All the things you could know concerning the ‘thinnest iPhone ever’ and the Apple fall occasion

The nearer we get to Apple’s reveal of the iPhone 17 lineup, the extra excited we’re to see what’s totally different from the earlier iPhones. The latest smartphones will come geared up with the latest iOS 26 features. Since we nonetheless have to attend at the very least a month (presumably) till the iPhone occasion, we will at the very least speculate what the brand new telephones will seem like. As with most unreleased iPhone fashions, rumors and leaks have trickled in concerning the {hardware} aspect forward of the official introduction. Here is what we’re anticipating and what we will moderately assume we’ll get from Cupertino in September.

What are the newest iPhone 17 rumors and studies?

Will the iPhone 17 Professional have higher wi-fi sign energy because of an up to date antenna design? That is the implication from Majin Bu, whom MacRumors classifies as a “hit-or-miss leaker.” The person posted a render on X right this moment (see beneath) that exhibits a brand new antenna system that wraps across the iPhone 17 Professional’s supposedly wider rear digicam bump.

Once more, this can be a render, not a real-world photograph, and — like all such tales forward of the official announcement — must be handled with the same old grain of salt. That stated, we won’t knock the purpose of higher wi-fi reception, so we’re hoping this one has a level of reality to it.

How a lot will the iPhone 17 price?

Apple’s announced plan to expand US-based manufacturing partners appears to provide it at the very least some shielding from the steepest Trump administration tariffs which have already triggered worth will increase on all the things from Switch consoles to high-end cameras to Sonos speakers. However provided that President Trump’s commerce insurance policies can change from week to week, and Apple’s persevering with reliance on Asia-based provide chains, worth shocks stay an ongoing risk. The larger query is: Will Apple soak up any increased prices, or go them on to customers?

If costs do creep up, Apple could select to pair it it with an “improve.” Think about this latest rumor posted by MacRumors from a leaker referred to as “Instant Digital,” suggesting that the default storage of the iPhone 17 line could begin at 256GB, doubling the present 128GB baseline. Whereas that could possibly be accompanied by a price increase of $50, Apple might at the very least pitch it as a “higher worth.” That stated, the corporate doubled the default RAM of its Mac computers from 8GB to 16GB at no additional price in 2024 — however that was earlier than the present Trump tariff cycle began.

When will the iPhone 17 collection be introduced?

Most years, the flagship smartphones are launched in September. MacRumors highlighted a narrative initially reported by iphone-ticker.de that the Apple iPhone 17 occasion could possibly be Tuesday, September 9, in keeping with info gleaned from German cell phone suppliers.

It is nonetheless too early to have the particular dates; some years, Apple solely offers per week or two of lead time between sending invitations and internet hosting the occasion. However years of previous precedent present that someday in September must be when the 17 fashions make their debut. This household of smartphones will be the final to comply with that development, nonetheless. There have been hints that the introduction of the iPhone 18 assortment in 2026 might be split right into a pro-tier announcement within the fall and a typical mannequin announcement the next spring.

What is going to the brand new iPhone 17 lineup embrace?

Design leaks recommend that Apple is constructing an ultra-thin smartphone, more likely to be named the iPhone 17 Air to match Apple’s ultralight laptop computer designation. Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman, usually a stable supply of superior intel about Apple, reported in January that the iPhone 17 Air might be geared up with a primary A19 chip and can solely have a single digicam lens. It could additionally use Apple’s new in-house modem, which was launched in February on the iPhone 16e. Extra particulars about this growth could leak forward of September, however that is what we all know for now.

An investor word from Apple analyst Jeff Pu indicated that the Air may have a titanium body. If his studies are correct, the light-weight smartphone would be the solely entry within the iPhone 17 lineup to make use of that metallic; the iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Professional, and iPhone 17 Professional Max are anticipated to be made from aluminum, which is oddly a lighter materials than titanium. Different hypothesis had recommended that the Air would use a mix of aluminum and titanium, so the precise supplies is probably not identified till the official announcement.

Moreover, an August 4 MacRumors report says the inner battery pack of the iPhone Air is simply 2.49mm thick — half the thickness of the iPhone 17 Professional battery. The leak was posted on the Korean-langauge Naver blog, the place they present the alleged batteries of the iPhone 17 Air and 17 Professional aspect by aspect. The identical account claimed the 17 Air’s battery capability was a mere 2,800 mAh, MacRumors notes. (That is beneath the battery capability of present iPhone 16 fashions.)

