IPhone 17 Air To Feature A High-Density Battery

If you plan on buying the iPhone 17 Air, you might be buying an experimental Apple product. According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple will equip the iPhone 17 Air with a high-density battery, the same tech it will use for its future foldable.

According to Kuo’s report on the foldable iPhone, the analyst says that the device will “use the same high-density battery cells as the ultra-thin iPhone 17.” Presumably, the “ultra-thin” iPhone Kuo is referring to is the iPhone 17 Air. The upcoming handset will be Apple’s thinnest iPhone to date.

This means that Apple will need to come up with creative ways of integrating components into the phone. A phone’s battery is probably one of the biggest and bulkiest components. To get around this issue, Apple will utilize high-density batteries. This means that the battery’s capacity will be high compared to its size.

We’re not sure what technology Apple will use. But as we’ve seen in other thin devices like the OPPO Find N5, the company could utilize silicon-carbon technology. This would allow Apple to fit a battery that could maintain the capacity of the base iPhone 17 but still be thin enough to fit inside the iPhone 17 Air.

The foldable experiment

So, what is this experiment we were talking about? Apple knows that if it wants to create a compelling foldable phone, it can’t just bank on its brand name. It needs a device that can, at the very least, compete with other foldable phones. One way would be to make the phone as thin as some of the best foldable phones on the market today. Or at least come close.

This means that, like the iPhone 17 Air, Apple will need a high-density battery. It also means that the iPhone 17 Air could be Apple’s way of testing its design approach for its foldable. Thin body? Check. High-density battery? Check.

Based on what we know so far, the iPhone 17 Air will feature a 6.6-inch display and sport a single-camera setup. The rumors don’t mention whether it will use Touch ID or Face ID, but as we said, it’s going to be Apple’s experiment. Kuo’s earlier report on the foldable iPhone mentions that due to space constraints, Apple will ditch Face ID in favor of Touch ID. Don’t be surprised if this turns out to be the same for the iPhone 17 Air.

Either way, the high-density battery is interesting. If it works well, hopefully, Apple will include it in future iPhones as well.