Apple announced the iPhone 17E with some premium upgrades borrowed straight from the more expensive iPhone 17. Like the $799 model, Apple’s most affordable iPhone now starts at 256GB of storage, has an A19 chip (albeit with a four-core GPU instead of five), a 48-megapixel camera and MagSafe magnetic technology — all for the same $599 price as before. This is a sweet successor to the iPhone 16E, fixing that phone’s omission of MagSafe while doubling the starting storage from 128GB.
But how do these upgrades help it stand tall against the older iPhones — the ones with Dynamic Island, two rear cameras and support for Live Activities? If you’re looking to upgrade from an iPhone 16, iPhone 15, or the iPhone 14 with a notch, but don’t want to spend $799 on a new iPhone 17, here’s how the midrange iPhone 17E compares to your current Apple device.
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