Due to certain limitations, the rumored iPhone 17 Slim smartphone may not be as thin as Apple wants it to be.
Existing Battery Technologies Won’t Allow Apple to Make a Very Thin iPhone 17 Slim
Apple’s next-generation of iPhones will introduce a new model that will go all out when it comes to thinness. However, according to one report, that might not be the case.
The thing is, you can’t just walk into a design lab and create the thinnest smartphone on the planet. You have to take a look at the technologies that make that thinness possible in the first place.
Turns out, the existing battery tech doesn’t allow for much thinner smartphones at all, according to a post on Naver. If Apple wants to make the iPhone 17 Slim battery thinner, the cost is going to be extremely high.
Apparently, the iPhone 17 Slim has a battery that is 6mm thick. Put that inside a chassis with other components and the phone is going to be slightly thicker than usual.
At best, the iPhone 17 Slim is going to be as thick as the iPhone 6 which was just 6.9mm thick. And quite frankly, I’m not sure why anyone would even want a smartphone thinner than that.
I get Apple wants to wow everyone away with the ultra-sleek profile of its new smartphone, but there are definitely going to be huge tradeoffs if the company manages to achieve those goals.
First of all, say goodbye to great battery life. If Apple is going to deliver a high performance phone, the battery life is going to be average at best.
Secondly, a thinner phone means bad heat dissipation. I’m sure Apple has figured most of this stuff out, unless it just wants to sell a thinner design to the consumer and not a high-performance phone.
