iPhone 17 Pro Tipped to Feature L-Shaped Steel-Enclosed Battery With Different Designs for China, US Markets

The launch of the iPhone 17 sequence is only a month away and the hearsay mill is in overdrive, with leaks surfacing quickly. The battery design of the iPhone 17 Pro has now surfaced and it offers a glimpse of what might energy the cellphone beneath the hood. It seems to be encased in metal, one thing which we beforehand noticed on the iPhone 16 Pro. This design component is speculated to end in higher warmth dissipation amongst different advantages.

iPhone 17 Pro Battery Design (Expected)

In a weblog put up, a tipster often called Majin Bu shared a snapshot of the iPhone 17 Pro’s battery prototype. It has an L-shaped design to accommodate the logic board and is encased in metal. As per the tipster, this has a number of advantages linked with it. To start with, the metal case might present higher warmth dissipation and assist in thermal administration.

The metal enclosure for the battery can be mentioned to present higher structural energy and rigidity to the cellphone’s chassis. It may also be built-in with different purposeful parts, equivalent to Apple’s MagSafe charging coil.

iPhone 17 Pro battery for China (left) and US (proper) markets
Photo Credit: MajinBu Official

Images shared within the weblog put up reveal two totally different variants of the battery. As per the tipster, the (*17*)-based tech large will combine batteries with barely totally different designs in iPhone 17 Pro models meant for China and the US.

In the models meant for China, the battery measurement seems to be barely narrower, with an extended L-shaped cutout. This is to accommodate the bodily SIM tray slot which is current on the iPhone fashions offered in China and different world markets. Meanwhile, the iPhone 17 Pro models for the US market might have a wider battery since Apple doesn’t provide a bodily SIM slot, solely e-SIM assist.

On each variants, the battery’s metal casing has a welded edge, in accordance to the tipster, who claims that Apple will use the identical electrically induced adhesive debonding expertise launched with the iPhone 16 sequence to facilitate simpler battery replacements. It gives an easy-to-repair design, with the battery being simply detachable as soon as a small present is handed by way of the adhesive.

However, this battery design is claimed to be a prototype, and it is unclear whether or not Apple has chosen this design for its upcoming iPhone 17 Pro handset, which is predicted to debut as early as subsequent month, alongside the iPhone 17 Air, iPhone 17, and iPhone 17 Pro Max.