Leaks suggest we'll see slimmer smartphones from both Apple and Samsung next year, with reports suggesting a Samsung Galaxy S25 Slim could land in the first half of the year and an iPhone 17 Air (which could potentially launch as an iPhone 17). Slim or something completely different) could land in September, along with the rest of the iPhone 17 series. But now we hear that they may not live up to those names.
According to @Jukanlosreve, citing South Korean leaker yeux1122, both Samsung and Apple have failed in their attempts to increase the density of the batteries they planned to put in these phones by using new materials and techniques.
If they had succeeded, they would have been able to equip these rumored slim phones with small but high-capacity batteries, but since they supposedly failed, @Jukanlosreve says they will instead make the phones thicker than initially planned, so that they can still last reasonably of the battery.
Galaxy S25 Slim and iPhone 17 Slim News Attempts to increase battery capacity through thinner substrates with new materials and techniques have failed. It seems that each company will launch its products sacrificing certain aspects. • Samsung will launch in a limited way…November 11, 2024
In the case of the iPhone 17 Air, Apple will now apparently use the same battery technology as its existing phones, and the iPhone 17 Air will be over 6mm thick. None of these leak sources say how thick it is, but apparently around 6mm is what Apple was previously aiming for.
In the case of the Samsung Galaxy S25 Slim, Samsung is said to be using a different battery technology than that used in its current phones, although the company has reportedly not seen the results it expected and the phone has apparently Will sell in limited quantities. quantities.
Do these phones still make any sense?
This raises the question of whether it still makes much sense for Apple and Samsung to make these phones, when their key selling point is supposedly that they would be much thinner than the rest of the Samsung Galaxy S25 and iPhone 17 models, if in reality they may not. be much thinner.
We don't know exactly how thick either phone will be, but for reference, the iPhone 16 is 7.8mm thick, so if the iPhone 17 Air is more than 6mm as rumored here, it may not be noticeably thinner than standard iPhones.
Of course, this is all just a rumor for now – we don't even know for sure if these phones are actually in the works, let alone if they'll be thicker than planned. So take all of this with a pinch of salt, but this latest leak doesn't look promising for anyone hoping to get their hands on a slim phone next year.
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