The so-called iPhone 17 Air, rumored to be released this fall, will be Apple‘s thinnest iPhone ever. But if the company were to realize some of its earlier plans for the device, thinness might not be the most talked about element. In his Power On newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman writes that Apple once planned to ditch the USB-C port “to make the Air the first fully portless iPhone from Apple.”
The company reportedly shelved the idea to avoid new problems with EU regulators. However, according to Gurman, Apple is still keeping it for future slim iPhones depending on the success of the iPhone 17 Air. Apple is expected to release four iPhones this year, in line with its strategy of the past few years, with the one now called the iPhone 17 Air being about 2 millimeters thinner than the others. This weekend, leaker Sonny Dixon shared a series of photos that are claimed to be mannequins of the iPhone 17, showing how thin the Air might look next to the rest of the family.
Gurman reports that the iPhone 17 Air will cost around $900, falling between the entry-level iPhone 17 and two higher-end models with similar battery life to what we’re used to, a roughly 6.6-inch screen, Dynamic Island, and a camera control button. Of course, nothing is officially confirmed yet, but rumors and leaks about the iPhone 17 will not stop over the next few months.
