{"id":845950,"date":"2025-05-05T09:12:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T14:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/05\/apple-iphone-17-air-warning-new-report-has-bad-news-for-millions-of-buyers\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T09:12:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T14:12:06","slug":"apple-iphone-17-air-warning-new-report-has-bad-news-for-millions-of-buyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/05\/apple-iphone-17-air-warning-new-report-has-bad-news-for-millions-of-buyers\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple iPhone 17 Air Warning: New Report Has Bad News For Millions Of Buyers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The iPhone 17 series has one model which is catching the most attention ahead of time, a super-slim phone nicknamed iPhone 17 Air. However, the latest report brings news which will disappoint: it may have \u201cworse\u201d battery life.<\/p>\n

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Apple iPhone 15: the iPhone 17 Air will be thinner but will battery life suffer?<\/p>\n

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That word comes from a report in The Information<\/a>, spotted by MacRumors<\/a>, and suggests that the thinness which exemplifies the striking design of the new phone may bring a problem with it.<\/p>\n

Forbes<\/span>Apple iPhone 17 Air To Have Ugly Design Update, New Leak Says<\/span>By David Phelan<\/span><\/small><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

When a phone is as thin as the iPhone 17 Air is reported to be, perhaps as little as 5.5mm, the room for a battery is reduced compared to a thicker phone, obviously.<\/p>\n

The issue of battery life is a thorny one: it\u2019s all very well to have the latest features like AI, but if the phone runs out of juice before the end of the day, it\u2019s far from ideal. When a phone promises improved battery life that is usually a vote-winner.<\/p>\n

Exactly how little battery life will be the important question: if most people can get to the end of the day with 10% or more battery life left, it won\u2019t be a significant issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn internal testing, Apple determined that the percentage of users who will be able to use the iPhone 17 Air for a full day without needing to recharge the device throughout the day will be between 60% and 70%, according to the report. For other iPhone models, the report said that metric is apparently between 80% and 90%,\u201d MacRumors says.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a plan to soften the blow, with the report saying that Apple is building a battery case for the phone. That\u2019s good, but cladding a phone whose raison d\u2019etre is gorgeous, slim design seems less than ideal. That said, there\u2019s every chance that most people will want to protect their iPhone with a case anyway, so if the built-in battery is discreet, this could be a strong choice.<\/p>\n

Or maybe Apple could revive its excellent MagSafe battery pack, which was retired when Apple switched from Lightning to USB-C connector on the iPhone.<\/p>\n

The report also questioned exactly how much demand there will be for the iPhone 17 Air, with initial production capacity limited. My suspicion is that the Air will have a design that will turn heads, and if battery life is acceptable, will prove very popular.<\/p>\n

Forbes<\/span>Apple iOS 18.5 Release Date: Next iPhone Update Is Here In Days<\/span>By David Phelan<\/span><\/small><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The iPhone 17 series has one model which is catching the most attention ahead of time, a super-slim phone nicknamed iPhone 17 Air. However, the latest report brings news which will disappoint: it may have \u201cworse\u201d battery life. Apple iPhone 15: the iPhone 17 Air will be thinner but will battery life suffer? Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":845951,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[376,271],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-845950","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-apple","8":"category-iphone"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=845950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/845951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=845950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=845950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=845950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}