Apple’s iPhone 17e arrived with a feature missing from its predecessor: MagSafe. The wireless magnetic charging standard has been a staple part of the iPhone lineup for a long time, ever since Apple released it with the iPhone 12.
Anyways, iPhone 16e users complained, the internet talked about it, and Apple listened. The iPhone 17e’s MagSafe support comes from a coil and magnetic infrastructure that is baked right into its back panel. It lets the phone snap (quite satisfyingly) onto a MagSafe charger or a compatible accessory.
The iPhone 17e shares its back panels with the iPhone 16e
However, the twist, or rather a disappointing fact about the iPhone 17e, is that it shares its design, dimensions, and, therefore, its back panel with the iPhone 16e. And then came iFixit’s teardown of the iPhone 17e, which reveals that its MagSafe-enabled back panel is fully compatible with
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