iPhone 18e Rumored to Feature Increased RAM

[nateo200]

I'm doing just fine with the 6GB on my 14PM with 26.6, but I couldn't care less about Siri AI when I get 27.

I think 50% of the reason I upgraded my 14PM to 17PM was the USB-C port. The Siri AI stuff is wildly uninteresting to me thus far lol.

 

[nateo200]

Genuine question - have the RAM requirements for the advanced Siri AI model ever been published by Apple, or are all the "12GB minimum" claims infered from the currently supported hardware? Maybe 9GB gives iOS enough headroom to run the advanced AI model? Might explain this rumoured 9GB in the new low-end devices?

It’s probably not strictly necessary but Apple likes to give excess headroom because they are a company about experience more than hardware and they want the experience to be consistent and overall good. I bet 6GB could run it fine with 8GB being necessary for advanced features but they again want things to run very smoothly. If the new entry level iPhone is 9GB’s I’m betting it’s because they wanted to go 10 or 12GB’s but that the memory shortages cut that back a lot and they wanted to at least give a tiny boost to justify the price increase.

 

[Genelec8341]

I think 50% of the reason I upgraded my 14PM to 17PM was the USB-C port. The Siri AI stuff is wildly uninteresting to me thus far lol.

Yeah USB-C... Now that would be a major daily quality of life upgrade. Spot on.

 

[noannualfee]

Is this some sort of peasant joke that I’m too rich to understand?

 

[allenvanhellen]

iPhone Neo makes much more sense
Merge the useless E models with the regular 18’s
That would be way better. Takes up less resources that way and still have an affordable iPhone even if it starts at like $850

Yeah, the SE was much cheaper and smaller and appealed to a certain segment. I don’t see enough difference in price, etc. between the 17 and 17E. I’m more attracted to the 17E and that’s just for aesthetics.