- The iPhone 17 Air is rumored to be 5.5 mm thick
- It’s anticipated to interchange the iPhone 16 Plus
- Samsung is rumored to be launching a Galaxy S25 Slim too
If the rumors are proper, we’ll get a brand new iPhone mannequin this 12 months: the iPhone 17 Air. Courtesy of 1 well-known Apple analyst, we’d now know simply how skinny this handset will probably be – and it’s apparently going to beat the Samsung Galaxy S25 Slim by way of thinness.
In response to Ming-Chi Kuo (through MacRumors), the iPhone 17 Air goes to be a mere 5.5 mm, entrance to again, at its thinnest level. For comparability, the present iPhone 16 measures 7.8 mm entrance to again – so the brand new telephone will probably be almost 30% thinner.
From what we’ve heard in regards to the Galaxy S25 Slim, it’s going to be 6.x mm thick. In case you’ve after the thinnest flagship telephone you should purchase in 2025, then it’d properly be the iPhone 17 Air – although these dimensions nonetheless should be confirmed, in fact.
The iPhone 17 Air could solely provide eSIM assist and put off the bodily SIM card slot with a purpose to cut back thickness, in response to Kuo. The handset is predicted to interchange the iPhone 16 Plus from the present vary.
Slimming down
The Plus mannequin has reportedly the least in style mannequin within the iPhone vary, and Apple will probably be hoping some additional gross sales could be sparked with a redesign and a brand new title – with the telephone’s thinness apparently the important thing promoting level.
If the 5.5 mm prediction is right, then the iPhone 17 Air would declare the glory of being the thinnest iPhone ever constructed. The present file holder in that regard is the iPhone 6 that launched in 2014 measured 6.9 mm entrance to again.
The telephone has additionally been rumored to make use of a thinner and extra environment friendly show expertise, which is able to assist in hitting that 5.5 mm goal. As with the opposite iPhone 17 we are able to additionally look ahead to a bump in efficiency as properly.
It’ll be Samsung that will get to indicate off its super-thin telephone first although: the subsequent Samsung Unpacked occasion is scheduled for January 22, and we predict we’ll see 4 completely different Samsung Galaxy S25 fashions, together with the Galaxy S25 Slim.
