If in case you have a telephone within the iPhone 14 vary and have been hoping to make use of the identical case for an equal iPhone 15 mannequin, then you definitely may be out of luck, because it appears present instances gained’t match many of the upcoming telephones.

That’s going by a check carried out by Japanese website Macotakara (opens in new tab) (by way of 9to5Mac (opens in new tab)), which acquired some iPhone 15 collection dummy models from retail website Alibaba and tried to place them in instances designed for iPhone 14 fashions.

What it discovered – as you may see within the video beneath – was that, attributable to barely bigger digicam housings in some instances, and round 1mm of additional dimension to a few of the our bodies, the instances principally didn’t match. Within the case of the iPhone 15 Professional and iPhone 15 Professional Max dummy models, the quantity buttons have been additionally a barely completely different form, rendering the instances a poor match.

We’ve beforehand heard that these fashions may get a single, solid-state quantity button, so that might account for the change right here. We’ve additionally beforehand heard that the digicam housing might be bigger for at the least some fashions this 12 months, so this check traces up with current leaks.

The one iPhone 15 mannequin that seemingly will match its predecessor’s instances is the iPhone 15 Plus, as that has no change in dimensions or digicam block dimension. That mentioned, these dummy models do present the anticipated swap to USB-C ports for each iPhone 15 mannequin, so some current instances could not have the proper dimension cut-out for that.

Macotakara additionally examined these dummy models with display screen protectors for iPhone 14 collection telephones, and located that these seemingly gained’t work with any iPhone 15 models.

Within the case of the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus, that’s no shock, since they’re extensively rumored to be switching from a notch to a Dynamic Island. However within the case of the iPhone 15 Professional and iPhone 15 Professional Max, it’s reportedly as a result of the screens are marginally smaller than earlier than. We’d hazard a guess that this may be right down to smaller bezels, which have beforehand been leaked.

Evaluation: are you able to belief these dummy models?

Whereas there are some fascinating particulars right here, we’d take all of this with a pinch of salt. Macotakara itself is a good website with an inexpensive observe document for leaks, however we will’t converse to the standard of the dummy models.

Typically, dummy models can be fairly correct, as they’re generally based mostly on official info offered to accent makers to assist them design equipment earlier than a telephone’s launch. However generally they’ll merely be based mostly on leaks and rumors.

And even when these designers are working off actual info, who is aware of how exactly the instances may have been constructed? On this case, we’re solely speaking 1mm variations between the upcoming telephones and the iPhone 14 line, so it’s attainable that the dummy models simply aren’t fairly exact sufficient.

Nonetheless, the outcomes Macotakara got here up with are largely in step with earlier leaks, so these might be correct fashions of the iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Professional, and iPhone 15 Professional Max (or iPhone 15 Extremely because it may be referred to as).