The feature gap between the iPhone and iPhone Pro could widen with the 2023 models. According to a leaked antenna design document obtained by , the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max will include WiFi 6E connectivity, while their more affordable siblings will not. The document, a schematic describing the antenna architecture of the iPhone 15 line, shows that the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus will continue to use the old WiFi 6 standard.
Some of Apple’s latest devices, including the recently announced M2 variants of the and , have WiFi 6E connectivity, but the company has yet to roll out the feature more widely. As long as there is a compatible WiFi 6E router for your device to connect to, the standard promises faster connectivity speeds and lower latency than WiFi 6. The potential omission of WiFi 6E from the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus probably won’t hurt the most consumers as most homes and businesses use older WiFi 5 and WiFi 6 routers.
What MacRumors Please note, in the past Apple has not restricted the availability of new WiFi standards to the iPhone Pro models. Before , the differences between the Pro and standard models were pretty negligible unless you had an interest in photography. However, as of last year, only the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max came with Apple’s new A16 Bionic chip, Dynamic Island cutout, and ProMotion display. Now it looks like the company is trying to find even more ways to differentiate its Pro models from their more mainstream counterparts. According to previous reports, other features that could be exclusive to the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max include Apple’s upcoming A16 chipset, a titanium frame, and more RAM for multitasking. The phones could also be sporty.
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