Apple Leak Confirms Four iPhone 16 Models With Same A18 Chip
Code discovered in Apple's backend by Nicolás Alvarez and shared with MacRumors confirms Apple's plans to release four iPhone 16 models this year, and it indicates that the devices will all have the same A-series chip. There are mentions of new model numbers that are not associated with existing iPhones, and that have the numbering scheme Apple uses for its flagship devices.
The code includes the following iPhone identifiers:
iPhone17,1
iPhone17,2
iPhone17,3
iPhone17,4
iPhone17,5
iPhone 15 models, which have different chips, the internal identifiers have separate numbers.
iPhone 15 - iPhone 15,4
iPhone 15 Plus - iPhone 15,5
iPhone 15 Pro - iPhone 16,1
iPhone 15 Pro Max - iPhone 16,2
iPhone 14 Pro models, which had corresponding model numbers of iPhone 15,2 for the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 15,3 for the iPhone 15 Pro Max. The iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max have the A17 Pro chip, hence the 16,x identifier.
Apple's iPhones typically tie identifier to chip. Everything with the A16 chip has an identifier that starts with 15, and prior devices that had an A15 chip all had an identifier starting with 14. The same goes for the 13,x identifier (A14), and the 12,x identifier (A13).
in line with rumors and prior leaks. We've heard several rumors that the devices will share a chip, and an earlier code leak in March also confirmed the shared identifiers.
iPhone SE, but there's no way to determine what that device is at this time.
iPhone 16 Pro lineup.
iOS 18. Apple Intelligence requires a high-powered chip for the AI features to run on-device. At this time, only the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max are able to use Apple Intelligence, and Apple likely wants to make sure all future devices have the power required for machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks.
Related Roundups: iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Pro
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