Apple don dey face serious supply chain wahala wey dey threaten di production of di upcoming iPhone 18 Pro. According to industry sources wey dey talk to Culpium, di DRAM shortage don scatter di plan wey Apple get for di new phone.
Di insider wey dey Taipei right now talk say di contract manufacturers dey work hard with Apple to make sure dem get di DRAM wey dem need for mobile devices. Cupertino-based company main supplier for this component na Micron, but dem still get strong connection with Samsung and SK Hynix. E be like say di delay don hold back production of di phone, wey currently get processors wey value around $1 billion dey wait for processing.
Di DRAM wey Apple dey find na im dey power di A20 Pro and C2 chips wey dem go use for di entire iPhone 18 lineup. Dem suppose announce dis phone later dis summer, but dis wahala fit change di story. Dis one dey happen as latest reports dey come out of Asia. Just few days ago, Micron imsef talk say dia memory supply for 2027 don already dey committed to dia customers.
We dey live for uncertain times. Di push toward artificial intelligence don make new tech players rush to snap up components, and dis one dey affect other manufacturers wey dey fall like dominoes. Di video game industry na good example. PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo – none of di three major console manufacturers don fit avoid raising dia prices.
Sagar from GSMarena also report say Apple fit have limited iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max availability at launch. Per Culpium, di iPhone 18 Pro models and di foldable iPhone Ultra go use di new A20 Pro SoC, wey based on TSMC’s N2 node. TSMC don reportedly make progress well with volume and yields, but wafers dey pile up as dem dey wait for DRAM to package on di chips.
Apple dey scramble to supply DRAM from Micron, SK Hynix, and Samsung, and dem even dey explore Chinese-sourced avenues like CMXT. Waiting for DRAM fit cause delays when di new iPhone models arrive for few weeks. One big part of di problem na say Apple go only launch Pro models dis Fall. We likely go only see iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, along with di first foldable iPhone (di Ultra?) for di annual iPhone event for September.
Di base model iPhone 18 dey rumored to push into early 2027. Dat one go create more demand for di Pro and Pro Max at launch. Apple dey confident say dem fit meet initial demand but dem dey worry say wait times for online orders fit quickly become long.
