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iPhone 17 Plus to feature a smaller screen than current 'Plus' phones
- ksec 3y agoAssuming Ross's rumour is true and he is rarely wrong about Display Screen information. If Apple were to keep normal iPhone the same Aspect Ratio as the New Pro, i.e the new 19.6 : 9 Ratio. ( They are making it slightly longer to compensate for the space used for Dynamic Island ) And ALL the iPhone range will keep the same size difference between Normal / Plus and Pro / Pro Max, which is roughly 19.5 - 20% larger area for the bigger model. Then an iPhone 17 with 5.9" Screen would have an iPhone 17 Plus with 6.46" ( Likely calling it 6.5" ), which fits nicely between 6.3" in the iPhone 17 Pro and 6.9" of the iPhone 17 Pro Max. The iPhone 5.9" would satisfy most of the demand for smaller iPhone, while 6.5" would not cannibalise the iPhone Pro Max sales. This is similar to the MacBook line up, where the Air has 13" and 15" Screen size while Pro has 14" and 16" Screen size. And Judging from the iPhone Mini sales results, it may actually push more people to the 6.5" Screen Size rather than stay with the 5.9". And results in an increase of average selling price.
- ksec 3y agoThinking more into it, may be it is worth Apple to reposition their whole iPhone Product Line with 17, no more Max and Plus, especially when both Pro is rumours to have the same zoom lens. $1199 iPhone Pro - 6.9" 256GB $1099 iPhone Pro - 6.3" 256GB $899 iPhone 6.5" - 128GB $799 iPhone 5.9" - 128GB $599 iPhone SE 6.7" - 128GBa $499 iPhone SE 6.1" - 128GB