Apple’s new MagSafe battery is only designed for the new iPhone Air

That’s a gangly battery.

Apple conscionable announced a new, authoritative MagSafe battery for the super-slim iPhone Air, but if you were hoping the artillery would enactment with different iPhones, it seemingly won’t. According to the product page for the $99 battery, “the iPhone Air MagSafe Battery was created exclusively for iPhone Air,” and the compatibility database includes conscionable the iPhone Air.

Apple besides has an representation connected its store showing the gangly artillery battalion attached to an iPhone Air adjacent to an iPhone 17 Pro and an iPhone 17. Looking astatine each of the phones broadside by side, it appears that if the artillery were placed connected the different phones, it would bump up against the cameras.

The institution discontinued its erstwhile MagSafe Battery Pack in 2023, close aft it announced the iPhone 15. But nowadays, determination are a batch MagSafe artillery options from third-party companies that you could usage with an iPhone 17 oregon 17 Pro instead.