Apple’s next batch of smartphones for 2025 is set to launch later this year. The iPhone 17, as it will be known, is expected to get a few interesting changes in terms of the design language. In the hardware department, it will be the usual generational upgrade for the Apple Silicon chip that we are used to seeing every year.
However, there is no stopping people from knowing what to expect from Apple’s upcoming iPhone 17 lineup for 2025. So, if you’ve been looking for information about the iPhone 17 and want to stay up-to-date about it, you’ve come to the right place.
iPhone 17 Release Date
Apple, as usual, will be launching its iPhone 17 lineup during September, where you will get to see a lot of other products being unveiled, such as the new Apple Watch and the new generation of the Apple AirPods. It is during this event that Apple also opens up pre-orders for its newly revealed products, with deliveries going live within a week of the event.
iPhone 17 Design Leaks
Rumors and leaks have been spilling about the iPhone 17 during late 2024 and early 2025. While we are all familiar with the camera layout style since the iPhone 11 series. This time for the iPhone 17, Apple seems to be incorporating a weirdly large bar at the rear that will be housing the cameras and the LED flash.
Looking at various leaks that have surfaced recently, the new camera bar will be present on all the iPhone 17 models, except for the base iPhone 17. This means the iPhone 17 Pro, Pro Max, and the rumored iPhone 17 Air will all be getting the camera bar. So, if you don’t like the camera bar design, your best pick is to pick up the base model iPhone 17.
Apart from the camera bar, it also looks like Apple is going out and about testing new color options for its iPhone 17. Popular leaker, Majin Bu on X/Twitter, has revealed that Apple is testing out new light green and light purple shades for the base iPhone 17. The Pro lineup of the iPhone 17 will get the typical dark titanium-themed colors, as it is a serious device.
Speaking of designs, the iPhone 17 Air will be the slimmest iPhone from the iPhone 17 series. This device is targeted towards users who want a slim device profile, as well as those who want an iPhone but without all the extra cameras. Of course, it will have a heavy price tag, but you get a slim and lightweight iPhone- what more can you ask for?
iPhone 17: Tech Specs
Apple’s iPhone 17 will be running on Apple’s upcoming A19 chip. As seen with recent iPhone launches, Apple also releases a pro variant of its new SoC. The A19 will be featured on the base iPhone 7 as well as on the rumored iPhone 17 Air. Both the iPhone 17 Pro devices will come with the A19 Pro chip.
Additionally, the iPhone 17 lineup will also incorporate the Apple C1 chip- i.e., Apple’s in-house 5G modem. This was first used with the iPhone 16e, which was released a few months back. However, it looks like only the iPhone 17 Air will be using this chip, with hopes of the complete iPhone lineup using the chip from next year.
Moving towards the RAM, you can expect the base iPhone to continue with 6GB of RAM, whereas the iPhone 17 Air, Pro, and Pro Max are expected to get a boost from 8GB of RAM to 12GB of RAM.
On to the cameras, the base iPhone 17 will continue to stick with the dual camera setup. The iPhone 17 Air. According to leaks, it will stick with a single camera lens, and the Pro models will feature the triple camera setup. Here’s the breakdown of the camera setups for the upcoming iPhone 17 lineup.
- iPhone 17: 48MP wide and 12MP ultra-wide with a 24MP selfie shooter
- iPhone 17 Air: 48MP wide rear and 24MP selfie shooter
- iPhone 17 Pro/Pro Max: 48MP wide, 48MP ultra-wide, and 12MP telephoto. 24MP selfie shooter.
Battery-wise, you can expect more or less the same battery capacities seen with the iPhone 16 lineup from 2024. However, Apple might continue to stick with the 35 Watts charging speed as seen from its previous year’s models. We can expect Apple to bring in a lot of changes for its 20th anniversary of the iPhone in 2027.
On the software front, Apple will be shipping the iPhone 17 with iOS 26 out of the box. And, in typical Apple fashion, you will get up to 5 to 6 years of major iOS updates and around 6 to 7 years of security patches and updates that will be pushed from time to time to patch various vulnerabilities.
iOS 26 will also bring the new Liquid Glass UI elements, as well as a lot of the new Apple Intelligence tools that help you get your day-to-day tasks done quickly.
iPhone 17 Pricing
Now, the pricing of these smartphones plays a major role for a lot of people, especially for those who plan to switch from another smartphone or a very old iPhone to the iPhone 17 lineup. It is rumored that the pricing for the iPhone 17 lineup will be similar to the iPhone 16 lineup from 2024.
The base iPhone 17 is expected to start at $799, followed by the iPhone 17 Air at the $899 price tag. The Pro models will start at the $999 price tag and can go all the way to $1200 or even $1300.
Apple will also have several trade-in offers and other bank-related discounts from region to region, so see if you can avail those offers if you plan to get a new iPhone 17. In the United States, you will be able to get the iPhone 17 on monthly payments with your specific carrier, which might have upgrade options for you.
iPhone 17 Air – Premium Lightweight or Premium Issues?
While the iPhone 17 Air is deemed to have good specs, the issue will be the heat of the device. You see, with modern smartphones packing in powerful SoCs and bigger batteries, there are chances that the device to heat up quicker than most devices that are not slim.
When you consider extreme weather, summer can be a bit of a headache for users who own slim phones. Now, how Apple has decided to solve this issue, we’ll only come to know when the iPhone 17 Air becomes available for users later this year.
Closing Thoughts
What do you think about the upcoming iPhone 17 lineup? What about the camera bar design? Is this something that you like, or do you think it’s just trying to look like a cooler version of the Google Pixel?
Will the iPhone 17 Air be a success, or will it be in a mixed cloud like Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Slim? Share your thoughts about it in the comments section below.
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