With the iPhone 14 line, Apple has started a new phase: now, the Pro model comes with a faster and more unprecedented processor, and the common model gets last year’s. The scheme should be repeated in 2023 with the iPhone 15: only the most expensive option should come with a component manufactured using a more modern 3 nm process.
The information was obtained by nikkei asia newspaper. According to sources familiar with the matter, the iPhone 15 will come with the A16 Bionic chip, the same one that this year is exclusive to the iPhone 14 Pro. The iPhone 15 Pro, in turn, will be equipped with the A17.
The chip to be released in 2023 should be manufactured with tsmc’s N3E process, with 3 nm lithography. This technology should be available in the second half of next year. The current A16 is built at 4 nm, according to Apple.
The smaller the lithograph, the greater the number of transistors in the same space. Generally speaking, this means that you can increase performance without having to make a larger chip. In addition, energy expenditure drops, helping with battery life.
The N3E can also be used in future M-line chips, which made its debut in 2020 with the M1, and has been used so far on Macs and iPads.
Apple wants to increase iPhone Pro sales
Apple’s strategy is to widen the distance between the common line and the Pro line of iPhones. With the arrival of the iPhone 14 Plus, the two families began to offer the same size options. So the Pro has to have something else for the company to justify its price.
Until then, the biggest difference between the regular version chips and the Pro version had been the number of cores on the GPU: the iPhone 13 had four, while the iPhone 13 Pro, five.
In addition to the newer processor, the iPhone 14 Pro has different design, with a pill-shaped cutout on the screen, smaller than the notch of previous models.
Since the debut of the Pro model in the iPhone 11 line, another exclusivity is the triple camera, which includes a telephoto lens.
With these features and the new, exclusive chip, Apple expects sales of the Pro model to grow.
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