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In abstract:
- Macworld reviews that Apple’s iPhone 17e might launch as early as mid-February nineteenth, marking an uncommon Thursday announcement timing for the corporate.
- The gadget is predicted to characteristic vital upgrades together with 25W MagSafe wi-fi charging, next-generation C1 modem, and probably UWB chip for Precision Discovering.
- Apple seems to be establishing a twice-yearly iPhone launch schedule with ‘e’ fashions launching in spring and flagship units in fall.
Regardless of the corporate’s finest efforts to maintain its product launches secret, particulars about Apple’s much-anticipated iPhone 17e are circulating amongst case and accent makers. One such supply with information of the matter signifies that the gadget might launch as early as mid-February.
Moderately curiously, this comes exactly a 12 months after the launch of the iPhone 16e. The nineteenth is a Thursday, which is uncommon: Apple often pronounces new merchandise on a Monday or Tuesday, or much less incessantly on a Wednesday. Apple doesn’t share details about upcoming launches with case and accent makers, however corporations typically use inside info to time their very own releases alongside Apple’s. So whereas it’s doable that that is an informed guess primarily based on merely including a 12 months to final 12 months’s launch, it may be backed up by business rumblings.
Apple already introduced a new AirTag final Monday and is rumored to be readying the M5 Professional/Max MacBook Professionals for launch in early February. As Apple is extra prone to announce the brand new iPhone by way of a press launch, because it did with the iPhone 16e, it might theoretically arrive at any time.
One massive change, however not a lot else
Our business sources verify that the iPhone 17e will deal with one of many predominant criticisms of the iPhone 16e. The brand new smartphone is reportedly outfitted with MagSafe (wi-fi charging as much as 25W), whereas the 16e missed MagSafe altogether and used the slower 7.5W Qi wi-fi normal. The upcoming mannequin will most probably proceed to characteristic solely a single digicam lens on the again, and the notch may also stay on this era, with the Dynamic Island prone to be not less than a era or two away from the “e” part of Apple’s telephone portfolio.
Rumors in regards to the iPhone 17e have been circulating for a number of months. Most just lately, The Info claimed that the gadget might be outfitted with MagSafe, which now appears to be confirmed. Additionally it is anticipated that Apple will incorporate the subsequent era of the C1 modem. The iPhone 16e additionally doesn’t have the U1 or U2 ultra-wideband chip for Precision Discovering, however with the launch of the brand new AirTag, it’s doable Apple might carry that performance to the brand new mannequin
With the iPhone 16e and 17e arriving within the spring and the flagship fashions coming within the fall, Apple is establishing a twice-yearly launch cadence for its iPhones. Rumor has it that Cupertino plans to shift the entry-level iPhone 18 launch o be part of the 18e in 2027. For all the newest information and rumors about this 12 months’s launch, take a look at our iPhone 17e superguide.
This text initially appeared on our sister publication Macwelt and was translated and localized from German.
