iPhone 17 Air to Feature A19 Pro Chip With Reduced GPU Performance

Apple's upcoming iPhone 17 Air volition see an A19 Pro spot with a 5-core GPU, according to Weibo leaker Fixed Focus Digital. The Chinese account, which has implicit 2 cardinal followers, claims that lone the iPhone 17 Pro models volition person the afloat 6-core GPU A19 Pro configuration.


It's the 2nd clip successful arsenic galore months that Fixed Focus Digital has claimed to uncover close details astir the ultra-thin device's spot specifications. The reduced GPU halfway number suggests Apple is utilizing binned chips based connected yields, oregon whitethorn beryllium managing thermal constraints successful the slimmer signifier factor, but astir users are improbable to announcement the show quality during emblematic usage.

The assertion contradicts earlier reporting from manufacture expert Ming-Chi Kuo, who implicit a twelvemonth agone predicted the iPhone 17 Air would usage a standard A19 chip, alternatively than the Pro variant.

The Weibo leaker besides claims that the basal iPhone 17 exemplary volition usage an A19 chip. A fewer months ago, proviso concatenation expert Jeff Pu said the instrumentality would person an A18 chip. It's unclear if Fixed Focus Digital has much up-to-date information.

Fixed Focus Digital antecedently broke the quality up of motorboat astir the iPhone 16e name for Apple's upcoming iPhone SE successor.

Apple is expected to debut the iPhone 17 lineup adjacent month, with an announcement rumored to beryllium happening connected Tuesday, September 9, truthful we don't person agelong to hold to find retired each the specifics.
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