The iPhone 16 is now accounted as having been the world's best-selling smartphone in the first quarter of 2025. Its successor might not be entirely equipped to supplant it, though. The 17 is projected to be a less than complete upgrade, and just might be largely the same device on the inside year on year.https://www.notebookcheck.net/iPhone-17-tipped-to-launch-with-same-internals-as-iPhone-16.1028020.0.html
Different name, same internals sounds like a scam to me.