iPhone 17 Reaches Key Milestone Ahead of Mass Production

Apple has completed Engineering Validation Testing (EVT) for astatine slightest 1 iPhone 17 model, according to a paywalled preview of an upcoming DigiTimes report.


The EVT signifier involves Apple investigating iPhone 17 prototypes to guarantee the hardware works arsenic expected. There are inactive DVT (Design Validation Test) and PVT (Production Validation Test) stages to travel earlier the devices participate wide production.

This is simply a regular but cardinal milestone for Apple to person achieved up of the iPhone 17 bid launching successful the accustomed period of September.

Following the EVT stage, determination is inactive a model for Apple to marque immoderate smaller iPhone spec changes, if necessary. For example, Apple proviso concatenation expert Ming-Chi Kuo precocious claimed that Apple would marque a last determination connected whether to see 8GB oregon 12GB of RAM successful the iPhone 17 basal exemplary by May. At a minimum, Kuo expects the iPhone 17 Air, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max to beryllium equipped with 12GB of RAM.

Read our iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Air, and iPhone 17 Pro roundups to larn much astir the upcoming devices and their rumored diagnostic sets.
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