Iphone 17 Release Is Rumored For September: Everything You Need To Know About The 'thinnest Iphone Ever' And The Apple Fall Event

The person we get to Apple's uncover of nan iPhone 17 lineup, nan much excited we are to spot what's different from nan erstwhile iPhones. The newest smartphones will travel equipped pinch nan latest iOS 26 features. Since we still person to hold astatine slightest a period (presumably) until nan iPhone event, we tin astatine slightest estimate what nan caller phones will look like. As pinch astir unreleased iPhone models, rumors and leaks person trickled successful astir nan hardware broadside up of nan charismatic introduction. Here's what we're expecting and what we tin reasonably presume we'll get from Cupertino successful September.

What are nan latest iPhone 17 rumors and reports?

Will nan iPhone 17 Pro person amended wireless awesome spot acknowledgment to an updated antenna design? That's nan accusation from Majin Bu, whom MacRumors classifies arsenic a "hit-or-miss leaker." The individual posted a render connected X coming (see below) that shows a caller antenna strategy that wraps astir nan iPhone 17 Pro's supposedly wider rear camera bump.

Again, this is simply a render, not a real-world photo, and — for illustration each specified stories up of nan charismatic announcement — should beryllium treated pinch nan accustomed atom of salt. That said, we can't sound nan extremity of amended wireless reception, truthful we're hoping this 1 has a grade of truth to it.

How overmuch will nan iPhone 17 cost?

Apple's announced scheme to grow US-based manufacturing partners seems to springiness it astatine slightest immoderate shielding from nan steepest Trump management tariffs that person already triggered value increases connected everything from Switch consoles to high-end cameras to Sonos speakers. But fixed that President Trump's waste and acquisition policies tin alteration from week to week, and Apple's continuing reliance connected Asia-based proviso chains, value shocks stay an ongoing possibility. The bigger mobility is: Will Apple sorb immoderate higher costs, aliases walk them connected to consumers?

If prices do creep up, Apple whitethorn take to brace it it pinch an "upgrade." Consider this caller rumor posted by MacRumors from a leaker known arsenic "Instant Digital," suggesting that nan default retention of nan iPhone 17 statement whitethorn commencement astatine 256GB, doubling nan existent 128GB baseline. While that could beryllium accompanied by a price summation of $50, Apple could astatine slightest transportation it arsenic a "better value." That said, nan institution doubled nan default RAM of its Mac computers from 8GB to 16GB astatine nary other costs successful 2024 — but that was earlier nan existent Trump tariff rhythm started.

When will nan iPhone 17 bid beryllium announced?

Most years, nan flagship smartphones are introduced successful September. MacRumors highlighted a communicative primitively reported by iphone-ticker.de that nan Apple iPhone 17 arena could beryllium Tuesday, September 9, according to accusation gleaned from German mobile telephone providers.

It's still excessively early to person nan circumstantial dates; immoderate years, Apple only gives a week aliases 2 of lead clip betwixt sending invites and hosting nan event. But years of past precedent show that sometime successful September should beryllium erstwhile nan 17 models make their debut. This family of smartphones whitethorn beryllium nan past to travel that trend, however. There person been hints that nan preamble of nan iPhone 18 postulation successful 2026 will beryllium split into a pro-tier announcement successful nan autumn and a modular exemplary announcement nan pursuing spring.

What will nan caller iPhone 17 lineup include?

Design leaks propose that Apple is building an ultra-thin smartphone, apt to beryllium named nan iPhone 17 Air to lucifer Apple's ultralight laptop designation. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, often a coagulated root of precocious intel astir Apple, reported successful January that nan iPhone 17 Air will beryllium equipped pinch a basal A19 spot and will only person a azygous camera lens. It whitethorn besides usage Apple's caller in-house modem, which was introduced successful February connected nan iPhone 16e. More specifications astir this improvement whitethorn leak up of September, but that's what we cognize for now.

An investor statement from Apple expert Jeff Pu indicated that nan Air will person a titanium frame. If his reports are accurate, nan lightweight smartphone will beryllium nan only introduction successful nan iPhone 17 lineup to usage that metal; nan iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max are expected to beryllium made of aluminum, which is oddly a lighter worldly than titanium. Other speculation had suggested that nan Air would usage a blend of aluminum and titanium, truthful nan nonstop materials whitethorn not beryllium known until nan charismatic announcement.

Additionally, an August 4 MacRumors report says nan soul artillery battalion of nan iPhone Air is conscionable 2.49mm heavy — half nan thickness of nan iPhone 17 Pro battery. The leak was posted connected nan Korean-langauge Naver blog, wherever they show nan alleged batteries of nan iPhone 17 Air and 17 Pro broadside by side. The aforesaid relationship claimed nan 17 Air's artillery capacity was a specified 2,800 mAh, MacRumors notes. (That's beneath nan artillery capacity of existent iPhone 16 models.)

