iPhone 17 Plus Rumored to Feature Smaller Screen Than iPhone 15 Plus

[MacRumors]

While the iPhone 16 series is still months away from launching, another rumor has already surfaced about the two-generations-away iPhone 17 lineup.

In a post shared today on social media platform X, oft-accurate display industry expert Ross Young said he heard that the "iPhone 17 Plus" will be equipped with a smaller screen than the current-generation iPhone 15 Plus, which has a 6.7-inch display. However, he did not reveal the exact screen size planned for the iPhone 17 Plus.

Currently, the iPhone 15 Plus has the same screen size as the iPhone 15 Pro Max. If this rumor is accurate, a smaller screen would further differentiate the Plus model from the Pro Max model, starting with the iPhone 17 lineup.

Meanwhile, it has been rumored that the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max will have larger 6.3-inch and 6.9-inch displays, which would be a 0.2-inch increase over each of the 6.1-inch iPhone 15 Pro and the 6.7-inch iPhone 15 Pro Max.

A summary of what to expect follows, but given the iPhone 17 lineup is still a year and a half away, keep in mind that details could change.

iPhone 15

• iPhone 15: 6.1-inch display
• iPhone 15 Plus: 6.7-inch display
• iPhone 15 Pro: 6.1-inch display
• iPhone 15 Pro Max: 6.7-inch display

iPhone 16

• iPhone 16: 6.1-inch display
• iPhone 16 Plus: 6.7-inch display
• iPhone 16 Pro: 6.3-inch display
• iPhone 16 Pro Max: 6.9-inch display

iPhone 17

• iPhone 17: 6.1-inch display
• iPhone 17 Plus: A smaller-than-6.7-inch display
• iPhone 17 Pro: 6.3-inch display
• iPhone 17 Pro Max: 6.9-inch display

Article Link: iPhone 17 Plus Rumored to Feature Smaller Screen Than iPhone 15 Plus

 

[Isengardtom]

Ok, a bit strange

 

[tipoo]

The gimping of the Plus continues after the battery shrink on the 16 Plus, where every other 16 is getting larger batteries

It probably pulled in too much of the purchases compared to the Pros with the 15 Plus's strong battery life and large screen. Their direction is ever to move people up to the higher ASP models.

 

[M999]

At the rate this stock is dropping, we may not get to #17!

 

[madmin]

Shame there's no mention of the size of the next SE, something less heavy and bulky could be good

 

[Fuzzball84]

iPhone 18 is gonna be great. Bigger screen, bigger battery...

 

[Fuzzball84]

Shame there's no mention of the size of the next SE, something less heavy and bulky could be good

The current SE is the lightest and smallest of the iPhones....

 

[Dj64Mk7]

My statement still stands:

The diversification here makes me extremely uncomfortable. The iPhone Pro Max being 6.9”? Sure, fine, whatever. But a .2” difference between the standard iPhone 16 and the Pro, and then the same difference between the Plus and the Pro Max?

It feels like differentiation for the sake of differentiation, and it needlessly complicates things in a way that makes sense purely from a financial gain and operations perspective.

 

[Zapski]

Geebus, the 15 has only been out like what, 7 months? And we’re already obsessing about the 17?

 

[madmin]

The current SE is the lightest and smallest of the iPhones....

Oh really I hadn't noticed

 

[USB-Adapter]

My ideal combination was be an iPhone 5 with an iPad mini back in the day.

With only phablets available and the current iPad mini having thicker bezels than the original iPad mini, I would rather have a 7.5-inch iPhone to avoid having two devices.

 

[bodhisattva]

Geebus, the 15 has only been out like what, 7 months? And we’re already obsessing about the 17?

Right? Like articles about the M4, M5 and all the various versions coming. I'm over here like, well if I buy an M3 Studio has it already been outdated by 6 months by the time I boot it the first time?

 

[CWallace]

The gimping of the Plus continues after the battery shrink on the 16 Plus, where every other 16 is getting larger batteries

It probably pulled in too much of the purchases compared to the Pros

I believe sales estimates have indicated the Plus is the least-popular model and sells well below the Pro Max.

 

[fede777]

Maybe 6.5

 

[Seanm87]

My ideal combination was be an iPhone 5 with an iPad mini back in the day.

With only phablets available and the current iPad mini having thicker bezels than the original iPad mini, I would rather have a 7.5-inch iPhone to avoid having two devices.

Can we please stop using the word phablets? It was stupid 10 years ago it’s even more stupid now

 

[Powerbooky]

Bring on the iPhone 17 Ultra mini 😁

 

[contacos]

and hopefully by iPhone 18 the market share has declined so much, they will drop this Non-Pro nonsense and go back to just selling two screen sizes at an in-between price point. Let’s be honest, the non Pro iPhones only exist for upselling purposes and because it would be ridiculous to have the first model start at 1k+

 

[BornAgainApple]

I remember a time when there was only one, ONE!, iPhone model. I miss the good ol’ days.

 

[ghanwani]

Smaller screen, but fatter, heavier, and chunkier!

 

[Algr]

It has been demonstrated that too much choice can cause decision paralysis and make people stop buying.

 

[TigerNike23]

Seriously I wouldn’t be surprised if we inevitably end up with 5 iPhones in 5 sizes, which would put us back into 1996 Apple territory.

 

[ghanwani]

I remember a time when there was only one, ONE!, iPhone model. I miss the good ol’ days.

And it really was better than anything else out there.

 

[VisceralRealist]

I'm more interested in whether the non-Pro models will finally get ProMotion with the 17.

 

[Surf Monkey]

“As long as the previous generation’s cases don’t fit we’re in good shape.” - Tim Cook probably.

 

[smulji]

I'm more interested in whether the non-Pro models will finally get ProMotion with the 17.

Yes, that is what Ross Young has mentioned before. All iPhone 17 models (Pro and non-Pro) will get ProMotion.