"The iPhone 17e also gains several features that were held back from the equivalent budget handset last year. The most notable is perhaps the addition of MagSafe at Qi2 speeds, enabling users to wirelessly charge their device at 15W. Keen-eyed spec-list nerds will also spot Apple's C1X proprietary wireless chip, which offers comparable speed to the Qualcomm models it will eventually replace, but with far better power efficiency."
"The iPad Air, by comparison, is the very model of a modern major iterative spec revision to keep it up to date. The M3 has been upgraded to an M4, and it'll get the same home grown wireless chips, blessing it with Wi-Fi 7 compatibility. Apple is also adding some more RAM to the iPad Air, boosting it from 8GB to 12GB, but without adding any more digits to the price."
"The iPhone 17e is by far the more interesting gadget, especially as the price remained the same as for the iPhone 16e. Apple is charging $599 for the 17e, even though the base model storage has doubled to a very welcome 256GB."
Apple announced the iPhone 17e and iPad Air as part of its weekly product rollout. The iPhone 17e maintains the $599 price point while doubling base storage to 256GB and adding MagSafe with Qi2 wireless charging at 15W speeds. It features Apple's new C1X proprietary wireless chip offering power efficiency comparable to Qualcomm alternatives. The iPad Air receives a processor upgrade from M3 to M4, gains Wi-Fi 7 compatibility through new wireless chips, and increases RAM from 8GB to 12GB, all without a price increase. These updates position both devices as compelling mid-range options with enhanced capabilities.
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