Apple has officially scheduled an event on September 9th to unveil its latest iPhones. The iPhone 16 series has been leaked in recent months, revealing some of its details. Recent rumors suggest that all four models will feature a maximum amount of RAM of 8GB. That should be enough to run iOS smoothly, but it falls short of what we currently have on the Android side. According to new reports, the next iPhone 17 series will bring upgrades in the RAM department, moving to 12GB of RAM.
iPhone 17 Will Bring 16 GB RAM Thanks to Apple Intelligence
Considering how conservative Apple is with the hardware of the iPhone, the jump from 8GB to 12GB is a significant one. This jump is tied to the company’s AI Apple Intelligence. The iPhone 16 series is expected to bring cloud-based Apple Intelligence features. However, with the iPhone 17 series, more AI features will be baked into the device. So, it will definitely need more RAM to keep everything running smoothly.
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It is worth noting that Google has also made a significant leap forward in this regard with the Pixel 9 family. While the basic Pixel 9 models have 12 GB of RAM, the Pro variants have a full 16 GB of RAM. Google was also conservative in terms of hardware. Or at least more conservative than the Chinese brands we are used to seeing on 24 GB smartphones.
The addition in the RAM department also relates to the advancement of Google’s own AI solution, Google Gemini. Adding more RAM makes these devices more future-proof as AI technologies continue to evolve in the coming years. Google’s Pixel 9 smartphones use a chunk of RAM solely for AI applications and nothing else.
While Apple has traditionally been left out of this hardware race, the rise of artificial intelligence will make an upgrade inevitable. Of course, we need to take this news with a pinch of salt. The iPhone 17 series is months away.