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Richard Priday

iPhone 17 may miss out on one of its biggest rumored upgrades

Iphone 16 ultra concept.

A big rumored upgrade for the iPhone 17 may not be coming after Apple had trouble getting parts of a high-enough quality.

Coming from Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, this rumor claims the iPhone 17 won't use resin-coated copper (RCC) printed circuit boards, as he had originally suggested back in October. The reason is simply that the parts couldn't be made to a high-enough standard, presumably by firm Ajinomoto that Kuo mentioned in his initial tip.

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