The Morning After: Apple’s iPhone 15 event is on September 12th

Apple has set a date for its annual September iPhone occasion, so it’s virtually time to see the iPhone 15. All fashions (save for maybe a brand new SE) might ditch the notch and begin utilizing the Dynamic Island cutout that debuted within the iPhone 14 Professional and Professional Max. There’s no phrase on the return of the iPhone mini, and we might have to attend till subsequent yr to see the rumored iPhone Extremely.

Apple might lastly section out the Lightning port with the iPhone 15, making a long-awaited swap to USB-C. The corporate does not have a lot of a selection there, since all tablets and smartphones offered within the European Union might want to use that charging port beginning subsequent yr. Apple has additionally inched in the direction of USB-C on its iPad machine household. It’d lastly be .

– Mat Smith

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They’re solely out there to beta testers for now.

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