Apple thought-about making the rumored iPhone 17 A...

The so-called iPhone 17 Air, which is rumored to be coming this fall, is claimed to be Apple’s thinnest iPhone ever. However, if the corporate had gone via a few of its earlier plans for the gadget, slimness might not have been probably the most talked-about component. Within the Power On publication, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman writes that Apple at one time deliberate to ditch the USB-C port “to make the Air gadget Apple’s first utterly port-free iPhone.”

The corporate reportedly shelved the concept to keep away from sparking contemporary issues with EU regulators. In line with Gurman, nonetheless, Apple remains to be holding onto it for future slim iPhones relying on the success of the iPhone 17 Air. Apple is predicted to launch 4 iPhones this yr, in step with its technique of the previous couple of years, with the one presently nicknamed the iPhone 17 Air being roughly 2 millimeters thinner than the remainder. Leaker this weekend shared a collection of pictures stated to be of iPhone 17 dummies, displaying simply how slim the Air might look alongside the remainder of the household.

Gurman studies that the iPhone 17 Air will likely be priced at round $900, sitting between the entry-level iPhone 17 and the 2 higher-end fashions with related battery life to what we’re already used to, a roughly 6.6-inch display, Dynamic Island and the Digicam Management button. In fact, nothing’s been confirmed formally but, however the are certain to maintain coming over the subsequent few months.