While we will continue to see iOS 17 iterations in the coming months, Apple is already hard at work on its next major iPhone software update – iOS 18. Based on past patterns, we can expect iOS 18 to make its debut at WWDC 2024 in June, with the polished public release coming sometime in September. Recently, MacRumors spoke to several sources to get information about early development versions of iOS 18. It suggests that with the iPhone 16 series, Apple could skip its recent trend of using year-old chips in non-Pro iPhone models.
Apple's GENIUS plan for the A18 & A18 Pro has LEAKED!
For reference, the iPhone 15 & 15 Plus got the A16 chipset from last year's iPhone 14 Pro model, while the iPhone 15 Pro & 15 Pro Max got the new A17 Pro chipset.
MacRumors reported that the operating system is codenamed "Crystal" and it contains references to the four unreleased iPhone models, which is close to the existing information and expectations about the iPhone 16 series. The models are:
You may have noticed that this list does not include the long-rumored iPhone 16 Ultra. It may be possible that the additional fifth model of the iPhone 16 series may fall under the device identifier "D94". However, it would make more sense if there was a separate identifier for the "Ultra" model, something like "D94a" or "D95" to distinguish it from the other hardware configurations.
