The phone is powered by an Apple A19 3-nanometer SoC with 6-core CPU that is 1.5x faster than the A15 Bionic chip in iPhone 13, and the 5-core GPU is more than 2x faster than A15 Bionic, said Apple.
The new N1 Apple-designed wireless networking chip enables Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and Thread. This will improve the overall performance and reliability of features like Personal Hotspot and AirDrop, said the company.
Apple will sell eSIM-only iPhone 17 model in Bahrain, Canada, Guam, Japan, Kuwait, Mexico, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, the U.S., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.