Apple may have enormous plans for the upcoming iPhone models. A recent rumour suggests that improvements in the company’s proprietary CPUS may boost the performance of the upcoming iPhone 18 series. However, there is a price to be paid for this power boost.
Digital Chat Station, a well-known source, claims that the Cupertino-based behemoth intends to use TSMC’s new 2nm process to improve the performance of its CPUs for the iPhone 18 series. Although these chipsets will increase power, they may also raise the price of the iPhone 18 series. The cost increase appears to be the result of increased production costs for the advanced chips, which utilise the new method.
In comparison to the current generation of iPhones or the next iPhone 17 series, the price of the iPhone 18 lineup is expected to increase noticeably. Since they will have a limited number of units due to yield difficulties, the price increase may be ascribed to TSMC’s new process. Therefore, it is likely that Apple will only utilise this technology in the more expensive iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max models.
According to the DCS report, early manufacturing data serve as the basis for the output constraint (via PhoneArena). Although the tipster stated that prices would increase, we were not given a precise amount. However, the cost could be much higher due to the tariff situation and the rising cost of the components. According to our earlier analysis, the Apple iPhone 18 Pro may be the first iPhone to include a variable aperture camera in addition to other camera advancements.
