When Apple unveils its iPhone 17 suite of handsets in the fall, it looks like there’ll be one that’s different from anything that’s gone before. Nicknamed the iPhone 17 Air or iPhone 17 Slim—though it could be called something quite different—it promises a new design and a strikingly different feel, a new report says.
The iPhone 17 Air could be substantially slimmer and more affordable than the iPhone 16 Pro Max.
All reports so far have suggested something slimmer than the current range, and now a new measurement for the thickness for the phone has emerged: 6.25mm, according to the South Korean publication, Sisa Journal, as spotted by MacRumors.
iPhone 17 Air: Thinner Than Ever
This measurement is roughly in line with other claims that suggest the iPhone 17 Air will be 25% thinner than the iPhone 16 Pro, for instance. All reports point in the same direction: that this will be the thinnest iPhone ever built.
After all, the thinnest iPhone so far was the iPhone 6, which was 6.9mm thick and if you remember it, stood out as a Very Thin Phone.
If 6.25mm proves correct, it is 20% thinner than the current iPhone 16 or the larger iPhone 16 Plus (each measuring 7.8mm from front to back), and 25% thinner than the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max which are both 8.25mm thick.
iPhone 17 Air: Priced Like The Plus
The report also comments on the price, saying that it will be similar to the iPhone 16 Plus—there’s no Plus model expected in this fall’s iPhone range.
This is good news as some previous reports had suggested that the iPhone 17 Air could cost as much as the more expensive Pro iPhones.
The current iPhone 16 Plus costs from $899, so the new report suggests this will be the same as that. This chimes with a recent report from the Wall Street Journal which claimed that the iPhone 17 Air will likely cost around $899.
We’re only in January, so there’s plenty of time for more details to leak, but if it lives up to reports this year’s new-design phone could be an eye-catching change to the iPhone line.
