iOS 792: iPhone 17e - Why This Soft Pink Phone Is Worth Talking About
iOS Today (Audio)
Leo Laporte
4.1 • 616 Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Apple's iPhone 17e doubles its base storage while keeping the price steady, but did it finally nail the "budget" iPhone formula? Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard weigh in on what the new release gets right and where it cuts corners.
- Apple launches iPhone 17e with double entry storage, keeps $599 price
- First impressions of 17e's new color options and matte finish
- Who should buy the iPhone 17e?
- Performance upgrades: A19 chip, Apple Intelligence, and battery life
- Single camera design debate: Is one lens enough?
- MagSafe finally comes to the e-series
- iPhone 17e brings a full suite of Apple safety features
- Trade-in deals and accessories with the new iPhone 17e
- Who shouldn't buy the Pro — making the case for the 17e
- News: Apple introduces M5 Pro/Max chips and new MacBook models
- App Caps: Spigen retro strap (affiliate) and abxylute M4 controller
Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Rosemary Orchard
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on iOS today, Rosemary Orchard and I, Micah Sargent, talk about the new iPhone 17E. |
| 0:07.1 | Stay tuned. |
| 0:10.3 | Podcasts you love. |
| 0:12.1 | From people you trust. |
| 0:14.6 | This is Twit. |
| 0:18.9 | This is iOS Today, episode 792, with Rosemary Orchard and me, Micah Sargent, recorded Tuesday, March 3rd, 26 for Thursday, March 5th, 26. |
| 0:31.6 | iPhone 17E. |
| 0:33.6 | Hello and welcome to iOS today, the show where we talk all things iOS, iPad OS, iPad OS, watch OS, HomePod OS, and all the other OS is that Apple that's over. |
| 0:41.7 | I am one of your hosts, Micah Sargent. |
| 0:46.1 | And I am Rosemary Yachtit, and I'm finally back after having a combination of viruses and things, which I do not recommend. |
| 0:53.4 | If you can avoid being ill, |
| 0:55.0 | hand sanitizer is a great friend. That's all I'm going to say to that. |
| 0:59.0 | We are very happy to have you back. It's been sad not having you here. |
| 1:04.0 | Hopefully you got a few people saying, you know, wishing you well, etc cetera, et cetera, as they knew that you were gone |
| 1:14.6 | for good reason. But again, we're happy you're back. And I think back just in time for exciting |
| 1:21.5 | things, because we've been hearing rumors for some time now that Apple was slated to release a bunch of products |
| 1:29.6 | here in the beginning of the year and will perhaps be doing so throughout the year. |
| 1:35.7 | And part of that is Apple's latest, we don't call it the budget offering, but we do call it the perhaps cost-friendly option. |
| 1:50.0 | And that is Apple's new iPhone 17E, which of course replaces the 16E. |
| 1:58.0 | The good thing in terms of what we've got with the latest iPhone is that it actually starts at double the storage capacity from the last gen, but keeps that 599 starter price. |
| 2:13.7 | It's 256 gigabytes of storage now at that same starter price. |
| 2:19.3 | And it's available also in 512 gigabytes. |
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