iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Slim will reportedly feature 120Hz LTPO OLED screens

Apple launched the iPhone 16 series of smartphones at the company’s “It’s Glowtime” hardware event on September 9. Although the phones were only available in India and several other markets on Friday, details of Apple’s iPhone 17 series, which is expected to be launched in the second half of 2025, have surfaced online. In line with previous predictions, a market analyst said that Apple’s next-generation iPhone models will support display features that are currently limited to Pro models.

Ross Young of Display Supply Chain Consultants said in a now-deleted post on X (formerly Twitter) (via GSMArena) that the successors to the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus (expected to debut as the iPhone 17 and a redesigned iPhone 17 Slim) will feature upgraded displays with refresh rates between 1Hz and 120Hz.

While Apple introduced 120Hz ProMotion on the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max smartphones launched in 2021, the company’s recent models are equipped with LTPO AMOLED screens to enable features such as the always-on display feature that comes with the iPhone 14 Pro and newer models.

If Yang’s claims are true, the iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Slim could be the company’s first non-Pro models to feature high refresh rate displays. Even the latest iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus come with 60Hz displays, while several budget Android smartphones that are five times cheaper than the base iPhone 16 also offer higher refresh rates.

While the iPhone 16 series offers some hardware improvements over last year’s models, the iPhone 17 Pro models will reportedly come with more RAM — the iPhone 17 Pro Max will reportedly come with 12GB of RAM and a vapor chamber cooling system. Both Pro models may also feature Apple’s new 2nm chipset, manufactured by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) next year.