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

[Jim Lahey]

They deliberately punched a giant sloth through the screen in order to somehow create innovation out of the problem they just created to facilitate the innovation that fixed the problem they created on purpose. Why would they now shrink the problem that created its own innovation that fixed the deliberate problem and make the innovation less incredible?

Yes, that is how ridiculous dynamic island is. Apple is lost at sea with no island in sight.

 

[xbjllb]

How about that 8k video capable camera that still won't do 8k despite USB to transfer those huge files?

 

[Tagbert]

iPhone 16 Pro Rumored to Feature Under-Display Face ID Next Year

The iPhone 16 Pro will feature under-display Face ID technology to provide more usable display area, according to The Elec. The Korean-language...

www.macrumors.com

Yes, I do recall that rumor but earlier rumors put the timing further out. Even with that rumor, I’m not convinced of the timing, it might be another year or two before that happens.

 

[Blue Nova]

The dynamic island should disappear when you are in landscape mode looking at a picture. I hate it when I have to look at that dynamic island when I’m looking at a beautiful shot I took with my beautiful iPhone lens. After all, Apple, you are providing us with great lenses to shoot great pictures and video then but when viewing them, it’s not the optimum experience.

 

[m4mario]

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

Guess that’s going to a breakthrough innovation for 2026.

 

[CausticSoda]

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

That's for iPhone XX. You heard it here first...

 

[truthsteve]

what I'm seeing: people thinking iPhone 17 is this year.

 

[David8753Co]

this new iPhone sounds about as boring as sober missionary sex with someone you know

 

[Ecuadorexpat]

What desperation for news. Opining about a phone that will not be produced for at least 18 months.

 

[t0rqx]

Just cancelled my iPhone 16 Pro preorder.

 

[Ian Howlett]

Just build it absolutely massive, to make certain it doesn’t fit in anyone’s hand any more. Maybe 27 inches should do it? As long as it’s thin, thin, thin!

 

[NeutraLNinja]

I'm not surprised, advance AI feature requires a lot of RAM, 12GB is the recommended amount for smartphones, I believe it's the reason Google uses 12GB for the Pro Pixels.
Now if iPhone 16 Pro, Max will have 8GB, that won't be great, it will work but it won't be future proof for new AI features.

 

[Antoniosmalakia]

It’s probably been said, but if the 17 Pro RAM rumours are true, hopefully they’ll be rolling out 12GB as standard on Macs later this year.

 

[heinzdembowski]

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

You got it the wrong way around, it's not enough on a Laptop since 2008.

 

[lenger]

What desperation for news. Opining about a phone that will not be produced for at least 18 months.

Reporting on rumors is kind of the point of this entire site. Visiting, clicking, reading and commenting is completely optional on your end.

OT:
Does making the dynamic island somewhat smaller actually seem like a meaningful improvement to people that have an iPhone with the current dynamic island? Either you are bothered by it or you mentally block it out. Does a reduction in size matter then?

 

[svish]

Looks like the 16 Pro will only be a minor update, with more substantial upgrades reserved for the 17 Pro

 

[ThisIs🐵]

Only 17 Pro with smaller Dynamic Island?

This means I will have to keep my iPhone 15 Pro until iPhone 18 Pro finally adopts smaller Dynamic Island.

 

[Love-hate 🍏 relationship]

The iphone 17 base should also have 120hz iirc

 

[Love-hate 🍏 relationship]

Looks like the 16 Pro will only be a minor update, with more substantial upgrades reserved for the 17 Pro

Yeap. I wonder if I shouldn't have kept my 15 pro, if 16 pro brings so little more battery capacity, in spite of its bigger display and size.

The 15 pro couldn't last me a day ... But if the 16 pro can't either... Maybe I should just have gone with 15p in the first place lol
And now I'm pondering whether to wait for 17 pro...or ...yeah . **** it

 

[Love-hate 🍏 relationship]

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

Unless it borrows a18 design . I haven't followed tbh

But yeah it'd be surprising to have more ram in a phone than they give to a computer

 

[GuruZac]

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...

Yeah, I think the rise of rumors and accurate leakers revealing design, features, phone cases that prove design changes have all led to the lack of excitement year over year now. We already know a good bit about the next generation or even 2 year away iPhones which makes the next iPhone launch less exciting. That’s just the times we’re in.

 

[amaze1499]

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

Question is, when can I use MacOS on these babies?

 

[StuBeck]

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

It'll be fine. They've already boasted that their new AI processing works on low RAM devices like iPhones and Macbook Air/Pros.

 

[ifxf]

It’s annoying that Apple doesn’t let you control the use of island by ios. If I have data roaming disabled, I don’t need to be told each time I use the phone.

 

[clg82]

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

Why would that matter, siri doesn't even work half the time.....what makes you think they'll get AI right?