Apple has taken the wraps off the iPhone 17E, its latest entry-level smartphone. The iPhone 17E starts at $599 for 256GB of storage, and is available in black, white, and pink. The company revealed the new device as part of a series of announcements that kicked off this week.
Similar to its predecessor, the iPhone 17E comes with a 6.1-inch display, but with a tougher Ceramic Shield 2 for better scratch resistance and reduced glare. The iPhone 17E adds MagSafe charging with Qi2 support as well, allowing for wireless charging at up to 15W.
It also has a C1X chip, the next-gen version of Apple’s in-house modem, which the company says is twice as fast. The iPhone 17E offers a 48 megapixel “fusion” camera as well, enabling an “optical-quality” 2x telephoto. There’s support for Apple’s advanced portraits feature, too, which automatically recognizes people, dogs, and cats and saves depth information, giving you the ability to add background blur after capture.
The iPhone 17E’s reveal comes a little over a year after Apple debuted the iPhone 16E, a device equipped with a 6.1-inch OLED screen, an Action Button, USB-C charging port, and Apple’s first in-house modem.
