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A leaked package layout of Apple's A20 Pro hints at several notable upgrades for the iPhone 18 Pro series. The next-gen SoC is said to feature a wider 96-bit memory interface, a redesigned packaging approach for improved thermals, and a larger Neural Processing Unit NPU .
The Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max and the iPhone Ultra may suffer from limited availability at launch, as just a few weeks before the announcement of the flagship smartphones, Apple is reportedly sitting on over a billion U.S. dollars’ worth of ARM processors for which there is simply no RAM available.
MediaTek's upcoming Dimensity 9600 will utilize a 2nm process and a 2+3+3 all-big core CPU. With native frame interpolation and upscaling, the flagship SoC rumored to power OpenAI’s first phone aims to beat Apple’s A20 Pro and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 in GPU performance. …
… The vanilla iPhone 18 is getting an extra 4GB of RAM for a total of 12GB RAM to support advanced Apple Intelligence on iOS 27, says top analyst. Powered by TSMC’s 2nm A20 chip, the base model offers a 15% performance boost. …
… The phone will also reportedly feature the 2nm A20 Pro chip and dual rear cameras. Separately, YouTuber John Prosser has shared render images and specifications suggesting a titanium build, a new Lavender color option and a smaller Face ID camera, with the phone expected in early 2027.
… A slightly smaller Dynamic Island is also tipped, continuing Apple's push to shrink the cutout across its lineup. The remaining three upgrades are expected under the hood, namely a new A20 Pro chip built on TSMC's 2nm process, a second-generation N2 wireless networking chip, and the new C2 5G modem. …
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… Of course, that's not a huge surprise as Cupertino loves selling expensive accessories, and making iPhone 17 Pro cases compatible with the iPhone 18 Pro wouldn’t be in line with Apple’s business model. iPhone 18, iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max: What to expect A20/A20 Pro chips: Built on TSMC’s… …
… And third, the iPhone Air 2 is reportedly getting an upgrade to a variant of the Apple A20 Pro, the same ARM chip that is also expected to be used in the iPhone 18 Pro Max and the iPhone Ultra. …
… Interestingly, a report from earlier this month stated that Apple will be increasing the RAM in the iPhone 18 to 12 GB , putting it on par with the Pro and Pro Max models. …