{"id":498810,"date":"2026-06-18T09:55:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T09:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/498810\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T09:55:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T09:55:19","slug":"apple-iphone-18-to-get-50-more-ram-without-price-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/498810\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple iPhone 18 to get 50% more RAM without price increase"},"content":{"rendered":"

The standard 18, will reportedly come with 12GB of RAM, up from 8GB in the 17, technology publication DigiTimes reported.<\/p>\n

Despite higher component costs, Apple is reportedly planning to keep pricing unchanged. The company is expected to absorb rising DRAM and NAND memory costs<\/a> rather than pass them on to consumers, allowing the iPhone 18 to retain the same starting price of $799 as its predecessor.<\/p>\n

The additional memory is expected to support a new generation of Siri AI features powered by Apple’s most advanced on-device language model, which reportedly requires at least 12GB of RAM.<\/p>\n

Tech site GSM Arena noted that these features are expected to arrive with iOS 27, but the 17, world’s best-selling smartphone<\/a> in the first quarter of 2026, may not support them because of its lower memory capacity.<\/p>\n

\"Potential<\/p>\n

Potential design and color options for the iPhone 18 Pro. Photo from X<\/p>\n

The move could help Apple strengthen the competitiveness of its entry-level flagship model against rival smartphone makers that have increasingly focused on AI-powered features.<\/p>\n

However, consumers may have to wait longer for the standard 18.<\/p>\n

The 18 Pro, Pro Max and a foldable model the iPhone Ultra are scheduled to debut in September 2026 while the standard 18, along with the Air 2 and 18e, is expected to follow in the first half of 2027, Mac Rumors reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The standard 18, will reportedly come with 12GB of RAM, up from 8GB in the 17, technology publication…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":498811,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[229539,85,46,321,125],"class_list":["post-498810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-apple-iphone-18-to-get-50-more-ram-without-price-increase-vnexpress-international","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}