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The iPhone 17e is a smartphone designed and marketed by Apple, announced on March 2, 2026, and released later that month as the successor to the iPhone 16e — confirming the annual spring "e" cadence as lineup policy. It repeats the formula with the 17 generation's parts: the A19 chip, 8 GB of RAM and full Apple Intelligence support, the 48-megapixel "2-in-1" Fusion camera, and the Apple C1X modem — the e-tier again serving as proving ground for Apple's newest radio silicon on its way up the lineup.

The e-tier's economies continue with small mutations: the display remains the notched 6.1-inch OLED panel (the Dynamic Island still gated up-tier), but MagSafe — the 16e's most-protested omission — returns. Colors take an uncharacteristic swing for the tier: Black and a pastel Soft Pink. At $599 with a 256 GB base — double its predecessor's floor — the 17e is the cheapest current iPhone and the entry point to the 2026 lineup, where it remains on sale.

The 16e's anonymous flat-aluminum formula continued: notched 6.1-inch OLED, single rear lens without a plateau, Action Button, USB-C, IP68, at essentially unchanged dimensions. The MagSafe magnet ring returns beneath the glass, restoring the accessory ecosystem to the entry tier. Black and Soft Pink — the first non-neutral e-tier color, aimed visibly at the segment's first-phone buyers.

The A19 keeps the e-tier at the Apple Intelligence floor with current-generation Neural Engine throughput, and the C1X — promoted from the Air — continues the modem line's staged rollout. The 256 GB base at an unchanged $599 is the model's sharpest value move, and the 4,005 mAh cell repeats the 16e's class-leading 6.1-inch endurance.

The single 48 MP Fusion "2-in-1" carries over with the 17 generation's processing, and the front camera jumps to the 18 MP square-sensor Center Stage shared with the flagship line — auto-framed landscape selfies from a portrait grip, the e-tier's biggest camera gain. The one-lens economy remains the tier's defining line against the iPhone 17.

Ships with iOS 26, Apple Intelligence complete out of the box; current release train.

Its March debut slotted into a lineup whose story was already written, and coverage read it accordingly: the e-formula, executed better — the restored MagSafe and doubled base storage answering the 16e's two loudest reviews, the notch's persistence in 2026 supplying the obligatory complaint. As the $599 door into the iPhone 17 generation and Apple Intelligence, it competes chiefly with Apple's own discounted iPhone 16 — a fight the storage doubling is built to win.

Two models in, the e-tier's pattern is set: current chip and AI floor, last-generation body economies, Apple's newest modem, one camera, spring release. The 17e's contribution is proving the cadence repeatable — and extending the entry tier's role as the quiet pipeline through which Apple's silicon independence (C1, then C1X) reaches volume before the flagships commit.