iPhone 17 Slim Rumored to Feature 6.6-inch Display, A19 Chip, 8GB RAM, More

Apple is developing a new slim iPhone model to replace the iPhone Plus, which could boost sales in 2025, according to a new report by Jeff Pu, an analyst at Haitong International Tech Research.

The 'iPhone 17 Slim,' also referred to as the 'iPhone 17 Air,' will allegedly feature a 6.6-inch display. That would make it slightly larger than the 6.1-inch iPhone 17 and 6.3-inch iPhone 17 Pro, but slightly smaller than the 6.9-inch iPhone 17 Pro Max.

Pu believes the new device will feature an A19 N3P chip, 8GB of LPDD5 RAM, a 24MP 6P FaceTime camera, and a single 48MP 7P rear camera.


Given the name, we can assume the new model will be noticeably thinner than the iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Pro; however, we haven't seen any specifications on how much thinner. The iPhone 16 Pro is 8.25mm (0.32-inch) thick. Compare that to Apple's new slim iPad Pro at 5.1 mm (0.20 inch) thick.

Haitong projects that iPhone shipments for 2024 will decline by 4% year-over-year to 223 million units. Within this forecast, the iPhone 16 models are expected to account for 88 million units in the production plan. The firm maintains its outlook that the iPhone 16 will have a mild sales cycle, followed by a strong replacement cycle next year, driven by the new iPhone 17 Slim and the gradual rollout of AI features.

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