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When the dust begins to pay after the iPhone 17 family and the Slim iPhone Air release and then I had time to reflect on what these new phones mean Apple and the entire phone arena, according to Cupertino’s ability to set a smartphone standard.
And I conclude that we might have reached the Peak iPhone.
Now I am not saying that Apple is not an opportunity to improve its phones, especially since Samsung loves a very repetitive approach to its recent smartphones. However, I think the scope of innovation and obvious updates may have been Apple.
The reason for this, in my opinion, comes from several factors. The first is the standard iPhone 17, now the 120Hz high stock rate.
Add the rear camera system to use video processing and sensor synthesis to provide a 4x scaling range with Apple with optical quality, and provides 48MP width and especially width shots, as well as opportunities to run the latest Apple Intelligence features Apple could do further.
I think the same goes for the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max, which now has a steam camera cooling, like the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, so they lack the main Android competitors.
And there is the fact that after a few times, professional phones with the rear camera trio Apple have not been looking or adding radical sensors with a huge number of megapixels.
It shows me that Apple doesn’t want to follow Samsung and add more rear cameras to its phones. Given the faster offer, Magsafe and Magnetic accessories, as well as powerful performance and huge range of curated programs and games, now seem to be no obvious areas lagging behind other phone manufacturers. The Apple Intelligence may not be the iPhone yet, but it is becoming more and more capable.
Then we have an iPhone air that follows the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge Super-Slim in the phone, albeit with a few compromises.
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Apple will definitely make some nipples and glue these phones inevitably the next generation of iPhone. I can’t help but feel the area of improvement and innovation undoubtedly narrowed. This is not a bad thing a per se because Apple is still making the best phones, and each generation is definitely better than the last one.
In general, however, each generation of iPhone was more recurring and perhaps it lacks exclusive features and updates that excited me to other fans of technology when the iPhone was young.
IPhone plateau
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So I think the iPhone 17 generation can be the iPhone peak for several years.
And it can slowly mean that the excitement caused by many Apple events begins to disappear and disappear. As for the budget, the iPhone 16E felt a bit like a swing and missed prices, so I join new Apple phones in my head on a virtual plateau.
Now you can say that a lot of time and still a long -awaited folding iPhone can be a smartphone to repeat the pure excitement of Apple smartphones. And I would agree, I am not completely sure that Apple will call it an iPhone or even make a folded smartphone – we could see the folding iPad, which is up to date with the iPad mini -shaped factor and operation as a test for folding screen technique from Cupertino.
I should say that I don’t think this is the end of Apple’s phone innovations, but I think it’s a point when the next few generations of iPhone may not offer much to worry because the iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Pro have made design changes.
Of course, I could be and very much hope that I will be wrong because of the fact that the new iPhone is just the first wave of new and interesting Apple phones that are before re -updates.
Naturally, time here will show you, but let me know in the comments below if you think we have reached the Peak iPhone if there is more, or if the iPhone has reached the highest point several times ago.