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Features: Apple might include MagSafe on the iPhone 17E.
Apple might include MagSafe on the iPhone 17E. Release date: Possibly at Apple's March 4 event in New York, London and Shanghai.
Possibly at Apple's March 4 event in New York, London and Shanghai. Price: The iPhone 17E is rumored to start at $599, just as last year's iPhone 16E did.
The iPhone 17E is rumored to start at $599, just as last year's iPhone 16E did. Processor: The iPhone 17E could have the A19 processor seen in the iPhone 17.
The iPhone 17E could have the A19 processor seen in the iPhone 17. Design: Could get the Dynamic Island and look more like an iPhone 15.
Apple's lower-cost iPhone line is expected to continue with an iPhone 17E reportedly releasing early this year. If that's true, the sequel to last year's $599 iPhone 16E has a lot of room to step up.
Some rumors point to improvements borrowed from Apple's iPhone 15, such as Dynamic Island and MagSafe. If these are true, it could make the lower-cost iPhone 17E a compelling value option with fewer trade-offs needed to hit a lower price.
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Apple's $599 iPhone 16E was a bit of an oddity when it was released last year. It replaced Apple's $429 iPhone SE, effectively retiring the older iPhone SE design that included a home button with Touch ID. Apple's new "budget" device was a pricier amalgamation, featuring the body of an iPhone 14 with a display notch. It also had the USB-C port from the iPhone 15 and the A18 processor from the iPhone 16 to support Apple Intelligence features.
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