Apple iPhone 7 to be as Thin as the iPod Touch?

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Posted September 6, 2015 at 10:26pm by iClarified

Apple is planning to make next year's iPhone 7 even thinner, reports KGI Securities' Ming-Chi Kuo. In an investor note obtained by AppleInsider, Kuo predicts the 2016 iPhone will be between 6.0 and 6.5 millimeters thick.

If accurate, that would put the "iPhone 7" in line with Apple's current iPod touch and iPad Air 2, both of which are just 6.1 millimeters thick. In contrast, the current iPhone 6 is 6.9 millimeters thick, and new 7000 series aluminum on the "iPhone 6s" are expected to make that device just over 7 millimeters thick.

Kuo says he believes Apple does want to switch to glass-to-glass, especially if the company goes to a higher resolution; however, the company's drive for thinner devices might delay that a few years.

"Apple and its suppliers have invested heavily in iPhone Force Touch in 2015 and we believe 2016 new models will stick with a similar Force Touch structure as used in 2015," said Kuo.

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odedoo1 - September 8, 2015 at 2:26am

Another stupid idea, almost everyone you'll asK will tell you that they wouldn't mind a thicker iPhone with twitch the battery.

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gamerscul9870 - September 8, 2015 at 2:30am

Thinner=lighter=more portable=better to hold.

tubex45 - September 7, 2015 at 2:32am

STill not thin enough. They should push for 5.5mm. Common Apple you can do better than that.

gamerscul9870 - September 7, 2015 at 2:36am

How much will they sacrifice to do that? Battery, mute/silence switch, a camera that would stick out twice as much, and anything else that has to be trimmed down to do that. The better technology gets, the better those execution of this you wish to happen to be worth your time.

King Rollo - September 6, 2015 at 10:50pm

Bad move should keep it the same thickness but increase battery storage...

gamerscul9870 - September 6, 2015 at 10:45pm

These guessing game people do realize that this means eliminating mute and silent switch on the iPhone to, right? If Apple were to do it, think about how many would not upgrade to the 7.

captain Obvious - September 6, 2015 at 10:31pm

but why?

gamerscul9870 - September 6, 2015 at 10:42pm

Because thinner is better than being thick as a brick. Think about that.

Ant - September 6, 2015 at 10:30pm

The 6s isn't even out yet and their already talking about the 7? Get out

justabrake - September 6, 2015 at 11:08pm

And you don't think this isn't planned a year ahead of time

Vic - September 6, 2015 at 10:30pm

What I've seen, ever since the iPhone 4, is that if you look at the phone from the side or bottom, whatever you see that is sticking up from the body is the next iPhones size is usually the next thickness of the next design change iPhone. on the 6 you can see the cover glass and the antenna stripe stick out from the actual body. So most likely the iPhone will be as thin as you look at it. Check it out yourself and compare it with your old iPhones

Doubled words haha