r/IPhone17e

Hi everyone, I’m planning to replace my 128GB iPhone XR soon, which I’ve had since November 2019, with a new iPhone. I’ve been looking at the iPhone 16e because it has the features I’m interested in (I was also looking for a smaller Iphone, but they don’t make them anymore), and especially because of the competitive price — I have a psychological limit of staying under €500.

Do you think it makes sense to spend a bit more and wait for the iPhone 17e instead? What concerns me the most is storage space. It’s never really been a big issue for me, but if photos and videos keep getting larger, it could become one.

The most important things for me are battery life and signal reception/antenna quality, because on my XR both are basically terrible at this point. What do you think?

I had an iPhone 8 Plus for past 8 years and it never let me down. I still have it in a drawer in case I break my new 17e which I had to upgrade because besides the lack of IOS support on the 8, my banking apps were no longer working. So got the 17e and am fairly happy. However I miss the silent mode switch which is handy when for example I’m not in a scheduled work silent mode and need to silence the phone. So I assigned the Action Button to give me what the 17e is missing, that quick access to mute the phone. I’m wondering if this is best use of the Action Button? And how do you use the Action Button considering it’s pretty fast to get to the camera or flashlight from the customized Home Screen?? Any suggestions most appreciated.

Me text from my new 17, i bought it in January bcus my 11 (128gb) the battery couldn't survive plus need bigger storage. So instead of replacing the battery, im thinking of upgrade to 16e which within my budget but... No magsafe, still starting 128 which pushes me to pay extra saving for the 17 instead 🥲

Now ive been reading subs on 17e about how good it was but theres no turning back haha. Only if i would have knew that 17e is coming soon, i would definitely pick the 17e!

I saw that iOS 26.5 came out a few days ago and I wanted to know how it’s been for people who already updated, like performance, battery life and stuff, before I update since I’m still on iOS 26.4

So, I used an S25 for about 5-6 months (got it from my dad for free). Before that, I had a Pixel 8. Honestly, I didn't like the S25 because of the UI, some typical Android issues with video quality on social media, and especially THE BATTERY LIFE.
So I decided to switch to iOS, plus I recently bought a Mac. I didn't want to spend a ton of money on a phone, and I knew I wouldn't fully utilize the camera on the Pro or even the regular 17, as I'm not really a photo guy. As I mentioned, I just needed a decent, smooth-running iOS device with good battery life, which is why I bought this thing.
Moving on to the phone itself — it’s damn great. It has everything you need, even for a 20-year-old guy like me who loves buying new tech. I really don't think this phone is just for older people.
The only shortcoming I've noticed is the screen brightness. It's a bit hard to see clearly in direct sunlight, but it's manageable. I've had it for 15 days and already damaged it a bit, btw, because I loved using it without a case (I always use one now).
Battery life is fine. Not the absolute best, but it easily lasts me a full day (6-7 hours of screen time doing socials like TikTok, Reels, Shorts, and gaming like Oddmar).

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I am planning to upgrade from I phone 11 and my father offered me to buy me I phone 17e. I am not a big special features and new model person, I love the minimalistic vibe of the 17e. I usually use a mobile up to 5-6 years. so he is planning to buy it from Europe and I need to know which 17e colours you have? what are the benefits and reasons that made you choose the 17e and exact colour?

thank you.

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I bought my iPhone 17e last saturday ($600 if I’m not mistaken, paid in full and activated in store). I think the return policy is 7 days and that’s tomorrow!!

I already find this phone to be worse and slower than my 2020 iPhone SE, which was at full storage and losing function when I moved on to this one...

The SE was somehow much faster loading web pages on cellular data...Earlier today I noticed this phone wouldn’t even budge when I tried to look up a restaurant menu on LTE. I live in Iowa City, a state college town, not the sticks.

The clerk at Cricket told me this phone was (quote) ”designed to work on the premium plans”, and that it would not move in the way I liked until I paid for Cricket’s more premium plans (upwards of $50/mo)…

I’ve been paying for the $35/mo plan for YEARS with minimal trouble until now… I barely even use 2 gigs of data, and I make shit money as a preschool director…

I think this is odd and really putting me off Cricket and maybe even iPhone altogether…

Is the clerk correct? Should I switch phones or carriers?

Thanks for any guidance you can offer! 🙏

(side rant: I also find it absurd that the sim is locked to cricket for 6 months, when I paid in full up front for the device)

Good God reading reviews are driving me mad... Perfect for seniors! Perfect for older people!

It's a great phone for anyone who likes what it offers!

RAAANNNT.

I have a 13mini currently. I've been fairly happy with it and have been resisting upgrading because I don't like large phones as they're uncomfortable and cumbersome to hold. However, I made the mistake of updating to ios26 about 2 months ago on my mini, and it's completely ruined the functioning. The phone is very glitchy now, the battery life drains outrageously fast (even when I'm not using the phone!), battery heats up like crazy now, and I swear even the keyboard is less sensitive.

