The iPhone 17 Air is coming this yr to supplant the iPhone 16 Plus as a result of the Plus mannequin has been the worst-selling iPhone since its introduction. Whether or not this may do any higher stays to be seen, however one factor’s sure: Apple desires to shock the world with its thinness.
In response to a brand new report from famed purveyor of Apple-related rumors Ming-Chi Kuo, the iPhone 17 Air, at its thinnest level, shall be simply 5.5mm thick. That’s unbelievable.
That is the iPhone 16 Plus that the iPhone 17 Air shall be changing
It would not be the primary time Apple pulls one thing like this off. The newest 13-inch iPad Professional is an unattainable 5.1mm thick. The iPhone 17 Air will not have the ability to match it, in all probability as a result of it is a lot smaller on the 2 different axes, nevertheless it nonetheless will get very, very shut. If this rumor is correct, in fact.
We have most lately heard that the iPhone 17 Air could be 6.25mm thick, which can be spectacular, however approach much less so. Then once more, a rumor from November pegged its facet profile at between 5mm and 6mm, and that is slap bang in the course of that.
Kuo additionally mentions that the iPhone 17 Air possible will not have a bodily SIM card slot in any respect, relying solely on eSIM as a result of ultra-thin design. Which will pose issues in China the place the market “currently does not promote phones that only support eSIM”, Kuo writes.
He additionally expects the iPhone 17 Air to have a excessive worth and a few downgraded parts, once more, as a result of thinness. We have already heard that the machine may go along with one single rear digital camera as if it is an iPhone SE. But it surely definitely will not value as little as the following a type of, that is for certain.
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