iPhone 17 Series May Have 12GB RAM; iPhone 18 Lineup Tipped to Support Improved Memory

iPhone 17 sequence, which is anticipated to be unveiled later this 12 months, will doubtless include assist for extra RAM than the prevailing iPhone 16 lineup. The upcoming sequence is anticipated to incorporate a base, an Air, a Pro and a Pro Max variant. A tipster has claimed that the purported smartphones will assist 12GB of RAM, which is an improve from the 8GB of RAM that the present fashions are outfitted with. The tipster has hinted at reminiscence enhancements that subsequent 12 months’s iPhone 18 lineup might arrive with as effectively. 

iPhone 17 Series, iPhone 18 Series RAM Details (Expected)

The iPhone 17 smartphones will assist 12GB of RAM, in line with a Weibo post by tipster Digital Chat Station (translated from Chinese). The fashions are anticipated to be outfitted with Apple Intelligence and different AI-backed instruments “on a big scale.” The bigger RAM measurement is alleged to assist with the efficiency of those options.

The Pro fashions of the lineup, together with the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max, are anticipated to be powered by the A19 Pro chipset, which is able to doubtless be made on TSMC’s 3nm course of. Coupled with 12GB of RAM, the efficiency of this chip is tipped to enhance considerably over that of the A18 Pro SoC. The latter is presently utilized in iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max handsets with 8GB of RAM.

The tipster added within the submit that the iPhone 18 sequence, which is anticipated to reach within the second half of 2026, will include assist for six-channel LPDDR5X reminiscence. This improve is anticipated to reinforce the efficiency of the purported handsets.

The new claims about iPhone 17 and iPhone 18 reminiscence arrive after TF Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, too, claimed not too long ago that Apple was contemplating transport the usual iPhone 17 with 12GB of RAM, the identical as different telephones within the lineup. Kuo additionally claimed that every one fashions within the iPhone 18 lineup, which isn’t anticipated till the second half of 2026, will doubtless characteristic 12GB of RAM, as effectively.

The iPhone 17 lineup is on monitor to launch later this 12 months. According to a current report, at the very least one of many variants within the iPhone 17 lineup has cleared the Engineering Validation Testing (EVT) part, which is supposed to make sure that the {hardware} of the cellphone works as supposed. The handsets are anticipated to move the DVT (Design Validation Test) and PVT (Production Validation Test) levels earlier than their mass manufacturing begins. These are routine checks, and the timeline means that the sequence manufacturing plans are on monitor for a September launch.