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“Poured out for the last time: $146M in beans, no profit, all heart.”
“Gave up Lightning, gained USB-C, and left the stage after one graceful year.”
The iPhone 15 Pro and its larger sibling the 15 Pro Max were Apple's seventeenth-generation flagship iPhones, succeeding the iPhone 14 Pro line. They were unveiled at the Apple Event in Cupertino on September 12, 2023, hit pre-orders on September 15, and landed in hands on September 22. Notably, they said goodbye to the proprietary Lightning connector in favor of USB-C, and later supported Apple Intelligence with iOS
On September 9, 2024, following the announcement of the iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max, the 15 Pro was retired from the lineup. It bowed out after a single year of service, as flagship iPhones tend to do. What it left behind was a port standard finally shared with the rest of the world.
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“Poured out for the last time: $146M in beans, no profit, all heart.”
“Checkmated at last — folded gracefully into a bigger board, never into oblivion.”
“The little dongle that made every dumb TV feel like a smart one.”