iPhone 17 Air Would possibly Not Be as Thick as Apple Deliberate As a consequence of Technical Challenges, Tipster Claims

Apple is reportedly planning to launch a brand new iPhone 17 Air mannequin in 2025, which is anticipated change the ‘Plus’ mannequin within the firm’s lineup. As a substitute 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 system.

Apple Faces Challenges in Decreasing Thickness of iPhone 17 Air

In accordance with particulars shared in a put up 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 creating a brand new battery know-how that might depend on a thinner inner substrate, however needed to make technical compromises resulting from 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 keeping with the tipster. Consequently, the corporate is reportedly counting on its current battery know-how used on the iPhone 16, which suggests the battery on subsequent yr’s mannequin might be not 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 telephone from the corporate, At present, 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.

Nonetheless, it is price noting that there are a number of months till Apple is anticipated 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 might additionally push the discharge of the ‘Air’ till it figures out scale back the battery dimension. We are able to anticipate to study extra about Apple’s plans within the coming months.