TechPhonesiPhonesiPhone 17 could be as thin as the OLED iPad ProThe rumoured iPhone 17 Slim may not be a replacement for the iPhone Plus after allWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechPhonesiPhonesiPhone 17 could be as thin as the OLED iPad ProThe rumoured iPhone 17 Slim may not be a replacement for the iPhone Plus after allWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
The rumoured iPhone 17 Slim may not be a replacement for the iPhone Plus after all
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
(Image credit: Apple)
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We’ve already heard rumours of a new, slimmeriPhonemodel to potentially replace the iPhone 16 Plus when theiPhone 17range launches. And now a new report has provided a bit more detail – and a suggestion that this may be a bigger deal than a new Plus. It seems that this super-slim iPhone could sit above the iPhone Pro Max in the line-up.
iPhone 17 Slim: what to expect
According to the report, this could be the most significant iPhone redesign since the iPhone X, which came out six years ago. The Information’s sources, “three people with direct knowledge and two others familiar with the project”, say that this new phone could be priced higher than the iPhone Pro Max.
So far, though, the reported specifications don’t appear to justify a premium price tag. The chassis is reportedly aluminium, not the titanium of theiPhone 15 Pro, although the processor may be the same A19 processor as the iPhone 17 Pro models. The front camera will be upgraded and the rear cameras will be moved to the top centre of the phone’s back; the display will be somewhere between 6.1 and 6.7 inches, with 6.5 apparently the most likely. The Dynamic Island will be significantly smaller and there will be a different cutout for the camera.
We’ve heard rumours for a few years now of an iPhone Ultra, most recently in the run-up to the iPhone 15 launch, and this new slim iPhone may be it; it’s possible that the rumours predicting a super-slim iPhone Plus replacement were misinformed. But there’s still a gap between what the rumoured specifications are saying and what the rumoured price will be: with theiPhone 15 Pro Maxcurrently coming in at a starting price of £1,199, an iPhone that costs even more needs to be more than just thin to justify an even higher price tag. That suggests that something significant about this incoming iPhone hasn’t leaked yet.
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