An Apple insider revealed that the upcoming iPhone 15 will be a game changer, with updates so significant that the 250 million iOS users who haven’t updated in four years will be racing to get one.
Dan Ives, an industry fellow at Wedbush Securities, predicts the new smartphone will have more battery power, better camera technology, a new design, all with a price increase from $100 to $200.
He told DailyMail.com that it’s only a matter of time before Apple moves aggressively into artificial intelligence, and the iPhone 15 could be its springboard.
The managing director believes that the Health app could have artificial intelligence capabilities to improve data collection on heart rate, breathing and sleep.
And there could be a separate app store dedicated to AI-powered apps.
An Apple expert believes that the next iPhone 15 (predicted here) could have artificial intelligence
AI powers Apple’s Siri, but the tech giant has yet to add the technology to other aspects of its devices, putting it behind Google, which added the software to its Pixel cameras.
The software adjusts color balance and lighting to more accurately represent people in photos and sharpens night shots.
Ives is well known in the tech industry for his predictions about Apple and Tesla.
He reported in 2021 that the iPhone 12 would become Apple’s most popular smartphone since the iPhone 6, and he was right.
The iPhone 12 became the best-selling smartphone and the most successful series of Apple.
And Ives hit the nail on the head about a price hike with the iPhone 14: He said it would be $100 more.
It is now placing a lot of emphasis on AI coming to the iPhone 15.
Apple’s step in the AI race
Ives told DailyMail.com that The AI functionality could see a spectacular display in the Health app.
The software is believed to have the power to personalize a user’s workouts and eating plans and track everything from sleep to breathing with better data.
It would do this by tracking your movement, exercise routine, and food intake, which would be used to create a unique plan.
And Apple is also expected to develop AI to track moods by capturing voice and analyzing text messages.
By capturing speech, the software could tell if you’re feeling happy, sad, stressed, and other moods; the same would work with text messages.
“We think it’s a question of when, not if, Apple makes the aggressive move toward AI. [Tim] Cook plays chess while others play checkers,” Ives said.
Cook in the CEO of Apple.
The tech giant is expected to unveil its iPhone 15 in September, as it does with new phone models every year.
The iPhone 14 is priced at $799, but Ives thinks the next phone will be much more expensive.
Here are all the predictions made by Ives and other iPhone 15 rumors circulating the web.
An improved camera with more megapixels for better photos
The expert also predicted that there will be a 20 to 30 percent improvement in the iPhone 15 camera, which means better megapixels.
A 2022 report revealed that 90 percent of people who have taken photos have only done so with a smartphone.
This means that camera quality is at the top of the list and Apple knows this very well.
“We’re hearing there’s a 20 to 30 percent improvement over the iPhone 14,” Ives said.
“This is likely to include megapixels and other capabilities around photos that aren’t even imaginable with the iPhone 14.”
The iPhone 15 is expected to feature the same dual-sensor camera setup, but it could also feature the 48MP main sensor included in the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone Pro Max.
These predictions were made by analyst Jeff Pu, who is also a leading Apple expert and seen by MacRumors in a research note.
And the iPhone 15 Pro could have the long-rumored periscope.
This periscope camera moved forward in 2020 after MacRumors saw another research note from renowned forecaster and Apple product analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
Periscope lenses use mirrors to provide much greater optical zoom.
New colors could be released.
He also told DailyMail.com that he and the Wedbush team have heard that Apple might release one or two more colors. Current rumors also predict new colors.
Ives also told DailyMail.com that he and the Wedbush team have heard that Apple might release one or two more colors.
This has been one of the latest rumors circulating on the web, which has suggested four new possible shades.
The mockups were shared by 9to5Macwho reports on updates from Apple and discovered rumors about the new colors in a recent post on Weibo.
The crimson hue is believed to be lighter than the deep purple released with the iPhone 14, but it’s still “very deep.”
And light green launched with the iPhone 13 lineup, but the next shade could be darker, closer to a mint color.
The pink shade is a deeper pink described as ‘telemagent’, and the light blue is ‘picton blue’.
However, the ‘exclusive’ dark red color will only be available for the iPhone 15 Pro and the mint green for the flagship smartphones and iPhone 15 Plus.
According to 9to5Mac’s source, information on color options is “still early” and “might change” closer to fall, so shared colors might be off.
Apple tests several colors of new iPhone models before they’re released, and if Ives is right, only one or two will make it to the assembly line.
More power and battery life
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Other predictions include the iPhone 15 getting a 15 percent power boost due to what Ives believes is an updated M2 chip.
Apple announced the M2 Pro and Max in January, which power its MacBooks and iPads.
But Ives believes that the powerful chips will be redesigned for the iPhone 15.
This would provide more CPU, memory and storage to the smartphone.
Ives also predicts a bigger battery, which has been a constant belief.
An alleged worker at Foxconn, the company that makes most of Apple’s iPhones, told ItHome today that the iPhone 15 family will have larger batteries.
The iPhone 15 will feature an 18 percent larger battery, the iPhone 15 Plus and iPhone 15 Pro a 14 percent larger battery, and the iPhone 15 Pro Max a 12 percent larger battery.
This means that the iPhone 15 could have a capacity of 3877 mAh, the iPhone 15 Plus 4912 mAh, the iPhone 15 Pro 3650 mAh and the iPhone 15 Pro Max could have 4852 mAh.
“We think there will be more battery power for the iPhone Pro and Max compared to the flagship,” Ives said.
The iPhone 15 Pro will have more demand
Apple experienced a crushing defeat with the iPhone 14 Pro as customers failed to upgrade to the model, forcing the tech giant to halt production.
‘Believe [the iPhone 15] it’s going to be a game changer,” Ives said.
‘There are 250 million iPhones that haven’t been updated in four years.
“We think there will be significant discounts and promotions from carriers setting this up as a minimal super cycle.”
And Ives believes that between seven and eight updates will be the iPhone 15 Pro.
‘This is going to be the heaviest professional mix I’ve ever [Apple] ever had and that is a very high bar. Considering what the Pro mix looked like in 14’, she said.
‘You’re going to upgrade the Pro. But that’s also why A is for Apple in terms of the iPhone.
“And we think we’re going to start getting closer to $950, which is almost $100 more than a year ago.”
