This year’s most unique iPhone model will be the iPhone 17 Air, a brand new entry to Apple’s lineup. And while prior reports indicated it would have a lot in common with the base iPhone 17, new rumors make it sound a lot closer to the Pro models than we thought.
Key iPhone 17 Air features will be more like Pro models
This year, the iPhone 17 Air will replace the ‘Plus’ model in Apple’s lineup.
And like previous Plus models, the Air was initially expected to share many features with the base iPhone 17.
For example, the Air and base model were rumored to have less RAM than the Pro models. They were also thought to include a less powerful A19 chip, and build materials of a lower quality than the Pro line.
But a string of recent rumors has shifted the Air closer to the Pro models in these three areas:
More RAM A19 Pro chip External design
Ming-Chi Kuo this spring claimed the iPhone 17 Air could feature 12GB of RAM just like the Pro models. The iPhone 17, meanwhile, will stick with 8GB.
Weibo leaker Fixed Focus Digital has now corroborated the rumor: iPhone 17 Air will be getting Pro-level RAM.
In that same post, the leaker today says Apple’s upgrading the Air’s chip too.
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