- IPhone 17 may not get a chipset upgrade, according to a noticed analyst
- But a smaller and more effective dynamic island could be added instead
- Other iPhone 17 models are expected to get upgrades of the chipset
A noted industry analyst has suggested that the iPhone 17 may not get a processing upgrade, instead launched with the same chipset as the current generational model.
Jeff PU, Apple analyst at Equity Research Firm GF Securities, has suggested that the next iPhone will skip the usual chipset upgrade and continue using the A18 chipset found in the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus.
If this tipoff turns out to be true, it would be Apple’s second time launching a phone without a chipset upgrade. In 2022, the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus launched for mixed reactions when it was revealed that Apple had equipped both phones with the same A15 chips found in the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Mini.
As PhoneArena reports, the iPhone 17 could be the only iPhone 17 launch model that comes with an A18 chipset -iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max are both expected to get the A19 Pro chipset, while the new iPhone 17 air is tip to get A19.
Minor design differences
So is Apple in another round of page eye from critics and customers? Perhaps. If the latest iPhone 17 rumors are to believe, Apple’s next base model flag ship will be the only one Not that Get some kind of bigger redesign with this year’s series.
IPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max are expected to get large camera bars a la Google Pixel 9 and the iPhone 17 Air is tipped to get a new thin and lightweight chassis with a single camera.
It would leave the regular iPhone 17 as the only one of its series without a kind of design update that draws even more attention to its similarities to last year’s model.
A new dynamic island?
Separate rumors suggest that the next vanilla could at least take advantage of a dynamic island upgrade coming to the entire iPhone 17 setup.
Former tips from Jeff Pu pointed to a reduced dynamic island using a metal’s to face -id, which means a lens that compresses the transmitter and receiver in a component. As Macrumors reports, the proposal was shared in an investornotate issued by PU earlier this month.
However, colleague Apple analyst and well-considered Tipster Ming-Chi Kuo said in January that they do not expect much of a change when it comes to the size of the dynamic island.
We expect the iPhone 17 series to be launched later in the year. Want to buy an iPhone 17 that is not delivered with an upgraded chipset? Would a smaller dynamic island be enough of an update to its design? Tell us that in the comments below.
