Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has claimed that entry-level and mid-range iPhones will no longer feature the company’s latest silicon due to a change in its business strategy.<\/p>\n
9to5Mac reported<\/a><\/strong> that Kuo had previously said that the Cupertino-based tech giant would save its next chip \u2014 the A16 \u2014 exclusively for its iPhone 14 Pro models.<\/p>\n Apple is expected to release four new iPhones later this year, including the standard iPhone 14 and a Max, Pro, and Pro Max model, meaning the company is dropping the Mini version of its smartphones.<\/p>\n Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said he confirmed<\/a><\/strong> with independent sources that the lower-end phones \u2014 the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Max \u2014 would retain Apple’s A15 Bionic chip from the iPhone 13 lineup.<\/p>\n Some analysts believe they will feature an upgraded version of the A15 and more RAM, but the architecture will remain the same.<\/p>\n Kuo expects Apple’s new business strategy to increase the popularity of its more expensive models due to the performance differences between them and their lower-end counterparts.<\/p>\n “The latest processor chip will be exclusive to iPhone high-end models in the future, so a high shipment proportion of iPhone high-end models will be the norm, favouring high-end camera component suppliers,” Kuo said.<\/p>\n Based on its previous iPhone launches, Apple will likely introduce the iPhone 14 range in September 2022.<\/p>\n Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said the change is part of the company’s new business strategy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341076,"featured_media":439626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17934],"tags":[73484,605,77632,77626,71480,33757],"class_list":["post-451502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-smartphones","tag-a15-bionic","tag-apple","tag-apple-a16","tag-iphone-14","tag-mark-gurman","tag-ming-chi-kuo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451502"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451502"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":451536,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451502\/revisions\/451536"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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