iPhone 15 Pro tipped to get thinner bezels and curved edges
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More details have emerged on what to expect from the iPhone 15 due later this year: thinner bezels on the two Pro models and curved edges on all four handsets, for an Apple Watch-esque aesthetic.
This comes from an experienced Apple tipster ShrimpApplePro (opens in new tab) (through MacRumors (opens in new tab)), which says screen sizes on the four phones will remain the same as last year. In addition, the Dynamic Island will also find its way into every model.
The tipster emphasizes that the screens will remain flat – only the edges will blend into the rest of the phone body. However, apparently not much will change in the design of the selfie camera phone unit.
Well, I have the result for iPhone 15 series display design. – all iPhone 15 series have the same screen sizes as iPhone 14 series- pro 15 has thinner bezels with curved edges, the screen is still flat, only the edges are curvedJanuary 21, 2023
The return of the curves
Take a look at the iPhone 14 and you’ll see that the bezels are already impressively thin, so it’s going to be interesting to see exactly how much they’ll be reduced when it comes to the two more expensive handsets in the range.
We’d also like to see these curved edges. It’s possible that Apple is going back to a more curved design in general, something like we saw with the iPhone 11. It wouldn’t be the first time an iPhone screen has tapered at the edges.
The source here calls the most expensive model the “iPhone 15 Pro Max (aka Ultra)”, acknowledging that we’re still not sure what Apple will call this phone: we’ve heard several iPhone 15 Ultra rumors over the past few weeks.
Analysis: The most beautiful iPhone yet?
The same leaker who provided this new information also says the iPhone 15 Pro Max (or iPhone 15 Ultra) is apparently “very nice” – and from the description we can see how these phones would have a lot of visual appeal.
Because the edges of the Pro models are thinner, almost the entire screen is taken up by real pixels. Add to that the curved effect on the edges and we get the impression that the iPhone 15 lineup is very easy to see indeed.
While these thinner bezels aren’t coming to the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus, those handsets are also rumored to be slightly warped at the edges. The angular look is out, and the more rounded look is back, it seems.
Given the experience and expertise of Apple’s design team, we’re now very much looking forward to seeing what the iPhone 15 series has to offer in terms of what they actually look like – and it’s been a few years since we’ve been able to were to say that.