It is rumoured that more advanced in-device artificial intelligence features will come with iPhone 17 and Apple will increase the amount of memory in iPhones to 12GB. iPhone 16 models will still come with 8GB RAM.
Apple is rumoured to switch to 12GB RAM in the iPhone 17 series. The iPhone 15 Pros and the upcoming iPhone 16 series are also compatible with Apple Intelligence, but the 2025 iPhone models are rumoured to require more RAM for more advanced on-device AI applications. This also means that there will be no memory increase in the iPhone 16 series.
The source who shared this information advises those who are considering switching to an AI-powered iPhone to wait for the 2025 iPhone 17 series. In this year's iPhone 16, 8GB of RAM may be sufficient as most of the AI processing is done in the cloud. Next year's iPhone 17 will have more edge AI applications and the need for RAM will increase.
Edge AI refers to AI processing that takes place directly on the device rather than on cloud servers. The data processing takes place close to the data source (the device itself) rather than in a central location such as a cloud data centre.
It is certain that the iPhone 16 series will come with 8GB RAM because the person who shared this information (Phone Chip Expert) has made accurate predictions before. He was the first to announce that the iPhone 7 will be water resistant and that the standard iPhone 14 models will continue to use the A15 Bionic chip, while the more advanced A16 chip will be exclusive to the iPhone 14 Pro models. These predictions were later confirmed by multiple reliable sources and turned out to be correct when the devices were released.
