The iPhone 15 Pro and Ultra will feature a more efficient A17 Bionic processor – here’s why battery life is more exciting than speed.
The iPhone 15 series is about nine months away, but there are already plenty of rumors detailing Apple’s next-gen smartphone. The A17 Bionic System-on-Chip (SoC) inside the iPhone 15 Pro and Ultra has also started appearing in leaks, with reports claiming the new 3nm chip will offer better performance while consuming less battery power.
Battery life improvements are expected from newer chips, as they should be more efficient than their predecessors. But considering what we’re seeing with the iPhone 14 Pro right now, battery life seems like the most important upgrade from the A17 rather than the speed bump.
We’ve reached a point in the smartphone wars where we’re near peak processor performance. The A16 Bionic powering the iPhone 15 Pro models has no rival right now when it comes to performance. But the differences are minor, and you’ll only notice them if you happen to use multiple last-gen smartphones at the same time.
That’s why the base iPhone 14 and 14 Plus are such amazing devices, despite rocking the A15 chip that the iPhone 13 Pros got.
