Apple confirms the iPhone 16 has 8GB of RAM

The iPhone 16 lineup has 8GB of RAM, from the basal exemplary to the 16 Pro Max, and it’s each acknowledgment to Apple Intelligence. Apple VP of hardware tech Johny Srouji confirmed arsenic overmuch successful an interview with Geekerwan, published yesterday, that 9to5Mac spotted.

Srouji explained successful the interrogation that “DRAM is 1 aspect” erstwhile it comes to deciding hardware characteristics needed for Apple Intelligence, saying that the diagnostic “led america to judge we request to get to 8GB.” He added that the other RAM would besides “help immensely” for tasks similar high-end gaming connected devices.

Apple hadn’t antecedently stated however overmuch RAM the iPhone 16 enactment has, but MacRumors discovered references to the 8GB fig successful Xcode aft the phones were announced. Apple, which isn’t the lone hardware shaper that has precocious boosted RAM to connection AI, has said that iOS 18 won’t bring Apple Intelligence to the iPhone 15, which lone has 6GB of RAM, erstwhile the diagnostic acceptable launches. Apart from the iPhone 16 line, the iPhone 15 Pro volition beryllium the lone different telephone that supports it.

Aside from that, Srouji spends the astir 17-minute interrogation discussing the company's hardware show philosophy, characteristics of the A18 chips successful the caller phones, Apple’s attack to thermal design, and iPhone 16 and 16 Pro video and representation processing.