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All iPhone 16 Models Equipped With 8GB of RAM for Apple Intelligence
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I do think the Pros should have been bumped to 12GB, and almost certainly will be next year. Not gonna prevent me from upgrading though. 
I hate when people say "specs don't matter". They do when they impact performance and longitivity of a device.
I like to think there's an alternative universe where there's not duopoly in phones. Where phone technology stopped around 2006 for the average consumer, and those people aren't online to the extreme that we see today. And those that are (enthusiasts) and have smart phones have a choice of OS and hardware to the point where one could upgrade the ram on their devices.
That would be a really nice world to live in.
Posted from my Palm Pilot running webOS 5
Unless you're a pro photographer, apart from a third camera, there are hardly any differences in the features between the standard & the Pro phones.
Apple never publicly advertises the amount of RAM included in iPhones, but MacRumors has confirmed that all four iPhone 16 models are equipped with 8GB of RAM for Apple Intelligence. We uncovered this information in the latest version of Apple's developer tool Xcode 16, with assistance from @iSWUpdates.
This means that the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus have an additional 2GB of RAM compared to the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus, while the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max have the same amount of RAM as the equivalent iPhone 15 Pro models.
New RAM amounts:
- iPhone 16: 8GB
- iPhone 16 Plus: 8GB
- iPhone 16 Pro: 8GB
- iPhone 16 Pro Max: 8GB
Previous RAM amounts:
The same Xcode files accurately revealed RAM amounts for the iPhone 15 models last year and in several previous iPhone generations.
- iPhone 15: 6GB
- iPhone 15 Plus: 6GB
- iPhone 15 Pro: 8GB
- iPhone 15 Pro Max: 8GB
All four iPhone 15 models will be available to pre-order starting Friday, September 13 at 5 a.m. Pacific Time in the U.S. and nearly 60 other countries and regions. The devices are set to launch one week later, on Friday, September 20.
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Never thought I'd see the day 😏
That will be a killer feature on the 17 pro's 🤣
Can't have Iphones with more ram than the base mac models.
Penny pincher Tim can't give the customer too much. Have to keep it in the pipeline for the next "selling point" when they have nothing else.
Look yo, I've got an iPhone 7 32GB that I use for my business line; and iPhone 12 mini for personal line.
I'm soooooo over apps crashing; not being able to watch a Discord stream while using ChatGPT while scrolling on Reddit.
I'm soooooo over Zoom crashing when I switch to look for a document to share.
Wait, wait wait wait wait is always the mantra. I've waited. like 7 years and 4 years; I'm ready man.
Which according to Kuo means waiting for the 17 Pro Max or if you want the smaller size, 18 Pro.
17 Pro is rumored to stick with 8GB according to Kuo. Only 17 Pro Max will get 12GB. The 17 “Air” is also rumored to get only 8GB of RAM.
Are you planning to get the 17 Pro Max because according to Kuo, that’s the only model getting 12GB.
same phone with a couple new buttons, maybe they know they'll get most people on 14 or earlier to upgrade to 16 Pro, then 17 will be the one for annual upgraders!
My S7 and 13 Pro are still going strong. But I will consider replacing the watch next year with a true anniversary edition that seems to be coming.
16 Pro looks good but I'll wait for reviews and probably the 17 Pro. I'll almost certainly be ready by then. Hopefully a better update coming to that one.
And here is where RAM-aholics get it wrong. 8GB of RAM is a massive amount of runtime memory. But no amount will be enough if software is bloated and non-optimized. By keeping RAM at reasonable capacities, Apple encourages developers to optimize. It's better for consumers. The last 16 years is proof of that. Only rarely has insufficient RAM been a real problem.
Adding more RAM is a fruitless goal. Because then no amount will be enough. The goal should be efficiency.
Not rolling out ai features at once. Gradually, so they can kick the can for another year and keep in their pocket for next years big upgrade.
I don’t care how much RAM it has as long as it works well. They’re probably also looking at how much power is needed to maintain 50% more RAM.
I still love my 14 Pro and for the first time I feel no inclination to replace it. At all. And I’ll live happily without the AI features.
I still love my 14 Pro and for the first time I feel no inclination to replace it. At all. And I’ll live happily without the AI features.
