iPhone 17 Air nearly ditched charging port to become the slimmest, dummy images reveal MagSafe

The Apple iPhone 17 Air is set to become the slimmest iPhone, but will lose on a few features. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, the iPhone 17 Air was close to removing the charging port as well.

In Short

• iPhone 17 Air is a step closer to charging port-free iPhone
• It is rumoured support to MagSafe
• Dummy images also reveal Action Button in the upcoming Air model

The iPhone 17 Air has been reported to miss out on a few features to cater to its rumoured slim design. These features include no physical SIM tray, no dual camera and more. And now, according to the latest report by Bloomberg's Mark Zuckerberg, the list could have added “no charging port” as well. While Apple has decided against it, the iPhone 17 Air is a step closer to a charging-port-free iPhone.

Gurman reported that the iPhone 17 Air will "foreshadow a move to slimmer models without charging ports."

"The iPhone 17 Air represents the beginning of a sea change for Apple," he stated. "Apple executives say that if this new iPhone is successful, the company intends to again attempt to make port-free iPhones and move more of its models to this slimmer approach,” the Bloomberg report reads.

Ming-Chi Kuo, an Apple supply chain analyst, forecasted in 2021 that the first iPhone without a charging port would be introduced, but that prediction has yet to come true. Although Apple has shifted from its exclusive Lightning port to the universal USB-C port in recent years, the release of an iPhone entirely without a charging port is still pending.

iPhone 17 Air to feature MagSafe charging

On this note, a new leak has revealed the iPhone 17 will sport MagSafe charging. It was previously thought that since Apple removed the feature for the iPhone 16e, the iPhone 17 Air may follow suit. However, tipster Sonny Dickson has leaked dummy images of the iPhone 17 Air, which reveal that the upcoming phone will bring a MagSafe feature.

Though its ultra-thin design raised questions about MagSafe, the iPhone 17 Air appears to support the feature, provided these dummy models are spot on.

iPhone 17 Air: Action Button and thickness

Along with MagSafe, the Action Button was also a big question mark on the iPhone 17 Air. While these dummy images do not reveal anything new in design, it clears the air that the phone will bring an Action Button.

The iPhone 17 Air also introduces a slightly revised Dynamic Island, with the front-facing camera now positioned on the left side of the pill. Unlike the iPhone 14 Pro, where the camera was on the right side, this change applies only to the iPhone 17 Air. The iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Pro/Pro Max will retain the camera placement on the right side of the pill.

Additionally, we get a clear view of the device's thickness. The iPhone 17 Air will be notably slim, while the iPhone 17 Pro models will be slightly thicker. The standard iPhone 17 appears to have a similar thickness to its predecessor.