iPhone 18 Pro and Duo Were Once Planned With 16GB RAM, Leaker Says

Apple initially planned to equip the iPhone 18 Pro lineup and iPhone Duo with 16GB of RAM, according to the leaker known arsenic "Instant Digital."


The little Weibo station does not accidental erstwhile Apple considered that capacity. The ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ and ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ Max diagnostic 12GB of RAM, arsenic confirmed done Xcode 27, matching the iPhone 17 Pro models. The ‌iPhone Duo‌ is besides expected to person 12GB, but the Xcode information utilized to verify the Pro models did not yet see the foldable.

Rumors had pointed to 12GB for the ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ good earlier launch. In April 2025, proviso concatenation expert Ming-Chi Kuo predicted that the iPhone 18 lineup would person 12GB of RAM. Analyst Jeff Pu projected the aforesaid capableness for the Pro models and Apple's archetypal foldable iPhone successful January. A March report from The Bell said Samsung would proviso 12GB representation modules for the ‌iPhone Duo‌.

The planetary representation shortage is the apt mentation for the evident change. The March study described sharply rising prices for the 12GB modules, portion Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported that representation costs led Apple to sermon a higher starting terms for the foldable. Kuo besides said DRAM shortages were forcing Apple to standard backmost its 2026 hardware shipment plans.

‌iPhone Duo‌ pre-orders statesman October 16, up of availability connected October 23.
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