It’s been claimed that Apple might rebrand the present A15 Bionic chips as an all-new A16 for the iPhone 14 launch later this 12 months.
We had already heard reviews that Apple was pondering of protecting the A15 Bionic chip round for an additional 12 months. Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo beforehand revealed that there can be a break up in efficiency for this 12 months’s iPhones, with solely the 2 Execs getting the advantages of an A16 improve.
This newest report from idropnews not solely confirms that declare, it claims that Apple goes to bask in some semantic trickery into the cut price.
Apparently, whereas the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Max (it’s extensively accepted there’s going to be a super-sized ‘regular’ iPhone launched this 12 months) will successfully be working on the identical chip that’s powering the iPhone 13, Apple will rename it to the A16. This would go away the precise new chip to be rebranded the A16 Professional and fitted into the iPhone 14 Professional and iPhone 14 Professional Max.
The report claims that this can be a good factor, as it should preserve manufacturing prices down, thus enabling the iPhone 14 to be priced the identical because the iPhone 13. However for those who take a look at what this really means, it’s that the iPhone 14 Professional is about for a worth bump over the iPhone 13 Professional.
By introducing the iPhone 14 Max at $100 greater than the iPhone 14, the report claims, Apple is establishing a $100 worth bump for the iPhone 14 Professional so as to keep that established $200 hole between regular and Professional fashions.
Apart from a quicker processor, reviews recommend that Apple will search to justify the value hike by equipping solely the iPhone 14 Professional fashions with a brand new capsule and punch-hole notch.
