Typical Apple...let's make a thin phone and next year unveil foldable with slightly larger versions hinged together. The Apple progression.
He doesn't need to worry,..Apple has gimped the phone so much, that it may in fact run with a single watch battery 🤦♂️Hilsenteger also questioned what the iPhone 17 Air's battery life will be like because of the thinness of the design,
You won't have to worry, it's missing that many features,..it will run long & perfectly fine LolIt will be interesting to see how the battery life is. If they can get battery life around what the curren
I would rather have extra battery than thin.
Apple plans to release an all-new super thin iPhone this year, debuting it alongside the iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max. We've seen pictures of dummy models, cases, and renders with the design, but Lewis Hilsenteger of Unbox Therapy today showed off newer dummy models that give us a better idea of just how thin the "iPhone 17 Air" will be.
The iPhone 17 Air is expected to be around 5.5mm thick (with a thicker camera bar area), making it the thinnest iPhone to date. With the iPhone 17 Pro models rumored to be around 8.725mm thick, there will be a notable difference between the iPhone 17 Air and the rest of the iPhone 17 models.
Hilsenteger was impressed by the thinness of the iPhone 17 Air, speculating on whether it would bend because of the minimal casing. Rumors suggest that Apple will use a titanium and aluminum chassis for the iPhone, with the aim of ensuring it's strong enough not to bend. Back in 2014, Apple dealt with "bendgate" after some users found that the iPhone 6 Plus started bending from being tucked inside a pocket. Hilsenteger's YouTube channel even went viral after he did one of the original iPhone 6 bend test videos.
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Apple also decided to keep the display size to 6.6 inches because of fears that a larger display would make the iPhone 17 Air too susceptible to bending. Originally, Apple wanted to use a 6.9-inch display, which would put sizing on par with the iPhone 17 Pro Max. That Apple tweaked display size during development suggests it took the potential for bending into account while creating the super thin iPhone.
Hilsenteger also questioned what the iPhone 17 Air's battery life will be like because of the thinness of the design, but Apple is eliminating features like extra camera lenses in order to ensure enough room for the battery, as well as using a more efficient Apple-designed C1 modem and optimizing through software. Battery life is expected to be on par with current iPhone models.
More on what's expected from the iPhone 17 Air models can be found in our iPhone 17 Air roundup.
Article Link: iPhone 17 Air's Extreme Thinness Demoed in New Video
It will be missing a fisheye camera that most people never use because it takes awful distorted photos. Not sure how that will save battery life but ok…You won't have to worry, it's missing that many features,..it will run long & perfectly fine Lol
Its lighter weight will be its most appreciated characteristic.What’s the point of 80% being thin and 20% being double thickness.. missed opportunity
Not if it’s stainless or titanium. That’s reason #1 why no iPhone should ever be made of aluminum again.bend gate 2.0 here we come...
Thanks for sharing that. When exactly were you able test out the new thin phone?I feel like Apple is painting themselves into a corner.
Their phones are either super thick now or gonna be super thin. And their thin one is going to get really
Really hot during usage.
It feels like they lost sight of what people really need.
Didn’t take long for the tiny hands mafia to make an appearance.I just want a smaller screen. I love the feature set of my 15 Pro, but it's too big. Make a mini Pro iPhone and I'll buy it on launch day! I miss being able to use my phone entirely one-handed, without a high risk of dropping it.
What’s the point of 80% being thin and 20% being double thickness.. missed opportunity
Ya, I loved the mini. If my eye sight was better, I’d still have my mini.Didn’t take long for the tiny hands mafia to make an appearance.
Actually, quite the opposite. those of us that don’t have large hands will have a much better usability experience.Look... can I have a three year old phone that can have battery last a day? I don't know what problem a thin phone is solving... but I can certainly make some keen guesses on what frustrating usability issues it will introduce.
The iPhone Air - now with decreased long term battery life built in.Look... can I have a three year old phone that can have battery last a day? I don't know what problem a thin phone is solving... but I can certainly make some keen guesses on what frustrating usability issues it will introduce.
I assure you that Apple has spent millions on market research. The opinion of a few Internet wags that think Apple makes their iPhones wrong really does not matter.I feel like Apple is painting themselves into a corner.
Their phones are either super thick now or gonna be super thin. And their thin one is going to get really
Really hot during usage.
It feels like they lost sight of what people really need.