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		wtallis on Sept 18, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple mobile processors are now made in America by... The strategic shield isn't getting that much thinner: this fab is a generation behind last year's iPhone Pros and MacBook Pros.

boppo1 on Sept 18, 2024 [–]

Wait does that mean the 16 isn't their "fastest iPhone ever"?

audunw on Sept 18, 2024 | [–]

You may be confused by the chip numbering. The A16 chip that they’re manufacturing is not the chip for the iPhone 16 (it uses the A18)

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