Even in the age of AI, the iPhone 17 series is flying off the shelves – despite Apple Intelligence being crippled in its current form. That said, the iPhone 17 has all the required hardware to run advanced AI models. The memory upgrade to 12 GB for the iPhone 17 Pro models and the iPhone Air should also help with AI tasks. Built-in MCP support on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac will allow AI products to securely interact with apps and data on these devices. In theory, MCP support in iOS 26 might allow chatbots like ChatGPT or Gemini to read data from various apps and perform actions on behalf of users.