iPhone 17e to Gain Dynamic Island But Display Still Stuck at 60Hz

Apple's upcoming iPhone 17e volition diagnostic a Dynamic Island alternatively of a notch astatine the apical of the screen, but dissimilar the remainder of the iPhone 17 lineup, the show itself volition inactive refresh astatine 60Hz, according to a known Weibo leaker.


Apple made large improvements to the iPhone 17's show past year, introducing ProMotion show exertion with up to a 120Hz refresh rate, akin to caller iPhone Pro models. 120Hz maximum refresh rates let for smoother scrolling erstwhile viewing webpages and improvements for video, but it looks similar the iPhone 17e is not getting the upgrade to support costs down.

In a caller station connected the Chinese societal media platform, "Digital Chat Station" said that the iPhone 17e volition clasp a 6.1-inch OLED show with a 60Hz refresh rate, but this clip it volition person a Dynamic Island. The Dynamic Island would adhd the interactive country astatine the apical of the surface that displays ongoing activities, incorporating the camera and different front-facing sensors.

The iPhone 16e features a "notch" astatine the apical of the display, akin to the ‌iPhone‌ 13 and ‌iPhone‌ 14. That's due to the fact that the ‌iPhone 16e‌ is based connected the plan of 2022's ‌iPhone‌ 14, truthful it could beryllium that the ‌iPhone‌ 17e is based connected 2023's ‌iPhone‌ 15, which gained the ‌Dynamic Island‌ and a much rounded frame.

Reiterating a previous claim, the leaker besides said the 2nd mentation of Apple's much affordable iPhone volition diagnostic an A19 chip, replacing the A18 utilized successful the existent iPhone 16e. The A19 spot is based connected TSMC's third-generation 3nm process, N3P, and is astir 5-10% faster than the A18 spot successful presumption of earthy CPU performance.

Another Weibo leaker has claimed Apple volition usage a downclocked A19 spot successful the iPhone 17e. If so, speech from Neural Engine improvements, it would beryllium astir comparable to Apple's A17 Pro chip.

Meanwhile, different rumors suggest the iPhone 17e volition summation a magnetic ring truthful it tin link to MagSafe chargers, which is not an enactment with the iPhone 16e. To chopped down connected costs, the instrumentality whitethorn besides beryllium equipped with either the older C1 oregon C1X modem, but nary N1 wireless chip, based connected leaked Apple code.

Otherwise, the instrumentality is expected to clasp a front-facing 12-megapixel camera, Face ID, and a rear 48-megapixel camera. The iPhone 17e could motorboat arsenic soon arsenic February, arsenic the iPhone 16e did past year, but it could travel aboriginal successful the spring. The $599 starting terms is not expected to change.
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