It seems like Apple really doesn’t want you to buy an iPhone 17 this year

Last Friday, analyst Jeff Pu reported that the base iPhone 17 might have the same A18 chip as the current iPhone 16 models. If that turns out to be accurate, it's yet another issue with Apple's typically most popular iPhone, as the company continues to push the high-end models.

While this isn't the first time Apple has used a "last year" chip for its base models, it at least used to offer customers last year's Pro processor in the base version. Now, if you want the latest technologies,...