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 alleged 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 to this point, a brand new hearsay from South Korea means that the corporate is dealing with points with decreasing the thickness of the machine.
Apple Faces Challenges in Lowering Thickness of iPhone 17 Air
In accordance with particulars shared in a submit on Naver (in Korean) by consumer @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 inside 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 elements for the slimmer battery, in addition to guaranteeing consistency throughout manufacturing, in line with the tipster. Consequently, the corporate is reportedly counting on its current battery know-how used on the iPhone 16, which implies the battery on subsequent 12 months’s mannequin could possibly be at the very least 6mm thick.
If the most recent hearsay is true, then Apple’s alternative 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 may additionally push the discharge of the ‘Air’ till it figures out tips on how to scale back the battery measurement. We are able to count on to be taught extra about Apple’s plans within the coming months.
