On August 18th, Igeekphone reported that the blogger Digital Chat Station revealed that the iPhone 17e is equipped with a 6.1-inch OLED screen, which is likely to be the same 60Hz low-power screen as the iPhone 16. It adopts a dynamic island design, with a 12-megapixel front camera and 3D face recognition, and a 48-megapixel rear camera. The biggest selling point remains the “cheapest iPhone”.
Compared with the iPhone 16e, one of the biggest changes in the iPhone 17e is that its screen has been upgraded from the previous notch screen to the Dynamic Island screen. This means that starting from the iPhone 17e series, the notch screen has completely withdrawn from Apple phones.
Another major change is that this device is equipped with the A19 chip. The upcoming iPhone 17 series will also be equipped with this processor, which is manufactured based on TSMC’s 3nm process technology and has powerful performance.
According to the data, Apple launched the iPhone 16e in the first half of this year, with an initial launch price of 4,499 yuan. According to Apple’s strategy, the iPhone 17e will inherit the pricing system of the iPhone 16e, with the starting price expected to remain at 4,499 yuan, making it the most affordable model in the iPhone 17 series.
Its core configuration will be on par with the standard version of iPhone 17, but it may cut the GPU core, retain the single-camera system, and support Apple Intelligence.