iPhone 17 potential launch date revealed

With Samsung’s summer time Galaxy Unpacked occasion behind us, the following main smartphone launches are Google’s Pixel 10 series and Apple’s iPhone 17 sequence. The Pixel 10 sequence is extensively rumored to be introduced at a Made by Google event on August 20. The iPhone 17 sequence, nonetheless, has a number of potential dates.

In keeping with Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple may launch the iPhone 17 sequence in the course of the week of September 8. Since Apple normally pronounces its iPhones within the first half of September after Labor Day (which falls on September 1 this yr), this is sensible. Gurman notes that Apple not often holds bulletins on Fridays, ruling out September 12, and avoids occasions on September 11. This leaves Monday, September 8, Tuesday, September 9, and Wednesday, September 10, because the probably candidates.

Final yr, the iPhone 16 series was introduced on Monday, September 9. Nonetheless, in earlier years, Apple has introduced iPhones on Tuesdays as nicely. Gurman believes that Apple will in all probability maintain its occasion on both Tuesday, September 9, or Wednesday, September 10. So in the event you’re an Apple fan eagerly anticipating the iPhone 17 sequence, you must circle these days in your calendar in September. Whereas we’re within the warmth of summer time now, September will pop up earlier than you recognize it.

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This yr’s iPhone launch can have a pair shakeups

Particularly, the iPhone 17 Air and a brand new digital camera design for the iPhone 17 Professional

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When the iPhone 16 sequence was introduced final yr, the telephones appeared nearly equivalent to their predecessors, other than the addition of the Digicam Management Button and the vertical cameras on the iPhone 16. Based mostly on leaks which have surfaced over the previous six months, it appears Apple is lastly making some huge modifications this yr.

The iPhone 17 Air is extensively rumored to be probably the most vital replace to the lineup this yr, changing the Plus mannequin iPhone. It’s anticipated to be Apple’s reply to the pattern of slim smartphones (just like the Galaxy S25 Edge) and to be the thinnest iPhone but. Leaks recommend it can have round a 6.7-inch show and measure 5.5mm thick (through MacRumors). To place that into perspective, the Galaxy S25 Edge is 5.8mm at its thinnest level (not together with the rear cameras). The iPhone 17 Air can also be believed to have solely a single rear digital camera, just like the iPhone 16e.

Moreover, the iPhone 17 Pro is anticipated to draw a variety of consideration if the leaks are correct. For months, leaked renders have proven the iPhone 17 Professional with a brand new horizontal digital camera bar on the again (as seen within the picture above). The digital camera design on the Professional fashions has largely stayed the identical for the reason that iPhone 11 Professional launched in 2019, solely rising bigger over time. If the iPhone 17 Professional adopts an oblong digital camera bar design, it will likely be one of many largest modifications to the Professional fashions in half a decade.

Leaks recommend that the bottom iPhone 17 will look just like the iPhone 16 however with some enhancements. Particularly, it is rumored to characteristic a efficiency enhance with the A19 chipset and doubtlessly embrace ProMotion, Apple’s adaptive refresh charge expertise.

I am rather more excited concerning the iPhone 17 sequence than I used to be for the iPhone 16 lineup, primarily due to all these rumors about upcoming modifications. Final yr’s iPhone launch felt uninteresting, and I am wanting ahead to some thrilling updates this yr to maintain issues attention-grabbing. Mark Gurman has a powerful monitor document for Apple information, so his prediction of a September 9 or 10 launch for the iPhone 17 appears seemingly, particularly when contemplating the timing of Apple’s previous occasions in September.

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