# iPhone 17e: Unboxing, First Impressions, and Hands-On with VoiceOver

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Podcast: [AppleVis Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/applevis-podcast-165328)
Published: 2026-03-12T00:08:38+00:00
Episode link: https://www.applevis.com/podcasts/iphone-17e-unboxing-first-impressions-hands-voiceover
Audio file: https://www.applevis.com/sites/default/files/podcasts/AppleVisPodcast1706.mp3
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## Resource

In this podcast, Michael Hansen unboxes and gives his initial impressions of Apple's iPhone 17e. In addition to giving a physical description of the device, Michael demonstrates the speakers and VoiceOver performance on the iPhone 17e--giving blind, DeafBlind, and low vision users an idea of what they can expect from Apple's newest budget iPhone. Transcript Disclaimer: This transcript was generated by AI Note Taker – VoicePen, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers’ names, voices, or content. Michael: Hello, AppleVis friends. This is Michael Hansen. Thanks so much for joining me. I hope that today finds you well wherever you are. In this podcast, I'm going to be unboxing, setting up, and giving my initial first hands-on impressions of the all-new iPhone 17E. The iPhone 17E is Apple's new budget iPhone. It starts at 599 US dollars. For that price, you get an A19 series processor. You get 256 gigabytes of storage. You get MagSafe charging up to 15 watts. You get a phone with a 6.1 inch display. You get a whole lot more. And all of it, again, for the same starting price of $599 as last year. Looking at it kind of in terms of the other iPhone 17 models, we, of course, we have our iPhone 17E, which is kind of the entry level. the the basic iphone at 599 us dollars you have your iphone 17 which is 200 more at 7.99 you have your iphone air at 9.99 your iphone 17 pro at 10.99 and you have an iphone 17 pro max at 11.99 Now, my personal device is an iPhone 17 Pro Max. I like big phones. I like big batteries. And so... It's not lost on me that the phone that we're looking at here is half the price of the iPhone 17 Pro Max. And last year I reviewed the iPhone 16E and I really had a blast with it. Battery life…

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