{"id":520569,"date":"2026-03-13T05:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T05:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/520569\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T05:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T05:32:11","slug":"iphone-17e-hands-on-whats-new-and-whats-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/520569\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone 17e Hands-On: What’s New and What’s Not"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple’s latest low-cost iPhone launched yesterday, and we picked up the iPhone 17e<\/a> to see how it compares to the iPhone 16e that came before it, and how it measures up to the iPhone 17<\/a> lineup.<\/p>\n

Apple didn’t update the design of the \u200ciPhone 17e\u200c, so it still has the look of an iPhone 14, which is the iPhone that Apple used as a base for the iPhone 16e. There’s a notch on the display with no Dynamic Island<\/a>, but Apple did make a few changes to modernize the \u200ciPhone 17e\u200c.<\/p>\n

The iPhone 16e didn’t have MagSafe<\/a>, which was a major hassle, but the \u200ciPhone 17e\u200c does. \u200cMagSafe\u200c has been fully embraced by both Apple and accessory makers, so it’s difficult to find accessories that don’t use \u200cMagSafe\u200c. Adding \u200cMagSafe\u200c opens up a whole new range of options for cases and chargers, plus it means wireless charging is now 15W instead of 7.5W.<\/p>\n

There’s still a limited color palette for the \u200ciPhone 17e\u200c, but there is a light pink model in addition to the black and white options this year. The soft pink is a subtle shade that looks nice in person, and it’s not too Barbie pink or too baby pink. Ceramic Shield 2 is new for the front glass this year, meaning the \u200ciPhone 17e\u200c should be more resistant to scratches.<\/p>\n

Like the \u200ciPhone 17\u200c, the \u200ciPhone 17e\u200c uses the A19 chip, which is the latest A-series chip, though the \u200ciPhone 17e\u200c version has one fewer GPU core. The A19 offers incredible performance for a low-cost iPhone, but you might not notice much in the way of day-to-day speed improvements coming from an iPhone 16e. If you’re coming from an older iPhone like an iPhone 8, X, XR, XS, 11, or similar, the difference will be night and day.<\/p>\n

Base storage has been upgraded to 256GB, and Apple doesn’t offer a 128GB option anymore. There wasn’t a change in starting price with the storage update, which is a major plus.<\/p>\n

The \u200ciPhone 17e\u200c has many of the same compromises as the iPhone 16e. There’s still a single-lens rear camera with no Telephoto or Ultra Wide lens, there’s a notch on the display, and it now lacks the 120Hz ProMotion refresh rate Apple added to the rest of the \u200ciPhone 17\u200c lineup.<\/p>\n

If you don’t mind having one camera lens to work with and won’t miss ProMotion, the \u200ciPhone 17e\u200c is an excellent deal. It’s priced starting at $599, which makes it $200 cheaper than the \u200ciPhone 17\u200c.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple’s latest low-cost iPhone launched yesterday, and we picked up the iPhone 17e to see how it compares…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520570,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[831,78959,74],"class_list":["post-520569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-featured","tag-iphone-17e","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}