We do n’t yet have it off if Apple ’s iPhone 17 Air will be a commercial-grade winner when it launches this spill , but the unreleased slimline French telephone already has one fan . The YouTube TV channel Unbox Therapy got clasp of an former image and render it off in avideothis hebdomad , describe the speech sound ’s blueprint as “ crazy ” and “ insane ” and promise that , take on the chassis lastingness is just enough to avoid another Bendgate argument , Apple will “ betray a boatload of these things . ”
The initial reaction of the YouTuber , Lewis Hilsenteger , is irresistibly positive . “ This is crazy . Oh my god ! ” he says when the machine emerge from its container . Struck by the difference in thickness between the 17 Air and a 17 Pro Max prototype sent in by the same supplier , he check the listed dimensions : the slimline modeling is 5.65 mm at the thinnest power point , compare to 8.75 mm for the 17 Pro Max and 7.96 mm for the 17 Pro .
( For compare with current criterion , the iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max are both listed on Apple ’s web site as being 8.25 millimeter thick , while the 16 , 16 Plus , and 16e are 7.8 mm , so the Air is a vast reduction while some other models are getting thicker , possibly to accommodate large battery and possibly to exaggerate the Air ’s thinness . )
But there are crucial caveats : namely the quotation toBendgate . The unanticipated flexibility of the super - thin iPhone 6 Plus ( 7.1 mm ) back in September 2014 damaged Apple ’s reputation for computer hardware perfectionism for some years after . But Apple will for certain be laser - focused on durability this time , and it seems improbable the company would adventure the atrocious PR of a repeat incident . A second caution add later in the video may be more pertinent : Hilsenteger frets that “ this thing ’s going to have ugly barrage life . ” That ’s probably perish to be genuine .
More pressing , the iPhone 17 Air is likely to be an practice session in compromise . Aside from battery living and the possible risk of turn , the phone is expected to have just one rear photographic camera lens , like the iPhone 16e , and the central processing unit and RAM allocation of a stock iPhone model , not a Pro one . If customers are willing to make those via media for the interest of a slim body , while paying a relatively high damage , we can expect Apple tolean harderin that direction . If not , the breeze experiment will die after one or two simulation like the miniskirt and ( presumptively ) the Plus .
It ’s significant to say , before we get too excited , that Apple wo n’t officially annunciate the iPhone 17 Air and its sibling products for another five calendar month , so calling the telecasting a “ work force - on ” might be considered a small flimsy . This is n’t an actual 17 Air as it will be unveil , but a prototype or blank shell supplied by a third - party manufacturer . ( The identity of that manufacturer is n’t bring out for obvious reasons , but it ’s likely to be an accessory shaper with inter-group communication in Apple ’s supply chain . )
Corroboration with other prototypes inspire some self-assurance that this one is legitimate , but plans can vary and it ’s potential the final production will be different . But it ’s hard not to watch that video and get excited for the launch .
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