Pu says that the mixture of Apple Intelligence, the iPhone’s AI initiative, mixed with a redesign, further reminiscence, and upgrades from present iPhone house owners will drive a robust cycle beginning in 2025. The analyst expects to see the iPhone 17 collection attracting curiosity from present iPhone house owners who bought their present units someday between 2021-2023.
The redesign that Pu mentions might be the one anticipated for the iPhone 18 Professional fashions and contains under-display Face ID and a smaller Dynamic Island. These adjustments won’t happen subsequent 12 months. Nevertheless, in 2025 we may see the iPhone 17 outfitted with an All the time-On display and the ProMotion show. That may imply a 120Hz refresh charge for the bottom mannequin.
The primary foldable iPhone is anticipated to be a clamshell flipper.
The iPhone 17 Slim could have an A19 chipset, not the A19 Professional, which signifies that regardless of the pricing, performance-wise the iPhone 17 Slim will probably be nearer to the bottom mannequin than the Professional fashions. The iPhone 17 Slim will even have 8GB of RAM whereas the iPhone 17 Professional and iPhone 17 Professional Max could have 12GB of RAM in keeping with rumors.
In 2026, Pu sees Apple releasing each the foldable iPhone and the iPad/Mac foldable hybrid. The latter could have a 20.3-inch show when open and the previous will probably be a clamshell foldable just like the Motorola Razr. Each will probably be launched within the second half of 2026 in keeping with Pu.
