The iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro are about to begin mass production. And, although we will know in the Keynote next September, the manufacturing of millions of iPhones begins in the middle of summer. In fact, my current iPhone 15 Pro Max was manufactured in July.
You can see this information in Settings > Battery > Battery Health and it helps you get an idea of the battery health. Apple manufacturing times. This is why the iPhone 16 cycle and its development have ended, and Apple already has the iPhone 17 in mind.
The design refresh cycle and its impact on the iPhone 17
The iPhone has been with us since 2007, almost two decades to know exactly how the cycles work from Apple and how often they renew the design. On average there is a cycle of two to three years, also depending on what we consider a radical design change.
Design change |
|
---|---|
IPHONE2G |
Yeah |
iPhone 3g |
No |
iPhone 3GS |
No |
iphone 4 |
Yeah |
iPhone 4s |
No |
iPhone 5 |
Yeah |
iphone 5s |
No |
Iphone 6 |
Yeah |
iphone6s |
No |
iphone7 |
No |
iphone8 |
No |
iphonex |
Yeah |
iphone xs |
No |
iphone11 |
No |
iphone12 |
Yeah |
iphone13 |
No |
iphone14 |
No |
iphone15 |
Yeah |
iphone16 |
No |
iphone17 |
¿? |
As we see in the table, it will take between two and three years before the iPhone changes design. Can we consider the iPhone 15 Pro as a design change? In terms of materials, yes, the edges are a bit more rounded… although in general they are similar to those of the iPhone 12.
The iPhone 17 aspires to a big design change from the iPhone
According to the newspaper Informationthe iPhone 17 is treated within Apple as a disruptive model similar to that of the iPhone moving the rear camera module.
Apparently, the model More from the iPhone This doesn’t work at Applesince the public chooses the model normal or decide to go directly to the stand Pro. This is why Apple would develop an iPhone 17 Slim this would replace the model More real.
Apple’s goal would be to differentiate this iPhone from others by presenting it as a much thinner and lighter model. Furthermore, It would have a smaller screen than the iPhone 17 Pro Max model. Would this Slim model be a new range? Or just a difference in thickness as happens inside the iPad Pro M4? The four iPhone 17 models could look like this:
- iPhone 17: 6.1 inches
- iPhone 17 thin: 6.6 inches
- iPhone 17 Pro: 6.3 inches
- iPhone 17 Pro Max: 6.9 inches
Smaller Dynamic Island and rear-centered cameras on iPhone 17
In addition to this thinner model and a slightly smaller screen, the iPhone 17 reportedly has a smaller front camera, while maintaining the current form to continue to benefit from the functionalities of Dynamic Island. This camera, in addition, would go up to a resolution of 24 megapixels.
Speaking of cameras, it looks like they will become in the upper center
Many details about the iPhone 17 are still missing, and everything remains a year of development within Apple realize. These months are decisive for them to define their new functionalities, to definitively start working with them at the end of 2024.
Looking back, iPhone X brought a new design, frameless screen, OLED technology, Face ID, goodbye to the home button. We don’t know if The iPhone 17 will be as revolutionary as the Xbut at least the rumors are starting to seem strong.
iPhone 17 concept | Apple Hub
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