The A18 in the iPhone 16e is not the same as the A18 in the iPhone 16. Here’s why the act of chip binning helps Apple while also creating variants of the same chip for different products.
Apple may be using chip binning for the iPhone 16e’s A18 chip
Apple may be using chip binning for the iPhone 16e’s A18 chip
The launch of the iPhone 16e was a thorough modernization of what is practically the spiritual successor to the iPhone SE 3. It’s an upgrade that brought many areas of the budget iPhone option up to speed with the flagship range, the iPhone 16.
However, while it is stated as having an A18 chip powering things, it’s not the same A18 chip as used by its stablemate, the iPhone 16. They are labeled the same, but they’re certainly different.