iPhone 15 Pro Reportedly Has Massive Performance Upgrades

Although Apple hasn't set a date yet, the new iPhone 15 models are expected to be unveiled on Sept. 12, according to Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman. And in addition to cool new features like live voicemail, it appears there's a reason for the rumored sticker shock on the iPhone 15. If recent leaks are to be believed, the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max will reportedly see lightning-fast performance upgrades.

A Twitter account known for leaking details about the upcoming release recently tweeted specs for upgrades to the manufacturing process used for the new A17 chip, as well as the CPU, GPU, and RAM.

Guess I need to dumb this down a bit Some ppl think my followers are too stupid to understand basic specs.

iPhone 15 Pro 📱 Apple A17 specs ‼️

-3nm manufacturing process 📏
-6-core GPU 🖼 + 6-Core CPU 🖥
- The two performance cores run at a speed of 3.70Ghz 💨
- 6 or 8GB RAM https://t.co/GjE8XWcLch

— Unknownz21 🌈 (@URedditor) August 20, 2023

To a layman, the specs might not mean a lot. But the A17 chip in itself is an upgrade from the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Mac models, which use an A16 chip. The iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus (non-Pro models) are expected to use the A16 chip, just as the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus models used an A15 chip. The 3nm manufacturing process used for the A17 chip is of particular note, as the smaller the nanometer, the more that can fit onto a processor. Comparatively, the A16 has a 4nm fabrication.

As Forbes points out, citing MacRumors, the benefits of 3nm are huge: "The increased number of transistors that are made possible by 3nm allows the chip to perform more tasks simultaneously and at a faster rate, while using less power." In other words, the chip will have better performance without draining the battery.

The six cores in the GPU, which stands for graphics processing unit, are also an upgrade from the A16 chip, which had five. That means we can probably expect to see breathtaking graphics in the Pro and Pro Max models, which could take games to soaring new levels.

We don't yet know what Apple has in store. But these upgrades suggest that they will likely support some pretty cool features in the new models, as the company doesn't typically make these kind of improvements without good reason. All will be revealed soon enough, but there certainly seems to be reason to get hyped in the meantime.