There’s excellent news for anybody who doesn’t wish to shell out on an expensive (rumored) iPhone 16 Professional or iPhone 16 Professional Max, as the newest leak suggests all 4 iPhone 16 fashions can have the identical chipset.

MacRumors has obtained details about early growth variations of iOS 18, and it contains references to all 4 anticipated iPhone 16 fashions, specifically the iPhone 16 itself, the iPhone 16 Plus, the iPhone 16 Professional, and the iPhone 16 Professional Max. And all 4 of them are listed as utilizing the Tahiti chipset, which is reportedly Apple’s inside identify for the A18.

Within the final couple of years, solely the Professional iPhones have obtained the newest chipset, with the usual and Plus fashions getting the chipset from the earlier yr. So for instance, the iPhone 15 Professional and iPhone 15 Professional Max have an A17 Professional chipset, whereas the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus have an A16 Bionic, a chipset that you just’ll additionally discover within the older iPhone 14 Professional and Professional Max.

Peak energy at a palatable worth

But when this leak is correct, the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus will get a brand-new chipset, and the identical one because the Professional fashions. That might imply a giant, two-generation leap in energy from the A16 Bionic-powered iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus.

It might additionally imply you’d be capable to get probably the most highly effective iPhone chipset with out shopping for one of the costly fashions. Although it’s doable the Professional fashions can have extra RAM, which might give them an edge.

MacRumors notes that it’s additionally doable that there can be two variations of the A18, corresponding to an A18 and an A18 Professional, with the Professional telephones getting the latter. Wherein case these telephones won’t all get precisely the identical chipset in spite of everything.

In any case, one different attention-grabbing element on this leak is that there’s no point out of an iPhone 16 Extremely, which some experiences recommend would possibly land as a substitute of, or in addition to, the iPhone 16 Professional Max, as an much more premium choice.

All that stated, it’s nonetheless early days for iPhone 16 leaks, as these telephones most likely gained’t land till September, so we’d take all of this with a pinch of salt. Within the meantime, there are a great deal of nice Apple choices among the many finest iPhones.

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