iPhone 17 Has Another Chip-Related Rumor Reversal

[LenardG]

They can call it the A19 or the A26 or whatever, the name does not have anything to do with what it does.

Apple has released the S5 SIP for the Apple Watch. Also, the S6 SIP. Essentially they were S4, rebranded for next year so the Watch wouldn't seem like getting no update.

There is literally nothing preventing them from rebranding the A18 as A19 and releasing that with the iPhone 17. Everybody is happy, because they got the latest chip. Or did they?

When the chips come out and we can see the specs, that is when we will know the truth about all these updates and variants and binned versions.

 

[Steve121178]

The chip was set at least a year ago, if not two.

They’ve likely been producing the phones for six months already.

Aside from some early manufacturing samples, the mass manufacturing doesn't normally start until late June at the earliest. There used to be a tool where you could query your serial number and it told you the precise manufacturing date, but that doesn't exist anymore sadly since Apple changed the format of the serial numbers.

 

[FreakinEurekan]

Apple needs to license Steely Dan for this phone.

A19
That's 'Retha Franklin
She don't remember the Queen of Soul...

 

[ls1dreams]

A18 would have been an absolute deal breaker for me. These phones barely have any innovation left at all in them. Giving us at least the latest cpu is table stakes at the price points they want for these phones (around $1000 after tax for a 256gb model)

 

[ls1dreams]

Irrespective of the chip in the device, expecting it to perform well. But it will be good if it gets a newer chip. Might allow it to have software support for a year longer.

Highly doubt it, but we'll find out when we start seeing iPhone 13 vs 14 OS cutoffs since they share the same cpu.

 

[Royksöpp]

Good. I think they learned their lesson about recycling chips after the iPhone 14 flopped.

 

[ls1dreams]

Good. I think they learned their lesson about recycling chips after the iPhone 14 flopped.

Did the 14 have low sales?