I-iPhone ka-2017 ngeke ishiye noma ngubani engenandaba, ngenxa yezizathu ezisobala, futhi lokho ukuthi kubhalwe njengohlobo olukhethekile uma sibheka ukuthi iminyaka eyishumi selokhu i-iPhone, i-smartphone yafika emashalofini ethu kubhekiselwa abasebenzisi be-Apple. Ngamafuphi, elinye lamahemuhemu amakhulu ngale divayisi entsha iqiniso lokuthi lingafaka isikrini esigobile, okufana nalokho okuvezwa yi-Samsung kwi-Galaxy Edge esemsebenzini. Abahlaziyi bavele phambili ukuphika lolu lwazi futhi basitshele ukuthi isikrini se-iPhone esilandelayo sizoba njani.
Okwamanje, i-iPhone yethu kusuka ku-6 kuye phambili inephaneli engu-2.5D, Labo bethu abasebenzisa izivikeli zengilazi ezinomoya omnene bazi kahle nokuthi lokhu kuvikela kuyinkimbinkimbi enkulu ngokufika kwalolu hlobo lwengilazi. Umehluko omkhulu ukuthi emaphethelweni, ingilazi incishiswa kancane, kwakheke ijika elincane elenza ukuthi idivayisi ibe mnandi kakhulu ekuthinteni, kepha lokho kuveza isikrini kakhulu.
Lesi isinyathelo esiphakathi nendawo phakathi kwephaneli eliyisicaba (njengaleli eliku-iPhone 5s) nephaneli le-3D (njengaleli elikuGlass Edge). Noma kunjalo, kuzofanele sikhohlwe masinyane ngamapaneli "agobile" we-iPhone ka-2017, okungenani yilokho elisitshela khona I-Nikkei AsiaNgokusho komhlaziyi we-IHS uMarkit Wayne, lokho i-iPhone ka-2017 ezoba nakho iphaneli le-2D eligobile kancane, kepha hhayi iphaneli le-3D njengaleli elenziwa yi-Samsung kumamodeli ayo e-Edge.
Akukona ukuhlaziywa kokuqala okushiya amahemuhemu ngomqondo ofanayo, UMing-Chi Kuo we-KGI usevele ubeke amazwana ukuthi i-iPhone ka-2017 izoba nephaneli elifanayo le-2.5D esinayo njengamanje ku-iPhone 6, 6s no-7.