- A brief video seemingly exhibits an iPhone 17 Professional Max retail unit
- JPMorgan’s pricing predictions recommend most iPhone 17 fashions will not value greater than their predecessors
- A 3rd leak suggests the iPhone 17 Air could possibly be the one mannequin to lack a SIM card slot within the EU
The iPhone 17 sequence has been extensively rumored now, together with quite a few doubtlessly leaked photos and movies, however thus far these photos and movies have been restricted to renders and dummy items. Now although, an actual iPhone 17 Professional Max might need been filmed.
Respected leaker UniverseIce has shared footage on Weibo (by way of GSMArena) that they declare is of a mass-produced model of the iPhone 17 Professional Max – in different phrases a unit that’s meant to be offered as soon as the telephone launches.
After all, we’d take this with a pinch of salt, however this near the telephone’s September 9 launch it’s plausible we’d be seeing it. Whether or not that is the true deal or simply one other dummy unit although, it appears to be like an entire lot like what we’ve seen in earlier leaks, full with a big, redesigned digicam block.
Promising value predictions
We’ve additionally heard extra concerning the potential pricing of the iPhone 17 sequence, and the newest information on that entrance is constructive. In response to a analysis observe from JPMorgan, seen by 9to5Mac, the agency expects the iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Professional Max to have the identical costs as their predecessors.
That will imply a beginning value of $799 / £799 / AU$1,399 for the iPhone 17, and of $1,199 / £1,199 / AU$2,149 for the iPhone 17 Professional Max. Although technically they’re solely speaking about US pricing right here, so it’s potential costs will nonetheless be larger in different areas, even when this report is true.
The iPhone 17 Professional could possibly be in for a value rise even within the US, however not a really huge one, with JPMorgan forecasting a beginning value of $1,099. That’s up from $999 for the iPhone 16 Professional, however it might apparently be paired with extra storage, because the iPhone 17 Professional is claimed to start out at 256GB slightly than 128GB. If we see the identical value rise elsewhere, then we could possibly be a beginning value of £1,099 / AU$1,999.
Lastly, they predict that the iPhone 17 Air will begin at both $899 or $949. The previous is identical beginning value because the iPhone 16 Plus, which it’s anticipated to interchange, so it may both have the identical value or value $50 extra, that means pricing elsewhere could be between round £899 / AU$1,599 and £949 / AU$1,699.
We’d take all of this with a pinch of salt, however we hope JPMorgan is true about all this, since some earlier leaks pointed to cost rises throughout the board.
Too slim for a SIM
Rounding out a trio of iPhone 17 sequence leaks, we’ve additionally heard from TechManiacs (by way of GSMArena) that whereas the iPhone 17 Air can be eSIM-only within the EU, the opposite iPhone 17 fashions will retain a bodily SIM card slot. The reason is that the iPhone 17 Air is simply too slim to simply match a SIM card slot in it.
That may not sound stunning, however one other latest leak urged that each one iPhone 17 fashions within the EU – and certain due to this fact additionally the UK – can be eSIM solely. After all, in case you’re within the US we absolutely anticipate all of them to lack slots for a detachable SIM card, as that’s been the case for some time there.
We’ll know precisely what the SIM scenario is quickly although, because the extremely possible launch of the iPhone 17 sequence is now lower than every week away.
