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Scott Younker

Forget the iPhone 17 — next year's iPhone 18 due for huge performance boost

IPhone 16 Pro Max.

Apple is expected to announce the iPhone 17 series in less than a month, but I may skip it for the iPhone 18 thanks to a new report from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. In his latest missive, the supply chain analyst claims that the A20 chip being made for next year’s iPhone will see a massive upgrade.

The report is about the company, Eternal Materials, securing a packaging order from TSMC that would see it working on the iPhone 18 lineup and M5 MacBooks. Importantly, Eternal Materials won the contract with TSMC as part of several changes happening with the A20 chip.

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