The upcoming iPhone 17 Air looks like the real product after every leak. This time, South Korea Remaining Journal (by MacRumors) announced the price of the iPhone 17 Air and the exact thickness.
According to the publication, Apple is aiming for this device to be 6.25mm, which will make this device the thinnest iPhone ever. MacRumors points out that this will make the iPhone 17 Air 20% thinner than the regular iPhone 16 model and 25% thinner than the iPhone 16 Pro version.
This leak is confirmed by another source who previously stated that Apple is planning to release the iPhone 17 Air with a thickness of around 5mm to 6mm. Now, after rumors that Cupertino wants to charge extra for this device, Sisa Journal believes that this iPhone will be a replacement for the Plus model, and Apple will likely maintain the iPhone Plus price point for this Air version.
That means the price of the iPhone 17 Air could be $899 — or at least a variation of the price of the iPhone 16 Plus, depending on the configuration Apple offers.
However, it is safer to assume that the iPhone 17 Air will be cheaper than the Pro model, but that does not mean that Apple will not offer a price increase in the range. Last December, a leak connected jukanlosreve shows the following quote from Jong Wook Lee, senior researcher at Samsung Securities Research Center:
Although there were initial expectations that the price of Apple’s iPhone would rise this year, the price did not rise. As a result, profits have been declining since the third quarter of this year. iPhone prices are expected to increase next year.
The leak speculates that the Galaxy S25, S26, iPhone 17, and iPhone 18 may be subject to price increases. Obviously, if the Galaxy S25 and iPhone 17 see a price increase, their successors will also be more expensive than the Galaxy S24 and iPhone 16 2024. Samsung and Apple should not raise prices two years in a row. And I’m not sure customers would appreciate that scenario.
Below, you can learn more about the iPhone 17 Air.
