According to Taiwan Research Institute trendforce, Apple's next-generation a16 chip will be dedicated to two high-end models, namely iPhone 14 pro and iPhone 14 Pro max In a report focusing on global Smartphone Production, trendforce briefly mentioned that Apple plans to launch four new iPhone 14 in the second half of 2022, but only the pro model will be equipped with Apple's latest processor
The report and Tianfeng securities Apple Industry chain analyst guomingpei shared the same information. He claimed in March that only iphone The 14 Pro Series models will be equipped with a16 chips, and the standard iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Max models will continue to be equipped with a15 chips. Mark gulman of Bloomberg also agreed with this view in his April newsletter that the standard iPhone 14 model "may insist on using last year's A15 or its derivatives".
"In addition to trying to make the pro version stand out," the continuous chip shortage may have led apple to decide to limit the upcoming chips to the iPhone 14 Pro version. This will be different from Apple's current strategy of equipping all flagship iPhones with the same chip. For example, the iPhone 13 mini, iPhone 13, iPhone 13 pro, and iPhone 13 Pro Max are all equipped with the same A15 chip.
Without any major supply chain disruption, apple is expected to announce its iPhone 14 lineup at its regular event in September.
