While the so-called “iPhone 17 Air” is not expected to launch until September, there are already plenty of rumors about the ultra-thin device.
Overall, the iPhone 17 Air sounds like a mixed bag. While the device is expected to have an impressively thin and light design, rumors indicate it will have some compromises compared to iPhone 17 Pro models, including worse battery life, only a single rear camera, only a single speaker, and an A19 chip instead of an A19 Pro chip.
Below, we recap 17 key rumors for the iPhone 17 Air as of June 2025:
- The thinnest iPhone ever, measuring just 5.5mm at its thinnest point, but possibly up to 9.5mm with the rear camera bump included
- 6.6-inch OLED display with Face ID and a potentially smaller Dynamic Island
- ProMotion support for up to a 120Hz refresh rate (disputed by one source)
- A19 chip instead of A19 Pro chip
- A single 48-megapixel rear camera on an all-new elongated camera bar
- A 24-megapixel front camera
- A single speaker in the earpiece, no bottom speaker
- Apple-designed Wi-Fi 7 chip
- Apple-designed C1 modem for cellular connectivity
- eSIM only, no physical SIM card slot worldwide
- USB-C port
- High-density battery
- Camera Control button
- Action button
- MagSafe
- 12GB of RAM, exceeding the 8GB minimum for Apple Intelligence
- Apple reportedly plans to release an iPhone 17 Air battery case
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