For what it's worth, analyst Jeff Pu also backs the iPhone 17 Air to have a lone 48MP main camera, adding that the phone's front camera will be a 24MP sensor. That claim is consistent with rumors about the rest of the iPhone 17 lineup getting an upgrade from the current 12MP TrueDepth camera on iPhones.

The iPhone 17 Air is rumored to be 5.5 mm thick It's expected to replace the iPhone 16 Plus Samsung is rumored to be launching a Galaxy S25 Slim too If the rumors are right, we'll get a new iPhone model this year: the iPhone 17 Air.

In a new Medium post today, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo outlines a few expectations for the iPhone models coming this year. Most of it corroborates previous iPhone 17 rumors and Kuo’s own previous statements, but there is one interesting tidbit: The iPhone 17 Air could be a lot thinner than originally reported.

The so-called "iPhone 17 Air" model expected to launch later this year will have an ultra-thin design that is 5.5mm at its thinnest

Phone 17 Air is coming this fall as an ultra-thin new model, and now Ming-Chi Kuo reports that it’s going to be thinner than we thought.