iPhone 18 to Pack 12GB of RAM for Smarter Siri Features, No Price Bump

Next year's regular iPhone 18 volition travel with 12GB of RAM to enactment Apple's astir almighty on-device AI exemplary and related Siri features, according to South Korea's KB Securities (via DigiTimes).


In its Siri AI announcement during WWDC 2026, Apple confirmed that its astir almighty exemplary enables much expressive Siri voices and large accuracy improvements for systemwide dictation. Both features necessitate 12GB of unified memory.

Among existent iPhones, that limits the much almighty exemplary to the iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max.

The iPhone 17 misses retired due to the fact that it lone has 8GB of RAM, but the aforesaid regulation isn't expected for the iPhone 18. Apple volition boost representation for the basal exemplary to 12GB portion keeping the iPhone's terms unchanged, according to today's report.

It's the 2nd clip we've heard that Apple is readying to guarantee representation parity crossed its iPhone 18 lineup. Last October, Korea's The Bell said the iPhone 18 would person 50 percent much representation than its predecessor.

Apple has seemingly asked its RAM suppliers to summation its proviso of LPDDR5X chips for the adjacent iPhone lineup. KB Securities besides noted that Apple volition proceed buying mobile DRAM from the world's 3 largest representation makers – Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron – astatine prices supra marketplace levels, and suggested the institution volition sorb the costs alternatively than walk them connected to the consumer.

The iPhone 18 Pro, ‌iPhone 18 Pro‌ Max, and foldable iPhone are expected to motorboat successful the autumn of 2026, with the ‌iPhone 18, iPhone Air 2,‌ and iPhone 18e pursuing successful the archetypal fractional of 2027.
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