nobody cares how “thin” a phone is. What they care about is battery life…
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iPhone 17 'Air' Expected to Be ~2mm Thinner Than iPhone 16 Pro
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Making wafer thin phones is only possible if you’re convinced your customers don’t really care about battery life. Unfortunately for Apple, they do.
Well lighter certainly helps. I still prefer the archaic iPhone 6 if I'm wearing shorts or dress pants, bc it's small, thin and light enough that it slips into a pocket nice & flat, doesn't pull my shorts down or bang off my leg when I walk like a big heavy plank flopping around in my pants. Ah shutup. Anyway, thinner is a start, but as long as they just make Large, Extra Large and American-size versions of the iPhone the old models still outperform the new ones.
If only we could carry the phone around without a case and not fear constant scratching and damage. That would actually be a great selling point - a case-less phone - better than any new app.
People ignore the power of design...Apple just need to make a very good looking iphone, no camera bump and this will sell like chocolate. Lighter, thiner, better looking with decent camera and battery life and its sold
Lucky for you Apple will continue to sell the iPhone Pro lineup
If it's 6.25mm thin, with a 6.6" screen, can I assume it'll still be 0.16 cubits wide?
I won’t be satisfied until it’s the size of an iPod nano.
Apple is one of the most customer-dependent companies out there. They can’t screw customers and gift stakeholders at the same time. Seems like they’re doing well on both fronts.
SAD! It would be 1000mm thinner if Steve Jobs were still in charge!
And still the camera bump will keep it thick. But who cares about it? Keep it thick, remove camera bump, increase battery time.
I’m torn in a sense. I think the thinness of the 2016-ish MBP was wonderful. Looking at an M2 16-inch equivalent, it feels like a backwards step; I know, you have HDMI again but fewer Thunderbolt ports and so less flexibility, even if you previously needed to buy an affordable adapter.
I do think the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max are thin enough, for me anyway, but I wonder if it’s one of those things whereby for the person who is willing to or simply can compromise on an attribute or feature or two, there’s a real bonus to be bad in a different way, similar to how I’d much rather have an Apple silicon MacBook Pro that’s 16-inch but as thin as that 2016 model I mentioned.
I do think the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max are thin enough, for me anyway, but I wonder if it’s one of those things whereby for the person who is willing to or simply can compromise on an attribute or feature or two, there’s a real bonus to be bad in a different way, similar to how I’d much rather have an Apple silicon MacBook Pro that’s 16-inch but as thin as that 2016 model I mentioned.
A camera bump will make the whole obsession about thinnest kind of pointless
I’m already imagining the presentation video putting the iPhone under a press, just like they did with the iPad Pro.
By the way, Apple, make it smaller in the other dimensions, and that would be chef kiss.
By the way, Apple, make it smaller in the other dimensions, and that would be chef kiss.
Has Jony Ive secretly returned to Apple ? 😅
This could easily be the first Apple “foldable” iPhone… errr, the second, after the iPhone 6 😂
This could easily be the first Apple “foldable” iPhone… errr, the second, after the iPhone 6 😂
For sure not me ! Last time they introduced a large, thin iPhone didn’t end up well ( #bendgate 😅)
First iteration of MacBook Air was a joke.
The Pro are here to stay
To be honest, while the Intel modem was arguably worse than Qualcomm, I never experienced any issues with it.
Looking forward to seeing the new iPhone design. Don't think I will be buying it though as it will most likely have only one camera/lens.
This is honestly silly in my opinion for Apple to go the thinness route again. Everything about the 17 Air will probably be worse than the other 17 series phones, including the battery. There is no rhyme or reason for a phone to be this thin anymore. I'd rather a thick phone with no camera bump, than have a phone be 6.25mm and have an insanely thick camera bump, which will be inevitable with a phone purported to be this thin. The last time they went the thinness route, bendgate happened. Every single phone since at least the iPhone 6 series has been thicker. Even the iPhone X was 7.7mm compared to the 7 and 8 Plus's 7.3mm.
Apple should focus on making better overall phones instead of trying to chase thinness again. Thinness was the reason why later Intel-based MacBook Pros were so poorly received in terms of thermal performance, because they just couldn't handle the heat load due to how thin they were and how poorly executed their thermal solutions were.
I like iPhones a lot. But Apple needs to stop doing stuff like this.
Apple should focus on making better overall phones instead of trying to chase thinness again. Thinness was the reason why later Intel-based MacBook Pros were so poorly received in terms of thermal performance, because they just couldn't handle the heat load due to how thin they were and how poorly executed their thermal solutions were.
I like iPhones a lot. But Apple needs to stop doing stuff like this.
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For me it’s more about weight. Current iPhone pro’s are too heavy.
Just not sure I can put up with the loss of a proper telephoto lens.
I’m assuming the screen will be promotion otherwise wouldn’t even consider it.
No doubt they will over gimp it to not take away sales from the pro max.
Just not sure I can put up with the loss of a proper telephoto lens.
I’m assuming the screen will be promotion otherwise wouldn’t even consider it.
No doubt they will over gimp it to not take away sales from the pro max.
Not everyone is a power user, some would appreciate the lightness. They’re not gonna stop making the Pro, what’s wrong with more options? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
edit: I think Jony’s designs were much better than what’s coming out of current Apple though, personally
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It’s almost 9 mm thick, with no zoom camera and a very poor camera setup. No FaceID and a ridiculous front camera under display. No IP rated and no eSIM support.
It is a phone with a totally different target.