Your iPhone 14 series case probably wont fit most iPhone 15 models

Date:
Mon, 13 Mar 2023 10:22:32 +0000

Description:
iPhone 15 series dummy units suggest these upcoming phones will be different sizes to the iPhone 14 line.

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If you have a phone in the iPhone 14 range and were hoping to use the same case for an equivalent iPhone 15 model, then you might be out of luck, as it seems current cases wont fit most of the upcoming phones.

Thats going by a test performed by Japanese site Macotakara (via 9to5Mac ), which acquired some iPhone 15 series dummy units from retail site Alibaba and tried to put them in cases designed for iPhone 14 models.

What it found as you can see in the video below was that, due to slightly larger camera housings in some cases, and around 1mm of extra size to some of the bodies, the cases mostly didnt fit. In the case of the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max dummy units, the volume buttons were also a slightly different shape, rendering the cases a poor fit.

Weve previously heard that these models could get a single, solid-state
volume button , so that could account for the change here. Weve also previously heard that the camera housing could be larger for at least some models this year, so this test lines up with existing leaks.

The one iPhone 15 model that seemingly will fit its predecessors cases is the iPhone 15 Plus, as that has no change in dimensions or camera block size.
That said, these dummy units do show the expected switch to USB-C ports for every iPhone 15 model, so some existing cases may not have the correct size cut-out for that.

Macotakara also tested these dummy units with screen protectors for iPhone 14 series phones, and found that these seemingly wont work with any iPhone 15 units.

In the case of the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus, thats no surprise, since theyre widely rumored to be switching from a notch to a Dynamic Island. But
in the case of the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, its reportedly
because the screens are marginally smaller than before. Wed hazard a guess that this might be down to smaller bezels, which have previously been leaked
. (Image credit: Macotakara) Analysis: can you trust these dummy units?

While there are some interesting details here, wed take all of this with a pinch of salt. Macotakara itself is a reputable site with a reasonable track record for leaks, but we cant speak to the quality of the dummy units.

Often, dummy units will be quite accurate, as theyre sometimes based on official information provided to accessory makers to help them design accessories before a phone's launch. But sometimes they can simply be based
on leaks and rumors.

And even if these designers are working off real information, who knows how precisely the cases will have been constructed? In this case, were only talking 1mm differences between the upcoming phones and the iPhone 14 line,
so its possible that the dummy units just arent quite precise enough.

Still, the results Macotakara came up with are largely in line with previous leaks, so these may well be accurate models of the iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, and iPhone 15 Pro Max (or iPhone 15 Ultra as it might be called).



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Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/news/your-iphone-14-series-case-probably-wont-fit-mo st-iphone-15-models


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