iPhone 16 Series Chip Technology Moves to Volume Production

[Populus]

They could call it the "iPhone mini"!

Oh, wait... 🤔

If they call it again iPhone mini, it’s going to be another flop. Not saying that was the only cause of its disastrous sales, but in my humble opinion the naming could have influenced discouraging people to buy it. In my opinion, if they release three iPhone 16, and call them [5.8” iPhone 16], [6.2” iPhone 16] and [6.7” iPhone 16], they could balance more the sales of the devices. But that’s not happening, because the smaller size would have leaked already.

Also the iPhone mini was just 5.4” and again, in my modest opinion, that’s a bit too small for today’s standards. At least a 5.6” device would have sold much better.

And this is is how I get the downvotes and the hate of both, the big iPhone lovers, and the mini devotees. Kinda what happens when I talk about politics, which I don’t do here on MacRumors.

 

[Mr. Dee]

Apple’s way of saying we’ve moved on already. Interesting they are going back to SoC parity across all iPhone 16 models. I’m sure the A18 will be a slower variety as to not outshine the Pro’s.

 

[cocky jeremy]

Seeing how garbage the 15 Pro is, the 14 Pro looks like a better phone altogether. I am in the same boat as you.

I've had both and I assure you the 15 Pro Max is better than the 14 Pro Max.

 

[Populus]

Apple’s way of saying we’ve moved on already. Interesting they are going back to SoC parity across all iPhone 16 models. I’m sure the A18 will be a slower variety as to not outshine the Pro’s.

Yep, my thoughts as well. I’m convinced there’s going to be an A18 Bionic, and an A18 Pro, and rather than speed, the differences in my opinion will be on the number of cores, GPU cores most likely. Why? Because binned SoC will be branded as A18 Bionic, and those better chips with all the functional cores will be branded A18 Pro. That way they take advantage of all the supply of A18 chips.

Maybe another differentiation comes with different RAM configurations, with the A18 Bionic coming with just 6GB of RAM (an artificial cap to push Pro sales) and the A18 Pro comes with the 8GB of RAM. But it would be great if both SoC come with 8GB of RAM not gonna lie.

 

[Populus]

I've had both and I assure you the 15 Pro Max is better than the 14 Pro Max.

Thank you, I think only people using both phones with the same iOS version can judge properly between both phones, and it is obvious that the iPhone 15 Pro is a better phone. To what extent is it worth that difference, that’s another, more personal question. For my case, an A15 or A16 powered iPhone, such as the regular iPhone 15, would be more than enough. But again, different strokes for different folks (I’ve never understood the origin of this phrase).

 

[iPay]

They could call it the "iPhone mini"!

Oh, wait... 🤔

I see a great future for an iPhone Mini Pro Max.

 

[toobravetosave]

Finally most consumers can run instagram and candycrush with no lag

 

[neuropsychguy]

Wait, so your litmus is that the 15 Pros bend easier than the 14 Pros? A $1000+ device, never meant to be bent deliberately, which will in fact bend, is a defect in your eyes? Wild. I’ll take a lighter, easier to hold device, with thinner bezels, more powerful CPU/GPU, better cameras, better battery life, USB-C 3.0, etc that bends easier.

If it can’t survive a direct hit from a nuclear weapon, what good is the iPhone? Might as well throw it away.

 

[chanerz]

Here we go, iPhone 16, best iPhone EVER made.

 

[surfzen21]

You are objectively not being objective.
A phone you can bend with your bear hands? History is repeating, and I see nobody being hyped.

Do you know what objective and subjective mean?

I don't think you do.

One person applying and unknown amount of pressure to a phone is NOT objective. That's called a very small subjective sample of one. It wasn't even replicated by that same person.

To extrapolate that to the whole lineup is a hysterical reaction.

 

[PlainBelliedSneetch]

To be fair - bear hands could probably bend ANY phone.

We make our bear handle its iPhone with kid gloves.

 

[BugeyeSTI]

Most likely! But if you could do it without any actual effort, I would start to get paranoia, and I am not going to start to carry/use my phone like some sort of fancy accessory.

One video from hairlessrigeverything and YouTube groupies go to work spreading B/S.😂

 

[5232152]

I've had both and I assure you the 15 Pro Max is better than the 14 Pro Max.

You got me convinced with this comment; thank you.

 

[Burgess07]

Anyone have this wallpaper/image? 🙏

 

[thebeans]

You are objectively not being objective.
A phone you can bend with your bear hands? History is repeating, and I see nobody being hyped.

Indeed you may be able to bend an iPhone 15 Pro with your bare hands, but why would you? I can count on zero fingers the number of times I’ve tried to bend my iPhone. I’ve had an iPhone every year since the 4s and none of them have bent because, you know, I didn’t grab them with my hands and try to bend them. AMAZING!! 🤩

 

[CarAnalogy]

Who cares about iPhone. A17 Pro was such a disappointment anyway. Give me M3, Apple. Want that 2nd-gen 3nm process for the Macs.

If that’s what you want, then you should care. You should, because that is where they develop what becomes the M series.

 

[cocky jeremy]

You got me convinced with this comment; thank you.

I'm not trying to convince you of anything. Just telling you if you think the 14 is better than the 15, you're wrong. Believe what you wish, though. You can think the iPhone is made of M&M's and the battery is made of pizza for all I care.

 

[Dulcimer]

You uh, realize N3E is a relaxed process compared to A17 Pro’s N3B, right? It’s intended to trade lower performance for higher yields.

Why do you assume I care about more performance? I want more efficiency which the A17P did not achieve in part due to poor yields.

 

[goonie4life9]

I see the Apple PR tutti-fruitti, phoney baloney, plastic banana, good time, rock-n-roll "leaks" are already getting started for the iPhone 16. I can't wait to hear how new processor is the most powerful iPhone processor Apple has ever released in an iPhone, using an ALL NEW 3nm process, resulting in best-in-class graphics performance, and next level performance and efficiency.

 

[JPack]

Why do you assume I care about more performance? I want more efficiency which the A17P did not achieve in part due to poor yields.

If you want efficiency, N3E won't bring anything to the table. It's N3P that has any hope.

 

[Dulcimer]

The iPhone 15 Pro Max is faster than a M2 Ultra and M2 Mac Pro for every single threaded application. All those Mac's are really horrible then if the chip in side the iPhone 15 Pro is a disappointment.

Again why do you assume perf is the main thing I care about? It’s efficiency I want which the A17P disappointed on

 

[Zest28]

Again why do you assume perf is the main thing I care about? It’s efficiency I want which the A17P disappointed on

What are you even talking about? The iPhone 15 Pro Max has better battery life than the iPhone 14 Pro Max.

Not a single chip comes close to the efficiency (performance/watt) of the iPhone 15 Pro Max.

 

[dampfnudel]

You uh, realize N3E is a relaxed process compared to A17 Pro’s N3B, right? It’s intended to trade lower performance for higher yields.

I don’t think Apple would like the backlash if the Geekbench score for the 16 Pro/Pro Max ended up being lower than the 15 Pro/Pro Max. Not happening.

 

[dampfnudel]

Why not wait for the iPhone 25 Ultra ?

Will that be the implant or finally a folding iPhone?

 

[JPack]

I don’t think Apple would like the backlash if the Geekbench score for the 16 Pro/Pro Max ended up being lower than the 15 Pro/Pro Max. Not happening.

That's why Apple designs for IPC improvements and increases cache sizes. The clock can always be bumped.