All future non-Pro” iPhone models will only use the old chip?

Earlier this year, a report by well-known analyst Ming-Chi Kuo revealed that Apple will only equip the A16 chip for the iPhone 14 Pro models, while the regular iPhone 14 models will continue to use the company’s A15 chip. last year.

In a new report, Kuo claims that not only this year, but regular iPhone models since the next version will no longer use Apple’s latest chips, as the company has been changing its business strategy. its business.

Apple is expected to announce four new iPhone models this year: iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Max (the 6.7-inch version replaces the iPhone mini), iPhone 14 Pro, and iPhone 14 Pro Max. While the regular iPhone 14 models will keep the same design as the iPhone 13 with slight upgrades in configuration, the Pro series will receive more attention with a new screen design and significant configuration and camera upgrades.

This isn’t the first time Apple has kept major upgrades reserved for more expensive iPhone models. In 2017, iPhone X was introduced with a completely new design, Face ID and other advanced technologies, while iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus were just upgraded versions of iPhone 7.

However, both iPhone 8 and iPhone X are equipped with the same A11 Bionic chip. Apple pursued this strategy in subsequent years with the iPhone XR and iPhone XS, iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro, etc. Now it looks like things will change.

Following Kuo’s information, both 9to5Mac and Bloomberg have been confirmed by independent sources that only two of the four iPhone 14 models will have the new chip.

Some analysts believe that Apple will use a more powerful version of the A15 chip with 6GB of RAM instead of 4GB on the new phone, but the architecture will be the same as that of the iPhone 13 chip.

At first, this might have been a temporary move due to global chip shortages, but Kuo has now taken a different stance, stating that from now on, Apple’s latest chips will be exclusive to Apple’s smartphones. High-end iPhone models, non-Pro” iPhone models will only use the old chip.

Equipping new processors only to the more expensive iPhone models will certainly make more people buy these models instead of the low-end version, leading to an increase in the average iPhone price, which means that the profit of the iPhone will be increased. Apple from the sale of iPhone will be even higher. Kuo notes that this will also benefit camera vendors on high-end iPhones.

If Kuo’s prediction is correct, it’s not really surprising, because Apple has done the same thing with the iPad line. More expensive models are equipped with chips like Macs, while cheaper iPad models still use iPhone chips.

Reference: 9to5mac