A leaker often known as Majin Bu right now shared images of an alleged battery pack for Apple’s upcoming iPhone 17 Air mannequin, which is anticipated to launch in September.
The battery apparently has a metallic cowl, simply like the iPhone 16 Pro’s battery. This cowl would assist to dissipate warmth generated by the battery contained in the ultra-thin iPhone 17 Air, which is anticipated to measure just 5.5mm at its thinnest point.
A supply instructed Majin Bu that the L-shaped battery pack may have a capability of round 2,900 mAh. That tracks with earlier rumors indicating that the iPhone 17 Air’s battery capability shall be in the 2,800 mAh to 3,000 mAh range.
The batteries within the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus use a kind of adhesive that may be loosened with low-voltage electrical current, from a 9V battery or one other energy supply. Majin Bu expects the iPhone 17 Air’s battery can even be detachable on this method.
Majin Bu has a blended observe document with Apple rumors. They have been most just lately correct about iPadOS 26 adding a Mac-like menu bar to iPads.
If the two,900 mAh determine is correct, the iPhone 17 Air might have the shortest battery lifetime of any iPhone mannequin because the iPhone 13 sequence, however the decrease capability might be offset by the A19 chip’s improved energy effectivity. As well as, iOS 26’s new Adaptive Power Mode would assist the iPhone 17 Air to realize at the very least barely longer battery life.
Earlier this yr, The Data‘s Wayne Ma reported that the iPhone 17 Air would have “worse” battery life in comparison with earlier iPhone fashions, because of the gadget’s rumored ultra-thin design limiting inner house for a battery.
In inner testing, Apple decided that the proportion of customers who will be capable to use the iPhone 17 Air for a full day while not having to recharge the gadget all through the day shall be between 60% and 70%, in accordance with that report. For different iPhone fashions, the report stated that metric is seemingly between 80% and 90%.
To mitigate this downside, the report stated that Apple is planning to launch a battery case as an optionally available accent for the iPhone 17 Air.
Apple final launched battery instances for the iPhone 11 lineup, adopted by the since-discontinued MagSafe Battery Pack for iPhone 12 fashions and newer.