It’s Apple’s biggest event of the year! The company officially announced the new iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus alongside the Pro models. While the Pro models are getting those new features, Apple also upgraded the vanilla models this year.
Both phones now feature a USB-C port, we all know why Apple has to make this switch, and the Dynamic Island from last year’s Pro models has also made it to the non-Pro iPhones.
Available in 6.1-inch and 6.7-inch display sizes, both phones feature a screen with up to 2,000 nits peak outdoor brightness, a textured matte finish, a contoured edge on the aluminum frame, “all-day battery life”, and five new colors. Both phones are powered by last year’s A16 Bionic chipset, which is a way of differentiating between the Pro and non-Pro models.
The main camera is now a 48MP sensor, it’s a smaller sensor than the iPhone 15 Pro models and even last year’s Pro models. Apple says it can shoot 2x telephoto shots that are “optical-quality”. Additionally, the main camera now shoots 24MP photos by default, offering incredible image quality at a practical file size ideal for storing and sharing.
Other camera improvements include portraits with sharper detail, more vivid colors, and improved low-light performance. You can now take portraits without having to switch to Portrait mode. When there’s a person, dog, or cat in the frame, or when a user taps to focus, it automatically captures depth information, so you can turn photos into stunning portraits later in the Photos app on iPhone, iPad, or Mac. Night mode and Smart HDR have been improved as well.
The new iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus will be available for pre-order on September 22 and will be released on September 29. Both phones will be available in Blue, Pink, Yellow, Green, and Black, pricing as below:
iPhone 15
- 128GB: RM4,399
- 256GB: RM4,899
- 512GB: RM5,899
iPhone 15 Plus
- 128GB: RM4,899
- 256GB: RM5,399
- 512GB: RM6,399