If a leaked Apple road map for future product releases is to be believed, we're not going to have to wait until the fall to see our first iPhone of 2026. Apple's reportedly planning to launch an iPhone 17e in the first half of the year, as it looks to improve upon the revamped budget-friendly iPhone it introduced this past spring.
Whether it's the iPhone 16e or its previous iterations as the iPhone SE, this is not an Apple product necessarily known for its innovations. Still, that's no reason to dismiss the iPhone 17e out of hand. With a price tag likely to match the $599 cost of the iPhone 16e, this upcoming model figures to be the most affordable phone Apple sells. And at a time when costs are on the rise all over, that's not a factor to take lightly.
