We don’t have to wait too long anymore to see what Apple will do with the iPhone 14. The company is expected to unveil the iPhone 14 series at an event in early September, but several reports suggest that some of the innovations we’ve been waiting for for the iPhone 14 will appear on the iPhone 15.
According to news from the supply chain, Apple’s business partner TSMC will begin production of 3nm chips before the end of the year. These chips, which will be produced, including the A17 Bionic processor, which we expect to power at least some of the iPhone 15 models, are a sign that the transition to the new fabrication process will take place in the next generation. Since the iPhone 12, Apple has been using 5nm chips in its phones.
So what does nanometer drop mean? Fewer nanometers means a higher level of performance with less power consumption and better battery life in the same physical space. Despite rumors that the iPhone 14 will switch to a 3nm chip, it looks like it will continue the 5nm tradition.
USB-C Coming!
In addition to the transition to 3nm and the associated performance increase, the iPhone 15 may also come with a USB-C port instead of Lightning. Again, this is something that was said before for the iPhone 14 but seems unlikely for this year.
According to AppleInsider, India is the latest country to consider introducing a regulation that would standardize electronic chargers, and that likely means Apple should adopt USB-C in its iPhones as well as in its iPads and Macs.
European governments are also making statements about this kind of standardization, and it’s very possible that Apple will want to avoid any decision by switching to USB-C on the iPhone as soon as possible… That could be September 2023. So we can see the iPhone 15 with USB-C.
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