- Apple is seemingly testing reverse wi-fi charging on its iPhones
- The function might come to the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro
- Four new flagship fashions are anticipated to make their debut in September
By our reckoning we’re about seven months away from the launch of the iPhone 17 telephones, and the most recent from the rumor mill means that the Pro and Pro Max fashions might get a really helpful improve: reverse wi-fi charging.
This comes from well-known tipster Instant Digital (by way of MacRumors), however the emphasis is on “examined” – in the intervening time it isn’t clear if the charging function, reportedly supporting a charge as much as 7.5W, will make the minimize or not.
If you are not accustomed to reverse wi-fi charging, it is one thing you will discover on varied different handsets, together with the very best Samsung telephones. It basically turns the again of a handset right into a wi-fi charging pad.
Should Apple introduce the function within the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max, you would possibly be capable to drop your AirPods on the again of one in every of these handsets to wirelessly cost them, for instance – however that is nonetheless simply hypothesis at this level.
Shaping up for September
We’re beginning to hear increasingly more leaks and rumors across the iPhone 17 handsets, with a number of of them predicting a reasonably main redesign for the digital camera across the again of the telephones – a redesign that does not look completely convincing.
There’s additionally been some debate over whether or not the Dynamic Island on the iPhone 17 will shrink down from the iPhone 16 dimension, or keep the identical. A rumor that appears a bit of extra sure is that each one 4 fashions will get 120Hz screens and always-on show assist.
It now appears to be like extremely possible that the iPhone 16 Plus will likely be changed by the iPhone 17 Air (although that title is not particular but) – a slim, light-weight smartphone that follows what Samsung is doing with the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge.
In the meantime we’re nonetheless choosing over the main points of the latest iPhone, the iPhone 16e. While the handset comes with loads of the acquainted Apple Intelligence options we have seen earlier than, it’s considerably missing within the pictures division.
