For the reason that first iPhone launched with a 3.5-inch display again in 2007, Apple has adopted a path of sluggish however regular improve, from the 4-inch iPhone 5 in 2012 to the 6.7-inch 15 Professional Max final yr. However one dependable analyst has predicted that subsequent yr, one iPhone’s display will get smaller.
Ross Younger, an analyst who specializes within the shows provide chain and has an enviable track record, this week launched a report (by way of 9to5Mac) by which he makes the startling declare that the iPhone 17 Plus can have a smaller display than the 15 Plus (which is 6.7 inches) and 16 Plus (which is predicted to be the identical). He doesn’t title a selected measurement however says the 17 Plus will “sit in between” the smaller handsets–the 17 and 17 Professional–and the 17 Professional Max.
Oddly sufficient, earlier than we get to that time, Apple is predicted to extend the display sizes of two fashions later this yr. Whereas the 15-series handsets line up like this:
- 15: 6.1 inches
- 15 Plus: 6.7 inches
- 15 Professional: 6.1 inches
- 15 Professional Max: 6.7 inches
The 16-series handsets are anticipated to see measurement will increase on the 2 Professional fashions:
- 16: 6.1 inches
- 16 Plus: 6.7 inches
- 16 Professional: 6.3 inches
- 16 Professional Max: 6.9 inches
Assuming the remainder of the road holds regular, meaning the 17 Plus can have a display someplace between 6.3 and 6.7 inches. This looks like an odd regression, however makes a sure sense. Apple has in recent times proven itself to be very eager on pushing prospects towards the more expensive models, and this is able to give the top-end 17 Professional Max one more benefit over the cheaper 17 Plus. However it might be the primary time an iPhone show received smaller after an replace, even when we’re solely speaking about a few tenths of an inch.
We solely imagine this rumor as a result of Younger usually could be very dependable on show rumors. Besides, that is all a good distance off. There’s nonetheless roughly 5 months to go till Apple launches the iPhone 16, and plans can change. Watch this house for extra developments.