A European solar observing spacecraft that was built in the UK has traced energetic particles emitted from the Sun to two distinct sources, marking a key discovery that has advanced scientists’ understanding of space weather.
Researchers used the European Space Agency-led Solar Orbiter mission to pinpoint the origins of energetic particles – known as Solar Energetic Electrons’ (SEEs) – that are whipped up to nearly the speed of light and flung from the Sun’s surface into space.
Infographic explaining how Solar Orbiter let us see the connection between energetic electrons in space and their sources on the Sun
They found two types of SEE with clearly distinct sources: one linked to intense solar flares from smaller patches on the Sun’s surface, and another linked to coronal mass ejections, which are larger eruptions of hot gas from the Sun’s atmosphere.
Scientists were already aware that two kinds of SEE event existed, but Solar Orbiter was able to measure a large number of events and look far closer at the Sun than other missions have. This provided new insight into their formation and behaviour.
The new finding has important implications for space weather forecasting, which is key to protect critical systems on which society relies – such as power grids and satellite navigation – from the potentially adverse effects of energetic particles emitted from the Sun.
Solar Orbiter’s instruments
Solar Orbiter is led by ESA and was developed as part of an international collaboration with contributions from several ESA Member States. British industry played an important role in the mission’s development and the majority of the spacecraft was built by Airbus Defence and Space, based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire.
In addition, UK teams from University College London, Imperial College London, and Rutherford Appleton Laboratory are involved in four of the ten instruments carried by the mission.
Dr Caroline Harper, Head of Space Science at the UK Space Agency, said: “This groundbreaking research from Solar Orbiter demonstrates why science is at the heart of operational space weather forecasting. By using UK-built instruments to help distinguish between these two types of solar energetic electron events, we’re building the fundamental understanding needed to protect our satellites, astronauts, and space-dependent infrastructure.
“The more we understand about how particles travel from the Sun through our Solar System, the better we can predict when and how space weather will affect us here on Earth. This work exemplifies how UK space technology and international collaboration directly translates into practical benefits for our increasingly connected world.”
You can read the full story on how Solar Orbiter traced superfast electrons back to Sun on the ESA Science pages.
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Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande and Sabrina Carpenter triumphed at the MTV Video Music awards, taking home two moonman trophies each in a relatively muted show that once again largely celebrated female pop artists and legacy acts.
Gaga, the most nominated artist of the evening with 12 nods, took home the first award at Long Island’s UBS arena, for artist of the year, winning over fellow superstars Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny and Beyoncé, all of whom were not in attendance.
The Disease singer dedicated the award to the audience and her partner, Michael Polansky, then dashed off to the final show on her Mayhem tour at Madison Square Garden.
“I cannot begin tell you what this means to me,” the singer said, dressed in a baroque black gown. “I hope as you navigate through the mayhem of daily life, you are reminded of the importance of the art of your life, that you can count on yourself and your simple skills to keep you whole.”
Lady Gaga at the MTV Video Music Awards 2025. Photograph: Christopher Polk/Billboard/Getty Images
Gaga’s absence was one of many in a three-hour show that was relatively light on star power and awards. The ceremony was emceed by a largely off-screen LL Cool J and handed out only seven awards during the telecast, all of them to female artists and Bruno Mars for his collaborations with two female artists: his duet with Lady Gaga, Die With A Smile, won best collaboration, while Apt, his track with Blackpink member Rosé, was crowned song of the year.
“This is a really big moment for 16-year-old me and anyone else who has dreamed about being accepted equally for their hard work,” Rosé said in a lengthy and emotional speech.
Rosé receives the VMA for song of the year for Apt, her collaboration with Bruno Mars. Photograph: C Flanigan/imageSPACE/Shutterstock
Sabrina Carpenter won album of the year for Short n’ Sweet and best pop artist, while Grande won best pop video and the evening’s top award, video of year, for Brighter Days Ahead, which she accepted alongside director Christian Breslauer.
“This project is about the hard work that is healing all different kinds of trauma and coming home to our young selves and creating safety in our own lives, which is a lifelong process and a daily exercise,” Grande said, accepting the award. “If you’re on that journey, please continue onward, because I promise there are brighter days ahead.”
