iPhone 17 Air starts its journey to mass production

Next year Apple has long been rumored to switch things up in its smartphone lineup. The company will allegedly replace the Plus model with the iPhone 17 Air, an impossibly thin device that may only have one single rear camera.

The iPhone 17 Air has now entered the new product introduction (NPI) phase, according to a new report from supply chain sources. This is the first step on the road to production, and it involves Apple and its suppliers working together to assess the feasibility of the design and the manufacturing methods that will be required to assemble the device.

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