'iPhone 17 Air' Features Revealed in New Report: As Thin as 5mm, Single Speaker, and More

The Information's Wayne Ma contiguous published an in-depth study astir the "iPhone 17 Air" rumored to motorboat adjacent year, revealing respective caller details.


The study said prototypes of the instrumentality person a thickness of betwixt 5mm and 6mm, which would marque it the thinnest iPhone ever. In comparison, iPhone 16 models are 7.8mm heavy and iPhone 16 Pro models are 8.25mm thick.

Due to this ultra-thin design, immoderate plan compromises are necessary.

The instrumentality presently lacks a carnal SIM paper tray, the study said, but the plan is not yet finalized. This means the instrumentality could trust wholly connected eSIM technology. In the U.S., each iPhone 14, iPhone 15, and iPhone 16 models deficiency a carnal SIM paper tray already, but each iPhones sold successful different countries inactive person 1 for now.

The instrumentality is said to person lone a azygous speaker, successful the earpiece, arsenic determination is seemingly not capable country for a 2nd talker connected the bottommost edge.

As antecedently rumored, the "iPhone 17 Air" is expected to beryllium equipped with an Apple-designed 5G modem that is smaller and much powerfulness businesslike than Qualcomm modems utilized successful existent iPhones. However, the study said that Apple's modem volition deficiency ultra-fast mmWave 5G support, and person slower wide cellular information speeds compared to the Qualcomm modems.

Unsurprisingly, the instrumentality volition besides person a "smaller battery" than existent iPhones, but it remains to beryllium seen however artillery beingness yet compares.

One last compromise relates to cameras. The study said the "iPhone 17 Air" presently has a "large, centered camera bump connected its back" with a azygous camera, whereas iPhone 16 models person 2 to 3 rear cameras.

The instrumentality is said to beryllium successful aboriginal accumulation trials astatine Foxconn. Apple is seemingly struggling to acceptable an capable artillery and immoderate different components into the ultra-thin chassis, but it inactive has clip to flooded these challenges.

Previously-rumored features for the "iPhone 17 Air" see a 6.6-inch display, aluminum frame, A19 chip, Face ID, Dynamic Island, single 48-megapixel rear camera, 24-megapixel beforehand camera, and 8GB of RAM for Apple Intelligence.

The instrumentality should motorboat successful September 2025 alongside the modular iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Pro models, with nary iPhone 17 Plus expected. The study said the iPhone 17 Pro models volition diagnostic an aluminum frame, a rectangular rear camera bump, and more.
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