Everything Apple announced: M5 chips, iPhone 17e, new displays
Everything Apple announced: M5 chips, iPhone 17e, new displays
https://mashable.com/article/apple-announced-macbook-neo-iphone-17e
Publish Date: 2026-03-04 14:31:00
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Apple has had an unusually busy week — no keynote required.
In a flurry of press releases, the Cupertino company unveiled a new iPhone, a refreshed MacBook Air, a new MacBook Pro, a pair of new desktop displays, and the chips that power it all.
If you’re just getting up to speed, here’s every major product Apple announced — and more importantly, what you need to know about each one.
iPhone 17e
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The iPhone 17e, announced March 2, is built around Apple’s latest-generation A19 chip — the same processor powering the flagship iPhone 17 lineup. It also adds C1X, a next-generation cellular modem the company says is roughly twice as fast as the modem in the iPhone 16e.
The 6.1-inch Super Retina XDR display on the 17e now features Ceramic Shield 2, which Apple says offers three times the scratch resistance of the previous generation.
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The 17e’s camera system has been overhauled with a 48MP Fusion lens that Apple says can function like two cameras in one — offering an optical-quality 2x telephoto crop in addition to the standard wide angle. Portrait mode has been improved with a smarter image pipeline that can automatically detect people, dogs, and cats and save depth data in the background, so you can apply bokeh after the fact.
The most consumer-friendly change: iPhone 17e now ships with MagSafe, Apple’s magnetic wireless charging ecosystem, supporting up to 15W. The iPhone 16e topped out at 7.5W over standard Qi. Baseline storage has also doubled, to 256GB, at the same $599 starting price.
iPhone 17e comes in black, white, and a new soft pink color. Pre-orders open March 4; the phone is officially available on March 11.
MacBook Air with M5
Apple refreshed the…
