The iPhone 17 has 8GB of RAM, but Apple’s “lower-end” iPhones set to launch in the first half of next year will get — drumroll please — 9GB of RAM, says supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo: > My latest industry checks suggest Apple’s lower-end 1H27 iPhones, powered by the A20 chip, will move to 9GB DRAM (1.5GB × 6 dies), up from 8GB (2GB × 4 dies) in the current A19 models, to keep the system running smoothly under AI workloads.

iPhone 18 Pro is still a few months away, but out of the rumored new features so far, there are three upgrades I’m especially excited about.

Apple’s base model iPhone 18 might not get as much RAM as expected—raising questions about support for iOS 27’s most demanding features.