The Apple iPhone 17 Air is set to become the slimmest iPhone, but will lose on a few features. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the iPhone 17 Air was close to removing the charging port as well.
iPhone 17 Air is a step closer to charging port-free iPhone
It is rumoured support to MagSafe
Dummy images also reveal Action Button in the upcoming Air model
The iPhone 17 Air has been reported to miss out on a few features to cater to its rumoured slim design. These features include no physical SIM tray, no dual camera and more. And now, according to the latest report by Bloomberg’s Mark Zuckerberg, the list could have added “no charging port” as well. While Apple has decided against it, the iPhone 17 Air is a step closer to a charging-port-free iPhone.
Gurman reported that the iPhone 17 Air will “foreshadow a move to slimmer models without charging ports.”
“The iPhone 17 Air represents the beginning of a sea change for Apple,” he stated. “Apple executives say that if this new iPhone is successful, the company intends to again attempt to make port-free iPhones and move more of its models to this slimmer approach,” the Bloomberg report reads.
Ming-Chi Kuo, an Apple supply chain analyst, forecasted in 2021 that the first iPhone without a charging port would be introduced, but that prediction has yet to come true. Although Apple has shifted from its exclusive Lightning port to the universal USB-C port in recent years, the release of an iPhone entirely without a charging port is still pending.
