The iPhone 17 Air is rumored to be 5.5 mm thick
It’s anticipated to switch the iPhone 16 Plus
Samsung is rumored to be launching a Galaxy S25 Slim too
If the rumors are proper, we’ll get a brand new iPhone mannequin this yr: the iPhone 17 Air. Courtesy of 1 well-known Apple analyst, we’d now know simply how skinny this handset can be – and it’s apparently going to beat the Samsung Galaxy S25 Slim by way of thinness.
In accordance with Ming-Chi Kuo (through MacRumors), the iPhone 17 Air goes to be a mere 5.5 mm, entrance to again, at its thinnest level. For comparability, the present iPhone 16 measures 7.8 mm entrance to again – so the brand new telephone can be practically 30% thinner.
From what we’ve heard in regards to the Galaxy S25 Slim, it’s going to be 6.x mm thick. In the event you’ve after the thinnest flagship telephone you should purchase in 2025, then it would nicely be the iPhone 17 Air – although these dimensions nonetheless have to be confirmed, after all.
The iPhone 17 Air could solely supply eSIM help and put off the bodily SIM card slot in an effort to cut back thickness, in response to Kuo. The handset is predicted to switch the iPhone 16 Plus from the present vary.
Slimming down
The iPhone 6 is the thinnest iPhone so far (Picture credit score: Future)
The Plus mannequin has reportedly the least well-liked mannequin within the iPhone vary, and Apple can be hoping some further gross sales will be sparked with a redesign and a brand new identify – with the telephone’s thinness apparently the important thing promoting level.
If the 5.5 mm prediction is right, then the iPhone 17 Air would declare the consideration of being the thinnest iPhone ever constructed. The present report holder in that regard is the iPhone 6 that launched in 2014 measured 6.9 mm entrance to again.
The telephone has additionally been rumored to make use of a thinner and extra environment friendly show expertise, which can assist in hitting that 5.5 mm goal. As with the opposite iPhone 17 we will additionally sit up for a bump in efficiency as nicely.
It’ll be Samsung that will get to indicate off its super-thin telephone first although: the following Samsung Unpacked occasion is scheduled for January 22, and we expect we’ll see 4 completely different Samsung Galaxy S25 fashions, together with the Galaxy S25 Slim.
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