The new iPhone 17 may be thinner than ever, but this could have a negative impact on durability and performance. Here’s what we know so far from rumors and analysis.
Apple has outdone itself with the presentation of the new ones iPad Pro M4 11 and 13 inches. With a thickness respectively of suns 5.3mm And 5.1mm, these tablets are the thinnest products the company has ever made. But this is only the beginning of Apple’s new strategy to create devices with an increasingly elegant and refined design. According to a recent news story, too iPhone 17 will follow this trend, promising design “significantly thinner”.
In recent years, Apple has made various internal changes to the design of its devices, such as introducing L-shaped batteries and sandwich motherboards to save space. With iPhone 16, it is said that the whole series will adopt L-shaped cells, including the basic model. This approach is not accidental, but is part of a more ambitious plan for the future, as stated by Mark Gurman of Bloomberg in his newsletter “Power On”.
Gurman talked about a thinner chassis for iPhone 17while Apple intends to make future models more elegant MacBook Pro And Apple Watch. However, he did not highlight the potential problems of using a thinner chassis. We have already seen some critical issues in the series iPad Pro M4: Despite the use of a protective coating to improve durability, the 13-inch iPad Pro can break with a fair amount of effort, while the 11-inch version is slightly more durable due to its smaller size.
While iPhone 17 If it’s a smaller device, the same endurance issues could arise if Apple doesn’t take adequate measures. A thinner chassis could also mean less battery capacity, making iPhone more prone to overheating. Fortunately, Apple seems to have a solution for both problems: the use of a cell with a higher energy density iPhone 16 Pro Max it’s a “graphene thermal system” for future iPhone versions, which could also be used in iPhone 17.
However, there is no guarantee that Apple will incorporate all these internal changes. The main goal may just be to introduce thinner and more aesthetically pleasing, but high-cost products. It is important to treat this information as mere market rumors, even if it would be in line with a prediction made by the analyst Ming-Chi Kuo to October 2023. In his prediction, Kuo said the company would use thinner motherboard technology in high-end iPhone 17 models.
