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The chipset that Apple will use inside the iPhone 15 (likely just the Pro models), has just leaked out. And it’s looking like a pretty big upgrade for the iPhone 15 this year.
The A17 CPU will be made using the 3nm manufacturing process. It will also have a 6-core CPU and a 6-core GPU. Those CPU cores will run at up to 3.7GHz. Making it a pretty fast processor, and keeping Apple’s lead over Qualcomm, MediaTek and Samsung. Finally, it’ll support up to 6GB of RAM. So it looks like the hopes for 8GB of RAM in the iPhone 15 Pro, is not happening.
This will be the first chipset for iPhone made using the 3nm process, which is going to bring about a 10-15 percent boost in performance and power consumption should drop by about 30 percent. That should bring us more performance and with the larger batteries in the iPhone 15, some pretty substantial gains in battery life. Definitely good on both fronts.
iPhone 15 is expected to be announced on September 12
September 12 is rumored to be the announcement date for the iPhone 15 series, with the Pro models being delayed a couple of weeks and thus shipping in October. Which means the launch is right around the corner.
While it sounded like the iPhone 15 would be a pretty small update this year, it is turning out to be a much larger update than any of us had anticipated. Of course, the big thing is going to be USB-C, finally. And we can thank the EU for that. Additionally, the iPhone 15 and 15 Plus are going to get dynamic island, which means no more notches on new iPhones – at least until a new SE comes out.
Now as for the A17 chipset here, if Apple continues to do what they did with the iPhone 14 series, it looks like it will only be available on the Pro models. So that’s iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max. We’ll have to wait for September 12 to find out for sure.