The iPhone 16 that will probably be launched in 2024 may have A18 chips throughout the non-Professional and Professional fashions, in response to a report by MacRumors. This data and different insights are primarily based on sources which have seen early variations of iOS 18, the following model of the iPhone working system.
Apple has given iOS 18 the codename Crystal, and it accommodates references to iPhone fashions D47, D48, D93, and D94, which may very well be the iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Professional, and iPhone 16 Professional Max, respectively. iOS 18 additionally signifies that these telephones will use a chip recognized as t8140 (code-named Tahiti), which is the A18. It’s not clear if the iPhone 16 Professional fashions could have chips branded as A18 Professional, and the non-Professional telephones’ chip branded as A18, but it surely has been rumored that Apple will use this nomenclature. Specs for the A18 weren’t cited.
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported in February that Apple may very well be growing an iPhone 16 Extremely, which might presumably have “additional digicam enhancements, a sooner chip, and maybe a good bigger show” than the Professional Max mannequin. Nevertheless, it doesn’t seem that iOS 18 has any references to an iPhone 16 Extremely, neither is it clear if iOS 18’s D94 reference is definitely an Extremely mannequin.
MacRumors additionally factors out that iOS 18 refers to Wi-Fi and Bluetooth modules made by Broadcom. Bloomberg’s Gurman reported that Apple is growing its personal Wi-Fi and Bluetooth modules, however the components are projected for a 2025 launch.
A number of experiences have said that Apple is working by itself 5G modem that will substitute the Qualcomm half that’s at the moment used, however the mission has met a number of delays that forestall it from getting used within the iPhone 16.
For extra experiences in regards to the iPhone 16, take a look at our iPhone 16 rumor roundup.
