The iPhone 17 Air will be for those willing to pay for a wonderfully thin iPhone that isn't as fancy as the iPhone Pro Max.
Rumors of a new iPhone to replace the iPhone Plus first surfaced back in May.
and excitement really picked up when initial speculation suggested it would be called the iPhone Air and cost more than the top-of-the-line iPhone Pro Max.
At the same time, this will also be an iPhone with high specifications and an extremely thin design.
iPhone 17 Air will attract buyers with design
According to an account named Universe on the social network "X", next year's special iPhone will be called the iPhone 17 Air.
iPhone 17 Air will be extremely thin.
iPhone 17 Air will be extremely thin.
The specifications of this "super product" will not be anything special with the following predicted configuration: 6.65-inch OLED screen with ProMotion (adaptive refresh rate from 1-120Hz depending on the content displayed on the screen); A19 processor.
On the other hand, the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max will be powered by the more powerful A19 Pro chip.
While the iPhone 17 Pro models will have 12GB of RAM, the iPhone 17 Air will only have 8GB of RAM, providing the minimum amount of memory to support Apple Intelligence.
Additionally, the phone will have only one rear camera located in the center, at the top of the back.
The starting price of the flagship will be $ 1,299 (about 32.6 million VND), about $ 100 (about 2.5 million VND) higher than the expected starting price of the iPhone 17 Pro Max.
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On the other hand, according to Bloomberg analyst Mark Gurman, this device will be a “premium” iPhone model compared to the standard iPhone 17, for those who don’t need “the performance, screen size, or camera of the iPhone Pro model.”
The only problem here is that the iPhone 17 Air will cost more than the iPhone 17 Pro Max.
iPhone will be "in demand" in 2025 thanks to iPhone SE 4 and iPhone 17 Air
The above expected specifications of the iPhone 17 Air make technology experts wonder.
Will iFans be willing to spend a large amount of money to own a more beautiful iPhone model but still have the specifications of a standard iPhone?
Illustration photo.
Illustration photo.
Gurman expects the redesigned iPhone SE 4 (based on the iPhone 14) and the iPhone 17 Air to help iPhone sales grow in 2025.
He said the iPhone Air will prove more popular than the iPhone mini and iPhone Plus models.
In less than a month, the "Apple House" will launch the iPhone 16 Series. According to rumors, they will be announced on September 10 and available for pre-order on September 13.
The official "on shelves" time of the high-end smartphones will fall on Friday, September 20.
