In simply a few weeks, Apple goes to launch the iPhone 17 household of telephones with a well-known set of 4 choices: an entry-level mannequin, two Professional fashions, and a fourth mannequin priced between the Execs and the bottom. Nonetheless, a brand new report claims the lineup might look loads totally different subsequent 12 months.
With the launch of the iPhone 16e earlier this 12 months, ET Information stories Apple is anticipated to shift its iPhone manufacturing into two phases: September for the high-end telephones and March for the lower-end fashions. Which means the iPhone 18 will skip its traditional spot at subsequent 12 months’s iPhone occasion and as a substitute arrive in 2027 alongside the iPhone 18e. This shift in launch was initially reported by The Data earlier this 12 months.
Right here’s what the following few iPhone occasions might appear like:
September 2025
- iPhone 17
- iPhone 17 Air
- iPhone 17 Professional
- iPhone 17 Professional Max
March 2026
September 2026
March 2027
The report claims that Apple is concurrently trying to increase gross sales of its higher-end fashions and improve gross sales within the first half of the 12 months. Apple already moved to spice up its low-end cellphone with a redesign and a brand new title earlier this 12 months.
The shift will open up a spot for a sixth iPhone mannequin with a spread of costs beginning at $599 and topping $2,000. With older fashions, Apple might promote as many as 10 iPhones on the similar time by 2028, relying on which fashions it decides to maintain round when the iPhone 19 launches.
Apple is anticipated to launch the iPhone 17 at an occasion on September 9. Keep tuned to Macworld for the newest information and rumors as they arrive.