KGI Securities Dispatch: Apple’s 2026 flagship iPhone 17 Pro Max will complete the transition to an all-48MP triple-lens array, adding a custom tetraprism telephoto sensor designed for 8K spatial video recording.
12GB LPDDR5X for On-Device LLMs
To run larger 7-billion parameter generative AI models on-device without cloud server round-trips, Apple is increasing the unified system memory from 8GB to 12GB across both Pro iterations.
Narrower Dynamic Island with Metalens
A breakthrough in metalens optical technology allows Apple to shrink the Face ID dot projector module by 35%, substantially reducing the footprint of the Dynamic Island.
