{"id":74392,"date":"2025-08-28T08:19:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T08:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=74392"},"modified":"2025-08-28T08:19:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T08:19:48","slug":"apple-to-unveil-iphone-17-new-devices-at-september-9-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/28\/apple-to-unveil-iphone-17-new-devices-at-september-9-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple to Unveil iPhone 17, New Devices at September 9 Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Sarah Sam Adda<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Apple has announced that its annual September event will take place on September 9 at its Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California. The tech giant is expected to unveil the iPhone 17, new Apple Watches, and other devices. The event invitation carried the tagline: \u201cAwe dropping.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The September launch is widely regarded as Apple\u2019s most important event of the year, with attention focused on the iPhone, the company\u2019s top revenue driver.<\/p>\n<p>Investors and tech enthusiasts alike will watch closely to assess whether Apple remains a leading innovator in the age of artificial intelligence, especially as consumers navigate tighter budgets.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s stakes are higher following Apple\u2019s delay of a major Siri upgrade, which would have positioned the virtual assistant alongside AI tools like OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT and Google\u2019s Gemini.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, Apple reported strong iPhone sales in July, boosting investor confidence.<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate that Apple will introduce a super-slim iPhone, described as the \u201cMacBook Air of iPhones,\u201d potentially sparking renewed consumer interest, though a slimmer design may affect battery life and camera performance.<\/p>\n<p>The company is also expected to release standard iPhone 17 and Pro models featuring upgraded processors, advanced cameras, larger screens, and titanium designs.<\/p>\n<p>Apple\u2019s past experiments with iPhone sizes have seen mixed results.<\/p>\n<p>The iPhone Mini was discontinued after two generations, while the iPhone 16 Plus accounted for only 5-10% of shipments as of mid-2024. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo predicts Apple will phase out the Plus model entirely in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond product launches, Apple faces broader economic challenges. CEO Tim Cook said tariffs under former President Donald Trump\u2019s trade policies would cost Apple $1.1 billion this quarter.<\/p>\n<p>To reduce reliance on China, the company has shifted most U.S.-bound iPhone production to India.<\/p>\n<p>Smartphones are exempt from new tariff hikes, and Trump has hinted that Apple may also avoid upcoming semiconductor tariffs, thanks to its $600 billion investment in U.S. operations, including chip production.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sarah Sam Adda &nbsp; Apple has announced that its annual September event will take place on September 9 at its Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California. The tech giant is expected to unveil the iPhone 17, new Apple Watches, and other devices. The event invitation carried the tagline: \u201cAwe dropping.\u201d The September launch is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":74393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[180,249],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","category-world-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74392"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74394,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74392\/revisions\/74394"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}