iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Slim to Arrive With 120Hz LTPO OLED Displays: Report

Apple launched the iPhone 16 collection of smartphones on the firm’s ‘It’s Glowtime’ {hardware} launch occasion on September 9. While handsets simply went on sale in India and a number of other different markets on Friday, particulars of Apple’s purported iPhone 17 collection, which is predicted to debut within the second half of 2025, have already surfaced on-line. In line with earlier predictions, a market analyst says that Apple’s subsequent era iPhone fashions will assist a show function that was presently restricted to Pro fashions.

In a now-deleted put up on X (previously Twitter) Display Supply Chain Consultants’ Ross Young stated (by way of GSMArena) that the successors to the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus — anticipated to debut because the iPhone 17 and redesigned iPhone 17 Slim — shall be outfitted with upgraded shows with a refresh price that ranges between 1Hz and 120Hz.

While Apple launched its 120Hz ProMovement on its smartphones with the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max in 2021, the corporate’s current fashions are outfitted with LTPO AMOLED screens that allow performance just like the all the time on show function that arrived with the iPhone 14 Pro and newer fashions.

If Young’s declare is correct, the iPhone 17 and the iPhone 17 Slim could possibly be the primary non-Pro fashions from the corporate to be outfitted with shows which have a excessive refresh price. Even the newest iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus function 60Hz shows, whereas a number of cheaper Android smartphones which might be 5 occasions cheaper than the bottom iPhone 16 mannequin provide the next refresh price.

While the iPhone 16 lineup provides just a few incremental {hardware} enhancements over final 12 months’s fashions, the purported iPhone 17 Pro fashions are anticipated to reach with extra RAM — the iPhone 17 Pro Max will reportedly be outfitted with 12GB of RAM and a vapour chamber cooling system. Both the Pro fashions might additionally function a brand new 2nm chipset from Apple, constructed by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) subsequent 12 months.