New leaks reveal the abundance of design changes and functions

Updated on March 17 with further details on the iPhone 17 Air from a separate report.

When Apple publishes the iPhone 17 series this autumn, it will probably contain a slim model that some referred to by some as iPhone Air. Although the new design is radically different, it will also be important that it signals a radical step towards products that will remove loading connections from the iPhone in the future, according to a new report. In the meantime, a new report seems to confirm some of the previously unconfirmed characteristics for the air.

These details come from Dummy models published by productive delicious Sonny Dickson, which was unveiled in a contribution to X, which was claimed as the dummy models of the iPhones of this autumn, including the iPhone 17 Air.

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Like nature with dummies, there is a lot here that you cannot tell here, but there is also a lot of new information. First, the dummy for the iPhone 17 air shows that, like the rest of the area, it has an action button rather than the ring/silent slide. This is no surprise because the iPhone 16e of the entry has this button, but it's good to see it here.

Similarly, the camera control is that the new element is both mechanically and sensitive to touch and is missing on the iPhone 16e, but can be found on other iPhone 16 models, on the iPhone 17 air, although it looks noticeably slimmer than on the dummies of the other models.

And Magsafe is included – which may have been doubtful in view of the slimness of the new iPhone. None of these details were mentioned in the other report, which comes from Bloomberg.

According to Mark Gurman von Bloomberg in his latest force on the newsletter, what comes “is more than just an attempt to be the sale of something too juice, with something that differs from the rest of the installation. It's really a new beginning for the iPhone, ”says Gurman.

Super Slim

This is because you not only insert a form factor that “shaves about 2 millimeters from the depth of the phone – reduces it by about a fifth”, but also the battery life for the current iPhones.

In addition, the plan was originally “to make the first iPhone of Air Device Apple completely portfree. That would mean losing the USB-C connection and synchronizing data with the cloud and synchronizing data, ”says the report.

The future can be port free

Imagine: No USB-C connection at the base of the phone, whereby only as an option is loaded by a loading bath and data are only dubbed wirelessly. Gurman says the world could be ready for it. “IPhone users can handle themselves well without connecting their phone, regardless of whether it is about connecting to your car or downloading information. From the beginning, the Apple Watch has only commissioned wirelessly, so many users are already used to the idea, ”he says.

I agree if you have to charge quickly, a cable is always preferable. However, this day will not be tackled this autumn because there is a port on the upcoming iPhone 17 air. Why?

“One main reason: There were concerns that the removal of USB-C supervisory authorities would annoy the supervisory authorities of the European Union to prescribe the iPhone change to USB-C and examine the company's business practices. But that's the case for the time being, ”believes Gurman.

What else?

When it is successful, the air leads to portfree iPhones with slimmer design. According to Gurman, the price for the iPhone 17 air is probably the same as the iPhone 16 Plus, ie after 899 US dollars.

A 6.6-inch display, a single reversing camera with a resolution of 48 megapixels and the new in-house modem Apple C1, which debuted in the iPhone 16E and the MMWave is missing. The slim profile could lead to the first folding iPhone, possibly until 2026.

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