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Title: Fancy new chips are cool but only Apple's Pro iPhones need them Post by: HCK on March 15, 2022, 04:05:16 pm Fancy new chips are cool but only Apple's Pro iPhones need them
Apple's all about the features, not specs. Talk of Apple only putting its hot new A16 chip into the iPhone 14 Pro models has a lot of people hot under the collar. But really, it's a change that makes more sense than you might think. And it's definitely one that Apple shouldn't be afraid of making, no matter how much the silicon junkies shout about it. Backing up, let's get back to the news itself. A recent post to Twitter by well-respected analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has people frothing. Tweets upsetting people aren't new, of course. That's basically what Twitter is here for. But this one is interesting in that it claims Apple will only put its latest and greatest silicon-on-chip (SoC) into the Pro versions of this year's iPhone 14 models. That would mean the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max getting the A16 and the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Max — yes, I'm guessing on the names but I'm fairly confident — making do with the same A15 Bionic that powers the iPhone 13 lineup. And the newl... Source: Fancy new chips are cool but only Apple's Pro iPhones need them (https://www.imore.com/apple-only-putting-its-latest-chips-pro-iphones-makes-more-sense-not) |