As is now typical, the VMAs nodded toward the globalization and genre blends in popular music – Colombian superstar J Balvin and French producer DJ Snake teamed up for their track Noventa; multinational girl group Katseye, with members from the Philippines, South Korea, Switzerland and the US, won for Push performance of the year; and Post Malone and Jelly Roll, beaming in from their tour stop in Munich, represented the ongoing country-ification of pop with their booze-soaked anthem Losers.
Sabrina Carpenter performs during the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards. Photograph: John Shearer/Getty Images for MTV
But the show skewed heavily toward the women in pop, with performances from Doja Cat, Canadian singer Tate McRae and Carpenter, who delivered a retro-themed performance of Tears accompanied by a who’s who of RuPaul’s Drag Race stars and ballroom icons as a statement on protecting trans rights.
In recent years, the show once known for delivering culture-defining moments has been more attuned to legacy than its potential to produce new ones, introducing two new lifetime achievement awards.
Inaugural Latin Icon honoree Ricky Martin performed a medley of hits including Livin’ La Vida Loca, Pégate, Maria and The Cup of Life, and attributed his 40-year career to his fans. “This is very simple: this is for you all,” he said. “I am addicted to your applause, that’s why I keep coming back.”
LL Cool J celebrated fellow hip-hop pioneer Busta Rhymes for the Rock the Bells Visionary Award, calling him a “sonic equivalent of a timebomb”. Busta Rhymes powered through a heavily bleeped medley of his rapid-fire bars alongside guests GloRilla, Spliff Star and Joyner Lucas, before accepting the award – named for a 1985 LL Cool J track – with a brief speech.
“The next time y’all take 35 years to give me one of these, then I’ll talk as long as I want,” he joked, thanking his family, God, DJ Scratch, and the late Ananda Lewis, a 1990s MTV host who “loved the culture and lifted us up” and died of cancer this year at the age of 52.
Mariah Carey was presented with the Video Vanguard Award by Ariana Grande, becoming the eighth consecutive woman to win the evening’s top lifetime achievement honor.
“I can’t believe I’m getting my first VMA tonight. I just have one question: what in the Sam Hill were you waiting for?” Carey joked, after performing a medley of her hits.
“Music videos are my way of life, of bringing music to my own life,” she continued. “Let’s be honest, sometimes they’re just an excuse to bring the drama and do things I wouldn’t do in real life … Music evolves, but fun? That is eternal.”
Yungblud, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry perform a tribute to the late Ozzy Osbourne. Photograph: Christopher Polk/Billboard/Getty Images
The show also celebrated Ozzy Osbourne, who died in July. English singer Yungblud paid tribute to the “prince of darkness” with a rendition of the Black Sabbath classics Crazy Train and Changes, and Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry joining in for Mama, I’m Coming Home.
Additional performers on the night included Sombr, Conan Gray and TikTok star turned musician Alex Warren, who was awarded best new artist before the telecast and sang his improbable hit Ordinary, the longest-running No 1 of the year.
PESHAWAR, Sep 09 (APP):The ongoing intensive and synchronized polio vaccination campaigns across Pakistan and Afghanistan have renewed optimism among health experts for a substantial decline in cases of the crippling disease within the virus’s last epidemiological block.
“Currently, both Pakistan and Afghanistan have simultaneously launched immunization campaigns with targets of covering millions of children and this approach of coordination in vaccination will prove beneficial in ongoing efforts for eradication of polio from the globe,” informs Zia-ur-Rehman, Spokesperson for Pakistan Polio Eradication Programme.
Talking to APP during his visit to Peshawar, Zia apprised that from September 1, 2025
Vaccination campaigns have been launched on both sides of the border and around 28.7 million children will be administered polio drops in 99 districts across Pakistan and 1.4 million in Afghanistan’s eastern districts.
Similarly, he continued, from September 15, next, a concentrated campaign will be launched for under-five children in Southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the bordering areas of Afghanistan, where maximum number of cases are reported due to access issues and poor campaign quality.
Whereas in Afghanistan, the ongoing campaign is launched in eastern region of the country, covering Nangarhar, Kunar, Laghman and Nuristan provinces, which are all in the bordering areas of Pakistan and will be much impactful in curbing spread of the disease in the region.
In the current year, 24 cases of polio have been reported in Pakistan, including 16 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with maximum concentration in Southern district.
Among these 16 cases in KP, 14 were reported from South KP, four in Tank, three in Lakki Marwat, three in Bannu, three in NorthWaziristan and one from DI Khan. Two cases, one each in Torghar and Kohistan Lower district, have been reported in the current year.
