Will Apple launch an iPhone 17e subsequent 12 months?

Apple launched the all-new iPhone 16e earlier this 12 months, introducing a brand new tier to its iPhone lineup. Whereas this machine does fill the footwear of the previous iPhone SE line, the truth that it embodies the identical quantity as the remainder of the iPhone lineup has left individuals to surprise: will Apple launch a brand new ‘e’ iPhone yearly?

Based on Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple isn’t but positive:

The iPhone 16e — whereas mainly a stripped-down iPhone 16 — is a significant redesign from the SE 3. The opposite lever Apple pulled right here was advertising and marketing it as an iPhone 16 variant relatively than a brand new iPhone SE. That provides fairly a bit extra attract and makes it extra fascinating to customers in locations like China. The large query is whether or not Apple will replace this new “e” line yearly. Apple hasn’t but made a remaining resolution — and it’s nonetheless months from needing to.

If Apple have been to launch an iPhone 17e, it’d seemingly come out across the identical late-winter/early-spring timeline as earlier iPhone SE fashions and the present technology iPhone 16e, so it’d be just below a 12 months away.

What would Apple change with a brand new iPhone 17e? Not an excessive amount of, realistically. The corporate would seemingly bump it as much as the most recent A19 chip and introduce a pair small options from the iPhone 17 lineup. Perhaps they’d introduce Digital camera Management, which the iPhone 16e at the moment lacks.

In any case, Apple hasn’t but determined whether or not or not it needs to make an iPhone 17e, so it’ll be a short time earlier than there are any noteworthy rumors to observe. Gurman personally believes that an annual iPhone ‘e’ improve is sensible, with the intention to higher sustain within the low-end smartphone market.

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