Apple would launch the iPhone 17 Air this year, a thinner cell phone than regular models

Apple is developing a new slimmer iPhone model it refers to as iPhone Air, which will launch alongside the new iPhone 17 line of smartphones later this year and will include a design two millimeters thinner than current iPhones, according to analyst Mark Gurman.

As was known in May of last year, the American technology company is working on a new thinner iPhone model to follow the line of its MacBook Air and iPad Air devices, which have a thinner and lighter design.

In this sense, Apple plans to launch this new Thinnest ‘smartphone’ at the end of this year 2025, which will come with the new iPhone 17 line and will be two millimeters thinner than the current models.

This was shared by Bloomberg journalist Mark Gurman in his latest ‘Power On’ newsletter, where he detailed that the company is trying to offer the “thinnest to date” iPhone, whose name is expected to be iPhone 17 Air.

In this way, by presenting the slimmer body design, Gurman has indicated that it will serve as a test model to advance the company’s future technologies, among which he has referred to folding devices.

In addition, the analyst has also stated that the iPhone 17 Air will be the company’s first smartphone, along with the new iPhone SE model that will be presented in spring (northern hemisphere), which will incorporate Apple’s internal modem codenamed Sinope. Following this line, it will also be equipped with an “entry-level” A19 chip and a single-lens camera system.

NEWS FOR 2025

With all this, in addition to the new iPhones, Gurman has also pointed out that, looking at the news for 2025, Apple will update products such as the iPhone SE, new entry-level iPads, Apple TV, HomePod, AirTag and Mac Pro.

Specifically, the new iPhoneSE model is codenamed V59 and has been redesigned by eliminating the home button. Likewise, it will be compatible with Apple Intelligence’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) functions.

On the other hand, it has also announced that new entry-level iPads will be launched codenamed J481 and J482, which will be powered by “faster” processors and will also incorporate Apple Intelligence functions.

Specifically, new versions of iPads are expected to add Apple’s A17 Pro chip and increase their RAM capacity to 8GB since, according to the analyst, it is the “minimum necessary” to boost AI functions.

Regarding the new Mac Pro computer, Gurman has stated that it is being designed to incorporate a “high-end” Hydra processor, although the launch time is unknown.