iPhone 17 Air: Beautiful concept video showcases what Apple's thinnest smartphone yet may end up looking like
The Apple iPhone 17 Air is widely expected to see the light of day alongside the iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Pro lineups sometime in the third quarter of this year. Unlike Apple's other products with the 'Air' moniker, the iPhone 17 Air is not meant to be a budget device, but rather a premium 6.6-inch smartphone with a strikingly thin profile.
According to the rumor mill, the iPhone 17 Air is likely to be around 5.5 mm thin, making it the thinnest iPhone that Apple has ever made. For comparison, the iPhone 16 Pro is 8.3 mm thick, while Apple's thinnest smartphone to date, the iPhone 6, came in at 6.9 mm. However, it might be a little hard to grasp how sleek a 5.5 mm thin smartphone really is. A recently uploaded concept video for the iPhone 17 Air makes visualising it a lot easier, showcasing what might be Apple's sleekest smartphone ever.
As expected, the iPhone 17 Air looks impressively thin, although the rumored camera bump, or rather, camera bar housing the single 48 MP sensor does stand out a bit. The 6.6-inch display puts the device between the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro Max in terms of its overall footprint. The iPhone 17 Air is expected to boast an A19 SoC with 8 GB memory, the aforementioned 6.6-inch 120 Hz OLED display, a single 48 MP camera on the rear, and a custom modem designed in-house.
Apple has portrayed a renewed interest in thinness as of late, which we witnessed with the 5.1-mm thin iPad Pro (currently $1,099 on Amazon) and the Apple Watch. Analysts have claimed that Apple is indeed prioritizing thin designs once again, which we will likely observe with the iPhone 17 Air and 2026 MacBook Pros. While that may raise some eyebrows, the progress that Apple Silicon has made in recent years will likely allow Apple to do so without sacrificing thermals, performance, or both.
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