iPhone 17 Pro Rumors: 12GB RAM, Narrower Dynamic Island for Pro Max

[axboi87]

This all but confirms that the M4 will start with 12gb

 

[jz0309]

meh, won't drive sales growth...

 

[Gengar]

But what about the big ass camera bumps on the back?

 

[brofkand]

But what about the big ass camera bumps on the back?

Sadly I don't think most people care that much about the camera bumps, because they put their phone in a case and the thickness of the case makes the cameras feel flush.

 

[John_Blackthorne]

iPhone 17 "slim?" Que es?

 

[bradman83]

M-series chips can do virtual memory swap, but not A-series.

There's technically nothing stopping Apple from implementing virtual memory swap on existing A series chips, that's done by the operating system not the chip. That said the storage on M series iPads and Macs is significantly faster than the storage on A series chips so there would be a performance hit.

The Verge ran an interesting article yesterday summarizing the contents of a number of research papers Apple has published based on its own AI research, one of which involves saving on RAM requirements by running portions of a LLM in SSD storage instead of RAM. Whether that functionality is intended to be used on phones vs. computers is a valid question.

 

[vegetassj4]

Let me get this strait, a slimmer Island? Isthmus not be true as they would not be able to keep the competition at bay.

 

[Realityck]

Awful lot of rumor spin articles today, is that to help us ride out the expectations tomorrow?

 

[Tagbert]

I thought they said under the display Face ID and camera in 2025?

Who is “they”? Remember, you are on a rumors site.

 

[spinedoc77]

That island still sucks, I'd much rather have a notch with the ability to build a taskbar around it in software.

 

[Tagbert]

Weird... it's almost like the whole Dynamic Island thing was only put in place to hide the holes and not because Apple really believed it was a feature that would improve the UI. Go figure. 🙄

How do you get that read from it? It was always clear that they wanted to shrink the space devoted to the island/notch and to eventually not have any cutouts. That doesn’t mean that a software UI element, like Dynamic Island has to go away if people are using it. It just gives them more flexibility to size and position the virtual “island” where they want it.

 

[Eriamjh1138@DAN]

8GB RAM should be enough for anyone. - Apple 2016

 

[macfacts]

Anyone else notice that a lot of apps apparently don't make use of the available RAM?

I am annoyed how often you go back to an app that is open in the background and it has completely reset back to the home page/start screen. Especially annoying with food and retail apps where it completely erases things in your cart etc.

That's the os not the app.

 

[JPack]

There's technically nothing stopping Apple from implementing virtual memory swap on existing A series chips, that's done by the operating system not the chip. That said the storage on M series iPads and Macs is significantly faster than the storage on A series chips so there would be a performance hit.

The Verge ran an interesting article yesterday summarizing the contents of a number of research papers Apple has published based on its own AI research, one of which involves saving on RAM requirements by running portions of a LLM in SSD storage instead of RAM. Whether that functionality is intended to be used on phones vs. computers is a valid question.

Apple seems to suggest it's only available on M-series. I think if A-series could do it, Apple would have implemented it by now, especially on the lower-end iPads.

 

[trip1ex]

The iPhone 18 is going to blow away the 17.

 

[cocky jeremy]

But what about the big ass camera bumps on the back?

That isn't going anywhere. Otherwise we'd be stuck with iPhone 3G camera quality. Unless they make the entire phone thicker, which I doubt.

 

[Bustycat]

8GB RAM should be enough for anyone. - Apple 2016

Apple said that again last year.

 

[MNWildFan]

I wonder when we finally get notchless iPhones and even more so notchless MacBooks !!!

And on top of that, Face ID for the MacBooks too

Not that I mind Touch ID on my M2 Air, but would be nice to just be able to press any key/the touchpad and just have it unlock right away with just looking at it

 

[MNWildFan]

Why though? There is a light that tells you if the camera is being used.

Exactly; that right there is why it grinds my gears whenever I see someone put a sticker over it

Some people are just so overly paranoid, I swear

 

[Torty]

That suggests iPhone 16 Pro/Max is still 8GB RAM. Doesn't bode well for complex on-device AI processing.

17 Pro/Max will get 8GB too I think. Too early to step up.

 

[MNWildFan]

Apple said that again last year.

Yup, and I feel like they'll probably say it again both this and next year ad infinitum too

 

[Vulkan]

Did I miss a generation? Like 16 Lineup is not out yet and you are already creating a buzz about 17 Lineup? This is just lazy journalism...

 

[Jimmy Bubbles]

Weird... it's almost like the whole Dynamic Island thing was only put in place to hide the holes and not because Apple really believed it was a feature that would improve the UI. Go figure. 🙄

More like Dynamic Bandaid.

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

The iPhone 18 is going to blow away the 17.

But did you hear about the 19?

 

[Jimmy Bubbles]

Did I miss a generation? Like 16 Lineup is not out yet and you are already creating a buzz about 17 Lineup? This is just lazy journalism...

Wait until the 18 rumors coming out soon. 😂