- Photos of iPhone 17 Air and iPhone 17 Pro dummy models have leaked
- Going by these pictures, the iPhone 17 Pro appears to be like giant and chunky
- Despite having a sleeker design, the iPhone 17 Air is predicted to not promote as nicely
We’re nonetheless months away from the doubtless September launch of the iPhone 17 collection, however we’ve already seen many pictures purported to point out dummy models of those telephones, giving us a good suggestion of their potential designs.
The newest such pictures have been shared by leaker Majin Bu, who’s posted pictures mentioned to point out an iPhone 17 Air dummy unit and an iPhone 17 Pro one.
They don’t actually present us something that earlier leaks haven’t already, however you’ll be able to see that the iPhone 17 Air appears to be like fairly smooth, whereas the iPhone 17 Pro has an enormous digicam bump, and appears prefer it may be bigger than the iPhone 16 Pro, which it’s proven subsequent to in a single picture.
As ever, we’d take these pictures with a pinch of salt, as whereas these dummy models may very well be primarily based on official info there’s no assure of that. However, they do match up with earlier leaks, and, going by many of the leaks we’ve seen to date, the iPhone 17 Air arguably appears to be like extra visually interesting than the Pro. But that may not translate into higher gross sales.
iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro compared pic.twitter.com/CGpxJSysGMApril 26, 2025
Substance over type
According to Apple watcher Mark Gurman in his newest publication for Bloomberg (by way of PhoneArena) the iPhone 17 Air is unlikely to “set any gross sales information”. That doesn’t imply will probably be a failure – Gurman predicts that it’ll outsell Apple’s Plus and mini fashions, however he expects the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max will show the most well-liked.
That’s not significantly stunning although. Apple’s Pro handsets are inclined to outsell the opposite iPhone fashions, and whereas the iPhone 17 Air might be probably the most trendy of the iPhone 17 collection, it’ll in all probability be removed from the very best in the case of specs.
Leaks have steered that the iPhone 17 Air may have only one rear digicam, for instance, and there are additionally considerations over how good its battery life will probably be, given the doubtless very restricted house for a battery.
Coupled with a in all probability pretty excessive worth, the iPhone 17 Air may very well be a troublesome promote for anybody who cares about specs as a lot as design.
We in all probability received’t discover out precisely how succesful or standard the iPhone 17 Air is till September; however, given how extensively it and the opposite iPhone 17 fashions have already leaked, we’d anticipate to study tons extra unofficially within the meantime.
