Ugh! Too Bad We Have to Wait 2 Months for the iPhone 17 and This Rumored Feature
Leaks on the iPhone 17 have been piling up for over a year. We have seen reports on a new selfie camera, a faster Magsafe load and a new purple (or green) color. We have even heard rumors that Apple could change how often it launches new iPhone models, from once a year to twice.
But when the iPhone 16 made its debut, criticism aimed on its screen. The phone starts at $ 829 and still has a 60 -Hz screen, despite most competitive phones with high refresh rate at 90 Hz or 120 Hz, which gives a smoother scroll effect that seems just premium. Given that Pro models have higher screen cooling rates for years, it has been frustrating to see that Apple does not bring the functionality to low -end models.
At a time when Apple is under pressure from an antitrust trial of the United States Ministry of Justice; Facing the criticisms of shareholders and the media on being “behind in the AI race” with Apple Intelligence; And dealing with the threats of President Donald Trump about adding a price to the iPhone if manufacturing is not moved to the United States, the next launch of the company’s iPhone will be a pivotal moment.
The burden is on Apple to deliver an exciting range from the iPhone 17 which includes large modifications to the iPhone Pro models as well as a new version of iPhone Air. But the basic “regular” iPhone is due to some TLC, in particular its display. Fortunately, there are three rumors circulating on the screen of the iPhone 17 with an important update. Together, they suggest that the iPhone 17 screen could be one of the largest updates to a basic iPhone display for a long time.
Apple has not yet announced anything or confirmed any of these rumors. And we will not know what is certain before the next iPhone is officially published. For more leaks, see the rumor of the rumor of CNET iPhone 17.
The 6.3 inch display of the iPhone 17
The iPhone 16 Pro has a 6.3 -inch screen.
The ordinary iPhone, dating from the iPhone 12, had a 6.1 inch screen. The iPhone 16 has one despite the iPhone 16 pro cradding a 6.3 -inch screen. But the iPhone 17 will receive a similar screen of 6.3 inch, according to an article on X of the analyst of the Ross Young supply chain. This is bad news for small phones fans, although 6.1 inches are already far beyond the 5.4-inch screen found on the iPhone 12 Mini and 13 Mini.
If the increase in screen real estate comes from the narrowing of the glasses around the screen, as Apple has done with the iPhone 16 Pro, this should mean that the iPhone 17 itself will be relatively the same size as the iPhone 16.
The high rate display of the iPhone 17 (120 Hz)
The Razer phone had an ideal screen for the game and which ended up being the de facto standard on most phones today.
In 2018, the Razer phone made its debut with the very first high rate screen. Other phones at the time had screens locked at a 60 Hz static. The Razer phone was intended for players and having a screen with a high refresh game made more immersive. He also made things banal, such as system animations or scrolling through a social or news wire, looks fluid and dynamic.
In 2025, almost all the main phones, including the cheaps, costing less than $ 300, has a 90 Hz or 120 Hz screen – finally, except for the iPhone. Apple first added pro movement screens (its name for a high rate screen) in 2021, to the iPhone 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max. But non -pro models still have a 60 Hz static screen to date. It should change soon.
The iPhone 17 will have a high rate screen, according to a 9TO5MAC report. The story quotes an X post from Young which has since been removed. It is not clear if the screen will be identical to that of the iPhone 16 Pro or if it will be something different. But if the iPhone 17 obtains an LTPO screen with an adaptive refresh rate (with 1 to 120 Hz), this could also mean that the “regular” basic iPhone 17 will obtain a care of a screen always activated. This latest feature made its debut on the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max, and is absent from the iPhone 15 and iPhone 16 base.
The new iPhone 17 ceramic shield
The two photos were taken after seven months of use. The scratches on the iPhone 15 Pro Max (on the left) are really displayed on the screen. The iPhone 16 Pro has a few stripes but has resisted much better.
One of the additions of sleeping on the iPhone 16 Pro was that he had a updated ceramic shield (the 16 and 16 plus did not). Like a reminder, the ceramic shield is not only glass in that it is made up of nano ceramic crystals integrated into a glass matrix. In my long -term examination for the 16 pro, I found that the updated ceramic shield was almost unscathed after seven months of use, in particular compared to my iPhone 15 Pro Max, which had the original version of Ceramic Shield and was covered with scratches after the same time.
The iPhone 17 could get a more scratch -resistant display, according to an article by Weibo User Instant Digital. It seems that it could be different from the ceramic shield in that it could also have an anti -reflective coating, similar to that of the Galaxy S25 Ultra. MacRumors first reported on the rumor and also covered it, saying that the new coating may have been scrapped because it turned out to be too complicated to apply on a large scale.
I doubt that the iPhone 17 gets an anti -reflective screen, but I would like this. I can always hope, however, that its screen comes with a more durable screen.
