iPhone 16 rumors: 2 TByte for the first time - and an optimistic Apple
It won't be long before Apple's new generation of iPhones comes onto the market. Foxconn is hiring a lot of people. There are also new storage rumors.
iPhones - here two models from 2023.
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It will probably be a good month before Apple launches its iPhone 16 generation on the market. Fresh rumors have now surfaced in the run-up to the launch, concerning both the production and the inner workings of the new smartphones. Apple appears to be more optimistic about its sales prospects than previously assumed. At the same time, the company seems to want to fulfill a long-cherished wish of professionals.
There's a lot to do at Foxconn
The South Korean business newspaper Business Korea, citing Chinese media, writes that Apple's production partner Foxconn has been able to recruit around 50,000 new employees for the main factory in Zhengzhou since July to help in the current iPhone season. At the same time, the hourly wage and the starting bonus have been increased - new recruits now receive up to 950 euros if they stay long enough. Apple seems to expect that 90 million units of the iPhone 16 will be produced this time - from August to December. That would be 10 percent more iPhones than last year, when an estimated 81 million units of the four iPhone 15 series were produced.
Foxconn, a Taiwanese company with factories in regions all over the world, remains Apple's most important iPhone manufacturer. A new headquarters is also to be built in Zhengzhou, which will give the location even more weight. Around 135 million euros are reportedly earmarked for this. Apple is also increasing its production in India, where it plans to produce Pro models of the iPhone 16 relatively quickly this year. These were previously reserved for Foxconn only.
iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max with more memory?
Another iPhone 16 rumor concerns the storage capacity of the devices. There has been speculation for several years that Apple will finally upgrade to 2 TByte instead of the maximum possible 1 TByte for the Pro models. However, nothing has happened so far. Now Macrumors writes in a rumor summary that the topic is back on the agenda this year.
According to this, the iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max models can be equipped with 2 TByte for the first time, with Apple switching to Quad-Level Cell NANDs (QLC), which offer a higher storage density. The problem, however, is that QLC is slower than the currently used TLC (Triple Level Cell), at least in the standard version - Apple always adapts its NANDs to its own requirements. As Apple always differentiates its devices from one another by memory size, it is conceivable that you will have to pay significantly more for 2 TByte. At the moment, an iPhone 15 Pro with 1 TByte costs 1949 euros from the manufacturer without a mobile phone contract.
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