alt Hacker NewsIt is an iPhone 16, inside iPhone 14 Body, Single Camera from iPhone 16, with iPhone 14 OLED Screen, Apple Modem, Without UWB, Minus 1 GPU Core on A18, 7.5W MagSafe Charging same as iPhone 14. Wifi 6 instead of Wifi 7 on iPhone 16.
However at $599, higher than the rumoured $499 or $549 pricing. iPhone 14 previously at $599 and iPhone SE at $429 are now gone. Getting rid of iPhone 14 and iPhone SE as they are both using Lightning and not USB-C.
The lineup is a little strange. Will iPhone 15, currently at $699 dropped to $599 when they announce iPhone 17?
The most interesting part is of course the Modem. We will have to wait and see how it perform.
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> The most interesting part is of course the Modem.
In addition, they are said to have replaced the WiFi/Bluetooth chip with one developed in-house.
> Apple Inc.’s ambitious plan to create in-house components for its devices will include switching to a homegrown chip for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connections starting next year, a move that will replace some parts currently provided by Broadcom Inc.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-12/apple-nea...
The rumors called out improved battery life as an upside.
I wish they would make a mini version of this, it would be perfect. After the 13 Mini, us small phone lovers are screwed.
Hard-to-differentiate product offerings tend to drive people into the waiting arms of higher-spec (and cost) products, while still allowing a company to make a claim for a certain pricepoint.
You see this in telecom a lot.
> 7.5W MagSafe Charging same as iPhone 14
No MagSafe here
> The lineup is a little strange.
They have Macs they call Macbook Airs, but their Macbooks look like "Air" Macbooks, they really should have swapped the names on those models long ago.
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No MagSafe, only Qi (not Qi2).
800 nits typical brightness vs. 1000 for the 16, 1200 nits maximum brightness vs. 1600–2000 nits.
Notch vs. dynamic island, of course.