Apple's upcoming iPhone 17 Air rumored with 12GB RAM, making it closer to the iPhone 17 Pro

Apple's new ultra-thin iPhone 17 Air rumored to sport 12GB of RAM, up from 8GB in leaks: bringing it closer to iPhone 17 Pro than the base model.

Apple's upcoming iPhone 17 Air rumored with 12GB RAM, making it closer to the iPhone 17 Pro
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TL;DR: The ultra-thin Apple iPhone 17 Air will feature 12GB RAM, matching the Pro models, and a 6.6-inch display with the A19 processor. At just 5.5mm thick, it sacrifices battery life and camera setup for slimness, offering advanced performance with Face ID, titanium casing, and 35W charging.

Apple's upcoming ultra-thin iPhone 17 Air smartphone will reportedly have 12GB of RAM, up from the 8GB of RAM in previous rumors.

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The new ultra-thin iPhone 17 Air with 12GB of RAM will bring it closer to the higher-end iPhone 17 Pro, which is said to have 12GB of RAM. The new rumors suggest that the base models will continue on with 8GB of RAM, while the iPhone 17 Air, iPhone 17 Pro, and flagship iPhone 17 Pro Max will all have 12GB of RAM.

Weibo-based leaker "Fixed Focus Digital" says that the three higher-end iPhone 17 smartphones will have 12GB of RAM, while the base iPhone 17 sports 8GB of RAM. This creates a much wider gap between the non-Pro iPhones, as the iPhone 16 Plus featured the same A-series processor and RAM configuration as the base iPhone 16.

Apple iPhone 17 family rumored RAM configurations:

  • iPhone 17: 8GB RAM
  • iPhone 17 Air: 12GB RAM
  • iPhone 17 Pro: 12GB RAM
  • iPhone 17 Pro Max: 12GB RAM

In previous reports, Apple's ultra-thin iPhone 17 Air smartphone will be just 5.5mm thick at its thinnest point, passing the iPhone 6 at its thinnest point with 6.9mm. In order to get the iPhone this thin, Apple has had to make some compromises including decreased battery life, a single rear-facing camera, a single speaker, and the A19 processor over the A19 Pro.

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.