Final 12 months, Apple launched a brand new mannequin on the backside of the iPhone lineup, and it launched iPhone 16e. Now, the corporate is anticipated to comply with up only a 12 months later with a successor. Right here’s what’s rumored.
A19 chip
At the beginning, with virtually each Apple product refresh comes a brand new chipset. This time is not any totally different, and iPhone 17e is anticipated to equip the A19 chip, up from the A18 chip within the present mannequin.
A19 makes use of the third-generation 3nm course of, N3P, and is round 5-10% quicker than the A18 chip in CPU efficiency.
Thinner bezels
In response to a report from The Elec, iPhone 17e will doubtless have thinner bezels than the iPhone 16e, although it’s nonetheless anticipated to retain a 6.1-inch show measurement. That mentioned, it received’t supply any new fashionable show options, so don’t count on ProMotion or always-on functionality on the iPhone 17e.
This’ll deliver it extra according to the remainder of the iPhone 17 lineup, all of which now have ultra-thin bezels.
Dynamic Island
Some rumors point out that iPhone 17e will acquire the Dynamic Island, first launched on iPhone 14 Professional. iPhone 16e nonetheless makes use of the older notch design.
If true, that’ll mark the tip of the notch within the iPhone lineup.
Middle Stage
Throughout the iPhone 17 lineup, Apple launched a enjoyable new selfie digital camera with Middle Stage functionality. Its an 18MP sq. sensor, with the power to crop into both a portrait or panorama rectangle – permitting you to take selfies in both orientation with out rotating the telephone. It additionally tracks faces, and robotically expands the body if a second particular person enters the picture, for instance.
This new digital camera is rumored to return to iPhone 17e, in keeping with a analysis notice from analyst Jeff Pu.
MagSafe
Lastly, iPhone 17e is rumored to assist MagSafe. At the moment, iPhone 16e solely helps regular Qi wi-fi charging, at as much as 7.5W. If it had been to assist MagSafe, it’d assist at the very least 15W wi-fi charging.
Given the truth that this can be a cheaper mannequin, it doubtless wouldn’t assist the 25W cost speeds of Qi2.2, however nonetheless, being able to make use of MagSafe stands, wallets, battery packs, and extra can be a sport changer. None of that is attainable on the present iPhone 16e.
Pricing and launch date
iPhone 17e might launch as quickly as February, because it did final 12 months – although it could be later within the spring. It ought to hopefully hold the identical $599 value level as final 12 months.
With the iPhone 17 lineup, Apple upgraded all fashions to start out with 256GB of storage, which was beforehand unique to the Professional Max mannequin. It isn’t clear if iPhone 17e can even begin with 256GB of storage, but when it did, it might definitely make the mannequin a greater worth.
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