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It is taking place: The next day to come, Apple is in the end showcasing its iPhone 17 lineup all the way through the large September “Awe losing” iPhone match. The {hardware} announcement will happen on September 9 at 1PM ET, and the Engadget workforce might be liveblogging it from Cupertino in real-time. (You’ll be able to watch the iPhone 17 match on YouTube, too.) The most recent telephones will come supplied with the newest iOS 26 options preinstalled, at the side of any new options Apple unearths that day. So what are we able to be expecting to look? Whilst Apple assists in keeping the entire main points beneath lock and key, we in reality have an overly sturdy concept as to what we’re going to be seeing, because of leaks from Asian provide chains, case producers and a few credible media reviews. Oh, and there are many extra fanciful rumors, too. This is our supreme wager as to what’s going to be popping out of Cupertino subsequent in only a few days.

What are the most recent iPhone 17 rumors?

Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman is the trade’s best-known Apple whisperer, and his match preview gives a tidy review of what to anticipate on Tuesday. That incorporates 4 new iPhone 17 fashions, with an all-new superthin style, dubbed the iPhone Air, main the pack. We will additionally most likely see the baseline iPhone 17, in addition to the standard Professional and big-screen Professional Max fashions, which is able to be offering the road’s supreme cameras and extras.

Moreover, be expecting as much as 3 new Apple Watch fashions, with the satellite-connected Apple Watch Extremely 3 and a imaginable new entry-level Apple Watch SE flanking the Apple Watch Collection 11. Rounding out the brand new merchandise will have to be the AirPods Professional 3 earbuds, which might be mentioned so as to add heart-rate tracking and a are living translation characteristic.

Whilst all of the ones reviews in large part jibe with previous rumors, Gurman’s document contains display screen sizes and handset sizes all the way down to the millimeter. If truth be told, he had in the past defined many of the similar expectancies in a fresh look at the Engadget Podcast.

However he is not the one one with precise measurements: Quite a lot of case makers, together with Dbrand, have unveiled their circumstances for the whole iPhone 17 line (together with the 17 Professional case proven above), additional solidifying expectancies on dimensions and display screen sizes for the brand new fashions. That mentioned, we are nonetheless treating the entirety as unconfirmed till Apple’s legit bulletins hit on Tuesday.

Whilst we do not be expecting any massive leaps ahead at the Apple Intelligence entrance at Tuesday’s match, Gurman’s next document notes that Apple is continuous to experiment with AI fashions from Google, Anthropic and OpenAI, and might license era from a number of of them forward of a significant Siri improve that might arrive once March 2026.

As well as, meant battery capacities for the iPhone 17 fashions have gave the impression in a Chinese language regulatory database, as shared on X by way of account ShrimpApplePro (by way of MacRumors). If the numbers are correct, the iPhone 17 gets a three.7 p.c build up in battery capability as opposed to ultimate yr’s style, the 17 Professional will acquire a whopping 18.7 p.c and the Professional Max will get an 8.6 p.c growth over the already sturdy 16 Professional Max battery. Now not strangely, the leak lists the iPhone Air at round 3,100 mAh, or about 16 p.c beneath the capability of the iPhone 17 quantity. It is going to be attention-grabbing to look how Apple addresses that energy shortfall if and when the corporate stocks those numbers all the way through or after its announcement.

How a lot will the iPhone 17 value?

Apple’s introduced plan to increase US-based production companions turns out to present it a minimum of some shielding from the steepest Trump management price lists that experience already brought on value will increase on the entirety from PlayStations to Transfer consoles to high-end cameras to Sonos audio system. However for the reason that President Trump’s business insurance policies can exchange from week to week, and Apple’s proceeding reliance on Asia-based provide chains, value shocks stay an ongoing chance. The larger query is: Will Apple soak up any upper prices, or cross them directly to customers?

If costs do creep up, Apple might make a selection to pair it with an “improve.” Believe this fresh rumor posted by way of MacRumors from a leaker referred to as “Speedy Virtual,” suggesting that the default garage of the iPhone 17 line might get started at 256GB, doubling the present 128GB baseline. Whilst that may be accompanied by way of a value build up of $50, Apple may a minimum of pitch it as a “higher worth.” That mentioned, the corporate doubled the default RAM of its Mac computer systems from 8GB to 16GB at no additional value in 2024 — however that was once earlier than the present Trump tariff cycle began.

Now, at the eve of the iPhone announcement, a document from JPMorgan mixes and fits the rumors above. As recounted in 9to5Mac, the iPhone line’s beginning costs will nonetheless stretch from $799 to $1,199 — simply as they do now — with the Air in all probability getting a $50 build up as opposed to the iPhone Plus style it is changing, and the 17 Professional costing an extra $100, however together with extra garage.

Once more, those costs are best projections and have not been showed by way of Apple.

