Just a day after a popular leak on Chinese microblogging site Weibo suggested that the iPhone 17 lineup could see a major upgrade to 12GB of RAM in 2025, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claims that the upgrade is It will be limited to the iPhone 17 Pro Max.
If Kuo is correct, that means the smaller ‌iPhone 17‌ Pro, the base ‌iPhone 17‌, and the all-new iPhone 17 ‌Slim‌ will all be at the rumored 8GB figure for this year’s entire iPhone 16 lineup. The fourth generation iPhone SE in early 2025 will also have 8 GB of RAM.
The amount of RAM on Apple devices is becoming increasingly important right now, as Apple has decided that the upcoming Apple Intelligence features in the iOS 18 operating system will require a minimum of 8GB, meaning only the current iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max phones will support it, while… The iPhone 15 and 15 Plus only have 6GB of RAM.
While the move to 8GB would normally, starting with the “iPhone 16” range next month, enable all new iPhones in the future to support Apple Intelligence, a further increase to 12GB would likely enable more powerful AI features, but it now appears that it will be in 2025. May be limited to Apple’s top models.
In addition to increasing the RAM capacity to 12GB, Kuo said the iPhone 17 Pro Max will also feature an exclusive cooling system that combines vapor chamber technology and graphite plates. Other new iPhone models launching in 2025 will rely solely on graphite plates for cooling.
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