iPhone 15 Pro concept will change your mind about a rumored curvy redesign

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Those rounded edges though.

iPhone 15 Pro concept
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If you've been on the fence about what a flagship iPhone with rumored curved sides would look like, this new concept should comfortably fix all of that. Say hello to the iPhone 15 Pro. Well, maybe...

Based on a previous report that the iPhone 15 will have curved edges rather than the squared-off ones that we're familiar with, this concept imagines exactly that. And while the previous rumors suggested an iPhone 5C-like look, this concept goes further and gives us something more akin to the iPhone XR — a look that still proves popular today.

We've been dubious about the move away from a square design and toward something curvier, but these renders have definitely changed that. They're imagined in a number of colors including Ruby Raspberry, Space Black, Golden Star, and Grey Light. We'd take some of those in an iPhone 15 Pro or iPhone 15 Ultra, to be sure.

The silver finish reminds us of the iPhone 6 and that's not a bad thing. In fact, it might be our favorite one of them all.

Present and correct Pro features

The rest of the concept shows us what we'd likely expect from a Pro iPhone from here on out. That means the Dynamic Island returns for a repeat performance after its debut on the iPhone 14 Pro. And there's of course no Home button to be seen anywhere, too.

On the inside, we expect the iPhone 15 Pro to get a new A17 Bionic chip while upgraded camera systems seem likely. Talk of a periscope camera might be left for the large iPhone 15 Ultra, but we're still far enough out from a release that we'll need more concrete leaks to be sure.

As for timelines, we can still expect Apple to announce its iPhone 15 lineup in or around September, assuming the past releases are any indication.

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.