Zia said Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only two countries in the world where polio virus exists and is infecting children.
According to Health Ministry, Afghanistan has opted for an advanced immunization approach by combining fractional Inactivated Polio Vaccine (FIPV) and Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV), aiming to protect children under the age of five against the threat of poliovirus.
The FIPV plays a critical role in reducing the risk of wild poliovirus transmission by priming immunity against the virus. It also boosts immunity in children who have already received OPV, strengthening overall protection, Zia explained.
Following the recommendations from Technical Advisory Group (TAG), an independent group of national and global experts, Pakistan is also planning so include FIPV in its immunization programme with the objective of increasing immunity of target population, he added.
He said officials of Pakistan and Afghanistan are joining hands with the agreement to strengthen collaborative efforts for eliminating the disease and combating refusals to polio vaccination.
In this connection, Zia mentioned participation of Afghanistan’s Consul General, Syed Abdul Jabbar Takhari, on September 1, 2025, at inauguration of polio vaccination campaign in Sindh as a good sign reflecting seriousness of both governments in making their countries polio-free.
“This cross-border collaboration and a unified strategy is essential and very appreciative for achieving the goal of global eradication of polio by making both Pakistan and Afghanistan free from the virus,” Zia remarked.
Wedbush Securities’ Dan Ives is joining a new company focused on accumulating Worldcoin (WLD), the native token of the blockchain used in Open AI creator Sam Altman’s biometric identity verification startup, World.
Eightco Holdings, a tiny company that currently trades on the Nasdaq under the ticker “OCTO,” announced Monday that Ives, Wedbush’s global head of technology research, is now chairman of the board of directors. It also announced a $250 million private placement to implement a buying strategy around Worldcoin as its main treasury asset.
“As someone that’s so passionate about the AI revolution and the future of tech, I view World as really the de facto standard for authentication and identification in the future world of AI,” Ives told CNBC. “I would not be doing this initiative if it was just a cookie cutter token strategy.”
The offering is expected to close on or around Sept. 11, at which point it plans to change its ticker to “ORBS.”
Ives’ move is similar to one made by another widely-followed Wall Street forecaster, Tom Lee of Fundstrat, who in June joined the ether accumulator BitMine Immersion Technologies as chairman. BitMine shares have rocked more than 800% since Lee announced his involvement.
That company also made a $20 million strategic investment in Eightco, it announced Monday, marking the start of its “Moonshot” strategy to back bold ideas that strengthen Ethereum’s ecosystem.
Given the more crypto-friendly regulatory environment this year, more public companies have adopted the MicroStrategy playbook of using debt financing and equity sales to buy crypto to hold on their balance sheet to try to increase shareholder returns. Companies with high-profile backers like Fundstrat’s Lee and tech billionaire Peter Thiel (who has a stake in both ether-focused companies BitMine and Ethzilla) have been holding up better in the recent crypto pullback.
Ives, known for his bold street calls (and fashion choices) also runs the Dan Ives Wedbush AI Revolution ETF (IVES), which launched earlier in the summer with a focus on software and chips, and has said tech will be in a bull market for the next two to three years.
Increasingly, companies pursuing crypto treasury strategies are looking further out on the risk spectrum of crypto, beyond bitcoin, hoping for even bigger gains. For example, DeFi Development Corp launched in April with a focus on accumulating Solana’s SOL token, and a little-known Canadian vape company called CEA Industries announced a Binance Coin (BNB) accumulation plan in July.
Altman’s World venture aims to authenticate actual humans on its network given the acceleration of the number of threats from artificial intelligence, such as deepfakes. The project provides users with a “World ID” for anonymous sign-ins and rewards them with its Worldcoin cryptocurrency.
“As the AI infrastructure and [large language models] are built out without true identification and proof of human, it’s a limiting factor in the growth of AI for the coming years,” Ives said. “I view the whole crypto world going more and more toward a focus on blockchain, and how are you going to identify humans … in a future where robots are going to play a major role in physical AI?”
His comments on the need for a digital identity verification system echo those made by BlackRock CEO Larry Fink who has said in his annual letter this year that one day “tokenized funds,” or funds represented on a blockchain network like Ethereum, “will become as familiar to investors as ETFs — provided we crack one critical problem: identity verification.”
