shared on Weibo earlier today, the iPhone 17 Air will feature one fewer GPU core compared to the iPhone 17 Pro. Therefore, the Pro variant will come equipped with a 6-core GPU A19 Pro chip, whereas the iPhone 17 Air will include a 5-core GPU A19 Pro chip.
The article does not clarify the reasoning behind this choice, but it is likely connected to Apple’s aim to enhance thermal management for such a slender device. Remember that the iPhone 17 Air is expected to measure only 5.5mm in thickness, making it the slimmest iPhone ever created by Apple. For comparison, the previous record for thinnest iPhone was held by the iPhone 6, which measured 6.9mm thick. It is important to highlight that the 5.5mm thickness for the iPhone 17 Air does not account for the device’s raised camera bump.
