Apple’s present flagship iPhone function, the Dynamic Island, is ready to trickle right down to the usual iPhone 15 when the machine launches in September this yr – however now we’re virtually sure that the corporate’s subsequent vanilla iPhone will likely be getting a 48MP foremost digital camera, too.

We’ve truly been listening to this rumor for months, nevertheless it’s now been corroborated by a brand new report – seen by ITHome – which says that Sony has requested chipmaker TSMC to assist it handle extra demanding iPhone orders in gentle of each mannequin within the upcoming iPhone 15 line that includes a 48MP foremost digital camera.

For reference, the usual iPhone 14 encompasses a dual-camera setup comprising a 12MP foremost sensor and a 12MP ultra-wide digital camera. This setup is basically unchanged from the iPhone 13 – save for the upgraded imaging pipeline and bigger aperture measurements contained in the iPhone 14 – so it’s good to listen to that Apple could also be getting ready to present vanilla iPhone followers a tangible motive to contemplate upgrading to the iPhone 15 this yr.

Notably, the iPhone 14 Professional and iPhone 14 Professional Max had been the primary iPhones to get pixel-binning 48MP sensors. In different phrases, they’re able to capturing 12MP photos, with 4 pixels mixed into one efficient bigger pixel, which leads to higher low-light efficiency and coloration constancy.

By the sounds of issues, although, these premium sensors received’t be remaining unique to Apple’s Professional-level iPhones for for much longer, and the addition of a 48MP digital camera on the usual iPhone 15 appears prone to end in a digital camera bump redesign versus the iPhone 14, too. 

That’s to not say the hole between the usual iPhone 15 and its Professional siblings will likely be any smaller than the standard vanilla/Professional divide, although. The iPhone 15 Professional and much-rumored iPhone 15 Extremely are set for some critical digital camera upgrades of their very own come September, with one or each fashions anticipated to function periscope cameras and the most important iPhone digital camera sensors ever. The Extremely may even get a telephoto digital camera with a variable zoom lens. Yikes.

The usual iPhone 15 can also nonetheless lack one of many iPhone 14 Professional’s greatest options. The latter boasts adaptive 1-120Hz refresh fee know-how (dubbed ProMotion) that mechanically adjusts the smoothness of its show to go well with no matter’s taking place on-screen, however the iPhone 15 will reportedly stick to its predecessor’s 60Hz refresh fee. 

Apple’s always-on show performance depends on ProMotion to perform, so it seems like the usual iPhone 15 received’t be getting that function, both. 

That stated, should you’re not fussed by the iPhone 14 Professional’s always-on show performance however just like the look of its Dynamic Island, higher digital camera, and super-fast A16 Bionic processor, then the bottom iPhone 15 might be a less expensive different to Apple’s present flagship handset.