The iPhone 17e may be Apple’s last chance to save the budget phone

Macworld
It’s been a mixed year for the iPhone. Overall, the largest jewel in Apple’s product crown remains an industry-shaping juggernaut ($49 billion in revenue for the fourth quarter alone, up 6 percent on the previous year), but for various reasons and in various ways, some models failed to pull their weight in 2025.Five iPhones came out this year, and we can divide that group into three successes and two failures. The iPhone 17 picked up rave reviews for its improvements on the