Yesterday, Apple unveiled its brand new ultra-thin iPhone Air. While they did show off much about the phone in the keynote, there are a number of smaller details you can only find by digging into the website. We’ll be rounding those up here. Binned A19 Pro chip Despite the iPhone Air offering the ‘same’ A19 Pro chip as the iPhone 17 Pro, that isn’t quite the case. iPhone 17 Pro’s A19 Pro chip offers a 6 core CPU and 6 core GPU, whereas the iPhone Air offers a 6 core CPU and 5 core GPU. For reference, the standard A19 in iPhone 17 also offers a 6-core CPU and 5-core GPU. That said, it’s not like the iPhone Air’s A19 Pro is identical to the iPhone 17’s A19. They might offer the same core counts, but the A19 Pro is slightly more efficient. More importantly, the A19 Pro offers 12GB of memory, versus the standard A19 which offers 8GB. Slower USB-C port Similar to the base iPhone 17 (as well as the non-pro iPhone 15 and iPhone 16 that came before it), the iPhone Air only offers a USB-C port with USB 2 speeds. This is contrast to the iPhone 17 Pro, which offers USB 3 speeds at up to 10Gb/s. Additionally, the USB-C port isn’t perfectly centered on the bottom of the phone – likely because of how little space they have. Apple also did this with the iPhone XR and 11. Deeper Dynamic Island On iPhone Air, Dynamic Island cuts slightly deeper into the screen of the phone than other iPhone models. With iPhone Air, Apple packed many of the critical device components into the top of the phone – necessitating this design decision. Mono speaker iPhone Air only has a single speaker in the earpiece. The typical speaker holes at the bottom of the phone are actually just microphones. If you’d like stereo audio on your iPhone Air, you’ll have to use AirPods, or an external speaker like the Beats Pill. Slower wired charging iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Pro are capable of wired charging up to 50% in 20 minutes if you use the appropriate 40W power adapter. iPhone Air doesn’t support these higher speeds, and can only charge up to 50% in 30 minutes using a slower 20W adapter. All iPhone models do support charging to 50% in 30 minutes using MagSafe, though – so this doesn’t make a difference if you’re not a wired charging user. Connectivity iPhone Air utilizes an improved version of Apple’s first in-house modem, the C1X. That primarily means that, at least in the US, it doesn’t support mmWave 5G. That isn’t really a huge loss, though it’s worth pointing out. It also utilizes Apple’s first in-house networking chip, the N1. This chip supports Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6. Camera compromises Last but not least, the iPhone Air only has a single rear camera. There are a number of camera features you’ll be missing out on – since many of them require a second camera for depth detection and whatnot. That includes: Cinematic mode Spatial video Macro photography Spatial photos Macro video Additionally, you’ll be missing out on the usual Pro-exclusive features, including studio-quality mics, ProRAW photos, and ProRes video, and LOG recording. Pre-order the latest Apple products on Amazon: Follow Michael: X/Twitter, Bluesky, Instagram