According to the known information, Apple’s iPhone series this year will include four models, including the iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max and the last model that may be called the Slim or Air. The codename for the final model was confirmed to be “Roma,” but the eventual naming scheme was known only to Apple.
The whistleblower @Majin Bu shared a photo of the rear cover of the new Apple iPhone 17 series on X last night, which was confirmed by MacRumors as belonging to the aforementioned “Roma” model, and we may wish to use the iPhone 17 Air as a name here.
Majin Bu accurately named the “desert color titanium” color seven months before the release of the iPhone 16 Pro series, which we can assume is more reliable.
This model has a lot of leaks before, and the backplane photos exposed this time are also in line with the previous rumors about “horizontal horizontal camera” and “rear single camera”, and the overall color is deep space gray, similar to Google Nexus 6P.
Previous rumors have shown that both the “iPhone 17 Air” and the iPhone 17 Pro have a lengthened camera Deco, so this so-called “lengthened” design may be applied to the entire iPhone 17 series, but only the Air has a single-shot layout.
Apple analyst Ming-d Kuo said the iPhone 17 Air measures just 5.5mm at its thinnest point, making it the thinnest iPho ever But apparently, Apple didn’t include the rear camera bulge in the iPhone’s thickness.
Due to its ultra-thin design, the “iPhone 17 Air” has very limited specifications compared to the “Pro”, such as a single rear camera, a single speaker, no SIM card slot, the A19 chip instead of the more powerful A19 Pro chip, and a smaller battery.
Other rumors about this model include support for Smart Island’s 6.6-inch OLED display, Face ID, 8GB of RAM to support Apple Intelligence, and more.
YouTube channel Wylsacom created a mock-up rendering of an Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max on December 18, with the camera unit also horizontally positioned.