- The iPhone 17 may not get a chipset update, according to an outstanding analyst
- But instead you could add a smaller and more efficient dynamic island
- Other iPhone 17 models are expected to obtain chipset updates
An outstanding industry analyst has suggested that the iPhone 17 might not obtain an update of the processor, but begins with the same set of chips as the current generation model.
Jeff Pu, Apple Analyst of the Equity GF Securities investigation firm, has suggested that the next iPhone will skip the usual update of the chipset and continue using the A18 chipset that is found in the iPhone 16 and the iPhone 16 Plus.
If this warning turns out that it will be true, it would be the second time of Apple launch a phone without an chipset update. In 2022, the iPhone 14 and the iPhone 14 Plus threw themselves to mixed reactions when it was revealed that Apple had equipped both phones with the same A15 chipset that is found on the iPhone 13 and the iPhone 13 Mini.
As Phonerena reports, the iPhone 17 could be the only launch model of the iPhone 17 that comes with an A18 chipset: it is expected that the iPhone 17 PRO and the iPhone 17 Pro Max obtain the chipset A19 PRO, while the new iPhone 17 Air is inclined to obtain the A19.
Minor design differences
So, is Apple in a second round of critics and customers side? Maybe. If they are believed in the last rumors of the iPhone 17, the next flagship of the Apple base model will be the only No Get some important type of redesign with this year’s series.
It is expected that the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max obtain large camera bars to the Google Pixel 9 and iPhone 17 air are inclined to obtain a new thin and light chassis with a single camera.
That would leave the regular iPhone 17 as the only one of its series without some kind of design update, attracting even more attention to its similarities with last year’s model.
A new dynamic island?
Separate rumors suggest that the next vanilla could at least benefit from a dynamic update of the island that reaches the entire iPhone 17 line.
The previous suggestions of Jeff Pu pointed to a reduced dynamic island using a metallens for the identification of the face, which means a lens that compacts the transmitter and the receiver in a component. As Macrumors reports, the suggestion was shared in an investor note issued by PU earlier this month.
However, his Apple analyst and the well-considered Ming-Chi Kuo said in January that they do not expect much change when it comes to the size of the dynamic island.
We hope that the iPhone 17 series will be launched later this year. Would you buy an iPhone 17 that does not come with an updated chipset? Was a smaller dynamic island an update of its design? Let us know in the comments below.
