Ming-Chi Kuo's latest leak hints at an ultra-thin iPhone Air with a 5.5mm profile, potentially challenging the current thinnest Apple device, the 13-inch M4 iPad Pro. The rumors also suggest an eSIM-only design and a starting price around $800.
Reserving a Galaxy S25 gives you $50 Samsung Credit, extra savings of up to $1,250, and a chance to win $5,000! Reputable industry insider Ming-Chi Kuo is now giving some promising news to hardcore Apple fans, revealing that the rumored already-superthin Air is one of the more exciting devices in a market struggling to innovate as of recently. The expected ultra-thin phone is probably going to replace the in a post on Medium Air would be around 5.5mm.
Amazingly, that's now in superthin M4 iPad Pro territory, and if true, would make the thinnest Apple device right now is the 13-inch M4 iPad Pro, which is just 5.1mm thick. Of course, we can't really ignore the disclaimer Kuo has thrown into the announcement that 'the thinnest part' would measure around 5.5mm. However, iPhone designs are generally simple and the only protruding part is the camera bump. That leads me to believe the thinnest part is actually the full body of the iPhone besides the camera. As with anything rumored though, it's important to keep a tiny bit of skepticism – Apple would always decide to implement a new tapered design similar to the classic MacBook Air. But honestly, that would probably look very strange on a phone. Air buyers should brace for the phone to be eSIM-only due to this ultra-thin profile. That's something that has been around in the rumor mill though, so it shouldn't come as a big surprise. Air is rumored to start around $800 and replace the Plus model (which is already not selling much) in the smartphone market has become arguably a little bit less exciting in the past couple of years, but a new trend seems to be emerging – slim-chic. If the two major players – Apple and Samsung – indeed go in this direction, I'd expect plenty of other phone makers to jump in. And although having a superslim phone seems rather interesting, I can't help but wonder how many people would find it hard to wield just because of the sheer lack of substance to hold on to..
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