Apple plans to push out only 8 million iPhone 17e units with BOE handling most of the OLED screen orders, and the phone basically looks like a minor spec bump over the 16e rather than any kind of major redesign. Samsung and LG are chipping in some display panels for the budget model launching sometime in the first half of next year, but the tiny shipment numbers show Apple isn't expecting this thing to sell anywhere near what the flagship 17 lineup will do.
The hardware gets an A19 chip upgrade from the binned A18 with the gimped GPU, though Apple might cheap out by using the basic C1 modem instead of the fancier C1X that other models get. The single rear camera setup could free up room for a bigger battery since the 16e already bragged about having the best endurance for a 6.1-inch phone.
The hardware gets an A19 chip upgrade from the binned A18 with the gimped GPU, though Apple might cheap out by using the basic C1 modem instead of the fancier C1X that other models get. The single rear camera setup could free up room for a bigger battery since the 16e already bragged about having the best endurance for a 6.1-inch phone.
