Mobile gaming is about to get a major boost with the release of the iPhone 15 Pro.

Apple’s new smartphone launches later this year, and it comes equipped with the powerful A17 Pro chip. The new processor is comprised of a 6-core processing unit and a 6-core graphics processing unit capable of pretty advanced tricks like ray-tracing.

This means that the new iPhone 15 Pro will be the most graphically advanced in Apple’s long lineage of smartphones, which translates into much more advanced gaming including several popular console and PC titles.

Launching in 2023 on the iPhone we have:

And in 2024:

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Snag a decent iPhone controller and soon you’ll be playing some of the most state-of-the-art video games out there—on your phone.

The graphical leap in the iPhone 15 Pro really can’t be overstated.

“They spent a lot of time emphasizing the GPU and that’s very telling,” said Ben Bajarin, CEO and principal analyst of Creative Strategies. “Camera, chip, GPU, visual experience, gaming: This is the next platform that takes iPhone the next four to five years.”

The new chip is made with Apple’s 3 nanometer technology, the first smartphone to do so, which will make it faster, more powerful, more energy efficient and more expensive. The base model will set you back $999, and the larger iPhone 15 Pro Max costs $1199, more than double the price of a PS5 or Xbox Series X.

More games for the iPhone 15 Pro will likely be announced soon, as developers now have another platform and revenue stream to tap into. How pricing for these premium games will look on mobile remains to be seen.

I can’t wait to see the confusion on mobile gamers’ faces when they fire up Death Stranding for the first time, that’s for sure!