The iPhone 17 could miss out on a long-awaited display upgrade – here's why Apple fans are upset

• The iPhone 17 series will reportedly lack a previously rumored anti-reflective, scratch resistant coating
• Apparently it was taking too long to apply to the millions of iPhones Apple is building
• In other news, the iPhone 17 series is reportedly on schedule for a September launch

One of the earliest iPhone 17 rumors suggested that the upcoming phones would have a scratch-resistant and anti-reflective display coating, but now we’re hearing that this won’t be the case after all.

It seems that the original claim may have been correct at the time, as a source “with reliable information” told MacRumors that this had been planned for the iPhone 17 Pro and the iPhone 17 Pro Max.

But apparently the process to apply the coating to the millions of handsets Apple is building was taking too long, so the company is said to have scrapped the idea – at least for this ...