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Apple opens week of product launches with refreshed low-cost iPhone and a faster iPad Air, as it begins what looks to be a broader multi-day hardware push.
The latest iPhone update has landed. Unusually for a minor point update, it includes features that aren’t just security concerns.
How much are you saving (and sacrificing) if you pick the newly announced iPhone 17e over the regular version?
Commentary: I love the idea behind the dedicated Camera Control button on recent iPhones, but it keeps getting in the way.
The company also revealed an M4 iPad Air, M5 Pro- and Max-powered MacBook Pro models and a Studio Display XDR.
Apple’s cheapest iPhone adds MagSafe and a little more storage, but the price stays steady at $599. Apple announced the $599 iPhone 17e earlier this week, and we just got a chance to play with one for a few minutes at the company’s “experience” for media in New York City.
Apple is typically known for its pricey, premium products. Its latest releases have a different vibe.
In the market for a new iPad, MacBook, or budget iPhone? Apple has kicked off several days of product announcements, which culminates in today's 'experience' for the press.
Apple’s week of product announcements kicked off with the iPhone 17E, a phone designed for those who don’t want to spend north of $700 on their next upgrade. The iPhone 16E follow-up won’t officially launch until March 11th; however, preorders are now open at Best Buy and Apple’s online storefront, as well as carriers like T-Mobile.
The iPhone 17e, announced March 2, is built around Apple's latest-generation A19 chip — the same processor powering the flagship iPhone 17 lineup. It also adds C1X, a next-generation cellular modem the company says is roughly twice as fast as the modem in the iPhone 16e.
Apple's latest developer beta adds AI-generated Apple Music playlists, early testing for encrypted RCS messaging and a new setting to tone down iOS 26's brighter visual effects