iPhone 18 rumored to get at least one new Pro-tier upgrade

Source: 9to5Mac

All signs indicate that Apple’s base iPhone 18 will be missing from this fall’s flagship lineup, launching in early 2027 instead. When it does arrive, it will reportedly come with at least one new Pro‑tier upgrade: 12 GB of RAM.

12GB of RAM coming to iPhone 18 with A20 chip, says analyst

Recent reports on the base model iPhone 18 have focused on the negatives. We’ve gotten more corroboration that iPhone 18 won’t launch this fall, as it normally would. Instead, Apple is pushing it to early 2027 alongside iPhone 18e.

Additionally, Weibo leaker Fixed Focus Digital says Apple plans to downgrade the iPhone 18 manufacturing process to cut costs. This might result in some minor spec regressions compared to iPhone 17.

But today brings better news for Apple’s base model.

Analyst Dan Nystedt, who has previously reported on Apple’s A20 chip and its new 2 nm process, added one new detail about the A20 today: it will have 12 GB of RAM.

Last fall we heard that 12 GB of RAM might be a possibility for iPhone 18, but it still seemed fairly uncertain.

With Nystedt’s corroboration, it now seems that 12 GB is a safer bet. This will represent a 50 % increase over the 8 GB of RAM found in the base iPhone 17.

Apple brought a similar upgrade to its Pro models last year, moving from 8 GB in iPhone 16 Pro to 12 GB in iPhone 17 Pro. With the growing importance of AI tasks, it’s not too surprising to hear that the base model will soon follow suit.