'iPhone 15 Pro' and 'iPhone 15 Pro Max' are now available, more elegant with titanium frames

At the new product announcement event held by Apple on September 13, 2023, the `` iPhone 15 Pro '' and `` iPhone 15 Pro Max '' were announced.

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The iPhone 15 Pro, the higher-end model of the iPhone 15, was also announced.

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Volume switching becomes action button

There are three cameras on the back.

The glass material is also said to be 'the most durable in the industry.'

The iPhone 15 Pro has a 6.1-inch display, the iPhone 15 Pro Max has a 6.7-inch display,

The titanium body is strong and sturdy, and is made from grade 5 titanium, an alloy that has even higher tensile strength than pure titanium. In addition, it seems that it has achieved the thinnest outer frame in iPhone history, which allows the iPhone to be made smaller without changing the display size.

The body of the iPhone 15 Pro is made of the same alloy used in the Mars rover.

The outer frame is titanium and the inner frame is aluminum, and the two frames are joined together using a thermo-mechanical process called an 'industry-first innovation.'

The internal frame is 100% recycled aluminum.

The sides are brushed.

The coding is said to be done with nanometer level precision.

Available in 4 colors: black titanium, white titanium, blue titanium, and natural titanium.

The new structural frame makes it easier to replace the glass on the back.

The iPhone 15 Pro replaces the 'Call/Silent switch' on the side of previous iPhones with a customizable action button.

By long pressing the action button, you can switch between incoming and silent calls. Furthermore, haptic feedback tailored to each condition can also be obtained.

Action buttons can correspond to various shortcuts.

For example, you can immediately start and record voice memos on the spot.

You can also start the camera instantly.

Shortcuts using action buttons can be set in the Shortcuts app.

Standby will be introduced in iOS 17. The display is always on and can function as a clock that displays various information while charging.

Furthermore, the iPhone 15 Pro is equipped with the A17 Pro chip, which significantly improves performance.

The A17 Pro chip is a chip developed for the iPhone 15 Pro and uses the industry's first 3nm process.

Number of transistors is 19 billion

The CPU has a total of 6 cores: 4 high-efficiency cores + 2 high-performance cores. 'High-performance cores are up to 10% faster, and high-efficiency cores deliver three times the performance per watt of competitive products. The A17 Pro has the fastest single-threaded performance of any smartphone,' Apple says. doing.

In addition, the Neural Engine is said to be up to 2x faster with machine learning models and can perform up to 35 trillion operations per second. This allows things like auto-correcting typing and auto-creating audio to be done on your device instead of in the cloud.

Of course, the A17 Pro is equipped with a ProRes codec, as well as a display engine that enables ProMotion and always-on display.

Furthermore, it is said that a dedicated AV1 decoder is installed.

Also, like the iPhone 15, the iPhone 15 Pro has switched from Lightning to USB-C.

Therefore, the A17 Pro is newly equipped with a USB controller that can support USB 3 transfer speeds of up to 10Gbps.

Compared to Lightning communication, the transfer speed is 20 times faster.

The architecture of the 6-core GPU has been updated.

GPU performance is up to 20% faster at peak times.

Advances in GPUs have improved performance, run complex apps, and added new rendering capabilities.

Additionally, the game's graphical rendering has been improved, including mesh shading and ray tracing.

The A17 Pro can draw beautiful graphics with hardware ray tracing, which is said to be four times faster than the software-based ray tracing on the A16 Bionic. This combines GPU performance with the Neural Engine to achieve high-quality graphics with less power consumption.

It has an HDR display and supports variable refresh rate.

Furthermore, by supporting game controllers, Apple emphasized that the iPhone has high performance as a game console.

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It was also announced that ``Assassin's Creed Mirage,'' which will be released on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S in October 2023, will be released for iPhone 15 Pro in early 2024.

Next, let's talk about the iPhone 15 Pro's camera.

There are three rear cameras. The main camera is 48 million pixels, focal length 24mm, f/1.78. The lens has a new nanoscale coating to reduce lens flare, which improves performance in low light conditions such as portrait and night modes.

In addition to 48 million pixel ProRAW shooting, it is now possible to shoot in HEIF, giving you four times the resolution than before.

Also, ultra-high resolution will be added to the main camera by default.

Portrait mode gives you control over focus and depth, and doubles your low-light performance.

By using a LiDAR scanner, you can take beautiful portraits even in night mode.

In addition, it enables photos with a wider dynamic range.

The telephoto camera on the iPhone 15 Pro has a 3x optical zoom, 77nm focal length, and f/2.8, making it perfect for portrait photography.

In addition, the telephoto camera of the iPhone 15 Pro Max has a 5x optical zoom and a focal length of 120 mm, and the sensor is 25% larger than the previous generation iPhone 14 Pro Max.

Below are photos actually taken with the telephoto camera of iPhone 15 Pro Max.

The iPhone 15 Pro's telephoto camera reflects light four times within the glass structure, and when combined with OIS and an autofocus 3D sensor shift module that moves in all three directions, the telephoto camera reflects light up to 10,000 times per second. It is said that adjustments can be made.

The ultra-wide-angle camera, which can also be used for macro photography, has a focal length of 13mm and f2.2.

A photo actually taken with the iPhone 15 Pro's ultra-wide-angle camera looks like this.

With the iPhone 15 Pro Max, it is possible to shoot with a 10x optical zoom range of focal length 13 mm to 120 mm.

iPhone 15 Pro uses a USB-C connector and a new USB controller to achieve transfer speeds of up to 10Gbps. Therefore, you can immediately transfer the photos and movies you take to your Mac.

Additionally, you will now be able to record ProRes movies directly to external storage drives.

In addition, it is possible to shoot in ProRes 4K at up to 60fps.

The iPhone 15 Pro will be the world's first smartphone that supports the ACES standard, a free and open color management standard. This means that the iPhone 15 Pro has performance that is better suited for professional film production.

The iPhone 15 Pro will also be equipped with features compatible with Apple's AR headset, Vision Pro.

That means you will be able to shoot spatial videos using the main camera and the ultra-wide-angle camera.

Spatial videos can be viewed with Apple Vision Pro to give you a sense of depth.

This is iPhone 15 Pro.

The prices of iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max are as follows.
・iPhone 15 Pro
128GB: 159,800 yen including tax
256GB: 174,800 yen including tax
512GB: 204,800 yen including tax
1TB: 234,800 yen including tax
・iPhone 15 Pro Max
256GB: 189,800 yen including tax
512GB: 219,800 yen including tax
1TB: 249,800 yen including tax

Pre-orders for the iPhone 15 series begin on Friday, September 15, 2023.

The release date is Friday, September 22, 2023. It was also announced that 6TB and 12TB plans will be added to iCloud+.

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