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Reportedly, the iPhone 15 series might launch on September 12, featuring various upgrades from last year’s iPhone 14 lineup. Speculators suggest that the Cupertino giant could replace the traditional Lightning port with a USB Type-C port for the rumored iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, and iPhone 15 Pro Max, in order to comply with upcoming EU regulations set to take effect next year. This transition to a modern port might bring faster charging speeds to the upcoming iPhone units. A new leak suggests that the iPhone 15 series will support fast charging at up to 35W.
A report by 9to5Mac, citing unnamed industry sources, states that some models of the iPhone 15 series will come with up to 35W charging speed. This would be a significant improvement over the existing models. The outgoing iPhone 14 Pro supports up to 27W fast charging, while the vanilla iPhone 14 offers up to 20W fast charging.
Apple released a new 35W power adapter with dual USB Type-C ports last year. If the leaked information is accurate, the company could advertise this adapter or the 30W MacBook Air charger for the upcoming iPhone 15 models. As the company is looking to widen the gap between the regular and Pro models, this new 35W charging speed could be limited for the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max.
Industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo earlier claimed that iPhone 15 series would support faster charging speeds via the USB Type-C port with some company-certified cables. According to Kuo, Apple will optimise the fast-charging performance of MFi (Made For iPhone) chargers for the iPhone 15 models.
Anticipation surrounds Apple’s announcement of the iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, and iPhone 15 Pro Max models scheduled for Tuesday, September 12. Pre-orders for the new handsets could begin on September 22.
Rumors suggest that the iPhone 15 series will introduce the Dynamic Island feature across all handsets this year, a feature currently limited to the iPhone 14 Pro models. Analysts expect the Pro models to operate on an Apple A17 Bionic SoC, paired with 6GB of LPDDR5 RAM. Sources indicate that the base model will include 256GB storage, while the top-end variant could offer up to 2TB. The vanilla iPhone 15 and the iPhone 15 Plus could run on an A16 Bionic chip.