Worldcoin launched in 2023 and has a market cap of about $1 billion, compared to bitcoin’s roughly $2 trillion and ether’s $518 billion, according to CoinGecko.
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India’s retail market is rapidly changing. One of the most significant changes in this market is the rise of quick commerce, a new model that has changed how people shop, how brands connect with customers, and how supply chains operate to meet the demand for immediate delivery. In India, Quick Commerce is transforming the grocery sector by creating new demand, altering purchasing habits, and opening up new opportunities for businesses and jobs. However, Quick Commerce segment though rapidly growing in China, it has also become a pain for both the online shopping industry and a worry for Chinese government.Reason is that major Chinese tech companies like Alibaba, Meituan, and JD.com are locked in a fierce “instant retail” war, with a focus on one-hour delivery, that is expected to continue hurting their profits and could worsen deflationary pressures in China, according to a Reuters report. The intense competition has led these companies to spend billions on discounts and coupons to gain market share, drawing concern from investors and regulators alike.
Chinese online companies costly battle for dominance
The battle has seen companies burn through massive amounts of cash, with Nomura analysts estimating industry-wide cash burn at over $4 billion in the second quarter alone. Executives have openly discussed the pressures. JD.com CEO Sandy Xu warned of “excessive competition,” while Meituan CEO Wang Xing noted a “new phase of competition.”The price war started earlier this year when JD.com launched a food-delivery app to compete directly with Meituan’s core business. Alibaba, which owns the Ele.me food-delivery app, quickly followed suit by increasing its own investments in the segment.Analysts believe this high-stakes competition will persist. Kenneth Fong, head of internet research for UBS Investment Bank in China, described the landscape as a “high-stakes ‘game of chicken’” and anticipates the competition will continue through at least the Singles’ Day shopping festival in November.
‘Worry’ for Chinese government
This downward pricing spiral is of particular concern to Chinese regulators, who are worried about a deflationary trend amid weak property prices and job instability. They have repeatedly warned platforms against a “race to the bottom” in pricing. As a result, Meituan, Alibaba, and JD.com released statements in July pledging to curb price wars. Ying Wang, a senior analyst at Moody’s Ratings, expects that these commitments will “gradually rationalize competitive dynamics.”
Impact on profits and broader Chinese economy
The financial toll is significant. S&P Global analysts predict that Meituan, JD.com, and Alibaba could spend at least 160 billion yuan ($22.37 billion) over the next 12 to 18 months. They anticipate “significant downward revisions” to profits and believe margins will not recover for at least another 12 to 24 months.Meituan is expected to be the most affected, as food delivery is its main revenue source. The Reuters report notes that JD.com’s food-delivery losses nearly erased its second-quarter profit.The competitive landscape is also impacting companies that have largely stayed out of the instant retail battle. PDD Holdings, which operates the Pinduoduo platform, is seeing its low-cost advantage eroded by rivals’ aggressive discounting.
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A new Google update is adding several features to Android phones.
A new AI writing tool for Gboard is on the way.
An upgraded Emoji Keyboard will help you find the perfect emoji.
Your Android phone is getting an upgrade, and it might have a big impact on how you communicate.
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Google announced last week a number of upgrades to its operating system, among them a new AI-powered tool to easily revamp your writing, improved emojis, and a redesigned Quick Share. Here’s a look at what’s new:
1. A new way to improve your writing
Google is unveiling new AI writing tools for Gboard, the virtual keyboard for Android devices (it’s available on iOS too, though). When you open the new interface, you’ll see a tool that lets you revise your tone to be more formal, expressive, or concise, plus fix spelling and grammar mistakes. Google notes that everything happens on device, meaning your data stays secure.
2. An upgraded Emoji Keyboard
If you can’t find the perfect sticker or emoji, Google has a new way to help. There’s a new browse function that lets you look through multiple options, and new sticker combinations that let you remix and create your own. A demo video from Google showcases a user combining a butterfly emoji and a sneaker to create a sneaker with butterfly wings, but the possibilities are endless.
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This isn’t quite to the level of Apple’s Genmoji feature that lets you create an emoji with a text description, but it’s a fun new way to get creative.
3. Redesigned Quick Share
Sharing files, photos, links, and more between nearby Android devices (plus Chromebooks or Windows PCs) is getting a new look that should make things easier to use. Google explains that you can now toggle between sending and receiving files, see live updates with a progress indicator, and more.
