A couple of hours in the past a rumor instructed us the successor to Apple’s iPhone 16 Plus could be known as iPhone 17 Slim as an alternative. Given the brand new title, we assumed it will be thinnest member of the iPhone 17 household, although that in itself does not actually really feel prefer it warrants such a giant change.
If, nonetheless, you mix this with the truth that its display screen will probably be smaller than that of each the at the moment out there iPhone 15 Plus in addition to the upcoming iPhone 16 Plus, then it’d begin to make extra sense. Now a normally dependable supply, Ross Younger from Show Provide Chain Consultants, has put a exact quantity to the diagonal.
Based on him, the iPhone 17 Slim’s show will measure precisely 6.55 inches diagonally. Younger has thus added extra accuracy to the earlier report by analyst Jeff Pu, who merely labeled it as “6.6 inches”.
Now, the iPhone 15 Plus contains a 6.7-inch display screen, and its rapid successor ought to preserve that. Then again, the Professional Max is rising to six.9″, so we won’t assist however assume Apple would love those that need the biggest-screened iPhone to must splurge for the Professional Max as an alternative of choosing the less expensive Plus. And shortly you will not have a selection, if the rumors pan out concerning the iPhone 16 Professional Max rising to six.9″ and the iPhone 17 Professional Max sticking with that dimension whereas the iPhone 17 Slim goes smaller.
After all, no matter how dependable a supply normally is, do needless to say we’re about 18 months away from the launch of the iPhone 17 household for the time being, which implies quite a bit – virtually all the pieces, actually – can change from now till then even when that is correct.
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