iPhone XS is going to benefit from an important technological advance in front of Android phones in 2018, according to some information from sources within those who produce components for smartphones. We are talking here about the new A12 chip, produced using a 7nm manufacturing process, Chinese analysts are of the opinion that the iPhone XS will have a technological advance of at least a few months until an Android phone with such a chip is launched on the market.
The iPhone XS will indeed be the first smartphone to have a chip produced using a 7nm manufacturing process, but Huawei has announced the Kirin 980, which is produced using the same technology, and will be released in October itself. Under these conditions, it is interesting to see in the future what analysts rely on when they say that the iPhone XS will have a big technological advantage over Android phones until 2019, since Huawei will launch its new chip in October.
iPhone XS: IMPORTANT Technological ADVANCE in front of Android Phones
The iPhone XS will have the new A12 chip produced using a 7nm manufacturing process in TSMC's factories, and Huawei should make its new Kirin 980 chip also there, so theoretically the advantage of the Apple series will be small. On the other hand, the Samsung GALAXY S10 will not have a chip produced with a 7nm manufacturing process until March 2019, and MediaTek has also postponed its plans, so the iPhone XS will remain with a huge advantage over the rest of the Android manufacturers.
"With sub-10nm node manufacturing requiring huge capex, a number of foundries have slowed down their investment pace while fabless chipmakers stick with 14/12nm products for cost reasons. Instead of developing the industry's first 7nm SoC chip, Qualcomm and MediaTek have both moved to enhance their upper mid-range offerings by rolling out respective new 14/12nm solutions."
iPhone XS will only be available in the series Huawei MATE 20 a serious rival for 7nm processors, but it is possible that Apple will have a processor clearly superior to the one developed by Huawei, as has always happened. iPhone XS will remain far above the rest of the other Android phone manufacturers in terms of processing power, and only in 2019 will smartphones appear on the market that can keep up with it in terms of performance.
