In an absolute shocker, an early September Apple event included the official reveal of the iPhone 17. Who could have seen that coming? Arguably the biggest change this time around — in the most literal sense — concerns the display. At 6.3 inches, it's larger than the iPhone 16's 6.1-inch screen. Sorry to iPhone users with smaller hands and anyone else who is fed up of every phone becoming more of a phablet. The bezels are thinner too. Not only is the iPhone 17 screen larger than the one on its predecessor, it boasts a ProMotion display with an adaptive refresh rate of up to 120Hz for smoother scrolling (you can perhaps thank my colleague Igor Bonifacic for making that happen). It's an always-on screen and when you aren't using your iPhone 17, the refresh rate dips to 1Hz to help optimize battery life. There's also a seven-layer antiglare coating that's designed to improve readability, and there's a peak outdoor brightness of 3,000 nits. No prizes for guessing that there's an upgraded processor in the iPhone 17. An A19 processor with a 3nm design is powering this year's base model. Apple says it has more memory bandwidth to bolster on-device large language model processing. The A19 has a five-core GPU as well. That, plus the 120Hz display, should bolster gaming on the iPhone 17. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Unfortunately, Apple is sticking with a dual camera system on the rear. Apple is calling this a Dual Fusion camera system which merges the capabilities of both lenses. The main camera is a 48MP lens with a 26mm focal length. The secondary camera is a 2x MP telephoto sensor with a 52mm focal length. Apple As for the front-facing camera, it has a much larger sensor than on previous models, according to Apple. It's also square instead of rectangular. One big benefit of that change is that you'll be able to snap landscape selfies in any orientation — no need to rotate your phone to do that. The Center Stage front camera will be able to rotate between landscape and portrait orientations if, for instance, the iPhone 17 detects more people in the photo. The selfie camera can take 18MP snaps, which is an upgrade on the 12MP that the iPhone 16's front-facing lens topped out at. In addition, the Center Stage camera will have stabilization for videos and FaceTime calls. The iPhone 17 will be available in lavender, mist blue, black, white, and sage. In a very welcome update, Apple is doubling the base storage to 256GB. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement This story is developing, please refresh for updates... Apple's "Awe dropping" event is happening now. The company has announced the iPhone 17, iPhone Air and AirPods Pro 3 (with live translation and a heart rate sensor). Additionally, the Apple Watch Series 11, the Apple Watch SE 3 and Apple Watch Ultra 3 are all now official, too. Still to come, we expect Apple to unveil the new iPhone 17 Pro models as well as a final release date for iOS 26. Stay with Engadget for live coverage of the iPhone 17 launch. You can watch the Apple iPhone 17 event live on YouTube, too.