iPhone 17e may be nearing test production ahead of a 2026 launch

Another rumor about the expected iPhone 17e claims that Apple is close to starting trial manufacturing of it, about a year before it's due to launch.iPhone 16e is a great budget device, though we miss MagSafeThe only previous rumor about an iPhone 17e came from leaker 'Fixed Focus Digital' in February 2025. Now the same leaker is back to say more, if slightly tediously.'The transformation of the 17e production line has been put on the agenda...,' he or she writes on Weibo (in translation.) 'Riddle: There will still be 17e next year, and now it is almost in the trial production stage.' Rumor Score: