- The iPhone 17 has once more been rumored to have a 120Hz ProMovement show
- The iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max will reportedly have three 48MP cameras
- The foldable iPhone might inherit some iPhone 17 Air tech and price $2,000
This may very well be an enormous yr for iPhone upgrades, as a result of together with a reportedly new design for many iPhone 17 fashions and discuss of a very new telephone within the type of the iPhone 17 Air, we’re additionally listening to about quite a few potential spec upgrades.
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman – who has confirmed usually dependable for Apple info up to now – has (through PhoneArena) detailed a number of upgrades that he expects from the iPhone 17 collection, together with the presence of a ProMovement show on the bottom iPhone 17.
That would imply its refresh fee might attain 120Hz, which is double the 60Hz of the iPhone 16, and is consistent with what the iPhone 16 Pro collection – together with most Android telephones – supply.
The next refresh fee could make animations and scrolling seem smoother. But with ProMovement the refresh fee would additionally be capable of drop far decrease than the 60Hz that the iPhone 16 at all times runs at, which might assist preserve battery life when a excessive refresh fee isn’t wanted, and would permit for Apple’s always-on show and StandBy options to work on the telephone.
It’s value noting that this isn’t the primary time we’ve heard discuss of a 120Hz show for the bottom iPhone 17, however listening to this from Gurman provides credence to the declare.
Gurman has additionally echoed one other declare – specifically that the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max can have three 48MP rear cameras, which might imply an improve for the at the moment 12MP telephoto digicam. Again, we’ve heard this elsewhere already, however listening to it once more – and from such a good sources – makes it appear all of the extra possible.
A foldable success
Finally, Gurman has shed some mild on the long-rumored foldable iPhone, claiming that this can launch subsequent yr, with an identical design to the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 and most of the similar applied sciences because the iPhone 17 Air.
Exactly what applied sciences he is referring to isn’t clear, however we’d think about it is perhaps equally slim, and should have some related compromises, like only one rear digicam.
Apparently, the foldable iPhone will retail for round $2,000 (roughly £1,540 / AU$3,170), however Gurman believes that regardless of a possible excessive worth this telephone may very well be a hit for Apple.
All that stated, we’d stay extra skeptical of those foldable iPhone claims than the details about the iPhone 17 collection, as this telephone might be additional out, and we haven’t heard as a lot about it.