Each caller roster includes a guidelines model, but complete nan years, Apple has shaken up nan assortment of phones it offers. Most apt location will beryllium an iPhone 17 and an iPhone 17 Pro. Apple has besides committed to nan size matters philosophy, and has been building an iPhone Pro Max action pinch an moreover bigger surface and amended artillery life; nan 17 roster will almost surely person 1 arsenic well.

The caller Pro iPhones are said to person a full-width "camera island" connected nan rear, which would people nan first clip an Apple exemplary opted for that design. This characteristic tin beryllium seen successful nan purported iPhone 17 "spotted successful nan wild." The pics, highlighted connected MacRumors, show a achromatic cased iPhone (17 Pro?) pinch nan chopped backmost panel. Is it nan existent deal? The dual angles lend a grade of credibility successful a societal media scenery progressively polluted pinch AI-enhanced fakes, but your conjecture is arsenic bully arsenic ours.

The iPhone 17 Air seems primed to return nan spot of a imaginable iPhone 17 Plus. Since nan iPhone 16e was only conscionable introduced successful February astatine a amazingly precocious value point, it seems improbable that location will beryllium a caller summation to that little extremity of nan spectrum, nan models that were antecedently called SE.

At nan very least, it sounds for illustration nan iPhone 17 Air won't return distant nan charging larboard and trust only connected wireless connectivity. Bloomberg said that while Apple had investigated making nan iPhone 17 Air without a azygous port, nan institution (fortunately) changed plans. He besides says that nan rumored telephone will person a 6.6-inch surface and see nan Dynamic Island and Camera Control button. Finally, nan value is rumored astatine $900 — apt much than nan modular iPhone 17 but little than nan Pro.

We've besides gotten what seems to beryllium a reliable look astatine what nan colour lineup will beryllium for nan caller smartphones. Macworld reported that nan iPhone 17 will beryllium disposable successful black, white, alloy gray, green, purple and ray blue. The iPhone 17 Air will reportedly person 4 colour options: black, white, ray bluish and ray gold. While nan Air colors will beryllium little saturated, nan visuals for nan iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max will spell bold. The options for nan Pro models are expected to beryllium black, white, gray, acheronian bluish and orange.

On July 30, Tom's Guide highlighted an X station from Sonny Dickson — a longtime and mostly reliable leaker of unreleased iPhone accusation — showing "dummy" iPhone 17 models successful nan caller colors that were nan root of nan aforementioned Macworld story. While these are virtually conscionable mock-ups — not real, leaked iPhones — it's absorbing to spot really nan creation and colour rumors construe into a real-world look and feel.

What will iOS 26 beryllium like?

Apple upended its numbering conventions pinch WWDC 2025, and will lucifer nan sanction of each caller operating strategy to nan twelvemonth it's released. So erstwhile nan adjacent activity of iPhones hits, they'll beryllium moving connected iOS 26.

On nan creation side, nan smartphone OS introduced during nan large developer showcase took a contentious attack dubbed Liquid Glass. Apple has been scaling down nan magnitude of transparency effects successful nan consequent beta tests of iOS 26, but it will still person a glass-like visual.

The characteristic database includes large and mini updates. On nan much impactful side, nan Phone and Photos apps person been redesigned. There will beryllium respective features leveraging artificial intelligence, specified arsenic unrecorded translator capabilities coming to Phone, FaceTime and Messages. Apple is besides presently testing a delicate contented informing for kid accounts that will freeze FaceTime video if nudity is detected by on-device instrumentality learning tools. And nan institution is besides launching Visual Intelligence, which will usage AI to hunt for elements successful an image.

iOS 26 besides has a litany of minor, value of life improvements. Group texts are getting support for polls. And for nan slow risers retired there, iOS 26 will yet fto you flight nan tyranny of nan nine infinitesimal snooze alarm.

The adjacent iOS is now disposable arsenic a public beta. Here are our first impressions of nan Liquid Glass design and different caller features. iOS 26 is compatible pinch each models backmost done iPhone 11.

Update, August 11, 2025, 7:27PM ET: Added a render of a rumored caller antenna creation for nan iPhone 17 Pro.

Update, August 8, 2025, 4:43PM ET: Added caller speculation and reports astir iPhone 17 pricing.

Update, August 6, 2025, 4:05PM ET: Added latest specifications astir nan imaginable iPhone 17 arena date.

Update, August 4, 2025, 5:23PM ET: Added latest artillery leaks astir nan iPhone 17 models.

Update, August 1, 2025, 8:15AM ET: Added caller photos showing imaginable iPhone 17 colors.

Update, July 30, 2025, 11:08AM ET: Added latest leaks and rumors astir nan iPhone 17, and updated accusation connected nan iOS 26 nationalist beta.

Update, July 17, 2025, 4:40PM ET: Added latest accusation astir iOS 26, imaginable materials for nan Air, and nan colour options for nan different models.

Update, March 17, 2025, 2PM ET: Added specifications astir nan rumored value and features of nan iPhone 17 Air.

Update, April 11, 2025, 3:45PM ET: Added specifications from Front Page Tech's caller video that claims to uncover specifications from a leaked iOS 19 build.

Katie Teague contributed to this story.