Apple is predicted to launch this yr’s iPhone 17 lineup in lower than three months. This implies the design of the brand new fashions ought to now be successfully finalized, with producers ramping up their manufacturing strains to supply tens of tens of millions of latest fashions within the coming weeks.
This additionally signifies that rumors and leaks in regards to the specs of the brand new iPhones are way more more likely to be correct, particularly after they come from sources with dependable perception into Apple’s provide chain. One such rumor that’s been making the rounds is that Apple’s base iPhone 17 might be getting a bigger display screen.
This prediction already got here from a reputable supply in late Could, when analyst Ross Younger, whose whole beat focuses on the show business, shared that the iPhone 17 panel would develop to six.27 inches. Now, leaker Digital Chat Station is echoing this on Chinese language social media in a Weibo submit (through MacRumors).
Digital Chat Station has a historical past of leaking correct info previously, and on this case, its report aligns with one other dependable supply from the show business. It additionally makes loads of sense.
The introduction of the iPhone X and its speedy successors ushered in a three-year interval of awkward display screen sizes. The unique 2017 Face ID mannequin sported a 5.8-inch display screen and a design that put it nearer in dimension to the iPhone 8 than the iPhone 8 Plus. Apple adopted that up in 2018 with the iPhone XS, joined by a plus-sized iPhone XS Max. Nonetheless, that yr it additionally launched a clumsy middle-sized mannequin within the type of the 6.1-inch iPhone XR. The iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Professional, and iPhone 11 Professional Max adopted this lead in 2019.
Nonetheless, when Apple launched its iPhone 12 lineup in 2020, it selected to extend the iPhone 12 Professional’s display screen dimension to six.1 inches, the identical because the prior yr’s iPhone 11. From that time on, the usual iPhone and iPhone Professional fashions maintained a constant display screen dimension till final yr, when the iPhone 16 Professional added 0.2 inches over the 6.1-inch iPhone 16.
It’s not completely clear why Apple selected to make that adjustment solely to the Professional fashions final yr, but it surely’s additionally not exhausting to think about the corporate desirous to convey them again into sync. That’s notably comprehensible if the rumors of a 120 Hz show on the iPhone 17 become correct.
Whereas the iPhone 12 Professional fashions got here near getting a 120 Hz ProMotion show, Apple was pressured to delay these plans resulting from pandemic-related provide chain issues. In consequence, the iPhone 12 Professional ended up with the identical show because the iPhone 12, to the purpose the place the shows have been totally interchangeable. In different phrases, you might use the show from an iPhone 12 in an iPhone 12 Professional, and vice versa.
If Apple actually has higher-refresh shows in thoughts for this yr’s iPhone 17 mannequin, it could make sense to make it the identical dimension because the iPhone 17 Professional to simplify its provide chain and have one much less distinctive half to fabricate for every mannequin.
Sadly, even when Apple makes use of the identical OLED panels on each the iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Professional, there’s no assure that the usual mannequin will obtain all the identical show options. In 2020, restore consultants found that Apple had artificially restricted the brightness of its shows to 625 nits after they have been put in in an iPhone 12. The identical shows positioned in an iPhone 12 Professional would attain 800 nits (and, on the flip facet, an iPhone 12 Professional show can be restricted to 625 nits when put in in an iPhone 12). Apple may equally restrict its shows within the iPhone 17, reserving options like decrease brightness ranges, decrease refresh charges, and the always-on show for the iPhone 17 Professional fashions.
[The information provided in this article has NOT been confirmed by Apple and may be speculation. Provided details may not be factual. Take all rumors, tech or otherwise, with a grain of salt.]