Apple’s iPhone 17 sequence isn’t anticipated to debut till subsequent 12 months, however particulars of the corporate’s purported plans for its upcoming gadgets have already surfaced on-line. In response to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is engaged on an iPhone 17 mannequin with a slimmer physique than the corporate’s current smartphones, in addition to slimmer variations of its current MacBook Professional and Apple Watch fashions. Final month, the corporate launched a redesigned iPad Professional mannequin — the slimmest pill from Apple so far — alongside the brand new Apple Pencil Professional.
In his weekly Energy On publication, Gurman states that the iPad Professional is not the one machine from Apple to be up to date with a slimmer chassis. Citing unidentified sources, he says that the Cupertino firm is “centered” on growing a brand new mannequin with a slim design as a part of the iPhone 17 lineup, which is predicted to reach in 2025.
Readers may recall that the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus each measure 7.8mm in thickness, whereas the iPhone 15 Professional and iPhone 15 Professional Max are 8.3mm. It’s at present unclear whether or not Apple will equip is Professional fashions with a slimmer chassis, like the brand new iPad Professional (2024) fashions.
Apple can also be engaged on a slimmer model of the MacBook Professional, in keeping with Gurman. The most recent MacBook Professional mannequin with the corporate’s M3 chip and a 16-inch show measures 1.68cm in thickness when closed, whereas its smaller sibling is barely thinner at 1.56cm.
Latest MacBook Professional fashions (courting again to 2021) have seen a rise in thickness as a result of return of MagSafe charging, an SD card slot, and extra ports, whereas the corporate’s MacBook Air fashions have fewer ports and a slimmer design.
Equally, Gurman says in his publication that the Apple Watch might be refreshed with a slimmer chassis in comparison with earlier fashions. This declare is corroborated by TF Securities Worldwide analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who claims that the Apple Watch Sequence 10 will sport a thinner design and will arrive with a much bigger show (as much as 49mm).
There is not any phrase from each Kuo and Gurman on when the redesigned Apple Watch fashions might be launched, whereas the slimmer iPhone is predicted to reach as a part of the iPhone 17 sequence within the second half of 2025, based mostly on Apple’s earlier launch timelines. It’s at present unclear when Apple will launch the purported MacBook Professional with a thinner design, however extra particulars are prone to emerge within the coming months.
