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iPhone 17 Air fast charging sounds incredible, but how fast will it be?
The nature of my job made me look at battery life and charging speeds for years, but I would have done it as a consumer anyway. I’m a longtime iPhone user, and battery life is very important to me. I suffer from the same battery anxiety as most smartphone buyers, though I’m trying to manage it.
Apple significantly improved battery life with the iPhone 16 series, and I’ve enjoyed using the iPhone 16 Plus and 16 Pro Max for several months at a time. Battery life and charging speeds haven’t been a concern.
Then again, battery life was already great on older, larger iPhone models, so I expected the iPhone 16 Plus and 16 Pro Max to deliver. The battery upgrades Apple brought to the smaller iPhone 16 variants, including the iPhone 16e, gave me hope that the iPhone 17 Air won’t trigger my battery anxiety.
I’m already excited about the ultra-slim iPhone 17 Air, even though I know there will be trade-offs. Battery life is one of them. A thin handset means a thinner battery, so I might have to charge the iPhone 17 Air more often.
But what if Apple gave the iPhone 17 a huge upgrade in wireless charging speeds? What if those speeds went up to 50W?
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