Sometimes even the flagship smartphones don’t offer some of the most demanding stuff which we easily get in a budget & mid-range smartphone. In the same case, we are going to see the upcoming iPhone 17 Air, a flagship smartphone with so many sacrifices and the most unusual thing about this smartphone is that it is rumored to be the slimmest smartphone throughout the history of the Apple company.
You might be wondering which series of Apple this smartphone is coming from. This smartphone is coming out of nowhere except from the iPhone 17 lineup. As always, we are going to behold four smartphones in the iphone 17 series; iphone 17 base model, iphone 17 Air, iphone 17 pro and the iphone 17 pro max
You might be thinking where the plus model, rather the iphone 17 has gone!
The iPhone 17 plus is said to have been replaced by the iPhone 17 air which is going to debut as a new member of the iPhone 17 lineup. The price of this smartphone is going to be the same as the iPhone 16 plus.
The hype of the iPhone 17 air in the market.
Since the leaks & rumors of the iPhone 17 series have surfaced over social media, the iphone 17 air has occupied the mind of every iphone user because it is labelled to be the slimmest smartphone throughout the history of the Apple company.
You might have noticed how smartphones are getting slimmer and better, but designing a smartphone so thin causes it to sacrifice so much necessary stuff. The upcoming iPhone 17 Air has to sacrifice so much necessary stuff just for the sake of thickness.
The sacrifices iPhone 17 Air is going to have.
- Battery life
Whether you use your smartphone heavily or lightly, you will never complain about your smartphone having a big battery, since the battery department is something where every smartphone user unite, either he is a hardcore user or just runs a simple task.
Just for the sake of thickness, the upcoming iPhone 17 Air is rumored to have roughly 2800 mAh battery capacity, even way less than Galaxy S25 edge, the slimmest smartphone from Samsung, which has a 3900 mA battery.
Just bear one thing in mind. If you are looking for a smartphone to run a heavy task, then buy something else, not due to the processor, which is powerful enough to handle any task, but due to the small battery that may cause you to charge your smartphone twice or thrice a day.
- Single Camera lens
The iPhone 17 air is rumored to feature a single 48 mp wide angle sensor, unlike the iphone 16 plus which has ultrawide and wide angle lenses both.
- No sim card slot
The upcoming iphone 17 air is rumored to have no sim card slot but would have e-sim feature only. Having an e sim feature in a smartphone gives peace of mind since it can be useful enough if you ever run out of sim card tray, but removing sim card tray and offering e sim feature can create an issue for those who switch to the latest smartphone back to back.
- Single speaker
Romores suggest that iphone 17 air is going to have a single speaker, rather only an earpiece for sound, which is often considered as a secondary speaker in a smartphone that is located at the top centre of any smartphone.
- Heating issue
The thicker the smartphone, the less it heats, the slimmer the smartphone, the more it heats. Slim smartphones usually heat more because they have less space for air to flow throughout the smartphone. That’s why heat remains in a limited space and persists longer.
What I think of slim smartphone?
Since the day I saw a bend test of iPhone 6 plus done by unboxing therapy, it has instilled such thought in my mind that slim smartphones lack durability. In fact, they lack durability, not as much as old smartphones used to lack, because today’s smartphones are built with premium quality material and designed in such a way that the smartphone remains durable.
The sacrifices in iphone 17 Air have aroused the worth of Galaxy S25 edge in my mind. The Galaxy S25 edge, the slimmest Samsung smartphone, was criticized only for having a 3900 mAh small battery, but the upcoming iPhone 17 Air may cross the limit because it would not only have 2800 mAh small battery but also lacks so much demanding stuff which I have mentioned above.