There’s only one extra weekend till we get our first have a look at the iPhone 17, and all eyes can be on the anticipated new Air mannequin. For greater than a yr, we’ve been listening to about Apple’s daring new ultra-thin cellphone, and in simply a few days, Apple will lastly take the wraps off the not-so-secret handset.
In keeping with a brand new report, nonetheless, the cellphone is perhaps extra high-end than we anticipated. In its annual iPhone preview, Trendforce reviews that the brand new 6.6-inch handset will come geared up with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, the identical because the high-end Professional fashions. And it may have a high-end worth to go together with it, beginning at $1,099.
The iPhone 17 Air is a substitute for the iPhone 16 Plus, which begins at $899, and most reviews say the pricing can be much like that cellphone, with the 128GB mannequin coming in at $899 or $949. Nonetheless, Trendforce says that the iPhone 17 Air, Professional, and Professional Max will all see “will increase of $50–$100 per comparable capability to mirror their design breakthroughs and {hardware} enhancements,” whereas the usual mannequin sticks to its $799 worth.
That pricing construction would place the iPhone 17 Air as a premium Professional-level system with a large $300 hole between it and the usual iPhone 17. With reviews that a good higher-priced folding mannequin is arriving subsequent yr, the common promoting worth of the iPhone may very well be set to extend by a big quantity.
Apple is about to unveil the iPhone 17 at its “Awe Dropping” occasion on Tuesday at 10 a.m. PT. Prepare for the occasion by brushing up on the newest rumors concerning the iPhone 17.
