iPhone 17 to be an underwhelming upgrade

Just a few hours in the past a rumor claimed the iPhone 17 would grow its screen size to six.3″ (from 6.1″ within the iPhone 16), matching the Professional mannequin. With this somewhat important improve in tow, you might have anticipated the telephone to come back with different substantial upgrades in different areas as effectively.

However apparently not. In keeping with a brand new analysis notice by GF Securities analyst Jeff Pu, the iPhone 17 can be powered by the A18 chip, and could have 8GB of RAM. These should not typos – that is the very same chipset and RAM quantity that its predecessor has.

iPhone 16

So, on this regard, the iPhone 17 will simply be an ever so barely bigger iPhone 16. That is although all three different members of its household will get the A19 chip in addition to 12GB of RAM. The iPhone 17 was at one level mentioned to be considered for a memory upgrade, however that was apparently determined in opposition to in spite of everything.

As for the chip staying the identical as within the iPhone 16, that is a extra baffling determination that clearly will not make it a best-seller. However possibly that is the purpose – Apple attempting to nudge individuals in direction of the costlier and extra worthwhile Air, Professional, and Professional Max fashions.