Apple is reportedly planning to launch a brand new iPhone 17 Air mannequin in 2025, which is predicted substitute the ‘Plus’ mannequin within the firm’s lineup. As a substitute of a bigger model of the usual iPhone 17 mannequin, Apple is claimed to be engaged on a slimmer ‘Air’ mannequin, with a slimmer kind issue. Whereas the iPhone 17 Air was beforehand rumoured to be Apple’s slimmest iPhone thus far, a brand new hearsay from South Korea means that the corporate is dealing with points with lowering the thickness of the gadget.
Apple Faces Challenges in Decreasing Thickness of iPhone 17 Air
In response to particulars shared in a submit on Naver (in Korean) by person @yeux1122, Apple is dealing with technical difficulties with lowering the thickness of the purported handset. The corporate was reportedly growing a brand new battery know-how that might depend on a thinner inner substrate, however needed to make technical compromises as a result of a number of causes.
Apple has confronted challenges with the price of the brand new parts for the slimmer battery, in addition to making certain consistency throughout manufacturing, in response to the tipster. In consequence, 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 may very well be at the 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 telephone from the corporate, Presently, the slimmest telephone 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.
Nevertheless, it is value noting that there are a number of months till Apple is predicted to launch the iPhone 17 collection, which signifies 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 the way to cut back the battery measurement. We are able to count on to be taught extra about Apple’s plans within the coming months.