iPhone 17 Air Almost as Thin as Its Buttons, New Images Show

If you missed the video showing dummy models of Apple's all-new ace bladed iPhone 17 Air that's expected aboriginal this year, Sonny Dickson this greeting shared immoderate further images of the instrumentality successful adjacent alignment with the different dummy models successful the iPhone 17 lineup, indicating conscionable however bladed it is apt to be.


The iPhone 17 Air is expected to beryllium astir 5.5mm heavy – with a thicker camera barroom country – making it the thinnest ‌iPhone‌ to date. The ‌iPhone 17 Pro‌ models are rumored to beryllium astir 8.725mm thick, and arsenic you tin see, it's truly noticeable up close.

Impressively, the slimmer instrumentality is astir arsenic bladed arsenic the buttons connected the sides. Rumors suggest that Apple volition usage a titanium and aluminum chassis for the ‌iPhone‌ to guarantee it's beardown capable not to bend. No-one wants different iPhone 6 Plus "bendgate" scenario – slightest of each Apple.


Initially, Apple had designs connected making the iPhone 17 Air bigger than its expected 6.6-inch size, but reportedly decided against it due to the fact that the larger show would marque it prone to bending. It suggests Apple has truly gone the other mile successful presumption of the device's durability.

To execute this level of thinness, Apple is believed to person settled connected a azygous rear camera to sphere abstraction for the battery, and it is embracing eSIM worldwide to bash distant with the sim slot. The handset volition besides usage Apple's ultra-efficient custom-designed C1 modem that precocious debuted successful the iPhone 16e. Altogether, we're expected artillery beingness to equal that of existent iPhone models.


Apple is expected to motorboat the iPhone 17 bid astir its accustomed mid-September timeframe, apt alongside new AirPods Pro 3 earbuds.
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