Initial information about the phone line iPhone 15 Pro coming soon of Apple has unveiled a series of gaming-related improvements, including the addition of support ray tracing. Apple devices are a rapidly growing gaming market over the past decade. Apple clearly wants this trend to continue and has made gaming the focus of its Apple Wanderlust event. A diverse list of games is planned for release on iPhone 15 Pro in the future.
Last night, Apple introduced to the public the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max. The two new devices offer a range of features and improvements, including a new compact design, a 48MP main camera system, a USB-C connector, and support for many new software features such as additional video formats. and Road Assist support. iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max will be available on September 22.
One of the goals of the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max is mobile gaming. This is realized by a chip called A17 Pro – the industry’s first 3 nanometer chip. A17 6-core CPU has 10% increased performance, 20% faster GPU. Apple says these improvements will allow the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max to run games that were previously unavailable to mobile devices.
Another important gaming feature for iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max is ray-tracing. While software-based ray tracing is something iPhone game developers already do, hardware-based ray tracing offers significant performance improvements. Apple describes the ray tracing improvements as being four times faster than before. The iPhone 15 Pro starts at $999 USD with 128GB of storage. The iPhone 15 Pro Max starts at $1,199 USD with 256GB of storage.