When will the iPhone 17 collection be introduced?

As famous above, the date has been showed for Tuesday, September 9. That traces up with Apple’s conventional agenda, and the sooner document from iphone-ticker.de (by way of MacRumors).

This era of Apple smartphones could also be the ultimate to be totally launched in September, then again. There were hints that the advent of the iPhone 18 assortment in 2026 might be break up right into a pro-tier announcement within the fall and a normal style announcement the next spring.

What is going to the brand new iPhone 17 lineup come with?

Design leaks counsel that Apple is development an ultra-thin smartphone, more likely to be named the iPhone 17 Air to check Apple’s ultralight computer designation. Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman reported in January (and reaffirmed in his September match preview) that the iPhone 17 Air might be supplied with a elementary A19 chip and can best have a unmarried digicam lens. It is going to additionally supposedly use Apple’s new in-house modem, which was once offered in February at the iPhone 16e.

As a visitor on the most recent Engadget Podcast, Gurman instructed Engadget’s Devindra Hardawar and Igor Bonifacic the rumored iPhone Air might be tough across the edges to start with. He believes the 17 Air will “lag in each” in the case of digicam and battery efficiency. “The battery existence goes to be subpar in comparison to a base-level 17 or Professional style,” he says. Without equal objective, he notes, is to get the entire capability of the Professional fashions into the Air fashions.

An investor observe from Apple analyst Jeff Pu indicated that the Air can have a titanium body. If his reviews are correct, the light-weight smartphone would be the best access within the iPhone 17 lineup to make use of that steel; the iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Professional, and iPhone 17 Professional Max are anticipated to be made from aluminum, which is lighter. Different hypothesis had advised that the Air would use a mix of aluminum and titanium, so the precise fabrics is probably not identified till the legit announcement.

Moreover, an August 4 MacRumors document mentioned the interior battery pack of the iPhone Air is simply 2.49mm thick — part the thickness of the iPhone 17 Professional battery. The leak was once posted at the Korean-language Naver weblog, the place they display the alleged batteries of the iPhone 17 Air and 17 Professional aspect by way of aspect. The similar account claimed the 17 Air’s battery capability was once a trifling 2,800 mAh, MacRumors famous. (That is beneath the battery capability of present iPhone 16 fashions.)

On the very least, it sounds just like the iPhone 17 Air would possibly not remove the charging port and depend best on wi-fi connectivity. Bloomberg mentioned that whilst Apple had investigated making the iPhone 17 Air with no unmarried port, the corporate (thankfully) modified plans. He additionally says that the rumored telephone can have a 6.6-inch display screen and come with the Dynamic Island and Digital camera Keep watch over button.

On a identical matter, an iPhone 17 Professional manufacturing leak seems to have published an all-aluminum chassis, in line with MacRumors. At the beginning posted by way of leaker Majin Bu, the picture displays a shell that has a big spherical hollow at the again (the place the Apple brand usually is) to permit for MagSafe charging. MacRumors says this would simply be a molding however notes that the aluminum body (as opposed to the present titanium in Professional iPhone fashions) would yield a considerably decrease weight.

That very same leaker (Majin Bu), whom MacRumors classifies as a “hit-or-miss leaker,” suggests the iPhone 17 Professional can have higher wi-fi sign power because of an up to date antenna design. The person posted a render on X that displays a brand new antenna machine that wraps across the iPhone 17 Professional’s supposedly wider rear digicam bump. Once more, this can be a render, no longer a real-world photograph. That mentioned, we will be able to’t knock the objective of higher wi-fi reception, so we are hoping this one has a point of fact to it.

Leaker Majin Bu additionally claims “TechWoven” circumstances might be offered, in line with a MacRumors document. The circumstances fit the rumored design at the iPhone 17 fashions, with the large digicam bump. The leaker famous there are two lanyard holes for “handy and safe sporting,” so it might be worn round your neck. The colours would are available in gray/black, blue, inexperienced, crimson and orange. Moreover, he mentioned there might be new Liquid Silicone circumstances in 8 colours, together with Deep Orange, Light Orange, Grass Inexperienced, Celadon, Fog Pink, Gray Blue, Darkish Blue and Nighttime Black. He additionally just lately confirmed a transparent iPhone 17 Professional and Professional Max case with the huge rear digicam bump cutout. The case is not totally clear and as a substitute has a white oblong piece that covers the MagSafe house.

The brand new Professional iPhones are mentioned to have a full-width “digicam island” at the rear, which might mark the primary time an Apple style opted for that design. This selection will also be noticed within the purported iPhone 17 “noticed within the wild.” The pics, highlighted on MacRumors, display a black cased iPhone (17 Professional?) with the distinct again panel. Is it the true deal? The twin angles lend a point of credibility in a social media panorama increasingly more polluted with AI-enhanced fakes, however your wager is as just right as ours.

