New iPhone 17 has been 'leaked' with huge changes ahead of release next year

It feels like we've only just got the iPhone 16 and leakers are already trying to show us what next year's model could look like.

Apple CEO Tim Cook was excited as ever to unveil the new iPhone 16 range back in September, to show us what an integrated artificial intelligence system would look like.

Dubbed 'Apple Intelligence', Apple has promised to make use of generative AI to help navigate through everyday tasks.

However, if you purchase an iPhone today, the full range of features will not be available until next month through an update.

So if buying one before the update, you're basically getting a very, very similar phone to last year.

FYI, here are the prices for the iPhone 16 range:

• iPhone 16 - starting at £799
• iPhone 16 Pro - starting at £999

Could we be getting a new-look iPhone next year? (Getty Stock Images)

Now, one of Apple's most accurate leakers is teasing what next year's device could look like, and expect (hopefully) wholesale changes.

Mark Gurman, who is a technology journalist for Bloomberg News, has been known for his reliable reporting on Apple rumours and leaks over the year.

In fact, AppleTrack has given him a 86.5 percent accuracy score based on how many he has got right, as of 2022.

Gurman believes that the tech giant will release an 'iPhone 17 Air', and the name will probably give away its biggest feature.

If you've ever owned an MacBook Air, you'll know that it's one of the thinnest devices around, and that's exactly what the analyst thinks Apple will release next year.

The iPhone 17 will shake things up (Getty Stock Image)

Earlier leaks suggest that the device would be 6mm thick, which would make it 25 percent slimmer than the current iPhone 16 range.

That being said, if it ever went into production, there would definitely be some trade-offs with it being a 'mid-range' phone.

Instead of getting three big camera lenses like you do on the pro devices, Gurman suggests that there will only be a single 48-megapixel camera on the back.

This could mean a lack of an ultra-wide lens, which is always handy when you want to capture an extended view.

If all is true, Apple will hope that the thinner device will emulate the success of the MacBook Air which was first released in 2008.

It went on to become one of their most popular products.

Although Gurman isn't so sure, writing in his Bloomberg newsletter PhoneArena: "I predict the 'iPhone Air' will suffer the same fate as the mini and Plus lines."

LADbible Group has contacted Apple for comment.