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With the iPhone 16e having landed final February, we could possibly be set to get the iPhone 17e imminently – and in reality a brand new launch date rumor places ahead a precise date later this month that we’d see it.
That’s not the one new iPhone 17e tip although, as we’ve moreover heard different claims just lately – together with that it’d get MagSafe.
But some iPhone 17e claims sound extra convincing than others, so beneath, we’ve detailed and rated all the main iPhone 17e rumors thus far, beginning with the newest ones.
1. MagSafe
One of the newest iPhone 17e leaks means that this telephone will include MagSafe – so in different phrases it is not going to solely get wi-fi charging, but in addition magnets that allow you to wirelessly connect chargers and equipment to the telephone.
This declare comes from German website Macwelt (by way of Phone Arena), nevertheless it’s one thing that we’d additionally beforehand heard from a report in The Information.
This would appear a logical improve for the telephone – MagSafe doesn’t really feel like a tech that there’s a lot motive to order for premium units, and together with it right here offers Apple yet another system that it could actually promote MagSafe equipment for.
So this – coupled with the truth that we’ve heard this declare from a number of sources – makes us assume it’s fairly prone to occur.
2. A Dynamic Island
Will the iPhone 17e have a Dynamic Island? That’s a query that sources don’t appear in a position to agree on. We heard back in August that it would, and leaker Digital Chat Station – who made that declare – reiterated it in January too, with Mark Gurman (who has an ideal monitor document) saying the same in September, however extra just lately Macotakara (by way of Apple Insider) has stated that it gained’t.
Aside from Gurman – who hasn’t made the declare just lately – these sources have strong however not impeccable monitor information, so it’s tough to know which to consider.
Certainly, it feels about time that Apple introduced the Dynamic Island to a mid-range telephone, because the characteristic first debuted all the best way again on the iPhone 14 Pro, and has been on base fashions because the iPhone 15. But then once more, the iPhone SE (2022) – which was Apple’s mid-range mannequin for that yr – had a design which by that time was historical.
So Apple won’t be in any hurry to present a mid-ranger newer design components just like the Dynamic Island. But with extra sources pointing to a Dynamic Island than not, and with not less than a kind of sources having an outstanding monitor document, there’s undoubtedly hope for one.
3. A February 19 launch
The Macwelt report we talked about additional up additionally prompt that the iPhone 17e would land on February 19.
That’s the primary exact launch date we’ve heard, and the month is sensible, because the iPhone 16e launched in February final yr, so in that sense that is plausible, however that actual date is barely questionable.
It could be precisely the identical date as Apple launched the iPhone 16e final yr, which is barely odd. But extra uncommon is that it’s a Thursday, when Apple normally launches new telephones on a Monday, Tuesday, or sometimes Wednesday.
Still, there’s not likely any motive we’re conscious of that the corporate couldn’t swap to a Thursday, particularly as that is prone to be a minor launch for the agency – with its announcement in all probability coming by way of press launch reasonably than an occasion.
4. An A19 chipset
The iPhone 16e has an A18 chipset, so the logical assumption could be that the iPhone 17e would have an A19 chipset, which is the chipset that’s already utilized by the usual iPhone 17.
We’ve additionally heard that actual declare within the above report from Macotakara, and had beforehand heard this from Apple watcher Mark Gurman. So with logic and a number of sources pointing in that route, this appears very seemingly.
5. A brand new design
One of the extra intriguing iPhone 17e claims we’ve heard is that it could have a new design, with this design seemingly being a change above and past the Dynamic Island that we’d additionally heard rumored.
What kind that change might make is much less clear, however maybe it will be alongside the traces of the horizontal digital camera block discovered on the iPhone Air – which has an prolonged raised space regardless of simply packing a single lens.
We wouldn’t depend on it although – we’ve solely heard this from one supply thus far, and a newer report from Macotakara (linked additional up) means that the design gained’t be altering.
Plus, we’d count on the iPhone 17e to look extra like the usual iPhone 17, which apart from its Dynamic Island and a second rear digital camera isn’t a lot completely different visually to the iPhone 16e.
6. A 60Hz display
If you had been hoping for a better refresh price on the iPhone 17e than its predecessor you then’re in all probability out of luck, as again in September we heard from Mark Gurman that this phone would be stuck at 60Hz.
The identical declare was made by leaker Digital Chat Station in January, and it’s a declare that is sensible – even the iPhone 16 solely has a 60Hz display, with the iPhone 17 being the primary customary mannequin to get a 120Hz show, so it’s in all probability too quickly for a mid-ranger to get it.
That’s a disgrace although, since Android mid-rangers have just about had 120Hz screens as customary for years, and the shortage of 1 right here would imply scrolling gained’t really feel as clean and the telephone in all probability gained’t have Apple’s always-on show characteristic.
7. A single-lens digital camera
We’ve additionally heard that the iPhone 17e might have a single-lens camera, similar to the iPhone 16e. There hasn’t been a ton of reports concerning the telephone’s cameras but, so this declare hasn’t been repeated a lot. But nor have any sources disagreed with it, so this appears pretty seemingly.
That would imply you’d get a wide-angle digital camera on the again however no ultra-wide or telephoto lenses.
So the iPhone 17e could possibly be fairly restricted for images, however that may nonetheless be in step with the iPhone Air, and imply it solely had one much less lens than the iPhone 17.
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