Every new roster features a base mannequin, however over time, Apple has shaken up the number of telephones it provides. Almost certainly there might be an iPhone 17 and an iPhone 17 Professional. Apple has additionally dedicated to the dimensions issues philosophy, and has been constructing an iPhone Professional Max possibility with a fair greater display and higher battery life; the 17 roster will nearly definitely have one as effectively.

The brand new Professional iPhones are stated to have a full-width “digicam island” on the rear, which might mark the primary time an Apple mannequin opted for that design. This function will be seen within the purported iPhone 17 “spotted in the wild.” The pics, highlighted on MacRumors, present a black cased iPhone (17 Professional?) with the distinct again panel. Is it the actual deal? The twin angles lend a level of credibility in a social media panorama more and more polluted with AI-enhanced fakes, however your guess is pretty much as good as ours.

The iPhone 17 Air appears primed to take the place of a possible iPhone 17 Plus. For the reason that iPhone 16e was solely simply launched in February at a surprisingly high price point, it appears unlikely that there might be a brand new addition to that decrease finish of the spectrum, the fashions that have been beforehand known as SE.

On the very least, it sounds just like the iPhone 17 Air will not take away the charging port and rely solely on wi-fi connectivity. Bloomberg stated that whereas Apple had investigated making the iPhone 17 Air with out a single port, the corporate (luckily) modified plans. He additionally says that the rumored cellphone may have a 6.6-inch display and embrace the Dynamic Island and Digital camera Management button. Lastly, the worth is rumored at $900 — possible greater than the usual iPhone 17 however lower than the Professional.

We have additionally gotten what appears to be a dependable take a look at what the colour lineup might be for the brand new smartphones. Macworld reported that the iPhone 17 might be accessible in black, white, metal grey, inexperienced, purple and light-weight blue. The iPhone 17 Air will reportedly have 4 colour choices: black, white, mild blue and light-weight gold. Whereas the Air colours might be much less saturated, the visuals for the iPhone 17 Professional and iPhone 17 Professional Max will go daring. The choices for the Professional fashions are anticipated to be black, white, grey, darkish blue and orange.

On July 30, Tom’s Guide highlighted an X publish from Sonny Dickson — a longtime and usually dependable leaker of unreleased iPhone info — exhibiting “dummy” iPhone 17 fashions within the new colours that have been the supply of the aforementioned Macworld story. Whereas these are actually simply mock-ups — not actual, leaked iPhones — it is attention-grabbing to see how the design and colour rumors translate right into a real-world feel and look.

What is going to iOS 26 be like?

Apple upended its numbering conventions with WWDC 2025, and can match the title of every new working system to the 12 months it is launched. So when the subsequent wave of iPhones hits, they’re going to be operating on iOS 26.

On the design aspect, the smartphone OS launched in the course of the large developer showcase took a contentious method dubbed Liquid Glass. Apple has been scaling down the quantity of transparency results within the subsequent beta checks of iOS 26, however it’ll nonetheless have a glass-like visible.

The function checklist contains large and small updates. On the extra impactful aspect, the Cellphone and Pictures apps have been redesigned. There might be a number of options leveraging synthetic intelligence, equivalent to reside translation capabilities coming to Cellphone, FaceTime and Messages. Apple can be presently testing a delicate content material warning for little one accounts that can freeze FaceTime video if nudity is detected by on-device machine studying instruments. And the corporate can be launching Visible Intelligence, which can use AI to seek for parts in a picture.

iOS 26 additionally has a litany of minor, high quality of life enhancements. Group texts are getting assist for polls. And for the gradual risers on the market, iOS 26 will lastly allow you to escape the tyranny of the nine minute snooze alarm.

The following iOS is now accessible as a public beta. Listed here are our preliminary impressions of the Liquid Glass design and different new options. iOS 26 is compatible with all fashions again by iPhone 11.

Replace, August 11, 2025, 7:27PM ET: Added a render of a rumored new antenna design for the iPhone 17 Professional.

Replace, August 8, 2025, 4:43PM ET: Added new hypothesis and studies about iPhone 17 pricing.

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Replace, August 1, 2025, 8:15AM ET: Added new images exhibiting potential iPhone 17 colours.

Replace, July 30, 2025, 11:08AM ET: Added newest leaks and rumors concerning the iPhone 17, and up to date info on the iOS 26 public beta.

Replace, July 17, 2025, 4:40PM ET: Added newest details about iOS 26, attainable supplies for the Air, and the colour choices for the totally different fashions.

Replace, March 17, 2025, 2PM ET: Added particulars concerning the rumored worth and options of the iPhone 17 Air.

Replace, April 11, 2025, 3:45PM ET: Added particulars from Entrance Web page Tech’s new video that claims to disclose particulars from a leaked iOS 19 construct.

Katie Teague contributed to this story.