Any iPhone with Extremely within the identify was all the time going to be costly, and so it comes as no shock to listen to that the rumored iPhone 15 Extremely may cost much more than the iPhone 14 Professional Max.

That’s in accordance with LeaksApplePro – a leaker with a decent monitor report – who, writing for HowToiSolve (opens in new tab), claimed the iPhone 15 Extremely may begin at as much as $1,299. Costs for different areas weren’t offered, however Apple at present sells the 512GB iPhone 14 Professional for that value, and it elsewhere prices £1,429 / AU$2,249, so these costs would probably apply right here too.

For comparability, the iPhone 14 Professional Max begins at $1,099 / £1,199 / AU$1,899, so this may imply a beginning value enhance of $200 / £230 / AU$350.

It won’t be fairly that dangerous, although, with a beginning value as little as $1,199 (probably translating to £1,309 / AU$2,099) talked about as essentially the most optimistic risk, however even that’s considerably greater than the worth the iPhone 14 Professional Max begins at.

So how would Apple justify this value hike? A part of the reason being merely inflation, in accordance with LeaksApplePro, however on high of that this cellphone may have quite a lot of upgrades not seen in the remainder of the iPhone 15 line, together with a titanium body, a dual-lens selfie digicam, and a beginning storage capability of 256GB.

All of this can reportedly result in manufacturing prices that might be round $90 larger than these for the iPhone 14 Professional Max.

Oddly, the supply additionally claims that the iPhone 15 Extremely may solely be supplied in a single shade – the identical silver shade because the Apple Watch Extremely. They declare that there may be different shades too, however up to now they’ve not seen any proof of these.

We’d add the standard caveat to all of this – that leaks needs to be taken with a pinch of salt, particularly this far out from the iPhone 15’s probably September 2023 launch date, however we’d frankly be stunned if one thing referred to as the iPhone 15 Extremely didn’t price greater than any present fashions.

Evaluation: not as a lot of a value rise as it’d sound

Whereas the iPhone 15 Extremely sounds very costly right here, one element that’s value noting is that it’s going to apparently include upwards of 256GB of storage, which is double the 128GB beginning capability of the iPhone 14 Professional Max.

Go for a 256GB iPhone 14 Professional Max and the worth rises to $1,199 / £1,309 / AU$2,099, which is identical value because the lowest iPhone 15 Extremely estimate right here, and $100 / £120 / AU$150 lower than the best estimate.

So, for comparable storage quantities, the iPhone 15 Extremely won’t really price any greater than the iPhone 14 Professional Max; and if it does then the rise won’t be as nice because it appears at first look. Both means it’s more likely to be probably the most costly non-foldable telephones of 2023.