iPhone 17 Air's shocking thinness revealed

11 January 2025
It almost matches the latest iPad Pro.

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S I R E, 10 hours agoChill dude, you miss the obvious premise here, this is just... morePerfectly said

    Gsmarena has pages of history at it's disposal

    Why is the writer of this article impressed by this thinness that still cannot match 2014 oppo/Vivo technology?? (In terms of dimensions)

    And I'm going to bet 1million dollars apple won't be using the updated si/c battery chemistry technology to cram maybe a 4000-5000mah battery in the 5mm body

      potato4k, 9 hours agoWait wait wait, it's not 5.5mm thin. It's 5.5mm a... moreWell, not necessarily. Yes, it could be a tapered design, but they are most likely referring to the camera bump being like, two-thirds of the thickness of the phone. It would be highly unlikely for Apple to move back to the tapered design after flattening literally every other device they make.

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        • Mk4
        • 9 hours ago

        As someone who is into thin and light phones, I'm actually excited for this. Hope it won't be too big though.

        But i hope android market follows too and thin light small phones come back and with S/C battery tech, they can have respectable battery life and a camera bump with 2 respectable sensors for main and ultrawide.

        An upper midrange or near flagship SoC with focus on efficiency and thermals would be the perfect choice. It doesn't need to be the among the most powerful.

        Now that's a phone i would buy

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          • DarlingYester
          • xin
          • 9 hours ago

          No money = no buy 🤧

            Wait wait wait, it's not 5.5mm thin. It's 5.5mm at its thinnest point. Meaning the actual thickness is thicker than that. It also means that the design will be tapered or rounded at the edges to make it feel thinner.

            This is nothing too be excited about.
            Now the all eSIM only is going to be interesting, if it were correct. We know that when Apple does something, the rest follows. No headphone jack, no charger in box. Expect eSIM only phones becoming the norm within 5 years or so.

              [deleted post]Chill dude, you miss the obvious premise here, this is just a stunt by Apple. And the people comparing it to the older Android are simply pointing out that from a engineering achievement perspective, this 5.5mm is not that impressive if someone did better a decade back, not to mention they managed a headphone jack in. You're fighting everyone as though you got money invested in the success of this supposed thin device.

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                • Anonymous
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                • 10 hours ago

                Xiaomi is gonna copy, while slapping bizarre 7mm thick cam bump on it.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • vak
                  • 10 hours ago

                  Weight be the main attraction here … be nice some are 200g if avid texter can get a sore hand

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                    • 10 hours ago

                    1989, 12 hours agoSo its 0.6mm thicker than the old oppo r5 from 2014? Disapp... moreYeah but it's Apple so we ignore facts on this website because sweet sweet shill'ings

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                      • Anonymous
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                      • 10 hours ago

                      Anonymouse, 13 hours agoWhere is the "No 7 OS Updates = No Buy" guy aroun... moreNo money = no buy 😂

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                        • thw
                        • 11 hours ago

                        Slim body with thick camera bump.
                        That's not innovation.

                          Anonymouse, 13 hours agoWhere is the "No 7 OS Updates = No Buy" guy aroun... moreBecause iPhones usually get 7 os updates

                            DarlingYext, 12 hours ago"..the iPhone 17 Air, at its thinnest point, will be j... more...I mean, if they end up putting a spine/cowling in the phone like they did with the iPad Pro (which survived landscape bends), the phone will probably end up more durable than you think... that's IF they do that, but I imagine Apple doesn't want another Bendgate situation on their hands.

                              Just bring the mini apple
                              Not this slim nonsense

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                                • 11 hours ago

                                Ellen Dale, 11 hours agoOut of the 4 models, one is deemed to be "lowest-selli... moreIt would make sense for Apple to change the lineup, if the Air becomes the bestseller. I wouldn't think about "shaking up" the lineup, as in removing the base model, or the Pros, but tweaking them in a way that makes them more enticing for consumers, as well as more profitable for Apple. I have to say, that most decisions are not made from one year statistics alone, though. They will definitely want to wait for two years, at least, to see the overall trends and to make the 2nd gen Air better (maybe adding a higher mAh battery, or adding a second/third rear camera)

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                                  • Anonymous
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                                  • 11 hours ago

                                  I mean, it is quite impressive, but seeing the iPhone SE go downhill I can't help but wonder what compromises they did to achieve that thinness. Also, Motorola dared with the Moto Z years ago to make a phone as thin as this, so this isn't really news either. It had pretty bad battery life btw, with 2600mAh of battery capacity and the Snapdragon 820/821.

                                    Out of the 4 models, one is deemed to be "lowest-selling"
                                    So just say this year, if the air model surpasses the sales of other models, does that mean they will discontinue or change them?
                                    The plus being the lowest selling makes sense due to price and if anyone has money to buy the plus will just go for the pro model, that doesn't sacrifice much on the battery and gain display and camera upgrades while being one of the best of the lineup and holds more "value" socially.

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                                      • Anonymous
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                                      • 11 hours ago

                                      1989, 12 hours agoTf you on about? What do you really want?The robot has to defend the pretend excitement. Without those accounts, these sites would mostly be commented by people fed up with the plastic Apple hype train.

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                                        • 1989
                                        • ps8
                                        • 12 hours ago

                                        AnonD-1187725, 12 hours agoThis comment doesn't make sense. Your "smartphone... moreTf you on about? What do you really want?

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