Launch dates, colours and the whole lot else it is advisable find out about Apple’s new telephones

After seeing the changes coming with iOS 26, we’re able to lastly see Apple’s latest assortment of smartphones: the iPhone 17 lineup. Whereas that is nonetheless greater than a month away — assuming Apple sticks to its common launch schedule — we’ve not been left utterly at midnight about what the brand new telephones will appear to be. As with most unreleased iPhone fashions, rumors and leaks have trickled in concerning the {hardware} aspect forward of the official introduction. This is what we’re anticipating and what we are able to moderately assume we’ll get from Cupertino in September.

What are the most recent iPhone 17 rumors and stories?

Once more, not all iPhone rumors are created equal, and all must be taken with a grain of salt. The most recent comes from a MacRumors report which says the interior battery pack of the brand new superthin iPhone Air (see beneath) is simply 2.49mm thick — half the thickness of the iPhone 17 Professional battery. The leak was posted on the Korean-langauge Naver blog, the place they present the alleged batteries of the iPhone 17 Air and 17 Professional aspect by aspect. The identical account claimed the 17 Air’s battery capability was a mere 2,800 mAh, MacRumors notes. (That is beneath the battery capability of present iPhone 16 fashions.)

When will the iPhone 17 collection be introduced?

Most years, the flagship smartphones are launched in September. It is somewhat early to have the precise dates; some years, Apple solely offers every week or two of lead time between sending invitations and internet hosting the occasion. However years of previous precedent present that someday in September must be when the 17 fashions make their debut. This household of smartphones would be the final to observe that pattern, nonetheless. There have been hints that the introduction of the iPhone 18 assortment in 2026 shall be split right into a pro-tier announcement within the fall and an ordinary mannequin announcement the next spring.

What’s going to the brand new iPhone 17 lineup embrace?

Design leaks counsel that Apple is constructing an ultra-thin smartphone, more likely to be named the iPhone 17 Air to match Apple’s ultralight laptop computer designation. Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman, usually a stable supply of superior intel about Apple, reported in January that the iPhone 17 Air shall be geared up with a primary A19 chip and can solely have a single digicam lens. It could additionally use Apple’s new in-house modem, which was launched in February on the iPhone 16e. Extra particulars about this growth might leak forward of September, however that is what we all know for now.

An investor word from Apple analyst Jeff Pu indicated that the Air could have a titanium body. If his stories are correct, the light-weight smartphone would be the solely entry within the iPhone 17 lineup to make use of that metallic; the iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Professional, and iPhone 17 Professional Max are anticipated to be product of aluminum, which is oddly a lighter materials than titanium. Different hypothesis had advised that the Air would use a mix of aluminum and titanium, so the precise supplies might not be identified till the official announcement.

Every new roster features a base mannequin, however through the years, Apple shakes up the number of telephones it provides. Most certainly there shall be an iPhone 17 and an iPhone 17 Professional. Apple has additionally dedicated to the dimensions issues philosophy, and has been constructing an iPhone Professional Max choice with a fair larger display and higher battery life; the 17 roster will virtually definitely have one as nicely.

The brand new Professional iPhones are stated to have a full-width “digicam island” on the rear, which might mark the primary time an Apple mannequin opted for that design. This function will be seen within the the purported iPhone 17 “spotted in the wild.” The pics, highlighted on MacRumors, present a black cased iPhone (17 Professional?) with the distinct again panel. Is it the actual deal? The twin angles lend a level of credibility in a social media panorama more and more polluted with AI-enhanced fakes, however your guess is pretty much as good as ours.

The iPhone 17 Air appears primed to take the place of a possible iPhone 17 Plus. Because the iPhone 16e was solely simply launched in February at a surprisingly high price point, it appears unlikely that there shall be a brand new addition to that decrease finish of the spectrum, the fashions that had been beforehand known as SE.

On the very least, it sounds just like the iPhone 17 Air will not take away the charging port and rely solely on wi-fi connectivity. Bloomberg stated that whereas Apple had investigated making the iPhone 17 Air and not using a single port, the corporate (thankfully) modified plans. He additionally says that the rumored telephone could have a 6.6-inch display and embrace the Dynamic Island and Digital camera Management button. Lastly, the worth is rumored at $900 — possible greater than the usual iPhone 17 however lower than the Professional.

We have additionally gotten what appears to be a dependable take a look at what the colour lineup shall be for the brand new smartphones. Macworld reported that the iPhone 17 shall be accessible in black, white, metal grey, inexperienced, purple and light-weight blue. The iPhone 17 Air will reportedly have 4 colour choices: black, white, mild blue and light-weight gold. Whereas the Air colours shall be much less saturated, the visuals for the iPhone 17 Professional and iPhone 17 Professional Max will go daring. The choices for the Professional fashions are anticipated to be black, white, grey, darkish blue and orange.

On July 30, Tom’s Guide highlighted an X put up from Sonny Dickson — a longtime and customarily dependable leaker of unreleased iPhone data — exhibiting “dummy” iPhone 17 fashions within the new colours that had been the supply of the aforementioned Macworld story. Whereas these are actually simply mock-ups — not actual, leaked iPhones — it is attention-grabbing to see how the design and colour rumors translate right into a real-world feel and look.

What’s going to iOS 26 be like?

Apple upended its numbering conventions with WWDC 2025, and can match the title of every new working system to the 12 months it is launched. So when the following wave of iPhones hits, they’re going to be working on iOS 26.

On the design aspect, the smartphone OS launched throughout the huge developer showcase took a contentious strategy dubbed Liquid Glass. Apple has been scaling down the quantity of transparency results within the subsequent beta exams of iOS 26, however it’ll nonetheless have a glass-like visible.

The function checklist consists of huge and small updates. On the extra impactful aspect, the Cellphone and Images apps have been redesigned. There shall be a number of options leveraging synthetic intelligence, equivalent to dwell translation capabilities coming to Cellphone, FaceTime and Messages. Apple can be at the moment testing a delicate content material warning for baby accounts that may freeze FaceTime video if nudity is detected by on-device machine studying instruments. And the corporate can be launching Visible Intelligence, which is able to use AI to seek for components in a picture.

iOS 26 additionally has a litany of minor, high quality of life enhancements. Group texts are getting help for polls. And for the gradual risers on the market, iOS 26 will lastly allow you to escape the tyranny of the nine minute snooze alarm.

The subsequent iOS is now accessible as a public beta. Listed below are our preliminary impressions of the Liquid Glass design and different new options. iOS 26 is compatible with all fashions again by means of iPhone 11.

Replace, August 4, 2025, 5:23PM ET: Added newest battery leaks concerning the iPhone 17 fashions.

Replace, August 1, 2025, 8:15AM ET: Added new pictures exhibiting potential iPhone 17 colours.

Replace, July 30, 2025, 11:08AM ET: Added newest leaks and rumors concerning the iPhone 17, and up to date data on the iOS 26 public beta.

Replace, July 17, 2025, 4:40PM ET: Added newest details about iOS 26, attainable supplies for the Air, and the colour choices for the completely different fashions.

Replace, March 17, 2025, 2PM ET: Added particulars concerning the rumored value and options of the iPhone 17 Air.

Replace, April 11, 2025, 3:45PM ET: Added particulars from Entrance Web page Tech’s new video that claims to disclose particulars from a leaked iOS 19 construct.

Katie Teague contributed to this story.