This new leak has lastly made me within the iPhone 18

This can be a 12 months of main change for Apple. Earlier this week, it was introduced that Apple CEO Tim Prepare dinner, who has led the corporate since Steve Jobs died in 2011, will step down on September 1, with John Ternus, Apple’s Vice President of {Hardware} Engineering, taking on. Along with the CEO swap, Apple’s largest product launch of the 12 months, the iPhone in September, is predicted to be fairly completely different from years previous.

Normally, each September, Apple launches a brand new iPhone and iPhone Professional. Final 12 months’s iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Professional had been the most recent to hold on this custom. However this 12 months, Apple is reportedly shaking issues up, opting to launch the iPhone 18 Professional and 18 Professional Max in September, together with its first-ever foldable iPhone, and punting the discharge of the iPhone 18 to early 2027 (by way of Bloomberg).

So meaning in case you’re hoping to select up an iPhone 18 this fall, you may seemingly have to attend a bit longer. Nevertheless, that wait could be price it if this newest rumor comes true.

In accordance with analyst Dan Nystedt, the iPhone 18 may very well be outfitted with 12GB of RAM, a 50 % improve over the iPhone 17’s 8GB (by way of 9to5Mac). That is much more RAM for apps and Apple Intelligence to make use of, and would general make the bottom iPhone expertise even smoother than it already is.

Nystedt has additionally reported on Apple’s plans to make use of a 2nm A20 chipset within the iPhone 18, which ought to present a significant efficiency increase over the A19.

A shock to make certain, however a welcome one

Extra RAM isn’t a nasty factor

I did not count on the iPhone 18 to get any RAM improve, given the continuing memory shortage driving up storage and RAM costs worldwide, however the extra I give it some thought, the extra it is sensible for Apple to take action.

At WWDC 2026, Apple is lastly anticipated to drag again the curtain on all of the work it has been doing on its new Siri and customized Apple Intelligence options, which it debuted at WWDC 2024. If all goes in line with plan, the corporate might launch its new Siri this September alongside iOS 27. With all these Apple Intelligence options within the pipeline, extra RAM absolutely would not damage on the bottom iPhone.

This additionally follows an identical path to the one Apple took with the iPhone 17 Professional final 12 months. The iPhone 16 Professional has 8GB of RAM, and the iPhone 17 Professional bumps that as much as 12GB.

The iPhone 18 is predicted to launch in early 2027, so it is nonetheless a great distance off, however I am hopeful that this RAM rumor will pan out. Hopefully, Apple will hold the beginning value the identical at $800 if it does occur.