Apple blesses iPhone 16 users with more RAM, keeps USB speeds limited
Thanks to Apple Intelligence, 8GB of RAM is no longer a Pro exclusive.
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- Apple has increased the RAM on the regular iPhone 16 models from 6GB to 8GB to accommodate its AI features.
- The regular iPhone 16 models continue to offer USB 2 transfer speeds, while the Pro models are similarly still limited to USB 3.
- The iPhone 16 Pro models now support the JPEG-XL format, which offers superior compression.
Apple finally revealed the iPhone 16 lineup, which primarily revolves around camera and AI upgrades. While the Camera Control button may have been the main highlight of these phones, some under-the-hood changes (or the lack thereof) deserve some recognition. These include more RAM on the regular iPhone 16 models and support for a new image file format on the Pro variants.
As per a MacRumors report, all iPhone 16 models now offer 8GB of RAM. Last year, Apple limited this perk to the iPhone 15 Pro models, while the regular ones got 6GB. This year, the 2GB increase on the non-Pro variants is to accommodate Apple Intelligence, which requires at least 8GB of RAM to work.
