"The 6.5-inch iPhone 17 Air combines the CPU and GPU of an iPhone Pro with the camera system of a regular iPhone, all in an extra-thin design (5.6 mm), with a treated titanium frame that is likely to appeal to style-conscious users and some business consumers. Like the iPhone 17, the iPhone 17 Air has a ProMotion display with a variable refresh rate up to 120 Hz-something that was reserved for only the Pro iPhones up until this year."
"Notably, Apple has added "neural accelerators to each GPU core," offering 3x peak compute compared to the A18 Pro. There's a new Apple-made chip, dubbed the N1, that handles Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and Thread. And there's also the C1X, a cellular modem that succeeds the C1 from just a few months ago; it purports to be twice as fast as before and to use 30 percent less energy than the iPhone 16 Pro."
The 6.5-inch iPhone 17 Air pairs Pro-class CPU and GPU with the camera system of a standard iPhone in an extra-thin 5.6 mm treated titanium frame targeting style-conscious and business users. The display supports ProMotion variable refresh up to 120 Hz, always-on functionality, and claims up to 3,000 nits peak brightness with Ceramic Shield 2 on both front and back for improved durability and reduced reflectivity. The device is powered by the A19 Pro chip with a 6-core CPU and claims about 20 percent better performance than the iPhone 16 Pro. Apple added "neural accelerators to each GPU core," delivering 3x peak compute versus the A18 Pro. A new N1 chip handles Wi‑Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, and Thread, while the C1X modem promises roughly twice the speed of the prior C1 and about 30 percent lower energy use compared to the iPhone 16 Pro.
Read at Ars Technica
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