Leaks and rumors recommend the iPhone 14 Professional and iPhone 14 Professional Max can be extraordinarily thrilling handsets, however that the usual iPhone 14 might be underwhelming, not simply because it’s possible lumbered with a dated design, however as a result of it won’t even get a brand new chipset.

This won’t be a one off both, with a supply claiming that the iPhone 15 might need older silicon too.

That’s based on a leaker posting on Weibo (opens in new tab) – a Chinese language social community. The publish was noticed by GizChina (opens in new tab), and it states that the iPhone 15 will get the A16 chipset we’re anticipating to see within the iPhone 14 Professional line, whereas the iPhone 15 Professional will get a brand new A17 chipset.

So in different phrases, subsequent yr’s customary iPhone would possible have a more moderen chipset than the upcoming iPhone 14 – which is rumored to be caught with the A15 from the iPhone 13 line – however it will nonetheless be a yr behind Apple’s high cellular processor.

The supply doesn’t say whether or not this pattern will proceed past the iPhone 15, however we’ve beforehand heard from Ming-Chi Kuo (opens in new tab) – an analyst with an awesome monitor file for Apple data – that that is deliberate to be an ongoing scenario.

So whereas we’d take this declare with a pinch of salt, the truth that two leakers have now stated the newest chipsets can be reserved for Professional fashions suggests there’s a excessive probability that is true.

That stated, it’s very early days to be speaking concerning the iPhone 15, not to mention subsequent iPhones, so even when that is Apple’s present plan it may all the time change. We hope it would, as a result of even the usual fashions are high-end handsets, so it’s exhausting to justify them utilizing year-old {hardware}.

Evaluation: a disgrace however not an enormous deal

Whereas that is disappointing information, it’s really unlikely to be an enormous situation, as Apple’s cellular chipsets already outperform rivals considerably.

So even when the iPhone 14 and iPhone 15 every launch with dated Apple {hardware}, there’s a very good probability they may carry out comparably to telephones utilizing high chipsets from firms like Qualcomm and Samsung.

Plus, arguably the entire high cellular chipsets present extra energy than most customers really want, so usually use the distinction is unlikely to be noticeable.

Nonetheless, even when the distinction largely solely exists on paper, it may make the usual iPhone fashions quite a bit much less interesting to potential consumers. However perhaps that’s the entire level, with Apple probably trying to enhance the recognition of the Professional line.

Regardless of the reasoning although, we’d suppose this may also tempt some Apple followers to take a look at the perfect Android telephones.