One scrapped function for the iPhone 15 Professional will possible arrive with the iPhone 16 Professional launch subsequent yr. In his newest Energy On e-newsletter, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman steered that the haptic buttons, as soon as anticipated to reach this yr, have the potential to be added to the 2024 flagship iPhone.
Whereas we heard from totally different sources and analysts that the iPhone 15 Professional would function haptic buttons with a unified quantity button, it’s now not the case as Apple couldn’t apply this know-how for this yr, in response to the newest rumors.
Now, Mark Gurman is the second dependable supply to say the plans have modified to 2024. Not too long ago, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claimed Apple was holding the solid-state buttons launch for the iPhone 16 Professional attributable to “unresolved technical points earlier than mass manufacturing.” Now, with Gurman saying Apple was “wavering” this function attributable to prices and complexity, he believes it’s “possible” to be included with the next yr’s Professional fashions.
Moreover this tweaked design, it was beforehand rumored that the iPhone 16 Professional might function a smaller Dynamic Island as Apple was planning to introduce an under-display Face ID know-how. Sadly, it appears this superior function can be reserved for a yr later, in 2025, with the iPhone 17 Professional.
With the iPhone 18 Professional – if Apple retains the title pattern – we’ll lastly have an all-screen smartphone with all sensors hidden behind the display screen. If Apple’s plans don’t get delayed but once more, right here’s what to anticipate from the future iPhone Professional fashions:
- 2023: Capsule form
- 2024: Capsule form
- 2025: Below panel Face ID + gap
- 2026: Below panel Face ID: + gap
- 2027: Below panel face ID + below panel digicam
We’re nonetheless nearly 18 months from the discharge of the iPhone 16 Professional, a lot might change till there. Within the meantime, the iPhone 15 is coming, and we have already got a fairly clear image of what to anticipate from Apple’s subsequent flagship telephones.
