The iPhone 17 lineup is in the works, and it might be getting serious hardware upgrades this year, including RAM and SoC. According to a new report, every new member of the iPhone 17 family is about to get a memory bump from 8 GB to 12 GB, which will be a huge improvement for Apple Intelligence and multitasking.
Digital Chat Station reported his latest findings on Weibo a few hours ago. He claims that the new iPhones, base and Pro versions, all of them may be getting a spec bump, both in terms of processing power and RAM. The iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max will be upgraded to Apple A19 Pro silicon.
It will use the same TSMC 3nm node as before, but we do suspect a significant performance bump is on the way for this new chip. If the previous trend holds, both non-Pro iPhone 17 options might secure a vanilla Apple A19 chip with slightly worse performance to save a few bucks.
Another detail we found in this leak is that all four iPhones support 12 GB RAM without disparity. Even the base iPhones have been upgraded, and this could prove to be the most notable improvement over the past few years for these cheaper iPhones.
DCS’s report contradicts some earlier rumors, which claimed that only three out of four Apple iPhone latest models are getting a spec bump from 8GB to 12 GB. Although this tipster has a solid track record with accurate predictions and leaks, we still advise waiting for Apple to confirm if all iPhones have the upgraded RAM this year.
Where the iPhone 17 family has more RAM capacity, the iPhone 18 series could bring a much better RAM type for next year’s upgrade. The leaker believes that iPhones in 2026 might use a 6-channel LPDDR5X memory for the first time. That means more memory bandwidth and faster data process.
Another upgrade you can look forward to is the Apple C2 5G modem on the iPhone 18 series next year. The internal details about the new iPhones are still far and few, but there’s plenty of time till launch and new specs are popping up on the web every few days. Before time, we’ll have everything we need to know about the iPhone 17 series. So, make sure to stay up-to-date with our daily news and headlines.