Apple launched the iPhone 16 sequence of smartphones on the firm’s ‘It is Glowtime’ {hardware} launch occasion on September 9. Whereas handsets simply went on sale in India and a number of other different markets on Friday, particulars of Apple’s purported iPhone 17 sequence, which is predicted to debut within the second half of 2025, have already surfaced on-line. In step with previous predictions, a market analyst says that Apple’s subsequent era iPhone fashions will help a show function that was at the moment restricted to Professional fashions.

In a now-deleted publish on X (previously Twitter) Show Provide Chain Consultants’ Ross Younger stated (via GSMArena) that the successors to the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus — anticipated to debut because the iPhone 17 and redesigned iPhone 17 Slim — will likely be geared up with upgraded shows with a refresh fee that ranges between 1Hz and 120Hz.

Whereas Apple launched its 120Hz ProMotion on its smartphones with the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max in 2021, the corporate’s latest fashions are geared up with LTPO AMOLED screens that allow performance just like the all the time on show function that arrived with the iPhone 14 Professional and newer fashions.

If Younger’s declare is correct, the iPhone 17 and the iPhone 17 Slim could possibly be the primary non-Professional fashions from the corporate to be geared up with shows which have a excessive refresh fee. Even the most recent iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus function 60Hz shows, whereas a number of cheaper Android smartphones which might be 5 occasions cheaper than the bottom iPhone 16 mannequin provide a better refresh fee.

Whereas the iPhone 16 lineup provides just a few incremental {hardware} enhancements over final yr’s fashions, the purported iPhone 17 Professional fashions are anticipated to reach with extra RAM — the iPhone 17 Professional Max will reportedly be geared up with 12GB of RAM and a vapour chamber cooling system. Each the Professional fashions may additionally function a new 2nm chipset from Apple, constructed by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) subsequent yr.