iPhone 17

📅 Launch

• Announced: September 9, 2025

• Released: September 19, 2025

🏗️ Body

• Dimensions: 149.6 x 71.5 x 7.95 mm

• Weight: 177 g (6.24 oz)

• Build: Aluminum frame, frosted glass back, Ceramic Shield 2 front (3x more scratch-resistant).

• SIM: Nano-SIM and eSIM or Dual eSIM (US models remain eSIM only).

• Controls: Action Button + Camera Control (now standard across the entire lineup).

• Resistance: IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 6m for 30 mins).

📺 Display

• Type: LTPO Super Retina XDR OLED, 120Hz ProMotion, HDR10, Dolby Vision.

• Size: 6.3 inches (an increase from the 6.1-inch iPhone 16).

• Resolution: 2622 x 1206 pixels (~460 ppi density).

• Features: Always-On display (first time on a base model), 3000 nits peak outdoor brightness, 1 nit minimum brightness, and a new anti-reflective coating.

⚙️ Platform

• OS: iOS 26 (Apple rebranded iOS to match the release year; currently upgradable to 26.3.1).

• Chipset: Apple A19 (3 nm).

• CPU: Hexa-core (2 performance + 4 efficiency cores).

• GPU: 5-core Apple GPU (Hardware-accelerated ray tracing).

• Neural Engine: 16-core with dedicated “Neural Accelerators” on each GPU core for advanced on-device AI.

💾 Memory

• Internal: 256GB, 512GB (128GB option discontinued).

• RAM: 8GB RAM (LPDDR5X).

• Storage Type: NVMe.

📸 Main Camera

• Dual Setup:

  • 48 MP “Fusion”: f/1.6, 26mm, sensor-shift OIS, 100% Focus Pixels.

  • 48 MP Ultrawide: f/2.2, 13mm, 120° FoV (Upgraded from 12MP for significantly better macro and low-light shots).

• Zoom: 0.5x, 1x, and 2x optical-quality zoom (via sensor cropping on the Fusion lens).

• Video: 4K@60fps Dolby Vision, Spatial Video recording for Apple Vision Pro, Dual Capture (simultaneous front and rear recording).

🤳 Selfie Camera

• Single: 18 MP Center Stage, f/1.9, 23mm (wide), Autofocus.

• Sensor: New square sensor allows the camera to maintain a level horizon or switch between portrait/landscape fields of view without rotating the phone.

• Video: 4K@60fps with ultra-stabilization.

🔋 Battery & Charging

• Type: Li-Ion 3692 mAh.

• Performance: Up to 30 hours of video playback (significant efficiency gains over iPhone 16).

• Charging: Fast wired (50% in 20 min with 40W adapter), 25W MagSafe, Qi2 support.

📡 Communications & Features

• Wireless: Apple N1 chip (First in-house networking chip for Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6.0).

• Modem: Qualcomm Snapdragon X80 5G.

• Security: Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE) — a new hardware-level defense against sophisticated mercenary spyware.

• AI: Full Apple Intelligence suite including Visual Intelligence, Writing Tools, and the “Liquid Glass” UI theme.