Record-breaking iPhone 15 Pro Max bezels leak as flagship anticipation grows

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By Oliver Haslam
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They're going to shrink, we're told.

iPhone 14 Pro Dynamic Island
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Apple is expected to announce a slew of new iPhones this September, with the flagship iPhone 15 Pro Max being the model that is getting the most attention. Now, a new leak once again puts what will soon be Apple's best iPhone firmly under the microscope.

That's because you might actually need a microscope to find the iPhone 15 Pro Max's bezels, according to Twitter leaker Ice Universe. They say that not only are the bezels going to be noticeably thinner than the bezels of the current iPhone 14 Pro lineup, but they're also going to be thinner than any other phone currently on the market as well.

How thin? Just 1.55mm thin, they say.

Barely bezels

While the leak doesn't make it clear whether the iPhone 15 Pro will also benefit from such svelte bezels, it does seem likely. In fact, they also share the iPhone 14 Pro's bezels as a point of comparison (2.17mm) as well as that of the current record-holder — the Android-powered Xiaomi 13.

If that is indeed accurate then we can expect the iPhone 15 Pro lineup to look mighty impressive when it's announced later this year.

Apple is expected to announce the iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, and iPhone 15 Pro Max during an event in September 2023, with the handsets going on sale a week or so later.

All four new models are expected to switch to USB-C in favor of Lightning for the first time in a decade, while the non-Pro models are also expected to sport the Dynamic Island for the first time.

Back to the iPhone 15 Pro Max, that's expected to get a new periscope camera with improved zoom capabilities, while it and the iPhone 15 Pro are also likely to see the debut of the new A17 Bionic chip based on TSMC's 3nm manufacturing process. A recent leak suggested that the new chip could offer quite the performance boost over the A16 Bionic that powers the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max too.

Oliver Haslam
Oliver Haslam
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Oliver Haslam has written about Apple and the wider technology business for more than a decade with bylines on How-To Geek, PC Mag, iDownloadBlog, and many more. He has also been published in print for Macworld, including cover stories. At iMore, Oliver is involved in daily news coverage and, not being short of opinions, has been known to 'explain' those thoughts in more detail, too. Having grown up using PCs and spending far too much money on graphics card and flashy RAM, Oliver switched to the Mac with a G5 iMac and hasn't looked back. Since then he's seen the growth of the smartphone world, backed by iPhone, and new product categories come and go. Current expertise includes iOS, macOS, streaming services, and pretty much anything that has a battery or plugs into a wall. Oliver also covers mobile gaming for iMore, with Apple Arcade a particular focus. He's been gaming since the Atari 2600 days and still struggles to comprehend the fact he can play console quality titles on his pocket computer.