【Mobile China】At 1 a.m. Beijing time on September 13, the 2023 Apple Fall Conference officially opened. At this conference, Apple brought you a new Apple Watch that supports gesture control and the latest generation of iPhone, but there is no doubt that the iPhone 15 is the highlight of this conference.
Familiar taste, different recipes
Like last year, this year's iPhone 15 series is still composed of iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, and the screen size is still 6.1 inches and 6.7 inches.
In terms of appearance, the author believes that the new iPhone 15 series can be described by a familiar taste and different recipes. The familiar taste refers to the overall ID design that continues the advantages of the previous generation, while the different recipes refer to the details that are very different.
The first is the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus two models, both with a smart island design, no longer the previous generation of Liu Haiping. It can be said that it has completed the "great unification" of the front panel of the same generation of products. In addition, in terms of screen brightness, these two products regularly have 1600 nits of brightness, and can excite 2000 nits of brightness in sunlight, which is twice that of the previous generation iPhone 14.
In terms of the back panel, iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus have a new color scheme, respectively, pink, yellow, blue and black, which are relatively elegant low saturation colors, which are very small and fresh.
On the more high-end Pro series models, the most obvious change is the use of the same level 5 titanium as the Mars rover as the frame material of the fuselage. This material has two very good qualities, light and sturdy, so the iPhone 15 Pro has become the lightest Pro model to date.
In addition, the Pro series model also has a different change from the digital standard version, that is, the press-type mute key that has long been exposed - in addition to the default mute and ring mode switching, this newly designed button is also given more possibilities, users can give this button a new mission through shortcuts.
Self-developed confidence, performance is still strong
In terms of performance, the self-developed A series chips have always allowed the iPhone to stand out. This time is no exception, the standard version series is equipped with A16 bionic chip, and the Pro series is equipped with the latest 3nm process A17 Pro chip, which is also the industry's first 3nm chip, which built-in a new generation of 6-core driver Pro-level graphics processor allows the iPhone to support hardware-level ray tracing technology, so that it has a better performance in games. At this conference, Apple also used "Honor of Kings", "Native" and "Honkai Star Dome Railway" for demonstrations.
In terms of interface, thousands of calls have come out, the iPhone 15 series uses a USB-C interface, users can finally use only a charger to charge Apple's family bucket, and even iPhone 15 can also charge Apple Watch or AirPods. However, it should be noted that the Pro series uses a new USB controller, so its transmission speed is as high as 10Gb/s, while the standard version still uses USB 2.0, so there is a gap between the transmission speed of the two.
In addition, the iPhone 15 series also supports the satellite SOS emergency call function, and users can also update the location in the app to wait for roadside assistance, but unfortunately, this function is currently unavailable in Chinese mainland.
Regular upgraded image functions, more intelligent portrait mode
For Apple, imaging has always been its specialty, especially in video recording, which is unparalleled in the industry. The standard version has been upgraded from the previous generation of 12 million pixels main camera to 48 million, with higher resolution and larger sensors, so the iPhone 15 series has increased the lossless zoom effect by 2 times, which is a significant improvement for a dual-camera digital series.
In addition, the improvement of the portrait mode of the iPhone 15 series is visible to the naked eye, and now there is no need to manually switch portrait mode. When the subject is a person or a pet of a dog or cat, iPhone automatically captures depth information. Users can immediately choose to generate a portrait photo with a beautiful bokeh background, or adjust the portrait effect in the photo app after shooting.
In this product, the author believes that the image function of the Pro series is the most improved. Among them, the Pro is the same as the Max's main and wide-angle lenses, but the Pro's new 77mm equivalent focal length lens and Pro Max's 120mm equivalent focal length lens give users more shooting options.
Just like Apple officially said - 3 lenses give you the experience of 7 lenses, including macro, 13mm, 24mm, 28mm, 35mm, 48mm and 120mm different focal lengths. In addition, in order to prevent glare during shooting, an anti-reflective coating has been added to all series.
Write at the end
In the author's opinion, the newly released iPhone 15 full series, the Pro series is more worth starting, the digital series has relatively few changes, only to 48 million pixels of the main camera and upgrade to Spirit Island and other obvious upgrades and improvements.
The new Pro series, due to the addition of a new material - titanium, makes the Pro series stronger at the same time, but also becomes lighter, which is a good choice for some users who like a large screen but are afraid of more "burden" with their little fingers. In addition, the A17 Pro, the industry's first 3nm chip equipped with the Pro series, successfully supports hardware-level ray tracing technology, coupled with the image function of multifocal lenses, presumably this Pro series will be more popular than the digital series.