Later this year, Apple is going to debut its thinnest iPhone to date. At just 5.5mm thin, iPhone 17 Air will be record-setting.
You might anticipate that an ultra-thin phone comes with awful battery life. After all, iPhone battery life improved drastically over the past few years, as Apple has made increasingly thicker iPhones. However, at least according to current rumors, iPhone 17 Air won’t compromise on battery life. Here’s why.
According to multiple sources, Apple is engineering two solutions to ensure battery life is still top notch on one of it’s thinnest devices to date:
- Redesigned display and silicon components, for greater efficiency
- Higher density battery cells, to pack more capacity in a smaller form factor
The first rumored solution comes from highly-reputable Mark Gurman from Bloomberg. In a Power On newsletter last month, he outlined that Apple didn’t want to compromise by including “fewer hours of battery life” on its new thinner iPhone model:
Apple didn’t want to compromise here, so it sent engineers back to the drawing board to redesign display and silicon components, as well as software, to make the device more efficient.
On top of that, supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo alluded to the fact that iPhone 17 Air would implement “high-density battery cells.”
In a report regarding Apple’s upcoming foldable iPhone, Kuo mentioned the following:
It will use the same high-density battery cells as the ultra-thin iPhone 17.
While we unfortunately don’t have many details regarding these high-density battery cells, we at least know that Apple is looking to pack more capacity in this phone than they’d traditionally be able to. Contrary to popular belief, a thin phone doesn’t have to have a small battery.
Additionally, Apple is widely expected to implement its new C1 modem in the iPhone 17 Air. This’ll allow for less battery drain over 5G cellular, something that’s previously been a concern for some users.
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