Introducing iPhone 17e | First Look

0:00 And I was like, "When did you get hard on you up and down all day?" When did you get harder? Think I would remember if you had that double take, triple take it twist back at your face. Baby, baby, the second. >> This is iPhone 17e. But wait, let's rewind. By just using the number of the current iPhone and slapping an E at the end of it, Apple was able to reinvent the lineup that used to belong to the SE. And it worked. Last year's iPhone 16

0:47 made up 11% of iPhone's market share last year, which is more than double that of the most successful SE model. You see, for customers here in the US, it's not actually about iPhone. It's about iOS. That's where their friends are. That's where their memories are. That is the ecosystem they are trapped in. So, if you can sell them a phone that runs iOS that is affordable and kind of looks like the more premium version, you win. And next week, Apple makes the iPhone 17e official with an announcement likely landing in the newsroom on the website. And the headlining feature,

1:33 Dynamic Island. Yeah, hopefully. We'll talk about that. Apple is adopting the iconic higherend iPhone look by adding Dynamic Island. Finally ending the iconic reign of terror of the notch. For the general consumer, the casual phone buyer, a person looking to save a buck or a few hundred, and especially teenagers, this is an incredible handme-down. It's like your big brother's handing you down his old iPhone, but to you, it still feels new because it has a feature that your iPhone 8 definitely didn't have. Oh, and he's making you pay for it. $5.99, 600 bucks. Uh gee, thanks big brother. Just like you'll be for Valentine's Day

2:19 this year, the camera on the back is single. But don't worry because also just like you, the camera is very special and very strong. 48 megapixels, which if you're playing along at home is not actually changed from the 16e. But thanks to the new processor that we'll get to, the actual image processing is the improvement here with better lowlight performance for your dark, lonely life. On the front, we're leaning towards an 18 megapixel square sensor with center stage support. Perfect, because this phone will surely be purchased by exactly the people you expect to be using Snapchat. It will also be purchased by the people you exactly expect to not be using Snapchat

3:06 anymore, ever, and there's no in between. The colors infused into this beautiful aluminum dopamine delivery system will either be black or white and potentially a hero color. Last I heard, they had a lavender in testing. But listen, my guy, that was many, many, many months ago. You should not listen to anything that I say unless it's about today's sponsor. Surf Shark is the VPN we choose over here at FPT because the internet is a scary place. Hide your IP address, access georestricted content, be protected on public Wi-Fi. You already know why VPNs are important. I'm just telling you that Surf Shark is the one that I trust because you can use unlimited devices, desktop, phone, tablet. There are no logs stored,

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4:38 need them to be. While some rumors claimed 256 GB of starting storage on the base model, for 600 bucks, uh-uh. on the front. That screen is the perfect size, 6.1 in. And brace yourself, cuz this next one might hurts. No promotion. It's It's 60 Hz. Another seemingly big upgrade, at least for a lower tier model like this, is Mags Safe support for wireless charging. Something that the 16e shipped without. battery is right around 4,000 milliamp hours. And thanks to the more efficient A19 and C1X chips, you can expect battery life to be anywhere between 2

5:25 and 24 hours. Apple will call that all day. It is not 2014 anymore. There are no bad phones. All phones are good phones. And the iPhone 17e is another good one. Now, let's circle back to Dynamic Island because it's the one thing that I'm not 100% confident in this year. These phones in particular are the Tim Cook special. Keep reusing tooling for longer than the lifespan of the phone it launched with. Rinse and repeat. It's the same reason the iPhone SE series looked like the iPhone 8 for years and years after that phone already looked archaic. If this phone launches with no dynamic island, if it has a notch reusing the chassis from iPhone 14

6:13 and costs you $600. Yeah. No. Uh-uh. Apple should be embarrassed and you all should feel embarrassed for them.