Today, during its latest livestreamed reveal presentation, Apple unveiled the iPhone 17 and its four different models: iPhone 17, iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max. While the “impossibly thin” iPhone Air has grabbed headlines, each member of this new generation of iPhone features a pair of new tech additions that mobile gaming enthusiasts will particularly find interesting.
First is the new Super Retina XDR display, which not only features the Ceramic Shield 2 for better protection, but will also support ProMotion up to a 120Hz refresh rate. NetEase’s free-to-play RPG Destiny Rising has been confirmed to be among the first iOS games to utilize the 120Hz tech.
Next is the vapor chamber cooling technology, which was also a feature of the Xbox One X. This cooling tech is designed to “enhance heat dissipation and performance” thanks to deionized water sealed inside the chamber, which is “laser-welded into the aluminum chassis to move heat away from the powerful A19 Pro, allowing it to operate at even higher performance levels,” according to the official announcement.
Other gaming-relevant features found in the new set of iPhones include the A19 Pro chip, which sports a 6-core CPU and GPU architecture that Apple says will “deliver up to 40% better sustained performance than the previous generation.” The new N1 wireless networking chip, meanwhile, will support Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and Thread for online multiplayer games.
The iPhone 17 in all of its forms is set to launch September 19, with preorders scheduled to begin one week prior on September 12.
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