Apple's rumoured iPhone 17 Air to get a bold new look?

The next iPhone could be the company's slimmest smart-phone. What does that mean for you?

- Husain Rizvi

Apple is getting ready to shake up its iPhone lineup with a design unlike anything we've seen before. Enter the iPhone 17 Air, reportedly the company's slimmest smartphone ever-just 5.5mm thick. That's nearly half the thickness of most current models, signaling a radical shift in Apple's design language. But does this sleek form factor come at a cost? Let's take a look at what the iPhone 17 Air brings to the table-and where it may fall short.

Apple isn't cutting corners on the screen. The 17 Air will feature a 6.6-inch OLED display that supports LTPO technology, unlocking features like 120Hz refresh rates and always-on mode-previously limited to Pro models. For a non-Pro iPhone, that's a big upgrade and keeps it in the same screen-size category as the iPhone 16 Plus.

Flagship power under the hood

Even with its lean design, the iPhone 17 Air is expected to run on the same A19 chip that powers the rest of the iPhone 17 series. Along with 8GB of RAM, that puts it squarely in the performance tier needed to support Apple Intelligence features and next-gen multitasking.

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