iPhone 17 Air is undoubtedly one of the most anticipated and to a large extent also the most interesting models that Apple will be presented this fall. Besides, not yet. It is supposed to be about the thinnest iPhone in history, with a design that will go far minimore minimalist than the Pro models, but still powerful and modern. And now, as a new leak claims, Apple it's a jokeonem may be even more serious than originally expected.
According to Chinese leakera Fixed Focus Digital, who has over two million followers on the Weibo platform, should iPhone 17 Air get A19 Pro chip, i.e. the same chip that Apple plans for models iPhone 17 Pro and 17 Pro MaxEarlier reports said that Air it will only get the basic A19, which would put it closer in performance to the basic iPhone 17 than its Pro siblings.
But before you start cheering, Apple stops saving energyone"lightweight" models, there is one but byFixed Focus Digital claims that while the Pro models will get the A19 Pro chip, 6-core GPU, iPhone 17 Air should have only 5-core graphicsThis would mean in practice slightly weaker graphics performance, which could be noticeable, for example, in more demanding games or professional graphics applications. However, in everyday use, most users will probably not even notice the difference. Basic iPhone The 17 should then arrive with the year-old A18.
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What will the reality be?
Interestingly, the words leakera contradict earlier speculation about the chip in this phone. For example, well-known analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claimed in 2024 that iPhone 17 Air will have the A19 core chip and he reiterated this claim in June this year. Kuo has a very good reputation when it comes to predictions related to Apple products. On the other hand, it is necessary to add that Fixed Focus Digital was the first to publish the title iPhone 16e, which was later confirmed. So the question is who to trust more at the moment.
However, it should be added that Fixed Focus Digital's words are not in line not only with Kuo's earlier estimates, but also with another analyst, Jeff Pu. He claimed that the basic iPhone 17 will only get the A18, not the A19. So it seems that there is still no consensus among sources regarding the chips for this generation and it is possible that Apple They are still tweaking the final configuration, or they are deliberately obscuring the track.
Apple should traditionally introduce the iPhones 17 in September 2025, so in about two months. If the speculation about the A19 Pro in the iPhone 17 Air confirms, it will be a very interesting step that could model Air move from the position of a "lightweight iPhone" to a serious player among the top models, albeit with a slight performance limitation. In any case, it will be interesting to see, jak Apple will assemble the new generation of iPhones and whetheronec performance will again not be the main differentiator.
Most people can help, but it still makes sense to change the phone miniAlmost 5 years later, no innovations and WOW effects are happening anymore
The last big WOW effect was iPhone X
and probably a 12/13 design
otherwise everything is pretty much the same
There's probably not much room for improvement with this "design" anymore... except to swap out the cameras. 2017, when manufacturers tried to make phones with a pop-up camera, didn't do much good and people have forgotten about it. The same will probably happen with flexible phones.
I use my phone purely as a smaller device for making calls or quick internet access, and when I need to make presentations, I use a laptop.
Now is the time when it will matter who has a better-tuned, clearer, more economical and more powerful system with AI functions and overall high-quality software.
I was rather annoyed by the supposedly planned reduced zoom (3,5x) for varianty PRO. Can't they make a telephoto lens with two zooms, 3,5x and 5x?