Countdown almost finished for Apple users, who will have to wait a little more than 24 hours to know the characteristics of the new smartphones of the Cupertino giant: the appointment is for Tuesday 9 September at 19.00 Italian, when the new Apple Watch Apple Watch, the third generation AirPods Pro and, above all, the iPhone 17.
Apart from the basic, pro and Max versions, the “Air” variant will also be launched on the market starting next Friday 19 September, the thinnest and most light model of the pomeonfonian. Obviously the information collected by the specialized sites, at least for the moment, is only advances that need confirmation, but as always it is likely that rumors do not excessively differ from the final product.
Among the latest rumors, for example, there is a very wholeness from China, disclosed in the past few hours from Shrimpapplepro, which has revealed the capabilities of the batteries of the various models, underlining a clear increase compared to the previous generation especially for the versions that will only use the Esim.
The news
On all models there will be a new one chipor the A19 for iPhone 17 Base and iPhone 17 Air and the A19 Pro for the Pro and Max versions. Unlike how it was expected, the production process will still be three nanometers and not to two, which has not excluded the possibility of obtaining important changes starting from the TSMC N3P node, with a greater density of transistors, higher performance and better energy efficiency.
The operating system will be installed on the versions of the Melafonino iOS 26 With Liquid Glass interface, and two new apps such as Apple Games will be made available to users, obviously dedicated to fans of video games in a mobile version, and preview, which will allow you to modify documents in PDF and images. On the new iOS it will be present GPT.5, which was born from the union between chat GPT and Apple Intelligence. Beyond the 24 mega pixel internal camera, it is known that the OLED displays will be promotion at 120 Hz.
Basic version
iPhone 17, whose cost should be around 979 euroswill be available as always in black, black and gray, but the viola and different shades of green and blue will also arrive among the new colors. The model will be very similar to version 16 with opaque back, aluminum flat edges and double vertical external camera with ultragrandangent and 48 mega pixel sensor: the screen will be 6.3 inches.
Pro and Max versions
The advances report for these models the availability of a black, blue, silver and orange coloring, while the frame will not be in titanium but in aluminum to facilitate thermal dissipation: to help the cooling system will also be helping. As for memory, both versions will have at least 12 GB of RAM, while for the Internet they will be equipped with Wi-Fi module 7 Productive Apple. The three external cameras will be included in a horizontal box. The size of the screen of the screen, 6.3 inches for the PRO version and 6.9 inches for the max: the cost should range from a minimum of 1,300 to a maximum of 1,600 euros.
iPhone 17 Air
It will be the smallest model made by Apple, with a thickness of less than 6 mm and a weight of 150 grams. The display will be 6.6 inches, and the only external camera of 48 megapixels: the speaker is also the only one, while there should be no room for a physical sim but only for an esim. Equipped with aluminum frame, this version could have a specific color, presumably in light blue. The battery should be less performing, given the size, than the other models.
Batteries
According to the rumors circulated in China, iPhone 17 will have a 3692 mAh battery, with a +3.6% compared to version 16. Although many speak of the existence only of an esim version, the document reports for “air” two variants depending on the absence or presence of the slot for physical sim, or respectively batteries with capacity of 3036 mah and 3149 Mah. For pro configurations could be 3988 mAh and 4252 mAh (+18.6% compared to the 16 pro version), while for Pro Max 4823 mAh and 5088 mAh (+8.6% compared to the previous generation).
What is clear from these rumors is the longer duration of the batteries of the models with esim
Compared to those equipped with physical sim: + 3.7% for the Air model, + 6.6% for the Pro and + 5.5% model for Pro Max. Apparently, however, for the basic model there will be no significant differences between the two versions.