Apple's iPhone 17 Air rumors: 5.5mm thickness, 145g, smaller 2800mAh battery

Apple is expected to unveil its new ultra-thin iPhone 17 Air smartphone later this year, with new leaks confirming its 5.5mm thickness, 145g weight... but then a smaller 2800mAh battery.

In a new post on X by insider @Jukanlosreve, we're hearing the new iPhone 17 Air will have a smaller 2800mAh battery, "however, there's a possibility that a high-density battery will be used despite the 2800mAh capacity" that would increase the capacity by 15-20% or so.

In previous rumors, we heard that the new Apple iPhone 17 Air would have a maximum thickness of 9.5mm with the camera bump included, or 5.5mm without the camera bump.

Inside, we should expect a 6.6-inch display, Apple's new in-house A19 processor, 8GB of RAM, a 24-megapixel front-facing camera, 48-megapixel rear-facing camera, Face ID technology, titanium casing, Apple's in-house C1 5G modem, and charging speeds of up to 35W power.

Apple's new iPhone 17 Air will take the ultra-thin smartphone fight to Samsung which has its own Galaxy S25 Edge later this year, with Samsung giving its own (and best) M14 OLED displays to Apple for its new iPhone 17 family, not even using their new in-house M14 OLED panels on its new Galaxy S25 family of smartphones.