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Quick Verdict

The iPhone 17 Air and iPhone 17 offer nearly identical performance, with less than a 5% difference in benchmarks.

iPhone 17
$799
iPhone 17 Air
$999
Essential
Series 17 Series 17 Series
Generation 19th Gen 19th Gen
Physical
Height 147.6 156.2
Width 71.6 74.7
Depth 7.8 5.6
Weight G 177 165 -7%
Frame Aluminum Aluminum / Titanium Alloy
Back Color-infused Glass Polished Glass
Front Glass Ceramic Shield 2 Ceramic Shield 2
0 Black Air Silver
1 Blue Space Black
2 Green Radiant Pink
3 Yellow Teal
4 Pink
Ip Rating IP68 IP68
Display
Size Inch 6.3 6.55
Type Super Retina XDR OLED Super Retina XDR OLED
Resolution 2556 x 1179 2700 x 1260
Ppi 460 458
Refresh Rate Hz 120 120
Brightness Nits Peak 2000 2000
Hdr Support Yes Yes
Always On No Yes
Screen To Body Ratio Percent 87 88
Performance
Chipset Apple A19 Apple A19 Pro
Cores 6 6
Layout 2 Performance, 4 Efficiency 2 Performance, 4 Efficiency
Gpu Cores 5 6
Neural Engine Cores 16 32
Capacity 8 12
Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
0 128GB 128GB
1 256GB 256GB
2 512GB 512GB
Geekbench Single 3616 3750 +4%
Geekbench Multi 9207 9324 +1%
Metal Score 37108 37758 +2%
Battery
Capacity Mah 3692 3149 -15%
Playback Video Hours 26 24
Playback Audio Hours 80 70
Wired W 30 30
Wireless W 15 20
Port Type USB-C (USB 2 - 480Mb/s) USB-C (USB 3 - 10Gb/s)
Cameras
Type Main Main Fusion
Mp 48 48
Aperture f/1.6 f/1.6
Type Ultra Wide
Mp 48
Aperture f/2.4
Mp 24 24
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.9
Autofocus Yes Yes
Prores Support No No
Log Support No No
Max Res 4K @ 60fps 4K @ 60fps
Connectivity
Sim Type Dual eSIM (USA) / Nano-SIM + eSIM (Global) Dual eSIM (USA) / Nano-SIM + eSIM (Global)
Wifi Wi-Fi 7 Wi-Fi 7
Bluetooth 5.4 5.4
5g Wave Yes Yes
Software
Os Launch iOS 26 iOS 26
Os Current Min iOS 26.0 iOS 26.0
Support Years Expected Until 2032 (6y left) Until 2032 (6y left)
Apple Intelligence Yes Yes

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is newer: iPhone 17 or iPhone 17 Air?
The iPhone 17 Air is the newer device, released approximately 0 years later.
Which has better performance: iPhone 17 or iPhone 17 Air?
The iPhone 17 Air and iPhone 17 offer nearly identical performance, with less than a 5% difference in benchmarks.
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