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Apple’s most affordable smartphone still starts at $599, but now it includes Mag Safe and other upgrades.

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Apple has taken the wraps off the i Phone 17E, its latest entry-level smartphone. The i Phone 17E starts at $599 for 256GB of storage, and is available in black, white, and pink. The company revealed the new device as part of a series of announcements that kicked off this week.

Similar to its 16E predecessor, the i Phone 17E comes with a 6.1-inch display, but with a tougher Ceramic Shield 2 for better scratch resistance and reduced glare. The i Phone 17E adds an upgraded A19 processor and Mag Safe charging with Qi 2 support, allowing for wireless charging at up to 15W.

It also has a C1X chip, the next-gen version of Apple’s in-house modem, which the company says is twice as fast. The i Phone 17E offers a 48 megapixel “fusion” camera as well, enabling an “optical-quality” 2x telephoto. There’s support for Apple’s advanced portraits feature, too, which automatically recognizes people, dogs, and cats and saves depth information, giving you the ability to add background blur after capture.

In between hardware launches, Apple has been working on a more personalized version of Siri powered by Google’s Gemini AI, allowing it to understand your personal context and take action on your screen. Though Apple CEO Tim Cook previously said these features would arrive this spring, a report from Bloomberg suggests that we may have to wait a little longer.

The i Phone 17E’s reveal comes a little over a year after Apple debuted the i Phone 16E, a device equipped with a 6.1-inch OLED screen, an Action Button, USB-C charging port, and Apple’s first in-house modem.

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