There are at least nine months until the official launch of the new iPhone series. However, we already have a lot of speculations about this device. According to MacRumors, Apple will rename the top version of the iPhone 15 series. According to the usual naming pattern, this version should be the iPhone 15 Pro Max. But a new report claims it will be an “iPhone 15 Ultra” just like the Apple Watch Ultra. The report also reveals that there will be two large factories for the production of the iPhone 15 Ultra. Factories are Luxshare Precision and Foxconn. Apple’s goal is to diversify its iPhone manufacturing partners.

There are also reports of major changes to the iPhone 15 Ultra. Of course, we all know that the charging interface will be a USB Type-C port. Apple had to comply with the EU’s decision to unify the charging standard for a long list of electronic devices. The European Union has recently published a bill requiring all electronic products entering Europe to use USB Type-C. According to this bill, Apple has to change the charging interface for the iPhone.

There are also reports that Apple will be more concerned with battery life, while TSMC will work to improve the performance of the A17 chip. The Bionic A16 is already well ahead of its competitors. Therefore, Apple does not need to improve performance at this time.

If Apple doesn’t want to use a USB Type-C charger, its only option is to boot the iPhone 15 with wireless charging. Currently, wireless charging is not mature enough to be the only charging option on a mobile phone. Compared with the Lightning interface, USB Type-C has obvious advantages. For example, it supports fast charging with a power of up to 100 W. There are also many compatible protocols and data transfer rates can reach up to 40 GB/s.

However, Apple’s Lightning technology is old, has high latency, charging speed is unbearable and compatibility is relatively low because only Apple devices have this interface and you have to buy a dock to get more features. In addition, according to information from the industry network, the basic version of the iPhone 15 will use the same A16 chip as the iPhone 14 Pro series. Only the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max (Ultra) will feature the custom A17 chip based on TSMC’s 3nm process.

As for other specs, the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Ultra will also get a memory upgrade from 6GB to 8GB. The iPhone 15 may also get a 48-megapixel camera and a dual punch-hole display.