iPhone 17 (Late 2025)

The iPhone 17 features some upgrades over the iPhone 16 in some key areas: a more power efficient A19 chip, a better screen, and stronger glass to match. While it looks very similar on the outside to the previous generation, you’ll notice right away when you start using it, how fluid the screen is. That’s […]

iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max (Late 2025)

The choice of Aluminum marks a second major shift in the type of materials used in the frame of flagship iPhone models. Up until the 14 Pro, iPhones used Stainless Steel, then transitioned to Titanium with the iPhone 15. With the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max, the choice for an Aluminum alloy was made […]

iPhone Air (Late 2025)

The iPhone Air is the thinnest iPhone to-date, measuring in at 5.6 millimeters thick. The device is more “form over function”, highlighting aesthetics over additional battery, cameras, and thermals. It contains a 3149 MAh Lithium-Ion battery which is somewhere between “small and medium” sized this day in age. Having an A19 Pro chip means it […]

iPhone 16e (Early 2025)

Being the latest yet smallest of the bunch, the iPhone 16e is the spiritual successor to the SE and mini series of iPhones released prior. Intended as an entry level device, it still manages to rock out with the latest hardware specs however it’s hardware redesign poised for a bumped MSRP. This isn’t a budget […]

iPhone 7

The big stuff first: The iPhone 7 is waterproof, no longer comes with a built-in headphone jack, and adds Jet Black to its color lineup. It’s the same size as the iPhone 6 and 6S, and there is no longer a 16 GB model – choices are 32 GB, 128 GB, and 256 GB, but […]

Low End Mac’s Guide to iPhones, Part 1

From the first iPhone launched in 2007 with its 480 x 320 3.5″ display, ARM processor running at 412 MHz, and EDGE networking through today’s iPhone 6S and 6S Plus with their 750 x 1334 4.7″ and 1080 x 1920 5.5″ displays, dual-core 1.85 GHz A9 CPUs, and 4G LTE networking, we’ve seen a lot of […]

Low End Mac’s Guide to iPhones, Part 2

Prior to the September 2012 introduction of the iPhone 5, every iPhone had used a 3.5″ display. Since the iPhone 5, all screens have been larger than that. At the same time, Apple abandoned the 30-pin dock connector it had inherited from iPods and adopted the new Lightning connector. This also marked the debut of […]