We’ve heard numerous occasions now that each iPhone 14 mannequin – together with the iPhone 14 Professional and iPhone 14 Professional Max – might need 6GB of RAM, and the most recent leak once more suggests as a lot, however this RAM apparently will not all be equal.

In keeping with a report in DigiTimes (opens in new tab) – noticed by MacRumors (opens in new tab) – the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Max can have 6GB of LPDDR4X RAM, whereas the iPhone 14 Professional and iPhone 14 Professional Max can have 6GB of LPDDR5 RAM.

In all circumstances – aside from the iPhone 14 Max, since that telephone has no predecessor – this may be an improve. The iPhone 13 had 4GB of RAM, so the brand new mannequin can be getting 2GB extra. Within the case of the Professional fashions, we noticed 6GB in each the iPhone 13 Professional and the iPhone 13 Professional Max, however they’d LPDDR4X RAM.

LPDDR5 RAM is quicker and extra energy-efficient, so we might see enhancements to each efficiency and battery life from the Professional fashions, even when they’ve the identical quantity of RAM as their predecessors.

This may additionally imply that regardless of all 4 iPhone 14 fashions apparently having the identical quantity of RAM, the iPhone 14 Professional and Professional Max would supply higher efficiency than the usual and Max fashions – and that’s earlier than you get to the rumored use of a brand new A16 Bionic chipset within the Professional fashions, whereas the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Max will apparently be caught with final 12 months’s A15 Bionic.

In a way then this information is sweet no matter which iPhone 14 mannequin you’re contemplating, since they need to all be an improve on the RAM entrance – however the iPhone 14 Professional and Professional Max ought to retain an edge.

Evaluation: Apple’s late to the celebration with LPDDR5

Whereas the transfer to LPDDR5 RAM is a constructive step, it’s one which some rivals took some time again. Samsung has been utilizing it from the Galaxy S20 collection onwards in its flagship line, and hasn’t reserved it for the very high fashions, as even the likes of the Galaxy S20 FE 5G obtained LPDDR5 RAM.

Samsung isn’t alone both, as numerous different Android telephone producers have made the transfer already.

It’s not solely shocking that Apple is behind right here. In any case, the corporate has by no means been one to chase specs for the sake of it, however this sluggish progress was seemingly a cost-cutting transfer, which is a bit disappointing when iPhones are already so costly. If Android producers can ship this quicker RAM, then Apple ought to be capable of in its premium telephones.

It’s additionally a disgrace that this transfer is seemingly restricted to the Professional fashions, given that you would be able to get mid-range Android telephones with LPDDR5 RAM. It’s only one extra instance of how – greater than in most years – the Professional iPhones look set to be those to purchase, and will find yourself being the one new entries in our greatest iPhones information.