Apple is asserting the iPhone 16 collection on September 9, and a brand new rumor claims all 4 fashions will get 8GB of RAM. In distinction, the iPhone 17 household coming subsequent yr will bounce to 12GB of RAM.
That may be a fairly vital bounce and it is apparently all to do with AI – this time across the Apple Intelligence options will likely be largely cloud-based, however as soon as the iPhone 17 fashions launch, much more AI will likely be on-device, therefore the necessity for extra RAM.
Google has already upped the RAM of its units with the Pixel 9 household that launched earlier this month, and it is even utilizing a piece of RAM just for AI functions and nothing else.
So whereas Apple has historically outfitted its iPhones with means much less RAM than the Android competitors, that’s seemingly about to alter in 2025 because of AI. That’s, in fact, if this rumor pans out.
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