How The New Iphone 17e Stacks Up Against Apple’s Pricier Phones

The iPhone 17 lineup now has a “budget” option. Announced this week, nan iPhone 17E will deed stores connected Wednesday, March 11th, starting astatine $599, pinch preorders opening connected March 4th. The 6.1-inch telephone joins nan remainder of Apple’s iPhone 17 lineup, which includes nan iPhone 17 ($799), nan much powerful iPhone 17 Pro ($1,099), and nan iPhone 17 Pro Max ($1,199), arsenic good arsenic nan ultra-thin iPhone Air ($999).

Unlike past year’s iPhone 16E, nan 17E features MagSafe and Qi2 wireless charging, on pinch nan faster A19 spot recovered successful nan iPhone 17 and doubly arsenic overmuch guidelines retention (256GB vs. 128GB). It besides features a sharper, much durable display, retains support for Apple Intelligence, and includes a 48-megapixel “fusion” camera that enables 2x telephoto shots, each of which bring it person to Apple’s much premium phones.

But astatine $599, nan 17E doesn’t see each of nan bells and whistles recovered successful nan remainder of Apple’s existent iPhone lineup. For example, it only has a 6.1-inch 60Hz show — nan smallest show of immoderate iPhone 17 bid telephone — and lacks features for illustration an always-on show and Dynamic Island, a pill-shaped cutout that shows info, for illustration ride-share updates, astatine a glance. It’s besides noticeably dimmer, pinch a highest brightness of 1,200 nits.

Camera hardware is different differentiator. While nan 17E, Air, and modular iPhone 17 each stock a 48-megapixel main sensor, nan iPhone 17 has a dedicated ultra-wide camera, which besides enables macro photography for close-up shots. The 17 and Air besides connection an 18-megapixel front-facing camera — nan 17E only has a 12-megapixel shooter — which could construe to sharper selfies and clearer video calls. The Pro and Pro Max models grow further pinch much precocious camera arrays, including nan summation of dedicated telephoto cameras. Plus, each isolated from nan 17E see nan Camera Control button, which is designed to thief group quickly motorboat nan camera and set various settings.

Unsurprisingly, charging speeds and artillery life besides differ. The 17E supports MagSafe charging pinch Qi2 support, allowing for wireless charging astatine up to 15W, while nan iPhone 17, iPhone Air, and some Pro models support faster 25W wireless charging. Apple says nan 17E tin complaint up to 50 percent successful 30 minutes, compared to astir 20 minutes for nan higher-end models. Battery life increases arsenic you move up nan lineup, pinch nan 17E rated for up to 26 hours of video playback, while nan iPhone Air and nan larger Pro Max models past longer (up to 39 hours, successful immoderate instances).

Those are conscionable immoderate of nan main highlights, though. If you want to get into nan nitty-gritty, we’ve compiled each nan specs together below, letting you spot really each telephone stacks up to nan others.