This year, Apple has implemented a powerful new A17 Pro processor in the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max models, while the base iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus models feature the A16 Bionic chip. It looks like the same thing won’t happen with the next generation of Apple smartphones.

They report this from MacRumors All four iPhone 16 models will have A18 chip and A18 Pro chip. This was stated by analyst Jeff Pu from Haitong International Securities.

All iPhone 16s will have A18 chip

In a statement to investors from Haitong International Securities, Jeff Pu assured: The A17 Pro chip is like a design crossover and said that the new iPhone 16 models will include A18 processors. These processors will be produced by TSMC using the 3 nanometer technique called N3E.

The iPhone 16 series will look like this:

• iPhone 16: A18 chip (N3E)
• iPhone 16 Plus: A18 chip (N3E)
• iPhone 16 Pro: A18 Pro (N3E) chip
• iPhone 16 Pro Maximum: A18 Pro (N3E) chip

Considering that all base iPhone models so far have had an improved previous generation processor, Switching to the A18 chip will make a noticeable difference in performance.

For example, Apple included an A15 Bionic chip from the iPhone 13 series in the iPhone 14 with some improvements. As we mentioned before, the same thing happened with the iPhone 15 and its most advanced A16 Bionic chip.

A18 chips will be produced with N3E technique

TSMC engineer during chip manufacturing process

The N3E chip manufacturing technique refers to the second generation of TSMC’s 3-nanometer process. To be a less expensive process and with some improvements Compared to the Taiwanese manufacturing company’s first generation 3 nanometer (N3B) process.

The iPhone 15 series has just been launched and the new iPhone 16 devices are still a year away from being introduced, so it is still very risky to confirm such rumors. It’s still very possible that Apple may decide to include the A17 Pro chip in iPhone 16 versions and an A18 Pro chip in the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max. Time will show us.

A17 Pro processors in iPhone 16 Pro models include: 19 billion transistorsA 6-core CPU and a 6-core GPU. The Neural Engine is capable of performing up to 35,000 million operations per second and is accompanied by 8GB RAM.