The iPhone 17 household is reported to be releasing on September 9. Ahead of that, there have actually been numerous reports informing us that the iPhone 17 Air will change the iPhone 16 Plus in Apple’s lineup, due to the latter’s uninspired sales efficiency.
This leaves a secret concerning which chipset the Air will go with. Will it be a Pro SoC or not? Apple’s Pro iPhones undoubtedly utilize the Pro chipset, however the Air is not a Pro, so will it have the exact same chip as the vanilla iPhone 17? A brand-new report out of China states no to that, exposing that in reality the Air will utilize the A19 Pro SoC.
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There’s a little catch. It will not be precisely the exact same A19 Pro chip that will include in the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max. Rather, the Air’s variation will have a lower GPU, with one less core. That’s the only distinction. While the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max’s A19 Pro will come with 6 GPU cores, the iPhone 17 Air’s will have simply 5.
The iPhone 17 Air’s screen will likewise apparently not be rather at the level of the iPhone 17 Pro’s, according to the very same source. The Air is now reported to be 5.65 mm to 5.7 mm thick.
This report opposes a previous one from July, which declared the iPhone 17 Air would be geared up with the A19 chip much like the iPhone 17. Clearly, we can’t make certain which one is precise.
Source (in Chinese)