Apple deprived the iPhone 14 of a chip upgrade this year. And per a new report, the upcoming A17 Bionic chip will also be exclusive to iPhone 15 Pro next year.
With the introduction of new smartphones at the Far Out event earlier this month, Apple set the stage for a nasty surprise. The company kept the next-generation A16 Bionic processor limited to the pricier iPhone 14 Pro models, while the vanilla iPhone 14 was restricted to the same A15 Bionic chip as the iPhone 13 quartet. If you felt stung by the controversial product decision, there’s more bad news.
According to Nikkei Asia, Apple has locked TSMC’s upgraded 3nm fabrication technology for designing the next-gen A17 Bionic. Work on the next-gen A-series processor has already begun at Apple, but once again, the upgraded smartphone chip will be limited to only the Pro models in the iPhone 15 series that will debut a year from now.
“The A17 will be used in the premium entry in the iPhone lineup slated for release in 2023,” the report claims, citing sources familiar with TSMC’s plans.
