This fall’s much-anticipated iPhone 17 Air launch could be the start of something even bigger, if a new report is to be believed. Apple, it’s claimed, is using the 17 Air as a testbed for far more radical changes in its wider design strategy, and if that device is successful we could see portless and foldable iPhones from as early as next year.

Apple was reportedly planning a truly portless iPhone 17 Air. Those plans were ditched, but if the upcoming phone succeeds, Apple might go back to the idea.