The leaks simply maintain coming forward of Tuesday’s “awe-dropping” Apple occasion, and it appears to be like just like the iPhone 17 collection can have considerably greater batteries.
In response to leaker @ShrimpApplePro on X, Chinese language regulatory listings point out that each one the brand new telephones that Apple is unveiling on Tuesday — the iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Professional and iPhone 17 Professional Max — will have larger batteries. The exception would be the iPhone 17 Air, which is buying and selling its ultrathin construct for much less battery capability.
We’ve got no approach to confirm the rumors, however we’ll discover out in the event that they’re correct in 24 hours. Apple didn’t instantly reply to CNET’s request for remark.
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The largest bounce is with the Professional, which can acquire 18.7% in battery capability from the earlier iPhone 16 Professional, particularly 3,582 mAh to 4,252 mAh. If what’s previous is prologue, that might imply a number of extra hours in video stream time. The iPhone 16 Professional battery capability was 300 mAh greater than the iPhone 15 Professional, and that translated into four more hours of playback.
YouTube tech influencer Austin Evans (5.7 million subscribers) is “excited” in regards to the greater iPhone batteries and thinks the Professional Max may very well be a “battery champ” amongst all telephones if Apple upgrades its cooling. However Evans has “so many questions” in regards to the Air.
“I do assume a dramatically thinner design will likely be interesting to some folks (and definitely greater than the Plus fashions of the previous),” Evans advised CNET. “It might ship sufficient longevity for the typical consumer, particularly paired with Apple’s C1 modem, however it additionally appears like a telephone that you will doubtless need to depend on a MagSafe battery financial institution.”
Evans stated he was bought on skinny after having used the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge. “It is so arduous to explain how good an ultraslim telephone feels within the hand to somebody who hasn’t tried one,” Evans stated. “It is a type of issues you must really feel to wrap your head round why all of the trade-offs are (largely) value it.”
One other tidbit from @ShrimpApplePro is that Apple will lastly surpass the 5,000-mAh threshold for the primary time with the iPhone 17 Professional Max, with a capability of 5,088 mAh. That might be three to 4 extra hours of battery life in comparison with the iPhone 16 Professional Max.
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It seems that the iPhone 17 fashions with eSIM slots can have greater batteries than these with bodily SIM trays. These eSIM iPhones will solely be bought in China and different choose markets. US clients have solely been capable of purchase iPhones with eSIM slots for the reason that iPhone 14 lineup.
Listed below are the rumored specs for the iPhone 17 battery capacities (for the fashions with eSIM slots):
- iPhone 17, 3,692 mAh (3.7% greater than iPhone 16)
- iPhone 17 Professional, 4,252 mAh (18.7% greater than iPhone 16 Professional)
- iPhone 17 Professional Max, 5,088 mAh (8.6% greater than iPhone 16 Professional Max)
- iPhone 17 Air, 3,149 mAh (33% lower than iPhone 16 Plus)
