The iPhone 17 Air becomes thinner than any other iPhone, but the battery is also empty faster. How is Apple going to solve this?
The battery of the iPhone 17 Air …
According to a message on the Chinese website Weibo The thin iPhone 17 Air gets a battery with a capacity that is below 3000 mAh. This corresponds to a rather rumor in which it was said that the battery of the iPhone 17 Air will only be 2800 mAh.
It has been a while since a battery from the iPhone had this capacity. Some models of the iPhone 12 and iPhone 13 had a battery that was around this value. It is also a bit of a swallow if you compare the capacity with other recent iPhones. For example, the Phone 16 has a 3,651 MAH battery, while the iPhone 16 Plus has a 4,674 mAh.
According to rumors, Apple has also performed an internal test. They have looked at what percentage of users can do with the new iPhone for a whole day, without charging it. With the iPhone 17 Air, that percentage was between 60 and 70 percent. With other iPhone models that was between 80 and 90 percent.
… and so Apple solves the battery problem of the iPhone 17 Air
Apple comes with various functions that will improve the battery life of iPhones. This is not only useful for the iPhone 17 Air, but other iPhones also benefit from this.
One of the functions is ‘Adaptive Power’. This new setting automatically optimizes the energy consumption of your iPhone, so that the battery lasts longer on one load. This is done by subtle adjustments, such as the dimming of the screen or delaying certain processes.
In addition, there are rumors that Apple will come up with a special battery cover for the iPhone 17 Air. This case is not new, because this is actually the Smart battery case What they stopped a few years ago. This is a case for the iPhone where a battery was built in.
This is when you can buy the iPhone 17 Air
The thin design of the iPhone 17 Air comes with a disadvantage. Hopefully Apple can add enough improvements, so that you can do a whole day with one battery charge.
The iPhone 17 Air appears somewhere in September 2025 together with the iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max. An iPhone 17 Plus is not going to come. Do you not want to miss any rumor of the iPhone 17? Then register for our newsletter, so that you will always stay informed!