iPhone 17: the latest predictions on the Pro and Air models
WhileiOS 18.2 is fast approachingit's time for rumors around Apple smartphones. Through a new note to investors, analyst Jeff Pu has indeed put a layer on the iPhone 17, 17 Air, 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max. Here are the expected new features!
iPhone 17 Air
Let's start with the new addition planned for the start of the 2025 school year to replace the Plus version: the iPhone 17 Air, also nicknamed iPhone 17 Slim.
While we learned last week that Apple had difficulties in making the battery as thin as envisagedand therefore the smartphone itself, Jeff Pu remains confident on this subject.
Previous information estimated that the battery would measure at least 6 mm thick, while the analyst tends towards an iPhone 17 Air with exactly this thinness (case and battery included).
“We agree with recent rumors regarding the ultra-thin design of the iPhone 17 Slim, with a thickness of 6 mm,” shares Jeff Pu.
He adds in passing that he does not think that the iPhone 17 Air will be a high-volume model. So, this suggests that it will find its audience, but without dethroning the iPhone 17, 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max in terms of quantity sold.
The analyst also specifies that this would be caused by various compromises made by Apple, like the lighter photo part compared to non-Pro iPhones. which we spoke to you about in this paper.
For your information, the iPhone 17 Air would become the thinnest phone ever created by Apple, surpassing the feat of the iPhone 6 with its 6.9 mm thickness.
iPhone 17 and 17 Pro
Reported by the media 9to5Mac, the note to investors from Jeff Pu mentions some changes in design, including “a more complex aluminum case than that of the iPhone 16”. Unfortunately we don't learn more about this…
Added to this is a particularity for the iPhone 17 Pro Max for the Dynamic Island, with a pill with a “very reduced” size. Already mentioned by previous leaksthis development would be made possible thanks to a miniaturization of the sensors necessary for Face ID facial recognition technology.
We would thus be facing a smooth evolution while waiting for the latter to disappear under the iPhone screen.
Finally, Jeff Pu discusses the A19 chips and iPhone 17/17 Air and A19 Pro from iPhone 17 Pro/17 Pro Max. According to him, the Apple firm would move up a gear by adopting a new 3 nm engraving process, N3P instead of N3E.
“This means we can expect improved performance and efficiency across the board thanks to an increase in transistor density on the A19 chips,” explains 9to5Mac.
Once again, all of this should be taken with a grain of salt. We are in fact almost 10 months before the announcement of the iPhone 17, which still leaves time for Apple to change its plans.
