The iPhone 17 Air smartphone can be an unexpected disappointment: what's the point

Next year, Apple is expected to unveil a new iPhone 17 Air that emphasizes form over functionality. The upcoming iPhone is described as “ultra-thin,” but a fresh report on the supply chain suggests that Apple has run into problems trying to make the device as thin as originally hoped.

This is reported by RBC-Ukraine (Styler project ) with a link to MacRumors, a website that specializes in news, rumors and information related to Apple products.

Details of the changes

According to news aggregator account “yeux1122” on Naver, citing industry sources, Apple ran into problems trying to make the new “iPhone 17” model thin enough. Reducing the thickness of the device depends on producing a battery with a thinner substrate, but Apple now faces technical trade-offs.

One of the main concerns is cost, and now Apple is reportedly going back to its existing battery technology.

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As a result, the battery of the iPhone 17 Air will not be able to be as thin as Apple planned for the new design of the device. Now, the iPhone 17 Air battery will be approximately 6 mm thick, which means that the device itself will be thicker.

The thinnest smartphone was the iPhone 6 at 6.9 mm, which means that the iPhone 17 “Slim” is unlikely will be much thinner than the 2014 flagship.

Similarly, the 13-inch iPad Pro and seventh-generation iPod nano may remain the thinnest devices Apple with a thickness of 5.1 mm and 5.4 mm, respectively. The iPhone 16 Plus, which will likely replace the iPhone 17 Air in the lineup, is 7.8mm thick.

The iPhone 17 Air is expected to be released in fall 2025 with an A19 chip, a single rear camera, and a ProMotion display with refresh rate up to 120 Hz.