The iPhone 15 Professional rumors have been coming thick and quick of late, with the newest leak seemingly corroborating lots of the design adjustments we’ve been listening to about in 2023. 

Whereas a sequence of unofficial iPhone 15 Professional renders just lately gave us our greatest look but at Apple’s subsequent flagship handset, an alleged iPhone 15 Professional dummy – posted to Chinese language social media platform Douyin (opens in new tab) – has now provided a hands-on peek on the anticipated successor to the wonderful iPhone 14 Professional. 

As first noticed by PhoneArena (opens in new tab), the mock-up of the Professional-level iPhone 15 teases a USB-C port, barely curved edges and a unified rocker-style quantity button; three design components that earlier rumors have advised are coming to the iPhone 15 Professional. 

We had been all however sure, for example, that the iPhone 15 Professional will arrive bearing solid-state (i.e. non-physical) buttons, and this new dummy mannequin does certainly seem to function quantity, mute and energy buttons that would conceivably be haptic, reasonably than mechanical. 

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The presence of a USB-C port on the iPhone 15 Professional now appears a formality, too. The EU has advised Apple that it wants so as to add USB-C charging ports to iPhones from 2024 onwards, however this dummy mannequin – mixed with earlier leaked images exhibiting an iPhone 15 Professional with a USB-C port – suggests the corporate will likely be making the change in 2023. 

Since this mock-up is probably going meant for iPhone 15 Professional case producers, there are a handful of function rumors it doesn’t – or reasonably can’t – corroborate. For instance, we’re anticipating the iPhone 15 Professional to boast show bezels which might be a lot thinner than these on the iPhone 14 Professional, however the mannequin in query options no distinguishable show markings. 

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As for what different options is perhaps coming to the iPhone 15 Professional (and the much-rumored iPhone 15 Extremely), we’re listening to {that a} chip improve – doubtless within the type of an A17 Bionic – will likely be made unique to Apple’s most costly iPhones, with current leaks hinting that this processor might make the iPhone 15 Professional as quick as an M1 MacBook. The iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus, in contrast, are anticipated to inherit final yr’s A16 Bionic.

A titanium body and periscope digital camera have additionally been touted as arriving with the iPhone 15 Extremely, which appears to be like set to take the place of an iPhone 15 Professional Max.

It is value noting that Apple could also be getting ready to maneuver to eSIM in international locations exterior the US for the iPhone 15 line, with eSIMs reportedly coming to the subsequent era of Apple’s finest iPhones in France. That is large information for all potential iPhone 15 consumers exterior of the US. Apple usually sells the identical iPhone fashions throughout most of Europe, which means SIM card-less iPhone 15s may be coming to the UK, Eire, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal and lots of different international locations.

We’re anticipating Apple to formally raise the lid on its iPhone 15 line in September, however we’ll be staying abreast of all the newest iPhone 15 information, rumors and leaks within the coming months.