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

About this episode

Michael Hansen unboxes and shares first impressions of the iPhone 17e, focusing on its features and VoiceOver performance.

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…

People in this episode

Host: Michael Hansen

Topics covered

• iPhone 17e
• unboxing
• VoiceOver
• assistive technology
• first impressions
• Apple products

Keywords

• iPhone 17e
• unboxing
• VoiceOver
• assistive technology
• Apple
• budget iPhone
• A19 processor
• MagSafe

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Apple

Products: iPhone 17e, A19 series processor, MagSafe, iPhone 17, iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max

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