Apple’s downpour of March product announcements kicked off with the iPhone 17E, fon a wɔayɛ ama wɔn a wɔmpɛ sɛ wɔsɛe sika a ɛboro $700 atifi fam wɔ wɔn upgrade a edi hɔ no ho. Mprempren iPhone 16E akyi di no wɔ intanɛt so ne sotɔɔ ahorow mu, na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔn a wɔadi kan akra no nya wɔn unit ahorow no wɔ wɔn nsam nnansa yi ara.
Te sɛ afe a etwaam no sikasɛm nhyehyɛe a wɔpaw no, 17E a ne kɛse yɛ nsateakwaa 6.1 no fi ase fi $599. Ɛhwɛ pii wɔ yɛn apɛdeɛ mu sene 16E, nanso, ɛwɔ 256GB a wɔatrɛw mu a ɛwɔ base storage ne magnets a wɔasisi mu, a ɛhwɛ sɛ ɛne MagSafe nneɛma ahodoɔ no nyinaa hyia (a Qi2 chargers ka ho). What’s more, it’s powered by the same A19 chip found in the iPhone 17. Ne Ceramic Shield 2 display nso yɛ den te sɛ iPhone 17’s, enti ɛrensɛe mmerɛw te sɛ nea atwam no, na fon no de 48-megapixel “fusion” camera ma.
Nnansa yi ara yɛtintim 17E no ho nhwehwɛmu, na nokwarem no, ɛyɛ biribiara a yɛpɛ sɛ 16E yɛ. Nanso, ɛda so ara yɛ mmerɛw sɛ wubehu 17E no sintɔ ahorow sɛ wode toto iPhone 17. Sɛ nhwɛso no, enni ultrawide camera, na wɔato ne display no mu wɔ 60Hz a enni display dwumadi a ɛhyerɛn bere nyinaa (iPhone 17 no tumi kɔ soro kodu 120Hz). Ebia saa nneɛma no fata sɛ wosɛe $200 foforo ma wo, nanso ebia ɛnyɛ saa.
Yɛatwe spec nsɛm pii abom wɔ yɛn nnansa yi ntotoho post mu sɛ wopɛ sɛ wode toto model a aba foforo no ne last-gen version no ho a. Nanso sɛ wopɛ sɛ wotɔ kɛkɛ a, yɛabɔ baabi a ɛnyɛ den sɛ wobɛyɛ saa.
Ɛhe na wobɛtɔ iPhone 17E
Wubetumi atɔ iPhone 17E afi Apple ne Best Buy a ɛyɛ tuntum, pink, anaa fitaa a ɛwɔ 256GB storage a efi ase fi $599. Sɛ wo hia baabi foforo a, Apple ne Best Buy nyinaa nso retɔn no a ɛwɔ 512GB storage de agye $799. iPhone 17E na ɛwɔ hɔ
Baabi a wobɛtɔ: $599 wɔ Apple (256GB) $599.99 wɔ Best Buy (256GB) $799.99 wɔ Best Buy (512GB)
U.S. akwantufo nkitahodi ne nneɛma a wɔde kanyan nkurɔfo
T-Mobile de iPhone 17E rema kwa denam ɔsram biara sika a wɔde tua ho ka so 24 bere a woredi gua wɔ afiri a ɛfata mu wɔ Osuahu pii nhyehyɛe so (anaasɛ Go5G Plus sɛ woyɛ adetɔfo a wowɔ dedaw a), anaasɛ bere a woredi gua na wode line bi aka nhyehyɛe dodow no ara ho no. Sɛ woresakra afi carrier foforo so a, T-Mobile nso de 17E no rema kwa (anaasɛ ɛyɛ $630 off) a ɛho nhia sɛ wɔde di gua. Saa bere yi nyinaa, Essentials adetɔfo betumi anya iPhone 17E mfiri anan ne nhama foforo anan de agye $25 wɔ nhama biara ho ɔsram biara a wɔde aguadi a ɛfata ka ho.
Verizon nso de iPhone 17E a ɛyɛ entry-level no rema kwa. Sɛ wopɛ sɛ wunya nea wɔde ma no a, ɛho behia sɛ wode line foforo ka Unlimited Welcome, Unlimited Plus, anaa Unlimited Ultimate nhyehyɛe bi ho. Wɔde sika a wɔatew so no di dwuma sɛ ɔsram biara sika a wɔde tua ho ka wɔ asram 36 mu. Sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a, promo no ma wo kwan ma woyi $600 fi 512GB model no so, na ɛma ɛba fam kodu $5.55 ɔsram biara, enti wobɛtua $200 pɛ wɔ bere koro no ara mu.
AT&T de iPhone 17E rema wɔ sika a ɛba fam te sɛ $5.99 ɔsram biara asram 36 bere a wotɔ fon no wɔ nhyehyɛe a ɛfata so na wode line foforo yɛ adwuma anaasɛ woma nea ɛwɔ hɔ dedaw no yɛ kɛse wɔ nhyehyɛe a anohyeto nnim a ɛfata so. Carrier no de sika a ɛkɔ soro kodu $384.36 rema wɔ 256GB model no ho ne $404.36 ma 512GB variant no. Sɛ wosakra fi adwumakuw foforo so a, wubetumi nso anya Visa akatua kaad a ɛkɔ soro kodu $800, ne sika a wɔde tua ho ka foforo a ɛkɔ soro kodu $200 bere a woayɛ line foforo bi adwuma wɔ intanɛt so no.
Update, March 11th: Saa post yi seesei da no adi sɛ iPhone 17E wɔ hɔ a wobɛtumi atɔ wɔ intanɛt so ne sotɔɔ ahodoɔ mu.
