glass back | ||
| class="table-rh" | Side | Titanium grade 5 | ||
| Colors | ||||
| Fast Charging | colspan="2" | |||
| Wireless Charging | colspan="2" | |||
| Resistant | colspan="2" | |||
| Dimensions | class="table-rh" | Height | 159.9mm | 146.6mm |
| class="table-rh" | Width | 76.7mm | 70.6mm | |
| class="table-rh" | Depth | 8.25mm | ||
| Weight | 221g | 187g | ||
| Announced Date | September 12, 2023 | |||
| Released Date | September 22, 2023 | |||
| Discontinued Date | In production | |||
| Unsupported Date | Supported | |||
Some owners claimed that their iPhones were suffering from overheating issues,[23] reportedly reaching temperatures as high as .[24] [25] Apple has also said that the phone's titanium frame "does not contribute to the heating issue."[26] In addition, Apple stated the cause of iPhones overheating was a software bug.[27] Apple has attempted to address the overheating issue with iOS 17.0.3.[28]
Some owners have found that power banks designed for USB-C devices are not working correctly with the iPhone. Some banks will not charge the iPhone at all or the iPhone will attempt to charge the power bank instead.[29]
Some owners of BMW vehicles using its wireless charging system with the iPhone have found that the NFC chip in charge of Apple Pay and also digital car keys can stop working correctly.[30] Apple has attempted to fix these issues with iOS 17.1.1 and 17.2.[31]
A durability test video for the iPhone 15 Pro Max showed that the back glass was more prone to cracking after the content creator JerryRigEverything applied pressure on the back glass, which caused it to crack, saying that it was unexpected. A later video, published by the same YouTuber, cited that the possible reason for this was that the back glass is no longer glued to a metal plate, this change, and the hollow spots on the phone may cause the back glass to crack if pressure was applied on those hollow spots, on the durability test video, in some angles, the glass is noticeably caved in to the phone, further proving that it broke due to a hollow spot on the phone. A review by Techable praised the iPhone 15 Pro Max for its exceptional performance and sleek design, noting that despite some concerns about the back glass, the overall user experience remained top-notch. Additional testing by Consumer Reports found that the durability of the iPhone 15 Pro Max was generally excellent, with the back glass not breaking after 50 drops.[32]
The new iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max heavily advertised repairability as being a strong suit as the glue used to secure the back glass is much weaker meaning that a heat plate or gun can soften it without the need of a laser machine, similar to the iPhone 14, and unlike the 14 Pro.
However, a September 2023 report by iFixit found that repairability on the new iPhones was much worse compared to the 14 series due to various software locking issues, forcing people to buy new parts and repair machines specifically by Apple.[33]
GSMarena gave the phone 4.5 out of 5 stars. While its display, camera and speakers were praised, its high price was noted as a weak point.[34] NotebookCheck gave it 91 out of 100 and praised its durability.[35]