iPhone 17, iPhone Air, AirPods Pro 3, and everything else announced at Apple’s hardware event

Apple hosted its caller hardware lawsuit today, releasing its iPhone 17 lineup, on with updates for the Apple Watch and AirPods. For the iPhone 17 models, updates included larger screens and an improved camera system, arsenic good arsenic the instauration of an ultra-thin iPhone Air that replaces the Plus model.

And the institution whitethorn beryllium announcing much caller hardware soon, with Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reporting that a caller iPad Pro, an updated Vision Pro, updated AirTags, a caller Apple TV, a caller HomePod mini, and updated MacBooks are coming successful either 2025 oregon the archetypal fractional of 2026.

iPhone 17, 17 Pro, and 17 Pro Max

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The iPhone 17 received a makeover to align much intimately with the Pro models. It features a somewhat larger 6.3-inch screen, which is an summation of 0.2 inches compared to the iPhone 16. It besides has a 120 Hz display, a important upgrade from the existent 60 Hz. The telephone besides has a 48-megapixel ultrawide camera.

It comes successful caller colors: lavender, mist blue, black, white, and sage.

The Pro’s upgrades are chiefly connected the backmost of the phone. The 3 rear cameras are present arranged successful a rectangular barroom that extends from 1 borderline of the instrumentality to the other. The flash, airy sensor, and microphone are positioned acold to the close side. Where the MagSafe charger is, the Apple logo is centered for aesthetic reasons.

Notably, the iPhone 17 Pro switched materials, replacing the titanium set astir the surface with aluminum.

The iPhone 17 starts astatine $799 and has a basal retention of 256GB. In contrast, the iPhone 16 started astatine $699 for 128GB. The Pro exemplary costs $1,099, and the Pro Max is $1,199.

While the event’s superior absorption was connected the iPhones, Apple announced caller telephone cases arsenic a bonus. Called “TechWoven” cases, these diagnostic a higher prime woven worldly compared to the discontinued “FineWoven” enactment of cloth cases Apple released successful 2023.

Missing from the keynote was immoderate notation of an AI-enhanced Siri, which puts Apple mode down Google and its competitors.

iPhone Air

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The biggest announcement astatine the lawsuit was the debut of Apple’s slimmest telephone ever, the iPhone Air, which replaces the iPhone Plus. 

This instrumentality has a illustration thickness of 5.6 mm, making it astir 0.08 inches thinner than existent iPhones. It besides features a 6.6-inch surface and a 120 Hz ProMotion display. The instrumentality is eSIM only, which helps the merchandise support its sleek design.

This determination appears to beryllium Apple’s effect to the inclination of slimmer smartphones, pursuing successful the footsteps of different companies similar Samsung and Huawei. The iPhone Air could perchance outshine the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge, which measures 5.8 mm thick. Additionally, it whitethorn pave the mode for Apple’s long-rumored foldable phone, predicted to motorboat successful September 2026.

The instrumentality is priced astatine $999 and volition beryllium disposable successful black, white, entity blue, and airy gold.

Apple Watch Series 11, Ultra 3, and SE 3

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After a two-year wait, Apple announced the Apple Watch Ultra 3, which includes faster charging speeds, 5G support, and outer connectivity. The ticker besides features a larger display.

However, 1 of the astir breathtaking upgrades for some the Ultra 3 and Series 11 is the incorporation of humor pressure-monitoring capabilities. This diagnostic notifies users if their humor unit levels are excessively precocious oregon excessively low.

The third-generation Apple Watch SE, meanwhile, didn’t person large updates, speech from an always-on display, acknowledgment to a faster S10 chip.

Prices for the watches are $249 for the Apple Watch SE 3, $399 for the Series 11, and $799 for the Ultra 3.

AirPods Pro 3

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After the merchandise of the AirPods Pro 2 successful 2022, it’s astir clip for an upgrade. The AirPods Pro 3, priced astatine $249, features smaller earbuds, improved audio, and a caller heart-rate-sensing feature. It besides features unrecorded translation technology, powered by Apple Intelligence, to assistance users construe overseas languages successful existent time.

This communicative has been updated.