09-07-2025
Apple leak: iPhone 17 may have the biggest battery capacity yet
Ahead of Apple's iPhone 17 launch this September, a user named Instant Digital on the Chinese social platform Weibo has leaked some details about the upcoming device.
The leak suggests that the iPhone 17 Pro Max may feature a battery of around 5,000mAh capacity, surpassing the current largest iPhone battery of 4,676mAh, in the iPhone 16 Pro Max.
According to 9to5Mac, this could represent close to a 10% increase in battery capacity. 'It's important to note, however, that a battery's capacity doesn't have a 1:1 correlation with battery life improvements,' the publication emphasised.
ET had reported in May that Apple might launch not only the base iPhone 17, 17 Pro, and 17 Pro Max models but also a new variant called the iPhone 17 Air. This model is expected to be slimmer, about 5.5 mm thick, and lighter, possibly with a single rear camera. Per media reports, prices for the iPhone 17 series could start at Rs 89,900 for the base model, with the Air priced around Rs 95,000, and the Pro Max potentially reaching Rs 1,64, May, a similar leak had gone viral, revealing features of the Google Pixel 10, after an ad was shot on a public beach in Vancouver, Canada. The now-deleted tweet was posted by X user @ is expected to launch the iPhone 17 lineup in September 2025, sticking to its annual upgrade cycle.