The cut up between Apple’s iPhone 14 fashions goes to be bigger than any earlier iPhone technology, and now a major voice has added its assist to what is going to seemingly show essentially the most divisive distinction.
In a brand new report, business analyst TrendForce has sided with a rising variety of business heavyweights by claiming that Apple will — for the primary time in iPhone historical past — launch iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Professional fashions with totally different generations of its chipset.
“It’s price mentioning, the iPhone 14 sequence to be launched by Apple in 2H22 will function 4 new fashions. Most notably and in contrast to prior choices, solely the newest processors are employed within the Professional sequence,” states the report.
This ties with leaks from Ming-Chi Kuo, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman and nameless tipster AppleLeaksPro, all of whom agree that the A15 chip presently used within the iPhone 13 lineup will discover its approach into the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Max.
Most controversially, AppleLeaksPro claims his sources say Apple is toying with the concept of rebranding the A15 chip as ‘A16’ and calling the next-gen chip within the iPhone 14 Professional and iPhone 14 Professional Max, the ‘A16 Professional’. If true, this transfer is prone to be broadly condemned as deceptive.
On the flip facet, it additionally matches into Apple’s wider technique of elevated differentiation between the usual iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Professional fashions. Whereas the iPhone 14 telephones will look similar to the iPhone 13, options the identical notch, the identical technology of chipset and the identical rear cameras, the iPhone 14 Professional can have a brand new design, next-gen chipsets and massively upgraded cameras.
In return, iPhone 14 Professional and Professional Max consumers will probably need to pay greater than for any earlier iPhone mannequin, with beginning costs of $1099 and $1199 repeatedly leaked. In distinction, the bottom mannequin iPhone 14 will likely be unchanged at $799 with the iPhone 14 Max $100 increased making a $300 hole between their respective Professional variations.
With Apple anticipated to revamp commonplace iPhone fashions subsequent yr and shift the vary to USB-C, my feeling is for 2022 you both go Professional or say no.
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