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Only the iPhone 14 Pro series will be equipped with the A16, and the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Max will continue to be equipped with the A15 Bionic, according to Weibo user Akira Katadahito, who was the first to tell famous reporters, analysts, and other leakers. , Posted predictions for the 2023 iPhone 15 series and A17 models.
The latest SoC is expected to be equipped only with the Pro series in 2023
In December 2021, before famous reporters, analysts, and other leakers, Handicraft Akira Katadahito posted on Weibo that he expected that only the iPhone 14 Pro series would be equipped with the A16.
According to Akira Katadahito, only the Pro series uses the latest chip, and the system-on-chip (SoC) that was installed in the Pro series the previous year is used as the base model, which is the same for the iPhone 15 series. … apparently …
He said that the iPhone 15 Pro series will use the A17 manufactured in the 3nm process, but the iPhone 15 will be equipped with the A16.
The design around the front camera is also rumored to be different
Ross Young, CEO of DSCC, expected that the i-type punch hole display installed in the iPhone14 Pro series would be used in the iPhone15 and iPhone15 Max in the iPhone15 series.
After that, he expects that the base model will adopt the new mechanism one year after being installed in the Pro series, with some exceptions, so the differentiation between the Pro series and the base model will be clear in the future. It looks like it’s going to be
| Model name | base model | Pro model |
|---|---|---|
| iPhone14 (2022) |
notch | i type punch hole |
| iPhone15 (2023) |
i type punch hole | i type punch hole |
| iPhone16 (2024) |
i type punch hole | round punch hole Under-screen embedded Face ID |
| iPhone17 (2025) |
round punch hole Under-screen embedded Face ID |
round punch hole Under-screen embedded Face ID |
| iPhone18 (2026) |
round punch hole Under-screen embedded Face ID |
under-screen embedded camera Under-screen embedded Face ID |
Source: Tezuka Akira Katadajin/Weibo via IT House
Photo: APLCLR (@ApplesClear)/Twitter
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