The iPhone 15 lineup will characteristic considerably bigger batteries throughout the board, in keeping with an alleged Foxconn employee talking to ITHome.

The knowledge claims that the iPhone 15 will characteristic an 18% bigger battery, iPhone 15 Plus and iPhone 15 Professional a 14% bigger battery, and the iPhone 15 Professional Max a 12% bigger battery. The precise capability modifications are mentioned to be as follows:

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iPhone 13: 3,227mAh iPhone 14: 3,279mAh iPhone 15: 3,877mAh
iPhone 13 mini: 2,406mAh iPhone 14 Plus: 4,325mAh iPhone 15 Plus: 4,912mAh
iPhone 13 Professional: 3,095mAh iPhone 14 Professional: 3,200mAh iPhone 15 Professional: 3,650mAh
iPhone 13 Professional Max: 4,352mAh iPhone 14 Professional Max: 4,323mAh iPhone 15 Professional Max: 4,852mAh

If appropriate, the modifications would imply that the 15 Plus would improve its battery capability lead over the Professional Max mannequin even additional, whereas the 15 Professional would stay the iPhone with the smallest battery. The supply is with out a confirmed observe document, however the alleged capacities appear believable, particularly given the truth that this 12 months’s iPhone fashions are anticipated to get barely thicker, offering extra inside area for bigger batteries. With the effectivity enhancements of the A16 and A17 Bionic chips, it appears extremely possible that the whole iPhone lineup might boast battery life enhancements this 12 months.

ITHome additionally highlighted separate info purportedly popping out of Foxconn that’s circulating on Weibo saying that the iPhone 15 Professional will start with 256GB of storage as customary, doubling the present 128GB base storage configuration. This may even be a key differentiator between the Professional and non-Professional fashions, for the reason that iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus are nonetheless anticipated to start out with 128GB of storage.

Replace: The Weibo consumer behind the battery capability rumor has now cautioned that it ought to be handled with warning and never taken too severely.