The iPhone 17 Air and Samsung Galaxy S25 Slim might not be all that thin
after all

Date:
Mon, 11 Nov 2024 10:21:19 +0000

Description:
Samsung and Apple have both reportedly failed to fit decent-capacity
batteries in their rumored thin phones, leading them to abandon slimness.

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Leaks suggest that well see slimmer smartphones from both Apple and Samsung next year, with reports suggesting that 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 else altogether) could land in September, alongside the rest of the iPhone 17 series. But now were hearing that they might not fully 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 were planning to put in these phones through the use of
new materials and techniques.

Had they succeeded, theyd have been able to equip these rumored slimline handsets with small yet high-capacity batteries, but as theyve reportedly failed, @Jukanlosreve says theyll instead make the phones thicker than initially planned, so that they can still have reasonable battery life.
Galaxy S25 Slim & iPhone 17 Slim NewsAttempts to increase battery capacity through thinner substrates with new materials and techniques have failed. It seems that each company will release their products by sacrificing certain aspects. Samsung will release in limited November 11, 2024

In the case of the iPhone 17 Air, Apple will apparently now use the same battery technology as its existing phones, and the iPhone 17 Air will be thicker than 6mm. Neither of these leak sources say how thick, but around 6mm is apparently what Apple was previously aiming for.

In the case of the Samsung Galaxy S25 Slim, Samsung is said to be using different battery technology to that used in its current handsets even though the company reportedly hasnt seen the results it hoped for, and the phone
will apparently be sold in limited quantities. Is there still any point to these phones?

This begs the question as to whether theres still much point in Apple and Samsung making these phones, when their key selling point is supposedly that they would be a lot slimmer than the rest of the Samsung Galaxy S25 and
iPhone 17 models, if in reality they may not be much slimmer.

We dont 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 thicker than 6mm as rumored here, it might not be noticeably slimmer than standard iPhones.

Of course, this is all just rumor for now we dont even know for sure that these phones really are in the works, let alone that theyll be thicker than planned. So take all this with a pinch of salt but this latest leak doesnt sound promising for anyone who's hoping to get their hands on a slimline
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