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at Patreon.com slash Maco-Scan. The next top-of-line iPhone may be significantly more powerful than

the one it is destined to leave behind. The Mac observer says an iPhone with 4 gigabytes of RAM has shown up in Geekbench.

The piece points out that iPhone 10 has 3 gigabytes of RAM the most in any iPhone model, making the 4 gigabytes showing a bit of a mystery.

Now let's look at what we're looking at.

TMO says Geek Bench is an app for benchmarking the performance of iPhones and iPads, though that may be underselling it.

The Geek Bench entry on Wikipedia says Geek Bench is a cross-platform processor benchmark with a scoring system that separates single-core

and multi-core performance and workloads that simulate real-world scenarios.

One might want to take the findings with a grain of salt though since a piece from 9 to 5

Max says Geek Bench scores can be fabricated relatively easily. But don't let me spoil our fun.

The Mac Observer says the same Geek Bench Finding that showed the 4 gigabytes of RAM also showed device specifications such as model identifier number. show device

according to the piece the iPhone benchmarks obtained by slash leaks

shows identifier number iPhone 11 comma 2 which is higher than any model currently available.

With new iPhones expected in the next 3 to 4 months,

the Mac Observer figures now is about the right time

for test units to start showing up.

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