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

[Alexander_im]

Enough with the silly upsell to the Pro Max. We don't want gigantic phones. 17 Pro is already big enough.

Who "we"? I hate to disappoint you but I, for one, am eager to see 7"+ iPhone. I'm fine being in minority here but I have really big hands and spend a lot of time on the go, thus iPad Mini doesn't work for me

 

[ApplesAreSweet&Sour]

The iPhone 18 is going to blow away the 17.

What are you even talking about?

16, 17, 18, and 19 are basically relics by now.

Everyone is talking about iPhone 42.

No under display Face ID. Instead, the iPhone is imbedded into your face and identity.

Try to keep up, gramps!

/s

 

[subjonas]

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

As I understand it’s not hardwired like on a Macbook, so theoretically it can be hacked. Also you’re not always looking at the phone.

 

[mebehere]

So tired of the regular size Pro getting the short end of the stick. I thought all that would be over when the X was released.

This. It’s total BS. No size limitation like the zoom lens in the current Pro Max.

 

[Kylo83]

at this rate the notch free iPhone wont be out until 2035

 

[currentinterest]

Folks, this is a rumor 18 months out. Let’s see what really shakes out.

 

[AndiG]

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

Neither is the whole Macbook/Pro lines where RAM should have been increased to a minimum of 16GB since many years.

 

[dannyyankou]

It would be hilarious if the iPhone 17 got more base ram before the base MacBook Pro did.

 

[MrSegundus]

More iterative, which makes you wonder why anyone should ever upgrade iPhones. Tim Cook needs to go so Apple can innovate again because clearly they’re more stale than 12 year old bread.

 

[BigKahunaBurguer]

Enough with the silly upsell to the Pro Max. We don't want gigantic phones. 17 Pro is already big enough.

You*

 

[derdante]

Damn, Pro Max only for the smaller dynamic island? Guess it's going to stay with us for a while. They'll at least have one additional year of bringing it to the other Pro model and then to all the models. So much for under-display Face ID anytime soon.

 

[subjonas]

So tired of the regular size Pro getting the short end of the stick. I thought all that would be over when the X was released.

It’s just physics that bigger phones can hold more hardware, so it only makes sense that they have an advantage in some hardware-related features (not all). To force both phone sizes to always be exactly equal in features would be to artificially and unnecessarily limit the potential of the bigger phone. And this is coming from someone who thinks all modern phones are too big.

 

[iAppleOrchard]

Why is the iPhone 17 Plus called the iPhone 17 Slim 💀

Why fix whats already perfect...

 

[soyazul]

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

2027

 

[klasma]

So tired of the regular size Pro getting the short end of the stick. I thought all that would be over when the X was released.

It’s the other way around: The Pro Max users get to be the guinea pigs.

 

[Sebosz]

Isn’t 8GB enough on a phone? They’re still selling it on a Mac 😅

Asking the right questions 🤣

 

[dampfnudel]

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

Maybe for the 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max in 2026?

 

[Elusi]

Why is the iPhone 17 Plus called the iPhone 17 Slim 💀

Why fix whats already perfect...

Naming rumors are pretty often wrong, so I would take this one with salt as well. This far ahead of launch, the only people who know the planned names would be people in the Cupertino and they aren't as leak-prone as contractors, factory floors and the like.

 

[dampfnudel]

The iPhone 18 is going to blow away the 17.

With 120Hz of course.

 

[dampfnudel]

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

Or maybe 12GB will be exclusive to the 17 Pro Max?

 

[Fuzzball84]

Isn’t 8GB enough on a phone? They’re still selling it on a Mac 😅

The only difference is becoming the screen size. Behind the scenes what the SoC is doing isn't too different on iPhone, ipad, Apple TV and Mac. For a lot of users.

 

[Marty80]

Dang I now am going to skip the 16 pro max & endure another year of waiting. It looks like the 17 pro max is going to be a worthy update to my 12 pro max.

 

[Fuzzball84]

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.

IOS is extremely aggressive with memory.

 

[LoveToMacRumors]

Wasnt the 17 series supposed to remove the dynamic island.. all under screen??

 

[8CoreWhore]

The RAM for the iPhone is now more than what they give you in the MacBook Pro. 8GB RAM has been the default since 2013. Bananas.