The iPhone 16 has been on the market for a few months and sales continue to grow. Even though it doesn’t appear to be the best-selling device, we know that a large portion of Apple’s global profits come from the iPhone. So, whatever the sales, the company will sell its numbers as successes. Although there is still a long way to go until September 2025, the launch of iPhone 17 Air, an additional model in the new product range what could be the thinnest iPhone in history according to the latest rumors, whose thickness would only be 6 mm.
6mm: iPhone 17 Air will be the thinnest iPhone yet
The iPhone 17 Air increasingly seems to be becoming a reality. This new device would be called iPhone 17 Air or iPhone 17 Slim and would have a 6.6 inch screen as well as the A19 chip, a rear camera and the Dynamic Island. As its name suggests and being in line with the nomenclature of Macs and iPads, this new device will stand out for its extreme finesse.
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And it is on this last point that we are going to focus since a few hours ago, Jeff Pu published on MacRumors that the next iPhone 17 Air It will be barely 6mm thick. This makes it the thinnest iPhone in history above the iPhone 6 whose thickness was 6.9mm. In fact, below we leave you the iPhones and their thicknesses so you can compare, From largest to smallest thickness:
- iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max: 8.25mm
- iPhone 16 and 16 Plus: 7.8mm
- iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max: 8.25mm
- iPhone 15 and 15 Plus: 7.8mm
- iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max: 7.85mm
- iPhone 14 and 14 Plus: 7.8mm
- iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max: 7.65mm
- iPhone 13 and 13 mini: 7.65 mm
- iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max: 7.4mm
- iPhone 12 and 12 mini: 7.4 mm
- iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max: 8.1 mm
- iPhone 11: 8.3mm
- iPhone XS and XS Max: 7.7 mm
- iPhone XR: 8.3mm
- iPhone X: 7.7mm
- iPhone 8 Plus: 7.5mm
- iPhone 8: 7.3mm
- iPhone 7 Plus: 7.3mm
- iPhone 7: 7.1mm
- iPhone 6s Plus: 7.3mm
- iPhone 6s: 7.1mm
- iPhone 6 Plus: 7.1mm
- iPhone 6: 6.9mm
The data is truly astonishing if we compare it with the current iPhone 16 since The iPhone 17 Air would be three-quarters thicker than the current iPhone 16. A technological challenge that will be a challenge for Apple, which will have to optimize all its components without sacrificing quality or battery hours.
