Apple is reportedly planning to launch a brand new iPhone 17 Air mannequin in 2025, which is anticipated substitute the ‘Plus’ mannequin within the firm’s lineup. As an alternative of a bigger model of the usual iPhone 17 mannequin, Apple is claimed to be engaged on a slimmer ‘Air’ mannequin, with a slimmer type issue. Whereas the iPhone 17 Air was beforehand rumoured to be Apple’s slimmest iPhone up to now, a brand new hearsay from South Korea means that the corporate is dealing with points with decreasing the thickness of the system.
Apple Faces Challenges in Lowering Thickness of iPhone 17 Air
In response to particulars shared in a post on Naver (in Korean) by person @yeux1122, Apple is dealing with technical difficulties with decreasing the thickness of the purported handset. The corporate was reportedly growing a brand new battery know-how that will depend on a thinner inner substrate, however needed to make technical compromises as a consequence of a number of causes.
Apple has confronted challenges with the price of the brand new parts for the slimmer battery, in addition to guaranteeing consistency throughout manufacturing, in line with the tipster. Because of this, the corporate is reportedly counting on its present battery know-how used on the iPhone 16, which implies the battery on subsequent yr’s mannequin might be no less than 6mm thick.
If the most recent hearsay is true, then Apple’s substitute for the iPhone 16 Plus is unlikely to reach because the thinnest cellphone from the corporate, Presently, the slimmest cellphone launched by the corporate was the iPhone 6 (6.9mm), whereas the thinnest pill from Apple is the iPad Professional (2024), which is 5.1mm.
Nonetheless, it is price noting that there are a number of months till Apple is anticipated to launch the iPhone 17 sequence, which implies that the corporate may need a while to discover a answer for the battery thickness. The corporate might additionally push the discharge of the ‘Air’ till it figures out the right way to cut back the battery dimension. We are able to count on to study extra about Apple’s plans within the coming months.