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Also new in this update are audio sharing capabilities (including the ability for two users to pair LE headphones) and the ability to create your own custom Android bot by uploading a selfie or typing a prompt.
Rolling out
These new updates generally take a little time to roll out, so if you don’t see them yet, you should soon.
Captain Temba Bavuma with his teammates. (Getty Images)
NEW DELHI: South Africa’s woes deepened on Monday after their historic collapse against England, with the ICC slapping them with a fine for maintaining a slow over-rate during the third ODI at the Rose Bowl.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Match referee Javagal Srinath imposed the sanction after South Africa were found to be one over short of the target, even after allowances for time lost were considered. As per Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct, players are fined five per cent of their match fee for each over not bowled in the allotted time.“Captain Temba Bavuma pled guilty to the offence and accepted the proposed sanction, so there was no need for a formal hearing,” the ICC confirmed in a statement. Umpires Nitin Menon, Russell Warren, Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid and Mike Burns levelled the charge.The penalty only added to South Africa’s misery, coming a day after they suffered the heaviest defeat in men’s ODI history. Bowled out for just 72 in pursuit of England’s mammoth 415, the Proteas slumped to a record 342-run loss. The collapse lasted just 20.5 overs, narrowly sparing them the ignominy of breaking their lowest-ever total of 69 against Australia in 1993.England’s dominance was built on centuries from Jacob Bethell (110 off 82) and Joe Root, before Jofra Archer returned superb figures of 4-18 to dismantle the South African batting.Although South Africa had already sealed the three-match series 2-1, the crushing defeat and the fine have left them under pressure heading into the T20I series starting Wednesday.
Four Supreme Court judges have raised objections over the enactment of the Supreme Court Rules 2025 without prior deliberations or approval of the full court.
In a joint note, Justices Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Munib Akhtar, Ayesha A Malik and Athar Minallah criticised the procedure, terming it “fallacious” and contrary to constitutional requirements. They pointed out that the rules were notified on August 9, 2025, as “approved,” but within three days, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi convened a full court to seek suggestions for amendments.
The judges said this sequence tacitly admitted that the full court is the correct forum for such decisions, yet it was involved only after unilateral approval.
They stressed that the rules should have been presented before the full court in their entirety for genuine discussion and approval, rather than after the fact.
Criticisising the process for adding only “a veneer of legitimacy” to an otherwise invalid exercise, the judges urged that the full court meeting not be reduced to a “cosmetic role”.
They also called for their objections to be recorded in the minutes and that the proceedings be made public in the interest of transparency.
The judges emphasised that public trust and confidence rest on transparency in constitutional institutions, warning that no court can function without legitimacy grounded in the same.
Read: Supreme Court unveils modernised 2025 rules
Earlier, the apex court had formally published the Supreme Court Rules 2025, replacing the Supreme Court Rules 1980, in what the court described as its commitment to modernisation and digitalisation, and to bring procedural clarity in the justice system in line with global governance of law.
Framed under Article 191 of the Constitution, the new rules replaced “outdated provisions” and brought court procedures in line with contemporary legal, constitutional, and technological developments. According to a press release issued by the SC on last week, the rules came into immediate effect.
The new rules were framed by a committee formed by CJP Afridi. The committee comprised four SC judges — Justice Shahid Waheed, Justice Irfan Saadat Khan, Justice Naeem Akhter Afghan, and Justice Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi.
If you’re looking to buy a new iPhone, you have two main choices: Buy an iPhone 16 right now or wait a little longer and get the iPhone 17, which is expected to debut on Tuesday during Apple’s fall event. What’s the better route?
With the anticipated launch of the iPhone 17 just days away, it could be a good idea to hang tight and either buy the new phone or get the iPhone 16 at a discounted price. Apple still hasn’t confirmed the existence of the iPhone 17, and we don’t have any official specs or features, but here’s how it could compare to the iPhone 16, according to rumors and speculation.
iPhone 16 vs. iPhone 17: Key rumored specs compared
We still don’t have any confirmed details about the iPhone 17, but that hasn’t stopped the rumor mill from churning and purported leaks from making the rounds. Speculation extends across the entire iPhone 17 lineup, from the Pro models to what could be a thinner “Air” version (which may be Apple’s answer to the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge). But I’m going to focus on the baseline iPhone 17.
