Although the Pro iPhones got a new chip this year, the baseline devices kept last year’s A16 chip. So many people might have guessed that Apple had simply recycled the motherboards from the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max to create the new standard models. However, this doesn’t seem to be the case.
According to iFixit’s Lead Teardown Technician Shahram Mokhtari, the iPhone 15 features a Qualcomm Snapdragon X70 modem. This is the same modem used in the iPhone 15 Pro, and it offers some noteworthy upgrades over the X65 modem used in the iPhone 14. The modem is said to be more power efficient and provides better signal acquisition over long distances.
This means, Apple didn’t simply recycle the motherboard from the iPhone 14 Pro to create the iPhone 15. Instead, they redesigned and upgraded some of the internal components.
However, the iPhone 15’s internals are still very similar to the iPhone 14’s overall. iFixit gave the device a repairability score of 4 out of 10, because Apple often pairs parts with software components, making them difficult to repair.
With upgraded internals, the 15 and 15 Plus also support new features such as Roadside Assistance via Satellite and Crash Detection. They also share the latest Apple UWB chip with the 15 Pro and Pro Max, although the “Thread networking technology” for potentially upgraded integration with smart home devices remains exclusive to the A17 Pro-powered models.
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