It’s pretty much etched in stone now that the iPhone 17, 17 Air, 17 Pro, and 17 Pro Max will all pack larger batteries than many previous reports suggested.
If you feel like your heart might explode if you have to wait until tomorrow to find out all the official iPhone 17, 17 Air, 17 Pro, and 17 Pro Max details. Apple is willing to share at the handset family’s launch event, I’ve got a very special treat for you today. The entire lineup’s battery capacity figures have leaked out at the eleventh hour, and all four seven of them are higher than anyone expected or predicted based on previous inside information or educated guesswork.
If you’ve been following the rumblings of the iPhone 17 series rumor mill all these months, you probably know battery life was not among the areas predicted for a major improvement over the iPhone 16 roster by many reliable tipsters or pundits because, well, that’s not how Apple typically operates.
But here we are today, looking at the below numbers that are just about etched in stone and noticing quite a few interesting details.
3,692mAh – base model;
3,036mAh – iPhone 17 Air;
3,149mAh – iPhone 17 Air (eSIM);
3,988mAh – iPhone 17 Pro;
4,252mAh – iPhone 17 Pro (eSIM);
4,823mAh – iPhone 17 Pro Max;
5,088mAh – iPhone 17 Pro Max (eSIM).
3,561mAh – base model;
4,674mAh – iPhone 16 Plus;
3,582mAh – iPhone 16 Pro;
4,685mAh – iPhone 16 Pro Max.You don’t have to be a math whiz to tell that the numbers in the first list will surpass the ones in the second list by quite a bit. with one notable exception. The ultra-thin iPhone 17 Air unsurprisingly packs a much smaller battery than the iPhone 16 Plus it’s technically meant to replace in Apple’s lineup, although even in that case, the 3,036 and 3,149mAh capacities tipped today are considerably higher than what previous reports suggested for the company’s Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge rival.
