AND it will have a slight concave shape - you can use it to help get into those skinny jeans that don't quite fit anymore!
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iPhone 17 'Air' Expected to Be ~2mm Thinner Than iPhone 16 Pro
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Or it’ll flop like the mini before it and be discontinued. Time will tell I guess
Apple cold make a thinner device without any concessions by simply making the current ones grippy enough to use without a case. Eliminate the need for the case and then they’ll be a good few mm thinner.
Honestly the fact an iPhone just slides out your hand just isn’t good enough. Make them grippy
Honestly the fact an iPhone just slides out your hand just isn’t good enough. Make them grippy
How much thinner can Apple make the body of the phone before everyone holds it upside down because the camera bump has destroyed the balance?
Even now, the bump with the cameras is half the thickness of the body of the iPhone itself.
But because MacRumors also dutifully ignores the bump, Apple can keep going and going and going.
On the customer side, I would call that self-deception.
Even now, the bump with the cameras is half the thickness of the body of the iPhone itself.
But because MacRumors also dutifully ignores the bump, Apple can keep going and going and going.
On the customer side, I would call that self-deception.
I for one am really excited about this, just hope they bring back round edges, and drop the number naming scheme and start using years. Call it an iPhone Air (2025). The names are getting pretty unwieldy.
Think this is more about image.
They need to do something different again, something that many others will try to imitate just because Apple does it, that's not easy to imitate especially for cheap competitors, that people will perceive as premium and buy, maybe just for the novelty.
Then, some will actually like the feeling of this thing and they'll be trapped in that model, which is also good for Apple.
perhaps you should enlighten yourself with differences between Air and Pro models.
After releasing the same thing year after year with minor changes... This just seems like another minor change, probably at the cost of battery life and the camera. Fortunately for Apple, they’re still selling lots of them and have no need to change the form factor. I’d personally like them to make a more capable Apple Watch or some kind of dumb phone. A cellular Apple Watch that has CarPlay and has a built in wireless hotspot would be perfect for me, despite battery life concerns.
The iPhone air I’m sure is just another baby step to the iPhone fold.
The iPhone air I’m sure is just another baby step to the iPhone fold.
I don't need thinner. The current thickness is just fine. I could do with a quarter inch narrower, and maybe a few ounces lighter.
This 17 iPhone Slim is going to be their first iFlip, i have a sixth sense for these things
Looking forward to the “Apple, take my money” threads followed by the “This is the best iPhone ever” threads followed by the “The battery in my awesome thin iPhone SUCKS!” threads.
All of the thin, small, light phone lovers are happy with something like this until the realities of reduced battery life set in. Lots of iPhone Mini owners complained about the battery life and for good reason.
All of the thin, small, light phone lovers are happy with something like this until the realities of reduced battery life set in. Lots of iPhone Mini owners complained about the battery life and for good reason.
That's about 25%, so if it's 25% lighter then it's a big deal.
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Kick the camera and battery, port, storage options, speakers, microphone, front glass, and buttons out to an add-on case product and they can achieve “thinnest.” Apple being Apple can sell that “what’s left”, “thinnest ‘iPhone’ for “same great price” and then “the rest” add-on for about double+ the price to maximize the per-transaction profit, driving “another record quarter.”
This thinnest & lightest iPhone would have no camera bump at all (because they jettison the camera to the add-on). Add-on “the rest” could come in several varieties for camera quality choices and battery life choices. Case could be sturdy & strong while phone prioritizing “thin” and “light” could be made out of paper mâché or feathers so Apple could spin “lightest” at the big reveal… making the first essential dongle- the case(s) sold separately at Apple proprietary & premium pricing- a must buy add-on.
Perhaps just package the new A-series chip alone branded “iPhone Wafer” and then ‘force’ the add-on “the rest” as a separate-but-required purchase to restore the traditional phone form? Apple gets their big reveal moment spin and a gigantic boost to average revenue per unit sold, customers get to rant & rave & gripe to the moon before rolling over with “shut up and take my money"… times 2 or 3 + a kidney.
“Another record quarter” and another and another. Eventually we buy empty boxes for "same great price"… and then “save the Earth” by forgoing the box packaging too so we buy nothing at all for "same great price."
All 😉
This thinnest & lightest iPhone would have no camera bump at all (because they jettison the camera to the add-on). Add-on “the rest” could come in several varieties for camera quality choices and battery life choices. Case could be sturdy & strong while phone prioritizing “thin” and “light” could be made out of paper mâché or feathers so Apple could spin “lightest” at the big reveal… making the first essential dongle- the case(s) sold separately at Apple proprietary & premium pricing- a must buy add-on.
Perhaps just package the new A-series chip alone branded “iPhone Wafer” and then ‘force’ the add-on “the rest” as a separate-but-required purchase to restore the traditional phone form? Apple gets their big reveal moment spin and a gigantic boost to average revenue per unit sold, customers get to rant & rave & gripe to the moon before rolling over with “shut up and take my money"… times 2 or 3 + a kidney.
“Another record quarter” and another and another. Eventually we buy empty boxes for "same great price"… and then “save the Earth” by forgoing the box packaging too so we buy nothing at all for "same great price."
All 😉
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The wild thing about this is that by making it thinner the battery won't change much in how long it will last. Call me old fashioned, but I'd rather have a phone that lasts me longer than a phone that's thinner. I don't care about the thin mania, I want functionality at this point. After 17 + iPhones in the history of of iPhones, I feel like we've earned in all the investments we have put into this yearly (for some), to get different OPTIONS. Make a rugged work iPhone version, make a thin one for doctors and office workers, make a normal one for video and photographers. Make One or two wild designs just to have them as special editions and see what works and then if they get popular they can push out a second or third...
I don't know I just feel like we've come so far with iPhones history that something more extreme needs to happen to refresh the love for the iphone. My iphone 16 pro is okay, but honestly nothing special... it lacks many features that are on Android as 'advanced'.
I just miss Apple doing something "Great Again"
I don't know I just feel like we've come so far with iPhones history that something more extreme needs to happen to refresh the love for the iphone. My iphone 16 pro is okay, but honestly nothing special... it lacks many features that are on Android as 'advanced'.
I just miss Apple doing something "Great Again"
This rumor gives me hope that I might actually like whatever iPhone replaces my mini.
People are fine with car makers offering different vehicle types for varied uses, so why can't Apple offer a sports car iPhone for users whose heavy lifting is covered by other devices (cellular Apple Watch, iPad, MacBook).
Panic about battery life? I barely use my iPhone mini, and took twenty photos in 2024, but iPhones are required for the Apple Watch, and I need my phone number in the ecosystem for my iPad and Mac.
People are fine with car makers offering different vehicle types for varied uses, so why can't Apple offer a sports car iPhone for users whose heavy lifting is covered by other devices (cellular Apple Watch, iPad, MacBook).
Panic about battery life? I barely use my iPhone mini, and took twenty photos in 2024, but iPhones are required for the Apple Watch, and I need my phone number in the ecosystem for my iPad and Mac.
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Car makers do this all the time. They remove all the kit, electrics windows ac radios etc, make panels out of cardboard and felt make a hood out of carbon fibre, to save every ounce of weight then call it 'Competitioneone' and mark it up +50%.
Of course it will "flop" and I'll probably own one. Everyone else seems to want Apple to make iPhone as if we were back in the USSR: one model for everyone, one simple name, function over form, and stand in line to get it.