I think I’ve found my new profession.I bet they’ll use A18 and A18 Pro names, just like they do with their M-series silicon. The fact they added Pro moniker to A17 corroborates this, because it can’t be just A17 on the Pro models while the standard ones have a Bionic. Also, A18 (in standard iPhone 16 series) would then imply it’s a successor to A17, an improvement, but obviously won’t be since it will probably lack Ray Tracing, additional RAM and such. Lastly, I don’t believe they can improve their silicon “twice” in one year to warrant such naming scheme, which is another reason why they added Pro to the A17.
I, an analyst