While the vanilla Apple iPhone 18 isn't expected to launch this year with its pro-tier brethren, the delayed phone could arrive with a nice upgrade when it does launch. Despite recent rumors of cost-saving downgrades coming to the iPhone 18, analyst Dan Nystedt claims the standard Apple smartphone will come with at least one major upgrade: 12GB of RAM. Nystedt's claims run counter to the downgrade rumors from earlier this week. But 12GB of RAM might still be a part of cost-cutting measures as even Apple has to navigate the ongoing RAM crisis . Article continues below In recent years, the now smaller 8GB RAM standard has been cut by manufacturers as the lowest tier, similar to how 128GB has largely disappeared as a base storage size. Plus, as AI demands have increased, so too has the need for more RAM. The iPhone 18 getting 12GB would be a major boost over the 8GB in the current iPhone 17 base model.…