Apple launched the iPhone 16 sequence of smartphones on the firm’s ‘It’s Glowtime’ {hardware} launch occasion on September 9. While handsets simply went on sale in India and a number of other different markets on Friday, particulars of Apple’s purported iPhone 17 sequence, which is anticipated to debut within the second half of 2025, have already surfaced on-line. In line with earlier predictions, a market analyst says that Apple’s subsequent technology iPhone fashions will help a show function that was at the moment restricted to Pro fashions.
In a now-deleted put up on X (previously Twitter) Display Supply Chain Consultants’ Ross Young stated (via GSMArena) that the successors to the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus — anticipated to debut because the iPhone 17 and redesigned iPhone 17 Slim — shall be outfitted with upgraded shows with a refresh price that ranges between 1Hz and 120Hz.
While Apple launched its 120Hz ProMovement on its smartphones with the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max in 2021, the corporate’s current fashions are outfitted with LTPO AMOLED screens that allow performance just like the all the time on show function that arrived with the iPhone 14 Pro and newer fashions.
If Young’s declare is correct, the iPhone 17 and the iPhone 17 Slim might be the primary non-Pro fashions from the corporate to be outfitted with shows which have a excessive refresh price. Even the most recent iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus function 60Hz shows, whereas a number of cheaper Android smartphones which can be 5 instances cheaper than the bottom iPhone 16 mannequin supply the next refresh price.
While the iPhone 16 lineup provides a number of incremental {hardware} enhancements over final yr’s fashions, the purported iPhone 17 Pro fashions are anticipated to reach with extra RAM — the iPhone 17 Pro Max will reportedly be outfitted with 12GB of RAM and a vapour chamber cooling system. Both the Pro fashions might additionally function a brand new 2nm chipset from Apple, constructed by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) subsequent yr.
