Apple considered launching the iPhone 17 Air without a USB-C charging port, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. In his Power On

Additionally, the iPhone 17 Air will offer the C1 chip, Apple’s first 5G modem. This chip initially debuted in the new iPhone 16e, and will also make its appearance in the iPhone 17 Air. This does mean that the iPhone 17 Air won’t support mmWave, though Apple still totes the iPhone 16e as offering “Superfast 5G cellular.”