Apple is predicted to launch its thinnest cellphone but later this yr with the iPhone 17 Air. Rumors have held that the cellphone can be thinner than the 6.9mm iPhone 6 was, however latest leaks give us a greater thought than we’ve had earlier than of what to anticipate.
However the place Kuo stated the cellphone may have a 6.6-inch display, Ice Universe says it’ll really be 6.9 inches just like the iPhone 17 Professional Max — they are saying each telephones may have the identical “size, width, display dimension, and bezel” because the iPhone 16 Professional Max. Later, they posted a video exhibiting an obvious render of the gadget.
On Friday, YouTuber iDeviceHelp posted a video in collaboration with leaker Majin Bu, who printed similar-looking renders last month. iDeviceHelp claims to be exhibiting mockups of the usual, Professional Max, and Air fashions “based mostly on inside paperwork.” The video lingers on the sting of the cellphone at moments, and I used to be instantly struck by how a lot seeing it jogged my memory of trying edge-on on the 5.1mm 13-inch M4 iPad Professional, the one Apple gadget thinner than that is rumored to be.
It’s laborious to not additionally discover the Google Pixel-like digital camera bar stretching left-to-right on the again of iDeviceHelp’s mockups of the iPhone 17 Air and Professional Max. It’s unclear whether or not the bar is useful or simply Apple attempting out some new aesthetic, however I welcome all of it the identical, if for no different purpose than my iPhone 15 Professional is so dang floppy when laying on its again on my desk. iDeviceHelp demonstrated with the 17 Professional Max mockup that the bar appears to assist there. However in each circumstances, the rear cameras themselves nonetheless stick up out of the bar, so it is probably not good. Oh nicely, perhaps subsequent yr.
As for the remainder of the design, these renders and mockups seem to indicate it with buttons in all the identical locations as present iPhones (not counting the iPhone 16E, which lacks the Digicam Management button), together with a USB-C port and speaker holes on the underside. The cellphone can also be anticipated to have a Dynamic Island and Face ID on the entrance. We gained’t doubtless know for certain how shut the renders are till September, when Apple sometimes reveals its newest batch of flagship iPhones.