Moreover, the iPhone 17 Professional‌ fashions may have the brightest show but, in line with leaker “Speedy Virtual,” MacRumors reviews. The objective is to make it “extra appropriate to be used in direct daylight for extended sessions.” The thing issues out that current 16 Professional fashions can double their most brightness whilst in direct daylight, making it more uncomplicated to look what is at the display screen.

We’ve got additionally gotten what appears to be a competent have a look at what the colour lineup might be for the brand new smartphones. Macworld reported that the iPhone 17 might be to be had in black, white, metal grey, inexperienced, crimson and light-weight blue. The iPhone 17 Air will reportedly have 4 colour choices: black, white, gentle blue and light-weight gold. Whilst the Air colours might be much less saturated, the visuals for the iPhone 17 Professional and iPhone 17 Professional Max will cross daring. The choices for the Professional fashions are anticipated to be black, white, grey, darkish blue and orange.

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman believes there in reality might be a brand new orange colour presented for the iPhone 17 Professional and Professional Max, in addition to a gentle blue colour for the iPhone 17 Air, he showed in his August 24 Energy On e-newsletter.

On July 30, Tom’s Information highlighted an X submit from Sonny Dickson — an established and usually dependable leaker of unreleased iPhone knowledge — appearing “dummy” iPhone 17 fashions within the new colours that had been the supply of the aforementioned Macworld tale. Whilst those are actually simply mock-ups — no longer genuine, leaked iPhones — it is attention-grabbing to look how the design and colour rumors translate right into a real-world feel and look.

So as to add the the rumors, a Weibo leaker referred to as Virtual Chat Station suggests the iPhone 17e will come supplied with a brand new design that incorporates the Dynamic Island, MacRumors reviews. In step with the submit, the brand new telephone can have the A19 chip and may have a 6.1-inch OLED show with a front-facing 12-megapixel digicam and a rear-facing 48-megapixel digicam. Then again, you need to observe this document refers back to the 17e style that may be anticipated to release no previous than February 2026, if it adopted the similar free up trend because the iPhone 16e.

What is going to iOS 26 be like?

Apple upended its numbering conventions with WWDC 2025, and can fit the title of every new running machine to the yr it is launched. So when the following wave of iPhones hits, they’re going to be working on iOS 26.

At the design aspect, the smartphone OS offered all the way through the large developer show off took a contentious method dubbed Liquid Glass. Apple has been cutting down the quantity of transparency results within the next beta exams of iOS 26, however it’s going to nonetheless have a glass-like visible.

The characteristic checklist contains massive and small updates. At the extra impactful aspect, the Telephone and Pictures apps had been redesigned. There might be a number of options leveraging synthetic intelligence, equivalent to are living translation functions coming to Telephone, FaceTime and Messages. Apple may be lately checking out a delicate content material caution for kid accounts that may freeze FaceTime video if nudity is detected by way of on-device device studying gear. And the corporate may be launching Visible Intelligence, which is able to use AI to seek for components in a picture.

iOS 26 additionally has a litany of youth, high quality of existence enhancements. Team texts are getting enhance for polls. And for the sluggish risers in the market, iOS 26 will in the end will let you get away the tyranny of the 9 minute snooze alarm.

The following iOS is now to be had as a public beta. Listed below are our preliminary impressions of the Liquid Glass design and different new options. iOS 26 is suitable with all fashions again via iPhone 11.

What different merchandise are anticipated to be launched along the iPhone 17?

If Apple follows its standard trend, the iPhone 17 might be introduced along new Apple Watch merchandise. That will be the Apple Watch Collection 11 (if Apple sticks to the similar naming scheme), and possibly an Apple Watch Extremely 3 and/or an up to date Apple Watch SE. (They’re going to all run watchOS 26, in fact.) As famous above, a brand new model of the Apple AirPods Professional (which won its ultimate massive replace in 2022) is predicted, and there is a chance we’re going to see new AirTags trackers (first launched in 2021), regardless that the ones might be introduced later.

The Apple rumor mill were given a large shot within the arm in mid-August because of the reported inclusion of product ID numbers in fresh beta device builds. In line with MacRumors, it is a laundry checklist of latest {hardware}, together with long-rumored product updates just like the Apple TV, HomePod mini, new Apple Studio Show track and two contemporary iPads.

After all, although that checklist is completely correct, we won’t see the ones merchandise till 2026 — if ever. So do not be expecting all of goods to percentage the level with the iPhone 17, particularly since Apple loves to stay its celebrity performer on the focus.

That mentioned, take into account that Apple has just lately been having Mac-centric bulletins in overdue October (because it did ultimate yr to debut new M4 Macs), so there is all the time the risk of every other shoe losing a couple of weeks down the street.

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