Some years Apple closely differentiates its Pro Max fashions from the Pro fashions, and different years they’re fairly comparable. For instance, leaks recommend that this 12 months the iPhone 16 Pro Max gained’t be dramatically totally different to the iPhone 16 Pro, however we’re now listening to that subsequent 12 months’s iPhone 17 Pro Max may very well be considerably higher than the iPhone 17 Pro.
This is in accordance with Ming-Chi Kuo – a leaker with an awesome observe file for Apple data – who, posting on X, has claimed that the iPhone 17 Pro Max would be the solely iPhone 17 mannequin to get 12GB of RAM, with all of the others caught at 8GB.
We’re anticipating each iPhone 16 mannequin to have 8GB of RAM, as that appears to be the minimal required for Apple Intelligence (Apple’s upcoming AI options), so this is able to imply that solely the iPhone 17 Pro Max will get a RAM enhance subsequent 12 months.
Among the 2025 new iPhone fashions, solely the iPhone 17 Pro Max will function the next specs:1. 12GB DRAM (whereas the ultra-thin iPhone, iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, and SE4 will all have 8GB). Enhanced on-device AI capabilities will doubtless be a significant promoting level for…August 29, 2024
And, talking of AI, the identical supply claims that the iPhone 17 Pro Max will solely have “enhanced on-device AI capabilities”, presumably enabled by all that additional RAM.
Finally, Kuo additionally claims that the iPhone 17 Pro Max can have an upgraded cooling system, which mixes vapor chamber expertise and graphite sheets, whereas the remainder of the iPhone 17 line will reportedly simply use graphite sheets, like present fashions.
So in different phrases the iPhone 17 Pro Max must be more proficient at holding cool, which ought to assist with sustained efficiency when finishing up demanding duties, reminiscent of operating high-end video games and utilizing on-device AI.
An iPhone ‘Ultra’, and a few iPhone Same-Olds
All of those upgrades mixed might make the iPhone 17 Pro Max one thing alongside the traces of the long-rumored iPhone Ultra, although there’s no present suggestion that it’ll have ‘Ultra’ in its identify.
In any case, Kuo notes that Pro Max fashions at the moment account for nearly 40% of iPhone shipments, that means they’re by far the most well-liked fashions, so it is sensible for Apple to give attention to bettering the Pro Max.
That would possibly imply the iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Pro really feel a bit uncared for and missing in upgrades, though there may be no less than additionally speak of an iPhone 17 Slim or an iPhone 17 Air, which might present one thing a bit totally different and new for anybody who doesn’t need to shell out on the iPhone 17 Pro Max.
