This new leak has lastly made me within the iPhone 18

This can be a yr 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 up. Along with the CEO swap, Apple’s largest product launch of the yr, the iPhone in September, is predicted to be fairly totally different from years previous.

Normally, each September, Apple launches a brand new iPhone and iPhone Professional. Final yr’s iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Professional have been the newest to hold on this custom. However this yr, 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 which means if you happen to’re hoping to choose up an iPhone 18 this fall, you may doubtless have to attend a bit longer. Nevertheless, that wait could be value it if this newest rumor comes true.

In keeping with analyst Dan Nystedt, the iPhone 18 might 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 total 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 is rarely a foul factor

I did not count on the iPhone 18 to get any RAM improve, given the continued memory shortage driving up storage and RAM costs worldwide, however the extra I give it some thought, the extra it is smart 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 personalised Apple Intelligence options, which it debuted at WWDC 2024. If all goes in keeping with plan, the corporate may launch its new Siri this September alongside iOS 27. With all these Apple Intelligence options within the pipeline, extra RAM certainly would not harm on the bottom iPhone.

This additionally follows an analogous path to the one Apple took with the iPhone 17 Professional final yr. 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 preserve the beginning worth the identical at $800 if it does occur.