Rumors indicate A16 performance is up 20% as well. That suggest some kind of significant die area increase.
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Kuo: Only iPhone 14 Pro Models to Get 'A16' Chip, Standard Models to Retain A15
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Rumors indicate A16 performance is up 20% as well. That suggest some kind of significant die area increase.
No.
There have not been supply issues for leading edge chips. When the pandemic started, it was predicted there would be fewer car sales, which uses older chip tech. Combined with political issues, the available fabs for mature nodes decreased. But everyone knew leading edge chips would be in high demand.
Apple lying like that would be a pretty big scandal. That would bring some juicy lawsuits.
But that doesn’t offer anything to those of us who would not buy such an abomination.
i supposed Apple could just recycle A15 chips for both the main and pro lines and tell everyone to just suck it up.
Soon Kuo will say that the Normal iPhone 14's are going to have a SE design, Apple would never do this.
That does make sense, they can only advance a chip so much. Hopefully soon they can make it powerful enough to add AI and make it extremely useful, or pushing forward with AR glasses. This upgrade model isn’t very sustainable to keep customers upgrading year to year anymore.
Many companies, such as Nvidia and Amd both have rebranded GPU architectures of a lower numbered generation and named them a higher number generation. This happens a lot. No scandle and no lawsuit, rebranding and renaming is perfectly legal.
Read here: https://graphicscardhub.com/rebrand-rebadge-vs-refresh-gpu/
Yes they do, the regular iPhone 13.
If Apple kept the iPhone 14 with A15, then how is it different than the iPhone 13 other than an extra $100?
I guess Apple can do that and hope people wouldn't notice. It reminds me of the iPad mini 3, which was just the mini 2 with Touch ID, and nothing else.
I would’ve accepted a very slightly upgraded A16 and a beast of an A16 named A16 pro/ultra/whatever for the pro models. But using the same name? Farfetched. How would you differentiate the iPhone 13 from the 14?
Exactly. iPhone is Apple's main bread and butter, so I doubt they would do a blunder like that.
My guess: it will be as usual, iPhone 14 lineup all with A16. The non-pro models might get less GPU core/lower clockspeed/whatever like the iPhone 13 lineup, but they all get A16.
If supply is an issue, then it's more plausible for Apple to stagger the releases, like what they did with the iPhone 12.
Just a thought — wouldn’t it be interesting if the even-numbered non-pro iPhones got a large Max variant, and the odd-numbered ones got a small Mini?
That would fulfill the rumor that the Mini is done for now, but will still come around for people who want it, just not as frequently.
And the standard middle size is always available, as is the Pro Max for those who just want the biggest thing every time?
That would fulfill the rumor that the Mini is done for now, but will still come around for people who want it, just not as frequently.
And the standard middle size is always available, as is the Pro Max for those who just want the biggest thing every time?
Yeah. Maybe they come up with an A15Z for the regular 14s, overclocked and with the extra GPU cores from the 13 Pros
Yep. The chips are getting better, but really only a bit better every year. And partly the limit is the software and, frankly, us the user. We typical want our phones to do two things, show us some words, show us some pictures/video or play us some sounds. Most folks aren't doing much more than that on their phones. And even if you are some sort of "power user" on your phone, 99% of the time even those users are just doing those three things. So if the CPU can deliver the words, sounds and pictures just fine, then the CPU is good enough. If the software the user uses doesn't use the better CPU, it will run the same on the older CPU.
So I could see Apple doing improvements to this year's iPhone that don't need the new CPU, but are still great. Stuff like make the phone lighter. Make it thinner. Give it a better set of cameras. Give it more battery. Lots of users would take any of those four things before they'd take a 10% faster CPU.
I've done the yearly upgrade several times, but I then switched to upgrade every two years. Will I upgrade my 12 mini this Fall? We shall see. I might. But I might also just get a new battery put in it and take it into year three.
I would prefer better hardware, product designs, and software to go along with these new chips. I don't really care how fast the chip is if it does what I need fast and efficient enough. Apple really should think about other ways to market their products and not rely on just the chip.
It's time for Apple to really make iOS, iPadOS and MacOS into something new. It just feels so repetitive and the interface looks and feels old compared to other products out there. I can't be the only one becoming increasingly bored with Apple and their one dimensional product philosophy.
It's time for Apple to really make iOS, iPadOS and MacOS into something new. It just feels so repetitive and the interface looks and feels old compared to other products out there. I can't be the only one becoming increasingly bored with Apple and their one dimensional product philosophy.
I'll only believe it if Tim Cook can vouch for Kuo's "predictions".....
depending on price, and differences between a15 and a16 being nominal and Regular and Pro (120hz, 3rd camera)... the price and weight difference could make a 14 Max really compelling! Like $799 for a 128gb A15 that's got the 12/13 lightness.
Not sure the point in a 'regular' 14 though other than $100 cheaper if it takes the price Point place of 13 mini and 13 is discontinued.
Not sure the point in a 'regular' 14 though other than $100 cheaper if it takes the price Point place of 13 mini and 13 is discontinued.
I thought the same when it popped up, but I also feel like Kuo has enough presence in the Apple community to make his voice heard in case he was being blatantly impersonated by now. Especially since your entire reputation lives or dies by what you say in the rumors/leaks game.