Apple iPhone 15 Pro

Design and Build

Apple iPhone 15 Pro measures 146.6 x 70.6 x 8.3 mm, weighs 187g, and comes in several finishes:

• Black Titanium
• White Titanium
• Blue Titanium
• Natural Titanium colours.

Its body is made of a Glass front (Corning-made glass), glass back (Corning-made glass), and titanium frame (grade 5). Overall, the Titanium design, ceramic shield front, and textured matte glass back make the iPhone 15 Pro stand out in class, elegance and uniqueness. The phone is designed with aerospace-grade titanium that’s strong yet lightweight to deliver Apple’s lightest Pro models ever. The new design also features contoured edges and a customizable Action button, allowing users to personalize their iPhone experience.

Water Resistance

Apple iPhone 15 is splash, water and dust resistant. It is Rated IP68 (maximum depth of 6 meters up to 30 minutes) under IEC standard 60529.

Display

iPhone 15 Pro features a:

• Super Retina XDR display
• 6.1‑inches (diagonal) all-screen OLED display
• 2556‑by‑1179-pixel resolution at 460 ppi

The iPhone 15 Pro display has rounded corners that follow a beautiful curved design, and these corners are within a standard rectangle. When measured as a classic rectangular shape, the screen is 6.12 inches diagonally (the actual viewable area is less). This new design highlights the Super Retina XDR display with Always-On and ProMotion technologies for an exceptional viewing experience.

Specifically, the display on the Pro Model from Apple features:

• a Dynamic Island
• Always-On display
• ProMotion technology with adaptive refresh rates up to 120Hz
• Ceramic Shield Glass
• HDR display
• True Tone
• Wide color (P3)
• Haptic Touch
• 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio (typical)
• 1000 nits max brightness (typical); 1600 nits peak brightness (HDR); 2000 nits peak brightness (outdoor)
• Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
• Support for the display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously.

Apple iPhone 15’s Camera Setup & Performance

Camera Set up

• Selfie Camera:
  • Single, 12 MP, f/1.9, 23mm (wide), 1/3.6″, PDAF, OIS
  • SL 3D, (depth/biometrics sensor)
  • Features: HDR, Cinematic mode (4K@24/30fps)
  • Video Recording Capabilities: 4K@24/25/30/60fps, 1080p@25/30/60/120fps, gyro-EIS
• Main Camera:
  • 48 MP, f/1.8, 24mm (wide), 1/1.28″, 1.22µm, dual pixel PDAF, sensor-shift OIS
  • 12 MP, f/2.8, 77mm (telephoto), 1.0µm, PDAF, OIS, 3x optical zoom
  • 12 MP, f/2.2, 13mm, 120˚ (ultrawide), 1/2.55″, 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF
  • TOF 3D LiDAR scanner (depth)
  • Features: Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR (photo/panorama)
  • Video Capture Capabilities: 4K@24/25/30/60fps, 1080p@25/30/60/120/240fps, 10-bit HDR, Dolby Vision HDR (up to 60fps), ProRes, Cinematic mode (4K@24/30fps), 3D (spatial) video, stereo sound rec.

Camera System Built for More Creative Control

Incredible Image Quality Capture

Through a deep integration of hardware and software, the advanced camera systems on iPhone 15 Pro pack the equivalent of seven pro lenses — all enabled by A17 Pro. With the power of computational photography, the 48MP Main camera gives you even more flexibility with a new 24MP super-high-resolution default, offering incredible image quality at a practical file size ideal for storing and sharing. The Main camera allows users to switch between three popular focal lengths — 24 mm, 28 mm, and 35 mm — and choose one as a new default. In addition to 48MP ProRAW, the Main camera supports 48MP HEIF images with 4x more resolution. iPhone 15 Pro features an expansive 3x Telephoto camera. It is excellent for close-ups, wildlife photos, and catching the action from further distances.

Next Generation Portraits on the iPhone 15 Pro

Next-generation portraits on iPhone 15 Pro feature sharper detail, more vivid colors, and better low-light performance. You can now take portraits without having to switch to Portrait mode. When a person, dog, or cat is in the frame, or when a user taps to focus, your new phone automatically captures depth information; thus, you can turn photos into stunning portraits later in the Photos app on iPhone, iPad, or Mac. Users can also adjust the focus point after taking the photo for greater creative control.

