iPhone 17 Air Battery Capacity and Weight Allegedly Revealed

Apple is expected to motorboat an all-new ultra-thin iPhone 17 Air aboriginal this year, and portion determination has been plentifulness of rumors astir the camera's wide plan and thinness, we haven't heard immoderate details astir the device's value and artillery capableness until now.


According to the leaker going by the relationship sanction "yeux1122" connected the Korean-langauge Naver blog, the 6.6-inch iPhone 17 Air has a value of astir 145 grams, portion the artillery capableness is 2,800mAh. The details allegedly originate from a "mass accumulation confirmed sample." The blog has antecedently offered close insights into Apple's constituent strategy.

The claimed value is akin to an iPhone SE 2 oregon iPhone 13 mini, which are 148 grams and 141 grams, respectively. As for the battery, the capableness fig is not dissimilar the iPhone 12, which has a 2,815mAh battery. However, the leaker's station does enactment that determination remains a anticipation that Apple volition usage a high-density artillery successful the iPhone 17 Air, which could summation its "actual capacity" by 15-20%.

Apple proviso concatenation expert Ming-Chi Kuo said successful March that instrumentality volition person a "high-density" battery. More recently, a report retired of Asia has suggested that the iPhone 17 Air could go the archetypal Apple smartphone to follow precocious artillery technology, with Apple supplier TDK preparing to vessel its caller procreation of silicon-anode batteries by the extremity of June.

Having said that, reports person been mixed regarding the iPhone 17 Air's imaginable artillery performance. The Information's Wayne Ma claimed the instrumentality volition person "worse" artillery beingness compared to erstwhile iPhone models.

In interior testing, Apple seemingly determined that the percent of users who volition beryllium capable to usage the iPhone 17 Air for a afloat time without needing to recharge the instrumentality passim the time volition beryllium betwixt 60% and 70%, according to the report. For different iPhone models, the study said that metric is seemingly betwixt 80% and 90%.

To mitigate this problem, the study said that Apple is readying to merchandise a artillery lawsuit arsenic an optional accessory for the iPhone 17 Air.

On the different hand, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has offered a much optimistic outlook, stating that artillery beingness would beryllium "on par with existent iPhones" acknowledgment to hardware and bundle optimizations.

The 5.5mm-thin instrumentality is besides rumored to incorporated Apple's power-efficient C1 modem and deficiency an Ultra Wide camera, which could perchance supply much interior abstraction for a larger battery. We'll cognize for definite erstwhile the instrumentality replaces the "Plus" exemplary successful Apple's iPhone 17 lineup, which is expected to motorboat astir mid-September, per Apple's emblematic autumn merchandise schedule.
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