There's been a lot of talk around a potential iPhone 17 Air (or iPhone 17 Thin) model one year from now - supplanting the iPhone 16 Or more, clearly - and presently we have subtleties on exactly the way that meager this forthcoming handset could be.
As indicated by Bloomberg's Imprint Gurman, who will in general know what he's talking about with regards to Apple data, the iPhone 17 Air will be around 2 millimeters (0.08 inches) more slender than the iPhone 16 Ace.
Taking into account the iPhone 16 Star is just 8.3 mm (0.33 inches) front to back, that is a seriously significant decrease - knocking off some 24%. It would be Apple's most slender iPhone yet, beating the iPhone 6 from 2014 (6.9 mm or 0.27 inches).
The thinning down is expected to a limited extent to Apple's supposed change to involving its own modem in the following year's iPhones, as opposed to utilizing chips from Qualcomm. It's gossip we've heard previously, and which Gurman has now referenced once more.
We'll see the new Apple modem in the iPhone SE 4 above all else, as per Gurman - that is tipped to show up in Walk 2025. From that point onward, it'll appear in the iPhone 17 models, with a superior adaptation set to be prepared in time for the iPhone 18 out of 2026.
Apple is in any event, wanting to utilize its own modem chipset to add cell network to Macintoshes and the Apple Vision Star, as per the report - however that is probably not going to occur before 2026, as need might arise to be additionally evolved.
Concerning the iPhone 17 Air, past holes propose it will manage without an actual SIM card space to keep it as slender as could really be expected, while it could likewise present a screen that is more slender and more proficient contrasted with the ongoing iPhone shows.
All of this weakening will ultimately help Apple in the improvement of its most memorable collapsing iPhone, as per Gurman. That gadget looks improbable to send off before 2026 at the earliest - however it is presently allegedly coming.