Additional Benefits

Additional features that benefit all cameras on iPhone 15 Pro include:

• Night mode gets better with sharper details and more vivid colors, now powered by the Photonic Engine, including Night mode portraits, enabled by the LiDAR scanner.

• New Smart HDR captures subjects and the background with more true-to-life renderings of skin tones while ensuring photos have brighter highlights, richer mid-tones, and deeper shadows when viewed in the Photos app. This advanced HDR rendering is also available to third-party apps, so images can look even better when shared online.

• The best quality video in a smartphone is upgraded thanks to A17 Pro, with low-light video and Action mode improvements. Recording 4K videos is smooth and easy, like a breeze.

iPhone 15 Pro Best for Creatives and Pros

Creative pros and filmmakers prefer the iPhone 15 Pro and others in the Pro range. It gets even better with new pro workflows. You can get up to 20x faster transfer speeds with an optional USB 3 cable. iPhone and third-party solutions like Capture One also help photographers create a pro studio, allowing them to shoot and instantly transfer 48MP ProRAW images from iPhone to Mac. ProRes video can be recorded directly to external storage, enabling higher recording options up to 4K at 60 fps and greater flexibility on set when using the iPhone as the main camera. iPhone 15 Pro also introduces a new option for Log encoding. It is the first smartphone in the world to support ACES, the Academy Color Encoding System, a global standard for color workflows.

iPhone 15 Pro Performance

All Action Button

The all-new Action button replaces the single-function switch used to toggle between ring and silent, offering additional options so users can choose between quickly accessing the camera or flashlight, activating Voice Memos, Focus modes, Translate, and accessibility features like Magnifier, or using Shortcuts for more options. A press-and-hold gesture with fine-tuned haptic feedback and visual cues in Dynamic Island ensures the new button launches the intended action.

Chipset

Bringing pro performance and capabilities, the iPhone 15 Pro is powered by A17 Pro, the industry’s first 3-nanometer chip. Continuing Apple’s leadership in smartphone silicon, the A17 Pro improves the entire chip, including the most extensive GPU redesign in Apple’s history. The new CPU is up to 10% faster with microarchitectural and design improvements, and the Neural Engine is now up to 2x faster, powering features like autocorrect and Personal Voice in iOS 17. The pro-class GPU is up to 20% quicker and unlocks entirely new experiences, featuring a new 6-core design that increases peak performance and energy efficiency.

Great for High Setting Games

Now, with hardware-accelerated ray tracing —4x faster than software-based ray tracing — the iPhone 15 Pro offers smoother graphics and more immersive AR applications and gaming experiences. iPhone 15 Pro brings true-to-life gaming to the palm of users’ hands with console titles never before seen on a smartphone, like Resident Evil Village, Resident Evil, Death Stranding, and Assassin’s Creed Mirage. A17 Pro includes a dedicated AV1 decoder, enabling more efficient, high-quality video experiences for streaming services.

Operating System

The iPhone 15 iPhone Pro, like the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, features iOS 17, making it even more personal and intuitive with new features:

Phone App

The Phone app gets significant updates, with Contact Posters that allow you to customize how they appear to their contacts and Live Voicemail. This leverages the power of A17 Pro on the iPhone 15 Pro to see real-time on-device transcription as someone leaves a voicemail. Users can even pick up the call while the caller leaves a message.

Messaging

Messaging gets a new stickers experience, more powerful search, transcription of audio messages, and Check-In, which allows you to automatically notify friends and family when they have made it to their destination safely.

AirDrop

NameDrop gives you a new way to use AirDrop to quickly share contact information by bringing two iPhone devices together. The same gesture can be used to AirDrop content and more, and now you can step away from other Apple phone users and finish sending large files over the internet.

Standby

StandBy gives you a customizable full-screen experience with glanceable information designed to be viewed from a distance when the iPhone is on its side and charging. With the Always-On display of the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro, StandBy stays on to show helpful information — perfect on a desk, nightstand, or kitchen counter.