Screen differences
One of the most highly anticipated changes could be that the iPhone 17 adds a 120Hz display, which would be very welcome. Currently, only the iPhone Pro models have that higher refresh rate, while the baseline and Plus models are stuck with a 60Hz display. Bumping that refresh rate could also prompt Apple to bring the always-on display to the baseline model, making it easier to quickly glance at the time and your notifications without waking your display.
There’s been some back-and-forth on whether the iPhone 17 will have a scratch-resistant, antireflective display. But the most recent reports suggest that the feature will only be available on the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max, not the baseline iPhone 17 (or the Air). So there may not be major discrepancies between the iPhone 16 and 17 on that front.
Camera differences
It’s possible the iPhone 17’s selfie camera will get a bump to 24 megapixels, instead of the current 12 megapixels found in the iPhone 16’s front-facing shooter. Megapixels aren’t the only determining factor for good-quality photos but if it is an upgrade, that could make taking selfies or shooting videos for social media on the front-facing camera less of a compromise.
There’s also been some conversation about the camera bump on Apple’s upcoming iPhone lineup. It’s likely that only the Pro models’ cameras will be nestled in a new, larger panel that stretches horizontally across the back of the phone (perhaps evoking the “Geordi Visor” on the Google Pixel 9) and that the baseline will maintain a similar camera arrangement to the iPhone 16. Only time will tell.
Design differences
Rumors suggest that like the iPhone 16, the iPhone 17 will have an aluminum frame. (In fact, it’s possible that’ll be the case for the entire lineup, apart from the iPhone 17 Air, which could have a titanium frame to make it lighter.)
There have also been reports that the iPhone 17 will use a new compact “metalens” technology for the proximity sensor, which could reduce the size of the Face ID sensor and the Dynamic Island. That could give slightly more real estate to the top of the 17’s display.
Processor and RAM
One key element that could remain unchanged across both phones is the processor. The iPhone 17 is rumored to pack an A18 chip, just like the iPhone 16 — though there have been conflicting rumors that it could pack an A19 chip instead.
With Apple’s plans to expand its Apple Intelligence suite of AI capabilities, it’s possible the iPhone 17 lineup could come with 12GB of RAM instead of the current 8GB — or at least part of it could.
In April, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said the iPhone 17 Air and Pro models would sport 12GB of RAM but that Apple was still deciding whether to equip the baseline model with that higher amount too. In May, analyst Jeff Pu noted the baseline would remain at 8GB. We’ll have to wait to see what Apple ultimately decides.
Speaking of Apple Intelligence, a new AI-powered Adaptive Power feature arriving with iOS 26 can help conserve the battery by making “small performance adjustments,” like “allowing some activities to take a little longer,” according to Apple. The next iPhone is expected to arrive with the upcoming operating system onboard, but you’ll also be able to download iOS 26 on the iPhone 16, as well as some older iPhones, once it becomes available publicly. That should help to stretch your battery life on either device.
Color options
What’s on the inside may be most important, but people also want to know what fun colors the iPhone 17 could sport. Rumors suggest the upcoming device could come in black, blue, silver, purple and green.
For comparison, the iPhone 16 is available in black, white, pink, teal and ultramarine.
Everything we think we know about the iPhone 17 is still just speculation, so we’ll have to see what Apple unveils this fall.
Should you buy an iPhone 16 now or wait for the iPhone 17?
If you’re in desperate need of a new phone and can’t wait any longer, who am I to stop you? But if you can hang tight until Sept. 9, when Apple is expected to announce the iPhone 17, you can either score the flashy new device or get a discount on the iPhone 16. (In previous years, the company dropped the price on older models by about $100.)
It’s likely the changes between the iPhone 16 and 17 will be relatively modest. Apple tends to debut newer features on its Pro models before eventually rolling them out across the full lineup, like it did with the Dynamic Island on the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max, and the Action button on the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max. So any shiny new capabilities will likely land on its more premium phones first, such as the rumored antireflective display and redesigned cameras on the iPhone 17 Pro models.
But perhaps the biggest changes could arrive next year with the 20th anniversary of the iPhone, for which Apple is reportedly “preparing a major shake-up” of the phone’s design, according to Bloomberg. That includes a (long-rumored) foldable version and a “bold new Pro model that makes more extensive use of glass.” The iPhone 17 may not even be announced yet, but it’s never too early to be looking even further ahead.
