#iphone_features

It will receive a reduced motherboard Well-known analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has shared new insider data that Apple is going to introduce polymer-coated copper components (RCC) into the iPhone motherboard, reducing the thickness of the motherboard. “RCC will reduce the thickness of the motherboard, save internal space, and make drilling easier due to the absence of fiberglass,” the analyst writes. “However, RCC will not be used in the 2024 iPhone 16 due to its fragile characteristics and inability to pass drop tests.” [caption id="attachment_66907" align="aligncenter" width="780"] iPhone 17[/caption] An interesting feature of the iPhone 17 has been named The rumor that Apple will start using RCC technology for the iPhone 16 appeared quite recently, but Ming-Chi Kuo claims that we will have to wait a couple more years. Currently, Ajinomoto is the leading supplier of RCC materials. If Apple and Ajinomoto can improve the RCC material before the third quarter of 2024, it will be used in the new high-end iPhone 17 2025 models. The iPhone 17 lineup is expected to be launched in September 2025.

34% of respondents have an Apple Watch Young people in the US love the iPhone. A survey by investment bank Piper Sandler found that 87% of respondents own or have previously owned an Apple smartphone, and 88% said they were going to buy an iPhone again.  [caption id="attachment_65164" align="aligncenter" width="780"] iPhones[/caption] It is worth noting that more than 9,000 people were surveyed, and the average age of respondents was just under 16 years.   Young people in the US mostly use iPhones. 88% said they would buy such a smartphone again The survey also showed that 34% of respondents own an Apple Watch smartwatch, while in April, according to a similar survey, the figure was 31%.  Also, Apple Pay, which is logical, dominates among payment systems. But the figure is not so large compared to the share of the iPhone: only 42% of respondents used the payment system in the last month. However, this may be a consequence of the young age of the respondents.  It is also interesting that 31% of respondents own virtual or augmented reality devices. This is a good sign for the upcoming Apple Vision Pro.

Complete very slow As you know, the new iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max received a USB-C port with support for the USB 3.0 standard. However, the included cable only supports USB 2.0, and so far the only Apple-branded cable with normal speed is the Thunderbolt 4 cable for $70. Phone Arena decided to compare the latter with the included cable, the $15 USB 3 cable from Amazon, and the cable that comes with an external SSD. [caption id="attachment_63335" align="alignnone" width="780"] iPhone 15 Pro[/caption] iPhone 15 Pro Bundled Cable vs. $70 Thunderbolt Cable and $15 USB 3 Cable. In this case, a Samsung SSD was used for tests, but this does not matter. So, the first test was to copy a two-minute 4K ProRes video from the phone to the SSD, which weighs 9.86 GB. With the included iPhone cable, the process took 4 minutes and 5 seconds, but in all other cases it took only 27 seconds. The second test was to copy a file from an iPhone to a MacBook Pro. The included cable from the iPhone showed a result of 4 minutes and 38 seconds, with the cable from Amazon the process took 1 minute and 9 seconds, and the transfer via the Thunderbolt cable took 1 minute and 6 seconds. Thus, for such tasks, it is not worth buying a $70 cable, since a regular USB 3.0 cable is enough. However, in Apple-branded stores, customers are dissuaded from purchasing third-party cables.

The smartphone survived everything Perhaps the iPhone 15 Pro Max does not have any problem with the fragility of the rear glass. Consumer Reports experts tested Apple's new product for strength using their usual methodology to confirm or refute the conclusions drawn from the video of blogger JerryRigEverything. Let us remind you that this same blogger discovered that when trying to bend the smartphone, the back glass of the latter burst.  [caption id="attachment_62799" align="aligncenter" width="780"] iPhone 15 Pro Max[/caption] Consumer Reports experts take a more thorough approach to testing. For example, the same bending test in this case is carried out using an Instron robotic system, which presses a special bar on the back surface of the smartphone with a pressure of 50 kg.  No, the iPhone 15 Pro Max is not fragile at all. The smartphone was also tested in a special rotating box, lined with stone on the inside, where the device constantly fell and hit the walls due to the rotation of the box. After 100 such falls, the new Apple product remained intact.   https://youtu.be/2e_pn7d8jXs Based on the tests conducted, the authors conclude that the iPhone 15 Pro Max is hardly worth calling fragile. It is worth remembering that the same falls in real life always occur in different ways, on different surfaces from different heights. Later, the authors of Consumer Reports will publish their full review of the smartphone with all the ratings and conclusions.

But there is still a shortage According to JP Morgan Chase, iPhone 15 delivery times have improved significantly, but there is still a shortage in the market. As for the average delivery time in the global market, it is 17 days for iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus smartphones. At the same time, the delivery time for the iPhone 15 Pro has been reduced to 29 days, and the delivery time for the iPhone 15 Pro Max has been reduced to 46 days. [caption id="attachment_62757" align="aligncenter" width="780"] iPhone 15 Pro[/caption] Delivery times for iPhone 15 Pro have already been reduced In the US market, the delivery period for the iPhone 15 Pro has been reduced from 54 days to 28 days, and the delivery period for the iPhone 15 Pro Max has been reduced from 61 days to 35 days. In the Chinese market, the period for the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus is 21 days, for the iPhone 15 Pro - 29 days, and for the iPhone 15 Pro Max - 43 days. Earlier it became known that BMW is breaking new iPhones 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max, whose NFC module fails due to the use of wireless charging. Apple  promises to fix the overheating problem of the new iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max, without  reducing performance