- IPhone 18 tipes again to make 2 nm switch
- It means more power and a higher cost to do
- The phones should be launched in September next year
Should you upgrade to iPhone 17 this year or wait for the iPhone 18? A new leak suggests that the 2026 iPhone comes with a significant benefit increase, but can also have a particularly higher price.
This comes from experienced Tipster Digital Chat Station on Chinese social media site Weibo (via macumors). Apparently, the A20 chip, which is intended for the iPhone 18 series, is switching from a 3 nanometer to a 2 nanometer production process -essentially packages several transistors in the same room.
It should mean a great boost in performance and efficiency (which then improves the life of the battery). The iPhone chips, of course, get faster every year, but where a nanometer (NM) jump is involved, the differences for generations should be even bigger.
We have heard this rumor before, from well -placed sources, and it is even more likely that we believe it now that it has been repeated again. Expect Apple to make a lot of noise about the performance of its iPhones as next year rolls around.
It costs you
The same tipster says (via Google Translate) that the cost of these chips is expected to “rise significantly”, with “another round of price increases for new phones”. Add the current customs uncertainty and the iPhone series 2026 may be the most expensive yet.
Other chipp producers, including Qualcomm and Medatek, apparently also move to the same 2 NM process next year – so flagship smartphones may be more expensive everywhere, not only when it comes to Apple’s offer.
Again, this is something that other tips have predicted. This is not a whole new rumor, but it adds to the mounting proof that the iPhone 18 hand sets will be impressively powerful … and maybe rather animals.
Expect more rumors like this for the rest of this year and into the next one. In the meantime, we hear that the iPhone 17 series could come up with a significant redesign, certain video recording improvements and a whole new model.
