This means the next edition of the laptop should have an increased 12GB of RAM, as that is how much unified memory the chip has in the iPhone 17 Pro models.
it feels like every time I buy a Mac (only twice!) the NEXT model that released has had a RAM increase without a price increase (Mac mini M2 vs M4) - but this is def good for people getting the next Neo.
RAM hasn’t been a huge issue for me tbh, but I do notice it occasionally using 3-4GB swap whilst only using slightly above 7GB of real RAM.