iPhone 17 Air has significant disadvantages (these are them)

The iPhone 17 Air will be incredibly thin, but it also has a few major disadvantages. These are the expectations of the iPhone 17 Air.

iPhone 17 Air has significant disadvantages (these are them)

The iPhone 17 Air is rumored to be the replacement for the Plus series. The biggest advantage of this iPhone is that it is very thin. But the iPhone 17 Air probably also has a few disadvantages.

Only one camera

For years, every recent iPhone has had two or three cameras on the back. Except for the iPhone SE, where you will only find one camera on the back. The expectations for the iPhone 17 Air are that this new smartphone will only have a camera on the back. The ultra-wide angle and telephoto lens will not be found on the iPhone 17 Air. It remains to be seen how good this new camera will be.

A19 chip

The iPhone 17 Pro and the iPhone 17 Pro Max will have the best chips, this will be the A19 Pro chip. The iPhone 17 Air is not expected to have the fastest version of this chip. This version only comes in the Pro models. But the rumors say that the iPhone 17 Air will have the A19 chip.

It is not known how much difference this will ultimately make. This probably won’t be too much. But it is always possible that Apple will give the Pro version of the A19 chip additional functions.

Memory

The Pro models generally have more RAM than the regular iPhones. That is also one of the reasons why the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max support Apple Intelligence, while the regular iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus do not.

According to rumors, the iPhone 17 Pro (Max) will once again have more RAM. However, the iPhone 17 Air remains stuck at 8 GB. So we hope that Apple will not make some functions exclusive to iPhones with more RAM.

Battery

The iPhone 16 Pro and the iPhone 16 Pro Max received a better battery this year. But if the iPhone 17 Air becomes very thin, this is also one of the disadvantages. Because a thin iPhone naturally has less room for a larger battery.

There is also a chance that Apple will give the iPhone 17 Pro (Max) a larger battery, making the difference with the iPhone 17 Air even greater.