Widgets

Interactive widgets on the Home Screen, Lock Screen, and in StandBy allow you to take action with a tap, making it easy to complete a to-do, play, or pause a song right from the widget.

Safari

Safari adds excellent protection for Private Browsing and introduces profiles, helping you separate your browsing for topics like work and personal.

Many more updates on the iPhone 15 Pro

Essentially, iOS 17 delivers many more updates, including Journal, a new app that helps iPhone users reflect and practice gratitude through journaling; improvements to autocorrect and Dictation that make entering text faster and easier than ever before; password and passkey sharing with iCloud Keychain, and much more.

Memory

Like other iPhone models, the Apple iPhone 15 Pro lacks the memory slot for additional memory. Nevertheless, its massive internally built memory provides unlimited options for storing files and documents. Depending on the model’s variant, you can make use of;

• 128GB 8GB RAM
• 256GB 8GB RAM
• 512GB 8GB RAM
• 1TB 8GB RAM

NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) that features on the iPhone 15 Pro is a communications interface and driver that helps increase efficiency in performance and use of the space memory.

Connectivity and Communication

Apple’s Pro phone is 5G enabled. It supports GSM/CDMA/ HSPA/EVDO/LTE/5G Network Technology. Moreover, it supports 2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G network bandwidths. You will undoubtedly enjoy fast uploading and downloading of data with its HSPA, LTE-A, 5G, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps Network Speeds.

Connectivity

Besides reliable network connectivity, the iPhone 15 offers other equally incredible connectivity options. They include:

• WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, hotspot
• Bluetooth Pairing: 5.3, A2DP, LE
• Positioning: GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS, QZSS
• NFC: Yes, supported.
• USB: USB Type-C 2.0, DisplayPort

Audio Output

The phone comes installed with stereo speakers. As expected, the phone’s audio output is always high quality and uncompromised. However, this is expected; the iPhone 15 does not support FM Radio and has no 3.5mm jack port. You must use the USB Type C or BT pairing to enjoy your music or videos on your headsets or earpieces.

Sensors

Several sensors are installed on the smartphone for easier handling and communication. They include:

• Face ID
• Accelerometer
•  Gyro
• proximity
• compass
• barometer
• Ultra-Wideband 2 (UWB) support
• Emergency SOS via satellite (SMS sending/receiving)

Battery and Charging

Powering the iPhone 15 Pro is a Li-Ion, non-removable battery. It offers better power compared to the iPhone 15:

• Video playback: Up to 23 hours
• Video playback (streamed): Up to 20 hours
• Audio playback: Up to 75 hours

To recharge, you can opt for:

• Wired, 1-50% in 30 min with 20W adapter
• 15W wireless (MagSafe)
• 5W wireless (Qi)

Pros and Cons of iPhone 15 Pro

Pros

• Runs on 5G Network connectivity
• Unique design and finishing
• Features USB-C port AND uses USB-C instead of Lightning
• USB-C port that offers USB 3 transfer speeds up to 10Gb/s
• Installed with A17 Pro chip, which is more potent than A15, A17 chips
• High resolution, Super Retina XDR Display
• Display protected by Ceramic Shield glass, always on display.
• High 120 Hz refresh rate
• The customizable Action button that can be set to multiple functions
• Dynamic Island for visual feedback
• Powerful camera set-up
• Captures 4K Videos
• Improved portrait capabilities
• Telephoto and optical zoom lenses supported
• 6-core GPU and dedicated AV1 decoder allow for playing high-setting video games such as Assassins Creed and more streamlined video streaming
• Stronger battery power with up to 75 hours of audio playback time and 23 hours of video playback time.
• Supports fast charging and wireless charging

Cons

• Highly-priced
• Less robust cameras compared to the Apple 15 Pro Max version
• Slower USB-C speeds with USB Type-C 2.0
• No 3.5mm jack port
• Does not support additional memory via MicroSD.

Alternative Handsets to iPhone 15 Pro

• Apple iPhone 15 Plus
• Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
• Google Pixel 7 Pro
• Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra