Supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says: iPhone 17 Pro Max will pass the rest of the series next fall iPhone 17to contain iPhone 17 Pro.

For starters, Kuo expects the following from me:Phone 17 Pro Max It will get 12GB of RAM. For comparison, the iPhone 15 Pro/Pro Max had 8GB of RAM. The iPhone 16 series is expected to have 8GB of RAM.

The standard iPhone 17 Pro won’t get such a RAM boost, according to Kuo. Apple often adds new camera features to the Pro Max before bringing them to the Pro, but now, for the first time, Apple will only be increasing the RAM in the older model.

More multitasking means more heat, which is why Kuo believes Apple will introduce a new evaporative chamber cooling system for the iPhone. This system, which will be available exclusively on the iPhone 17 Pro Max in 2025, will work in conjunction with the graphite sheet-based cooling technology used in modern iPhones.