Apple will unveil the iPhone 17 collection on Tuesday, however the last-minute rumors maintain piling up forward of the official launch occasion. A brand new leak lists the battery capacities for all 4 iPhone 17 fashions, which is not particularly shocking. Yearly, the battery capacities for the brand new iPhones leak forward of the launch occasion. Apple by no means mentions them throughout the keynote or within the advertising and marketing supplies on its web site. As an alternative, Apple publishes battery life estimates for every new iPhone mannequin. Teardowns of the particular gadgets verify these rumors a number of days after the iPhones hit shops. What’s shocking is that the eSIM variations will apparently have bigger battery cells than the SIM fashions.
If this new rumor is correct, the iPhone 17 collection will mark the primary time Apple makes use of completely different battery packs for eSIM and SIM variations of the identical iPhone mannequin. Apple launched eSIM-only iPhones with the iPhone 14 collection in 2022, however just for the U.S. market. iPhones launched in different international locations featured common SIM slots. Nevertheless, Apple did not repurpose the interior area devoted to the SIM card to extend battery life for the U.S. fashions. Subsequently, the eSIM-only and SIM variations of the identical iPhone shipped with an identical batteries.
The iPhone 17 collection will reportedly characteristic an iPhone 17 Air mannequin that replaces the iPhone Plus. The ultra-thin Air is anticipated to come back in an eSIM-only model in additional markets. However the different three iPhone 17 variants within the collection would nonetheless ship with eSIM and SIM choices.
How huge are the iPhone 17 batteries?
Leaker ShrimpApplePro (through MacRumors) shared a screenshot on X of what seems to be regulatory filings from China. The doc mentions purported battery capacities for all 4 iPhone 17 fashions, together with variations between eSIM-only and SIM variations of the identical machine.
The actual battery capability of the 17 collection from Chinese language regulatory pic.twitter.com/6gG1FrfTUi
— ShrimpApplePro 🍤 ずっと真夜中でいいのに (@VNchocoTaco) September 8, 2025
Listed below are the iPhone 17 battery sizes, in accordance with the leaker:
- iPhone 17: 3,692 mAh (SIM and eSIM variations)
- iPhone 17 Air: 3,036 mAh (SIM) and three,149 mAh (eSIM)
- iPhone 17 Professional: 3,988 mAh (SIM) and 4,252 mAh (eSIM)
- iPhone 17 Professional Max: 4,823 mAh (SIM) and 5,088 mAh (eSIM)
MacRumors notes that it has entry to the identical regulatory database, but it surely could not discover the battery capacities talked about above. If the figures are actual, they verify some iPhone 17 battery rumors from earlier this yr: The iPhone 17 Air battery will sit at round 3,000 mAh, and the iPhone 17 Professional Max would be the first iPhone with a battery exceeding 5,000 mAh.
Will the iPhone 17 Air characteristic a SIM card?
The figures above additionally point out that every one iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Professional, and iPhone 17 Professional Max can have bigger batteries than their predecessors, even these that includes bodily SIM slots. Subsequently, battery life ought to see enhancements throughout the board. Listed below are the battery capacities for the iPhone 16 fashions:
- iPhone 16: 3,561 mAh
- iPhone 16 Professional: 3,582 mAh
- iPhone 16 Professional Max: 4,685 mAh
Whereas the eSIM iPhone 17 fashions would have bigger batteries than those that includes SIM card slots, it is unlikely patrons will be capable to select which model to purchase. That stated, it is attention-grabbing to see the iPhone 17 Air listed in two choices. Whereas most rumors urged the iPhone 17 Air would not have a SIM slot, Apple would possibly make some exceptions. This is able to clarify why the documentation the leaker discovered consists of two battery capacities for the iPhone 17 Air mannequin.
China may be one of many international locations the place Apple sells the iPhone 17 Air model with a SIM card slot, however that is solely hypothesis. Apple ought to make clear every thing throughout its press occasion on Tuesday.