I was told that the reason ios26 works poorly on the 13mini is because it's an older phone and ios26 doesn't work well with older phones. So, I'm genuinely thinking of upgrading just to have a functional phone, which is super frustrating tbh. The 17e is the next smallest phone, which is why I was looking into it, but I'd be potentially open to the 17 if it's significantly better than the 17e.

What are your opinions of the 17e compared to the 13mini? Or 17e vs. 17? I've seen mixed things online about the 17e camera. I'm not a photographer, but I do like taking photos on occasion casually (meaning, if I walk by some cool flowers, I'll take a photo of them). The 4 main things I do on the phone are: internet, email, call/text, and gps. I'm not a super techy person and don't care about a perfect phone; I just want a functional one.

I was just thinking about it, what if all the iPhone 17e users share analytics data with Apple and developers. Coming from only iPhone 17e users it will make 17e much more reliable and may fix various bugs and glitches.

I know the internet terminology and the privacy fear among people but genuine question, what would they know that they already don’t know about you.

Just wanted to understand everyone’s opinion on this topic. I hope, I didn’t offend anybody as some people are really stubborn about privacy without knowing “privacy is a myth” and they can be tracked regardless of what they do to prevent it.

Hello! Just some thoughts I had to share. I recently upgraded from my 13 (reluctantly I really loved that phone probably the best thing Apple has made 😢) To a 17e, my parents got it for me as a graduation gift and have been insisting for me to upgrade! Anyways I picked out the 17e because it was the closest to my 13 but now I’m having a few regrets? I don’t know.

First off this phone for sure performs wayyyyy better than my 13 and does a lot more and the battery life is wayyy better. Over all really like it for these reasons! And it looks super clean!

Now some negative thoughts.
1 the camera quality is near identically if not slightly worse in some areas? I’m not a big photo guy but I did notice the drop a bit when taking photos in darker areas. Not a huge bother and for the price point I still think the phone is amazing! But something I did notice the 17e cameras might be just a smidge better. (I have turned on 48 megapixel mode to.)

3. This Glass OS SUCKS.

Overall I really love this phone I just love how clean it is but I feel a bit regretful with the camera quality but I guess I should’ve done more research, I do not know.

I don’t know whether or not I should ask my parents to return the phone and get me the base 17. Or I should wait one more week. (Also PS don’t take this as me taking for granted for what my parents have given me I am so grateful just some thoughts!)
[My dad did say I should’ve got the 17… but I went with the 17e so I don’t know maybe I should own up to it and say I should’ve gotten the base… it’d be very awkward and “told you so”….]

I wanted to switch from my 13 Mini(256gb) for a year now. I thought about getting a new iPhone in like October/November, and idk which one to choose, the 17e, the 17, or wait for the 18e. Plz help me decide

I see numerous questions regarding upgrading iPhones. Sure, the newer models are fancy and have lots of features. But do you really need those features and is it worth spending hundreds of dollars more?

In general, the quality of Apple hardware is such that hardware is often outliving the capability of the machine to run new software. For instance, my Mac MacBook Pro Retina from 2015 is unable to run macOS and failed with Open Core work around. The machine is now running in Linux Mint and I’ve finally gotten the FaceTime camera to operate.

IMO the focus of Apple on the quality of its phone user interface was the most important factor in the success of the iPhone. When introduced in 2007, I was using a Nokia N95. The Nokia’s camera hardware at the time was superior to Apple’s product but the Nokia software (Symbian 60) was abysmal.

I think it’s important to consider what you need and not what is being fed to you by the marketing departments. In my case I’m leaning towards a leapfrog upgrade from the iPhone 13 to 17e. I don’t need a state of the art camera. I prefer larger lenses and manual control of shutter speed and aperture - a film camera actually. But if it’s a matter of making a call to emergency services in an area with marginal cellular reception, I’d rather go with an advanced 5G modem able to access multiple frequencies simultaneously to achieve and maintain a voice or data connection even if the signal is weak.

What do you think?

using the 17e in my office now…flip flopping between the 17 pro and the 13 mini…only one to consistently hold a 5g signal that’s actually usable is the 17e…

would be a shame to give up the third camera and faster charging and better thermals for this little beast, the 17e…but I just might if the signal is always this good !

how has your reception been ?

I'm going to buy my first iPhone. I'm from Brazil, and the price of the 256GB iPhone 15 and the iPhone 17e are very similar. The 17e was cheaper than the iPhone 15. Since I've never had dynamic island mode, I believe I won't miss using it, but I'm not sure. I also don't care about ultrawide lenses; however, I want an iPhone that takes good photos. I currently have a Samsung Galaxy A54.