Apple seems to be confident about the new iPhone this year. According to the latest reports from foreign media, Apple expects the iPhone 16 series to ship 90 million ~ 100 million units. As a result, Apple has placed an order with TSMC, the world's largest chip foundry, to produce 100 million A18 chipsets.
This time, the A18 chipset will have two different versions, both of which are built using TSMC's second-generation 3nm process node. Among them, the A18 will be used for the iPhone 16 and 16Plus, and the iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max will be used for the A18 Pro. This is also the first time in 2 years that Apple's mobile phone is once again equipped with the same generation chipset.
The reason why Apple's mobile phones are frantically stocked up this time is because the iPhone 16 series will all support Apple's AI functions. The iPhone 16 series is not only equipped with the A18 Bionic chip, but also the memory will reach 8G. This fully satisfies the hard adjustment of Apple's AI functions, and only the iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max support all Apple AI functions in the old Apple phones. That's why Apple will be very confident this time, and frantically stock up 100 million iPhone16 models, just to prepare for the next replacement boom.
And the A18 chip will be greatly improved in terms of performance, especially in terms of AI computing power, it is rumored that the computing power of A18 will reach 37 trillion times per second, which is close to the M4 chip. The GPU on the A18 and A18 Pro is likely to continue to feature the same six-core configuration as the A17 Pro chipset.
In contrast, the iPhone 15 series released by Apple in September last year was about 80 million ~ 90 million units in stock at that time. In fact, looking back on the past two years, the original iPhone13 series was equipped with an A15 processor, and the difference between the processor GPU core of the standard version and the high-end version of the iPhone was only 1, but now it is the most fragrant Apple mobile phone in recent years.
Because the subsequent iPhone14 was also equipped with an A15 processor, it was criticized, because the iPhone14Pro series at that time was equipped with the A16Pro chip, and the performance of the standard version and the high-end version of Apple's mobile phone began to stretch. The subsequent iPhone 15 series also adopted the same strategy, although the price did not increase, but it was indeed not as fragrant as the iPhone 15. Therefore, this year's iPhone 16 series will all be equipped with A18 chipsets, which alone can attract a large number of users to switch phones.
In addition, iPhone16Pro and 16ProMaxThe screen size will also increase, reaching 6.3 and 6.9 inches respectively, the ultra-wide-angle lens will be increased to 48 million, the battery adopts a stainless steel frame, the capacity and density will also be upgraded, and the fast charging will even reach 40W, the titanium frame adds a new image button, and supports capacitive touch buttons.
Although the standard version of iPhone16 is not as crazy as iPhone16Pro, it is likely to be equipped with A18 processor + 8G memory + 256G starting capacity, and the initial price is likely to be 5999 yuan. This price has exploded, unlike in the past, when Apple's mobile phone was upgraded like squeezing toothpaste. It can be seen that this time Apple's mobile phone is still full of sincerity, and the upgrades in all aspects are very balanced, so there is such confidence to frantically stock 100 million iPhone16. Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think about this, welcome to leave your comments in the message area!