Apple’s iPhone 15 Professional Max may simply have the thinnest bezels ever seen on a smartphone, if a brand new rumor seems to be right.

This declare has been floated by Ice Universe (opens in new tab), a widely known leaker on Twitter, who reckons that the bezel width of the iPhone 15 Professional Max will likely be 1.55mm.

iPhone 15 Professional Max will break the report of 1.81mm bezel black edge held by Xiaomi 13, and we measure that its cowl plate black bezel width is just one.55 mm.（S22 and S23 ≈1.95mm，iPhone 14 Professional 2.17mm） pic.twitter.com/9TBrVCGSCoMarch 17, 2023

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As Ice Universe factors out, that compares to the present report holder for the thinnest show bezels, which is the Xiaomi 13 at 1.81mm – a undeniable fact that helps make that handset look very slick certainly.

MacRumors (opens in new tab), which noticed the tweet, clarifies that the Xiaomi 13 really has 1.61mm bezels on three sides – it’s 1.81mm on the underside edge solely – however at any fee, Apple remains to be set to finest both measurement (in principle).

If the 1.55mm bezel width involves fruition, taking into consideration that the iPhone 14 Professional is 2.17mm, that’ll imply Apple may have slimmed down its smartphone by virtually 30%, no imply feat.

This actually wouldn’t hurt the iPhone 15 Professional Max’s quest to look much more premium, and it’ll probably make for some good bragging rights to stay in advertising supplies.

The supply is a comparatively dependable one right here, and naturally, we’ve already heard from the rumor mill that each iPhone 15 Professional fashions may get thinner bezels (with curved edges), which lends weight to this hypothesis.

Evaluation: A severely good wanting handset – however at what price?

Assuming that is Apple’s intention, bezels which can be practically a 3rd slimmer – and certainly, the thinnest on the earth – will clearly make for a PR promoting level, as talked about. However do we actually want this?

That’s a reasonably subjective factor. Some could fret over whether or not extremely trim bezels may not assistance on the fragility entrance. Others could really feel that the iPhone already has fairly svelte bezels, and that it is a unnecessary ‘improve’. To be honest to Apple, although, slimming down the bezels to virtually a vanishing level degree will seemingly increase the aesthetic enchantment when it comes to premium expectations. And right here’s the place we get a bit nervous that this could possibly be tied up in matching premium pricing.

Just lately, buzz from the grapevine has indicated that Apple intends to extend the value tags on the iPhone 15 Professional and iPhone 15 Professional Max (which, a minimum of within the US, could be the primary value hike for Apple’s top-end handsets for the reason that iPhone X debuted method again in 2017).

And this information of a record-breaking show, bezel-wise, is one other trace that the invoice of supplies for the iPhone 15 Professional fashions goes to be pushed up – and that the retail price ticket may comply with that lead.

Different rumors that time to the premium nature of the iPhone 15 Professional Max’s show embrace hypothesis that it’d use a next-gen Samsung panel which could possibly be super-bright and severely prime quality. And moreover, we’ve been listening to a couple of method speedier A17 Bionic SoC, extra RAM (8GB, up from 6GB) for the iPhone 15 Professional variations, plus a periscope digital camera (for higher optical zoom). Oh, and there’s the small matter of that titanium body additionally weighing in to extend manufacturing prices…

So, the value of the iPhone 15 Professional fashions is about to go up? Sure, we are able to imagine that, notably when you think about the specter of inflation, and the truth that there’s been no value motion on the high-end for Apple’s smartphones in six years (within the US, anyway).

Certainly, the extra we hear on the grapevine about Apple pushing for this new function, or jazzing up this or that aspect of the chassis or show or digital camera, the extra plainly a value hike is beginning to look not simply seemingly, however just about inevitable, a minimum of for Professional variations of the next-gen iPhone. The vanilla flavors could also be a distinct story – however both method, we’ll virtually actually want to attend till September to seek out out.